Our responsibility is to enhance the economic, aesthetic, social, and environmental context of the communities we shape and define
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45 YEARS OF OPERATION
200+ EMPLOYEES
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BKV Group enhances the physical and cultural environment through meaningful, responsive, and multi-disciplinary design. Supported by innovative technology and a strategic market focus, we work to transform communities locally, nationally, and internationally. We believe the craft is as important as the science, especially in giving soul to the process and built environment. Through a highly participatory endeavor, our design strategies express a “rootedness” in their surroundings. This strategy goes beyond the specific building to deliberately capture the expression of people, site, and culture. It is a contextually sensitive approach is based on, and reactive to, our clients’ goals, budget, vision, and focus, with our creative process engaging all team members to transform and positively shape communities around the globe.
COLLIN KOONCE VP of Urban Design & Landscape Architecture Partner Dallas, TX
LAWRENCE PANGBURN, PLA
Senior Landscape Architect, Associate
JOHN NEILSON UD & LA Leader, Associate Partner Washington, DC
ELENA NACCARI, PLA Landscape Architect
JURICHKO Landscape Designer
Collaborating regionally, BKV Group operates as a cohesive firm delivering a wide range of project types for a diverse set of national and local clients. We leverage industry-leading communication and technology tools with best-in-class design processes to seamlessly work across practice sites to meet our clients’ needs, and continually expand our presence into existing and new markets.
The American practice sites at BKV Group are supported by BKV’s Vietnam offices in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang, which contribute design services for many of our U.S. Projects while allowing BKV access to the Asian markets, Furthermore, our firm is able to provide cross-practice training opportunities and structure project teams to leverage the 12-hour time difference, creating a nearly 24-hour design studio that can meet accelerated deadlines without sacrificing quality and creativity.
BKV Group provides knowledge and experience for a wide range of project and sector types, plus has familiarity in working with a spectrum of project partners. Our designers have a profound responsibility to drive positive change in our communities. We are passionate about helping our clients identify, pursue, and achieve ambitious goals in creating unique, meaningful places of value and purpose.
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BKV Group provides total building design: from the aesthetics of branding, to the science of building technology, to the challenge of creative cost control.
We immerse our holistic team in your communities to gain a deep understanding of the culture, values, objectives, challenges, comps, audience, opportunities, and differentiators. This data guides the social, wellness, and service programming for the project and steers the creative direction.
Our holistic planning approach considers the needs of all users as we assess the functional, sustainable, and aesthetic requirements for the project. Working to improve efficiencies, function and adjacencies, we maximize multipurpose spaces and indoor-outdoor connectivity. Preliminary massing, floor/space plans, initial finish, and FF&E selections are developed at this time resulting in a design that embodies your goals, concept narrative, and functional needs.
Developing the “big idea” and concept for any project is key to the start of design direction. The vision captures high-level project goals that define priorities and user experience of the space.
There are several federal programs that can be used to assist with financing. These include Low Income Housing Tax Credits , Historic Tax Credits (for buildings more than 50 years old), Rental Assistance Demonstration for improving public housing and the New Market Tax Credit Program. Many local jurisdictions have their own incentives to spur much needed housing stock. Note that these tax credit programs are often very specific to a particular geographic region or municipality.
Construction Documents include Massing Diagrams, Reference, Floor, Finish, Furniture, and Reflected Ceiling Plans; Elevations; Sections; Details; Schedules; and Specifications necessary for your contractor and procurement professionals to execute the project. Documents are coordinated with in-house disciplines and outside consultants, and reviewed for QA/QC. Project bidding, permitting, cost verification, and VE may occur prior to construction.
During Construction and Installation, BKV’s team is actively engaged with your General Contractor and Procurement teams: periodic site visits to monitor construction progress, responding to RFIs and submittals, helping the team address challenges that arise in the field, and review of FF&E, artwork and Accessory installation. Our team responds quickly to keep the project progressing.
