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Construction, Design & Engineering News
Foothills Commercial Builders
has started the 30,000-square-foot
renovation of Panorama Ortho-
pedics and Spine Center at 660
Golden Ridge Road in Golden.
The $2.5 million project is slat-
ed for completion in 2016.
The nine-phased project is
orchestrated to not disrupt nor-
mal operations for the staff and
the daily influx of 400 patients,
including professional athletes,
who visit the clinic each day.
In partnership with Southfield
Design Group, the team at Foot-
hills will update and upgrade
the entire second floor, which
includes the waiting area, exam
rooms, casting areas, x-ray
department,
post-operative
patient rooms and the remodel
of a retail supply store, which
sells durable medical equipment,
scooters, bracing, crutches and
other equipment for injuries and
surgeries.
“We are excited to be part of
such an important project for an
organization that helps so many
people in our community,” said
Rocky Hollingsworth, presi-
dent and CEO of Foothills. “We
understand the importance of
working among health care pro-
viders and patients without caus-
ing hardships or disruptions to
their schedules or their patients’
needs.”
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Palace Constructionwas named
the general contractor on Boulder
Housing Partners’ Project Reno-
vate after winning a competitive
bidding process last month. The
project will work to preserve and
improve affordable housing units
throughout the city of Boulder
within the upcoming year.
“Palace Construction under-
stands how important affordable
housing is to the community and
therefore we are putting forth the
time and diligence to make sure
these renovations will house resi-
dents safely and comfortably for
years to come,” said Kari Feld,
project manager with Palace Con-
struction.
Boulder Housing Partners has
assembled $32 million in private
equity and debt financing to put
toward Project Renovate, which
has plans of restoring 279 pub-
lic housing units by the end of
2016. Permits and scheduling on
six communities were approved
late last month and have put a
kick-start onto the project. The
approved properties range from
apartments to single-family and
townhomes, and are currently
housing Boulder’s most economi-
cally vulnerable families, seniors
and individuals with disabilities.
Palace will oversee extensive
renovations, such as installing
Energy Star appliances, bathroom
and kitchen overhauls, creation of
open floor plans and additional
storage, andnewlighting features.
Palace also will work on much of
the exterior restoration, including
new siding, roofs, windows and
doors. All improvements will be
designed to adhere to Enterprise
Green Communities standards
as well as city of Boulder Smart
Regulations.
“The new restorations will give
the residents who currently reside
in these units updated, energy-
efficient living spaces, while
remaining an affordable residen-
tial community for hardworking
Colorado families,” Feld added.
Properties in Boulder that are
currently being renovated include
Diagonal Court, Iris Hawthorn,
Kalmia, Manhattan, Northport
and Walnut Place. In addition,
Palace Construction also will be
involved in the building of a new
community center at Diagonal
Court as well as renovation on
current centers at the Manhattan
and Kalmia properties.
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Work is complete on the
new Ware Malcomb-designed
AMG National Trust Bank cor-
porate headquarters in Green-
wood Village.
Ware Malcomb provided
architectural and interior
design services for the project,
located at the northwest cor-
ner of East Caley Avenue and
Greenwood Plaza Boulevard,
near Fiddler’s Green Amphi-
theater.
AMG National Trust Bank
recently relocated to its new
corporate headquarters from
its prior location in Denver.
The new building serves as an
architectural centerpiece in the
Greenwood Village Town Cen-
ter District, while complement-
ing the surrounding buildings,
according to Ware Malcomb.
The structure employs a
hybrid design featuring Old
World Classical Tuscan styling
and select detailing modeled
after The Palace of the Rhine
in Strasbourg, France, a land-
mark of 19th century Prussian
architecture. The three-story,
45,000-square-foot building
features a prominent dome on
the third floor suitable for host-
ing private and public events.
A palette of materials includ-
ing smooth and rough cut
limestone veneer blocks, pre-
cast stone columns and win-
dow surrounds, and a clay tile
roof were used for the exterior.
The building's interior pub-
lic spaces have been accented
with classical stone and wood
detailing throughout, while
the two-story main lobby fea-
tures marble floors with pre-
cast stone balustrades on the
stairways and balconies.
“We utilized timeless
design tenets to represent the
strength and stability of AMG
National Trust Bank as a
trusted financial institution,”
said Matt Chaiken, regional
director of Ware Malcomb’s
Denver office. “In addition to
reflecting the stature of AMG,
the building also serves as
a community landmark that
brings Old World European
design to this prominent Den-
ver suburb.”
