• Sak’s Fifth Avenue store relocation involved the relocation of 32 columns in existing 5-story concrete building. Three relocated columns required support of 56’-long precast double-tees and a precast concrete girder.
• New outparcel building for luxury tenants constructed over below-grade parking deck.
• Former anchor store converted to in-line retail tenants, with removal of a column line to form a wider concourse with floor openings at three levels, and façade improvements which included creation of outdoor restaurant seating at two levels.
• Mall common area renovation included enlargement of vestibule with new escalators over truck tunnel below, new pedestrian bridges at vertical circulation core, and removal of four columns supporting concrete floor structure in operating tenant spaces.

New 16-screen cinema building over parking level.

Partial demolition and reinforcement of portions of existing mall structure to allow new upper level connection to existing mall.

Reinforcement of adjacent existing roof structure for snow drift loads resulting from new expansion.

Floor level of cinema was designed with CIP concrete pan-joist construction to allow large spans, eliminate spray-on fireproofing and potential for future steel corrosion.

Lateral bracing at the parking level was not required and numerous roof columns were economically transferred due to use of a concrete framing system.

• Design of 11 structures totaling 495,000SF
• Two buildings designed for a total of 54,000SF of office space above retail GLA
• All retail buildings include design of tall tower elements and cantilevered canopies
• Retail buildings designed with concrete tilt-up panels and conventional steel roof structure
• Two retail buildings support 3 levels of wood-framed apartments above. The podium structure was designed using CIP P/T flat plate with drop panels
• One retail building was designed to support a 5-level Marriott Courtyard above the P/T concrete podium