A holistic approach rooted in placemaking
For over 40 years, across the country, spanning housing, government, education, corporate, and commercial project types, our core belief has remained consistent: as a holistic, multidisciplinary design firm, our responsibility is to enhance the economic, aesthetic, social, and environmental context of the communities we shape and define.
First, let’s clarify “we.” Ours is a highly collaborative process. We immerse ourselves in your community, your objectives and your inspirations. We listen and learn, side by side. Gradually, then suddenly, “we” becomes you plus us.
Strategy informs every plan. We research and analyze, diving deep. With insight and intuition, we bridge the emotional connection to your people. Our most important skill is to make your neighborhood’s ideas a reality.
We unite a myriad of stakeholders and sherpa diverse teams to the summit. The end result: we establish your true North.
It’s something a community feels. Our goal is to make moments matter. A project is a success if it ticks every box, delivering on every opportunity. But what matters most is that the community has their thumbprint on the built environment. That’s what drives us..
Large-scale planning can improve site selection for proposed projects and increase the return on investment for the client, while helping to provide greater predictability for project proponents, increase the efficiencies of project review, reduce permitting times, and support better environmental results.
For more than three decades, we have been providing largescale master planning for private and public clients. Whether revitalizing downtown districts or developing large-scale land plans, we create visually exciting and economically viable settings in which people live, work, and play.
Our urban design projects have invigorated new communities and urban cores throughout the world. BKV Group emphasizes a team approach of working with public and private clients, consultants, and community groups to produce consensus plans that are a successful mixture of creativity and feasibility.
Our landscape architecture practice is highly regarded for blending structures with their surroundings, making the site an asset to each project’s performance and livability. We draw attention to unique site features, and evaluate sustainable planning strategies such as solar and wind orientation, local microclimate, site geology and hydrology, utilities and other existing features to determine optimal building siting, and find relationships that make each project distinctive. Our team finds, and creates, the identity that gives a place meaning. In addition to our design expertise, we understand public policy. We recognize the importance to reach beyond the boundaries of the site, to draw people together, provide essential services, and be economically viable in order to build synergy between transit and infrastructure, ecosystem and habitat, and community strength and identity.
The Branded Environments group guides the firm’s project teams nationally in building powerful and purposeful brand identities for clients using storytelling techniques to establish a consistent narrative that is carried throughout the built environment.
You are the experts of your community, and we are the creators and catalysts that help spur development and bring your vision to life. We help to develop a cohesive and compelling identity for your community by integrating branding into the urban planning processes.
Architecture is beautiful for the harmony it creates between itself, it’s environment, and its inhabitants. Sustainable design is the natural progression of that vision with BKV designed buildings always responding to their context — their location, their function, and how they are used by their occupants. BKV Group has a holistic vision for the building’s lifecycle to appropriately respond to context, function, and use. We leverage sustainable design strategies by tapping into a wide spectrum of knowledge — of architecture, interior design, urban planning, energy modeling, engineering, landscape architecture, technology and science — with our clients receiving the benefit of decades of collective professional expertise. In addition, because there is no predetermined outcome or prototypical concept, our process yields work of extraordinary originality, crafted to the specific needs of the site, user and circumstances.
Memberships & Affiliations
AIA Materials Pledge, ASID Materials Pledge, Mindful Materials, B3 Guidelines
2030 Documentation
BKV’s Architects and Designers, Structural, and MEP Engineers report Embodied Carbon and Energy performance for all projects to AIA for 2030 green initiative records
Construction Standardization
Standard Method v1.1 (Greenguard, SCS, Indoor Advantage, FloorScore, CRI Green Label Plus)
Healthy Materials Promise
We work with our vendors to minimize the use of toxic materials and focus our specifications on non-toxic materials. Designers will seek certifications for the materials that are specified by HPD, EPD, Declare, Cradle to Cradle, Living Product, FSC, SCAQMD, CDPH Standard Method v1.1 Greenguard. SCS, Indoor Advantage, Floor Score, CRI Green Label Plus
Healthy Community Building
Urban design and landscape architecture are critical components of human health
Madison, Wisconsin
OVERVIEW
Market-Rate Housing, Student Living, Near University of Wisconsin
SIZE
12 stories
363 units
681 beds
The development will include 363 apartments, resident club lounge, fitness center, multiple elevated outdoor landscaped terraces and a rooftop pool. It will also include an embedded parking structure that will provide approximately 322 parking spaces to be shared by the residents and office tenants of 740 /700 Regent Street. The apartment property will be professionally staffed, operated, and managed at the local level with an on-site management office.
