Hines, the international real estate firm, and Columbia Development today announce the topping out of Fenton, a 69-acre mixed-use district underway in Cary, North Carolina set to open on April 1, 2022. As the project reached its maximum height, the development team marked the occasion with a topping-out ceremony that brought together project partners, community members and future tenants to celebrate recent construction and leasing milestones. Read more here.

The doors opened this past weekend on the new outdoor retail concept by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Public Lands, led by industry veteran Todd Spaletto. The 50,000-square-foot store in Cranberry, Pa. (a suburb of Pittsburgh) is located in a busy shopping area, sandwiched between a Best Buy and a Walmart. The weekend-long event kicked off bright and early on Friday morning with a team pep talk by the executive chairman of Dick’s, Ed Stack. President and CEO Lauren Hobart was also in attendance to lead the store’s team in a raucous pre-opening cheer (captured below) and to support the 100+ staffers who have been working for months in preparation of the grand opening. Read the full article here.

We are excited to share that NELSON Worldwide has been ranked #6 on Building Design + Construction’s Top 145 Workplace/Interior Architecture Firms List. View the full list here.

We’re excited to share that NELSON Worldwide was ranked #1 Largest Architecture Firm in Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Largest Architectural Firms in the Twin Cities List. Congratulations to our teammates and thank you to our partners! See the full list here.

WorkDesign Magazine covers COVID-19 behaviors and attitudes that will reshape the workplace. Kristin Cerutti and Laura Grodoski of NELSON Worldwide weigh in on the five shifts they predict will have the most significant impact. From physical safety, to mental health and wellbeing, there are several steps employers can take to help employees feel more at ease when returning to the office. Read more here.

We’re excited to share that our work with Buffalo Wings & Rings won the Gold Award for Restaurant – Fast Food at the 2022 SHOP! Design Awards. Thank you to our wonderful teammates and partners! See more with VMSD Magazine here.

NELSON Worldwide, award-winning architecture, design, and strategy firm, welcomes Kirt Neal as Regional Industrial Practice Leader. Kirt will manage and develop the firm’s industrial practice teams, improving efficiencies, encouraging a healthy team dynamic, and fostering the financial success of this market in Seattle, the Pacific Northwest, and the Greater Western Region.

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Kendra Linton of NELSON Worldwide explores how sensory experiences can support hybrid workplace culture and make room for human-centered design in Work Design Magazine here.