“The construction of our
new headquarters represents
an exciting next step in our
company’s 40-year history,”
said AMG President and CEO
Sheryl Bollinger. “This stun-
ning building embodies the
strength and permanence
of our conviction to our cli-
ents’ success. We are pleased
to bring over 80 of our 130
nationwide employees into
such a remarkable new facility
in Greenwood Village.”
Swinerton Builders was the
general contractor for the proj-
ect, developed by Prime West
Development Inc.
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The three-story, 45,000-square-foot building’s design features Old World European styling.
Colorado State University
with Pinkard Construction,
H+L Architecture and Carl
Walker, a design and consult-
ing services firm, recently
began construction on the
South College Avenue Parking
Garage.
The garage repurposes the
north half of Lot 575, a surface
lot located between College
Avenue and Mason Street, and
Lake Street and Pitkin Street,
adjacent toAlumni Center and
University Square. The fin-
ished four-story structure will
contain 664 spaces. It will have
spots reserved for CSU per-
mit holders and have hourly
spaces available as well.
Pinkard teamed up with
H+L Architecture and Carl
Walker to win the design-build
project. Construction began in
mid-October and is expected
to finish in summer 2016. The
estimated cost of design and
construction is approximately
$14 million. This is Pinkard
Construction’s 14th project on
the CSU Fort Collins campus.
Since 2002, Pinkard has con-
structed nine projects at CSU’s
main campus, including the
$32.5 million Behavioral Sci-
ences Building in 2010.
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The four-story parking structure will comprise 664 spaces.
Roth Sheppard Architects
designed a newly opened can-
nabis showroom designed to ele-
vate the dispensary experience.
The firm designed the dispen-
sary for Louisville-based Ajoya,
whose mission is to transform
the way people experience shop-
ping for cannabis. The rebrand-
ed Ajoya retail dispensary and
showroom is located at 1100 W.
Dillon Road, Unit D-3, in Lou-
isville.
“When our customers arrive,
they feel like they've entered the
future of the cannabis shopping
experience. Our custom-built
furniture, top-quality products
and opportunity to learn about
cannabis deliver that 'wow' fac-
tor,” said Shaun Gindi, CEO of
Ajoya. “Roth Sheppard Archi-
tects’ design transformed our
traditional cannabis shop into a
model for years to come. Jeff
Sheppard’s passionate belief in
our vision, and ability to make
retail brands come alive through
physical space, made his firm the
obvious choice. Our brand and
creative customer experience are
beautifully expressed here and
we're very thankful.”
For those unfamiliar with can-
nabis or its benefits, or those
looking to experience shopping
for cannabis in a new way, the
hip, white minimalist interior
of Ajoya's new showroom pro-
vides a clean canvas for display-
ing a broad selection of cannabis
products merchandised to cre-
ate a welcoming aesthetic and
memorable brand, according to
Roth Sheppard Architects. The
spa-like atmosphere offers a
sharp contrast to the typical clut-
tered retail environment of the
past, inviting customers to enjoy
a more calming, sophisticated
shopping experience, the firm
added.
The interior includes a main
bar and long counter featuring
clean lines and linear glass show-
cases for strain display. Individ-
ual customer care areas along
the extended solid surface coun-
ter maintain an open, commu-
nal feel while providing privacy
for all transactions. Glass dis-
play cases, strategically placed
throughout the store, create retail
pockets where various locally
produced glassware items and
accessories are highlighted to
elevate the aesthetic from retail
to art, added Roth Sheppard.
Custom furniture, built in-house,
promotes a relaxed, user-friend-
ly atmosphere and the opportu-
nity for patrons to research and
explore the numerous products
offered. LED lighting in the ceil-
ing is controlled by an iPhone
app with the ability to change
color to create different moods
by season and throughout the
day or night. Polished concrete
floors and patterned carpet tiles
define the informal seating areas.
“We were thrilled to partner
with Joey and Shaun Gindi on
the task of transforming the typi-
cally overcrowded, confusing
cannabis retail shopping experi-
ence in Colorado into an envi-
ronment of visual and physical
respite where customer care is
clearly the No. 1 priority,” said
Jeffrey Sheppard, design prin-
cipal and co-founder of Roth
Sheppard Architects. “The Gin-
dis’ new Ajoya showroom has
accomplished exactly that due
to their progressive vision and
willingness to lead the way in
this nascent industry still in its
infancy.”
Ajoya's new cannabis shop is
just a few doors from the Gin-
dis' former dispensary known
as Compassionate Pain Man-
agement. Boulder-based B&B
Remodeling was the general
contractor for the project.
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Robert Schmid Photography
Roth Sheppard Architects designed the dispensary, for which B&B
Remodeling was the general contractor.