Market-Rate Housing, Student Living
SIZE
336 units
The Faywell is a contemporary mixed-use development consisting of a 7-story podium style building with a total of 336 luxury market rate units, a corner retail space, club room, fitness, meeting spaces, spa, a bike lounge, a dog spa, and 3 separate amenity terraces with the central containing a pool and hot tub feature. The architecture takes a modern approach to masonry design and is located one block from Wheaton’s Metra Station providing easy access to downtown Chicago.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Market-Rate Housing, Large-scale, mixed-use, retail and multifamily development
SIZE
15 stories
1,516,218 SF 1,111 units
Extending across two parcels, Broad & Washington is a mixeduse, retail, and Market-Rate development in Philadelphia at the intersection of South Broad Street and Washington Avenue. The overall development is broken into a series of “L” shaped towers that bisect the site into four quadrants, with each of the four quadrants having its own identity, characteristics, and courtyard space.
Parcel A is bounded by South Broad Street and located at the end of the “Avenue of the Arts,” forming a connection with the “arts” uses that runs south to downtown. Parcel B is the smaller parcel just to the east, bounded by Washington Avenue. The overall Parcel B is smaller in featuring 300 residential units, two levels of parking, and a centralized, landscaped courtyard open to the sky above.
The building brings notable change block as one of the most significant mid-rise residential structures to go up on what was previously an all-commercial stretch. Both the Tasker-Morris and Snyder Station on the Broad Street Line may be reached within a tenminute walk to the northwest and the southwest, respectively.
Arlington, Virginia
OVERVIEW
Market-Rate Housing, Ground up urban infill development
SIZE
11 stories
209 units
BKV Group was selected by Dweck Properties to provide planning and design services for the Crystal Tower development located in Crystal City, Virginia, just off Richmond Highway. The building will be a ground up 11-story infill development with below grade parking. The project is set to consist of 209 Market-Rate residential units with a 11,0000 SF of indoor & rooftop amenity space with an additional 27,000 SF of retail space.
CRYSTAL TOWERS | Arlington, Virginia
Market-Rate Housing, Mixed-Use
SIZE
25 stories
480,813 SF
354 units
606 N. Good Latimer Tower is located in Deep Ellum, one of Dallas’s most unique and eclectic districts. The 25-story Market-Rate, mixeduse, and highrise tower is geared toward young professionals and includes 1 and 2 bedroom units that average at 675 SF, with 354 units and 351 parking spaces. It also has 3,000 SF of ground level retail, 12,000 SF of lobby and amenities space with a pool deck located above the parking deck at level 7. Engaging and supporting the local vibrant community, the building has 3,000 SF of retail located at the corner of Good Latimer and Swiss. Situated across a Dallas rapid transit station, the project is well connected to downtown and other popular districts.
Senior Living, Modern mid Florida living
SIZE
6.53 acres
3 stories
127 units
134,131 SF
50 Independent Living units
40 Assisted Living units
32 Memory Care units
BKV Group was selected to provide architectural services by Distinctive Living to design a senior living community that includes independent living, assisted living, and memory care in Eustis, Florida. The project sits on an 6.53-acre site.
