 Located at a key intersection, this high-density upscale urban project included adding a theater and retail space to an already thriving downtown area. To create an uninterrupted retail streetscape and provide adequate parking for the increased demand, the project took shape as a four-level, mixed-use parking and retail structure with a bridge to the neighboring bank and an adjacent movie theater. Blake Hunt Ventures hired Watry Design to integrate the structural and parking solutions with the retail program.
To maintain the retail streetscape, the parking garage is located at the interior of the site. It rises vertically from grade and extends over the retail buildings. A beautiful copper sphere sculpture serves as the projects focal point. The garage also serves the delivery and trash needs for the retail space and theater; thus, the ground floor accommodates large trucks. To increase the efficiency of Olympia Place, shared parking was taken into consideration when establishing the necessary stall count.
Pedestrian flow was given careful consideration in a number of ways including locating well-marked and visually distinctive entrances directly of the sidewalk to the structures elevators and stairs.
Project Data:
621 parking stalls
315,000 total square feet
$15,000,000 Estimated total cost
$25,000 per stall inc. retail
4 levels above grade
Integrated parking and retail project
Incorporates loading / trash for retail and adjacent movie theater
Public Art was incoporated
The cast-in-place structure utilizes two-way post-tensioned slabs and shearwalls as its lateral system.
Owner: Blake Hunt Ventures
Contractor: Sundt Construction, Inc.
Status: Completed February 2003
Watry: Structural Engineers and Parking Planners
Architect: Johnson Lyman Architects
Design Consultant: BCV Architects |
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