Informed Infrastructure: Micah Hall joins NELSON Worldwide as Southeast Regional Practice Leader, Hospitality
NELSON Worldwide, award-winning architecture, design, and strategy firm, welcomes Micah Hall as Southeast Regional Practice Leader of Hospitality. Micah has 20-plus years of experience in design, focusing on the conception of spaces where people gather, celebrate, and engage with others, specifically food and beverage, retail, and entertainment environments.
Read more with Informed Infrastructure here.
VMSD: Readers Sound Off on Recent Issues of VMSD
NAIOP Washington: Industrial Speculative Development of the Year
NELSON Worldwide project Bertch Capital Partners Sumner Valley is nominated for NAIOP Washington’s Industrial Speculative Development of the Year.
WWD: Men’s Wearhouse Unveils Next-Gen Retail Strategy
A design that showcases sportswear and cuts down on the number of suits on the floor is being tested in locations around the U.S. Read more with WWD.
Archello: Perkins Coie
To accommodate its more than 250 Chicago-based attorneys and staff, Perkins Coie entrusted the legal design expertise of world-class architecture, design, and strategy firm NELSON Worldwide for its new office. NELSON’S designers collaborated with the firm’s local leadership to align on key design goals and objectives for the all-new workplace that spans three-and-a-half floors. Read more with Archello here.
fireside MARKET Breaks Ground in Slinger, Wisconsin
Local and state dignitaries joined members of the Forest County Potawatomi community, Sagewind Development (a subsidiary of Potawatomi Ventures), NELSON Worldwide, and Windward Engineering to celebrate the groundbreaking of the first fireside MARKET in Slinger, Wisc. The market will bring high-quality, made-to-order food along with frictionless, technology-driven offerings to the community.
Part of a larger 130-acre Merchant Village development slated for the site, Sagewind is in contract for 5.1-acres to develop and open the market by Summer 2025. NELSON Worldwide, represented by Sarah Wooldrige and Rob Sullivan, is honored to be the architect of record on this project, which will play an important role in not only nourishing the surrounding community, but also creating full- and part-time jobs for area residents.
The Potawatomi are known as the “keepers of the fire” and to acknowledge the deep history of this community, our design team has specified an indoor/outdoor fireplace as a gathering place. Sustainability was also top of mind for this project, and the market will provide EV chargers, green space, recycling, local sourcing, and will incorporate solar power and skylights.
The Potawatomi tribe members opened and closed the ground breaking ceremony with a special drum circle. Check it out here.
Boutique Design: Bellyard Opens in Atlanta
Bellyard, West Midtown Atlanta, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, has opened. Read more.
MCD: New Main Line Health’s Women’s Health Center Promotes Holistic Wellness
Main Line Health’s newest women’s outpatient center, located near rapidly growing residential areas in King of Prussia and Valley Forge in Philadelphia offers a holistic wellness experience for patients and visitors. From physical and mental health treatment spaces, to a demonstration kitchen for healthy cooking classes, the facility offers community engagement, wellness, and healing, all under one roof. Read more here.
Restaurant Development + Design: Chester’s Chicken Modernizes Prototype
In a recent article with Restaurant Development + Design, teammate Aaron Reuf discussed how we planned to bring the new design to life.
“Our intent with this vision was to amplify the beloved Chester’s brand and to leverage a much bolder and modern expression, as well as play up the notion of everything fried to perfection – with no apologies.” Read more here.
Chain Store Age: First Look: Melissa & Doug Opens First Brick-and-Mortar Toy Store
Preschool toy brand Melissa & Doug has made its brick-and-mortar debut at The Westchester, an upscale shopping mall in White Plains, N.Y.
Read more with Chain Store Age here.