The building is set to be a 3-story, 134,131 GSF Community with following the independent living amenities: bar/bistro, bar lounge, living room, (indoor pool, salon, art, theatre, multi-purpose, fitness PT/OT. Along with the following assisted living and memory care amenities: outdoor dining, water feature, elevated garden boxes, fire pit seating area. Outdoor amenities include: Outdoor dining, fire pit, water feature, seating areas, wandering path with activities, and putting green
Prince William County, Virginia
Student Living, Part of town center concept development, near George Mason University
3 buildings
Building A 197 units
Building B 170 units
Building C 155 units
The University Village at Innovation Town Center is a 24.19-acre mixed-use project envisioned to include buildings of student and Market-Rate housing, retail, parking and primary employment uses that may include laboratory, office, classroom, office and lodging. The project is located at 11100 University Boulevard in Manassas, Virginia and is in the Brentsville Magisterial District of Prince William County. The site is at the northeast corner of Prince William Parkway and University Boulevard in Prince William County Virginia. The site is bounded to the west by Prince William Parkway, to the south by University Boulevard, by an undeveloped parcel to the north and by the George Mason University Science and Technology Campus to the east.
The overall design guideline goals for the University Village at Innovation Town Center project is to create a dynamic mixed-use development that aligns with the recommendations and overall planning goals set forth for the University Center area of the July 20th, 2020 Innovation Park Small Area Plan draft as prepared by Prince William County. This plan, which is an enhancement of the previous Innovation Sector Plan adopted by Prince William County in 2012, promotes a Planned Business District (PBD) town center concept that recommends “a mix of uses arranged in a pedestrian friendly urban form”. To help accomplish this, an Architectural Design Review Board shall be created to interpret and implement these guidelines. It shall consist of non-residential and residential members.
Croton on Hudson, New York
OVERVIEW
Market-Rate Housing
SIZE
5.64 acres
6-story
280 units
313,373 SF
1 Half Moon Bay is a multifamily development for a new community in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. We are proposing to provide our services in three parts for approval of a rezoning of an existing warehouse into a new multifamily community using concrete podium and wood frame structure. The current option being considered is wood construction above one story of structured parking. The project amenity spaces will include a Lobby/Leasing, Mail/Package Room, Clubroom with outdoor Pool/Grill Area, and Fitness. Targeting 250-285 units in an approximately 313,373 SF Building. Unit mix will include Studio, 1BR, and 2BR units with a gross average per unit of 900 SF. Seeking Minimum LEED/ Sustainability Level as required by the Village and County.
Indian Harbour, Florida
Senior Living, Ocean view living
SIZE
1.3 acres
3 stories
91 units
116,659 SF
69 Assisted Living units
22 Memory Care units
BKV Group was selected to provide architectural services by Distinctive Living to design a senior living community that includes assisted living and memory care in Indian Harbour, Florida. The project sits on an 1.3-acre site.
The building is set to be a 3-story, 82,314 GSF Community with following the assisted living amenities: great room, bistro, fitness, salon, art room, multi-purpose room. Along with the following memory care amenities: salon, art room, living room, activity space. Outdoor amenities include: outdoor dining, water feature, elevated garden boxes, fire pit seating area, and putting green.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Redevelopment for mixed-use SIZE
Commercial: 16,075 SF
Institutional: 100,000 SF
Plaza: 92,700 SF
L&H Station will be the redevelopment of a six and one-half acre site adjacent to the Lake Street/Midtown Blue Line LRT Station in Minneapolis. This phased transit-oriented development will incrementally construct 565 housing units, a 16,075 sf office building, up to 100,000 sf of government services space, and a public plaza/ pedestrian corridor/market square. The market square adjacent to the LRT station will also serve as the site of the Midtown Farmer’s Market, which currently operates on the site’s parking areas two days each week. The redevelopment will be served by up to 840 structured parking spaces that will replace the 450 surface spaces now on the site.
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners has established the transit oriented development (TOD) program to support both redevelopment and new construction that enhances transit usage. This intense transit-oriented mixed-use development will replace an existing three-story building surrounded by surface parking. Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department will occupy the new office building. It will be one of its six regional service hubs now being developed by the county. In these hubs, county residents can receive assessments and referrals, and — based on their individual or family needs clients — could be connected to a number of assistance programs. These include, and are not limited to: applying for food support and medical assistance, addressing homelessness, dealing with utility shut-offs, evictions and other emergencies, getting support for seniors in their homes, learning about early childhood programs, and accessing programs for people with disabilities and/ or needs to improve mental or chemical health.
Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Creative/Adaptive Reuse, Transit-oriented mixed-use project
SIZE
152,000 SF
150 affordable units
80,000 SF parking
L&H Station will be the redevelopment of a six and one-half acre site adjacent to the Lake Street/Midtown Blue Line LRT Station in Minneapolis. This phased transit-oriented development will incrementally construct 565 housing units, a 16,075 sf office building, up to 100,000 sf of government services space, and a public plaza/ pedestrian corridor/market square. The market square adjacent to the LRT station will also serve as the site of the Midtown Farmer’s Market, which currently operates on the site’s parking areas two days each week. The redevelopment will be served by up to 840 structured parking spaces that will replace the 450 surface spaces now on the site.
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners has established the transit oriented development (TOD) program to support both redevelopment and new construction that enhances transit usage. This intense transit-oriented mixed-use development will replace an existing three-story building surrounded by surface parking. Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department will occupy the new office building. It will be one of its six regional service hubs now being developed by the county. In these hubs, county residents can receive assessments and referrals, and — based on their individual or family needs clients — could be connected to a number of assistance programs. These include, and are not limited to: applying for food support and medical assistance, addressing homelessness, dealing with utility shut-offs, evictions and other emergencies, getting support for seniors in their homes, learning about early childhood programs, and accessing programs for people with disabilities and/ or needs to improve mental or chemical health.
OVERVIEW
Light-gauge steel construction over podium; Market-Rate community
SIZE
14 stories
394,847 SF
217 units
At the terminus of the Katy Trail and McKinney Avenue, Modera Katy Trail is uniquely positioned to capture the energy of Uptown Dallas. Residents will have unique opportunities to experience the best that Dallas has to offer in dining, shopping, and recreation. Those opportunities will begin at the very doorstep of the project, where the leasing lobby will connect to the trail with a hospitable front porch. Pets aren’t just welcome, they are privileged residents. They have their own spa, recreation area and a dedicated lounge for their owners to socialize. The elevated amenity deck will provide opportunities for exercise, entertainment, working at your own pace, enjoying the weather and expansive views of Highland Park, Uptown and Downtown Dallas.
The design will reflect the contemporary sensibility of young professionals seeking to engage with the culture of Dallas. Clean, minimal detailing, subdued colors, and a material palette that focuses on variations of texture create a relaxed and uncluttered environment. Amenities will provide a spa-like environment that is luxurious, harmonious, and re-energizing. Modera Katy Trail will be an enclave, a base for striking out into the expanding culture of Dallas and a home for enjoying the company of new friends.
Multi-phase market rate office park to housing conversion, Intensive wetland and native woodland preservation
SIZE
36.5 acres
224,000 SF
This transformative project reimagines a former office complex into a vibrant, nature-focused residential community. Spanning four new market-rate apartment buildings, the development embraces sustainable site design, preservation of natural assets, and enhanced public access to surrounding natural areas.
The landscape architecture emphasizes the preservation of the site’s existing forested areas, creeks, and wetlands, retaining the natural character that makes this location unique. The design enhances these ecological assets through low-impact trails, interpretive signage, and carefully integrated connections between residential spaces and nature trails, inviting residents and the broader community to engage with the landscape.
Each of the three residential buildings features lushly landscaped amenity decks, offering residents a range of active and passive outdoor spaces. These elevated terraces provide social gathering areas, outdoor dining, grilling stations, fitness zones, and secluded pockets for quiet reflection — all framed by expansive views of the surrounding forest and streams.
This project exemplifies the growing trend of converting underutilized office parks into thriving residential neighborhoods, where landscape architecture plays a central role in balancing development with environmental stewardship. The seamless integration of high-quality residential amenities and natural preservation ensures the site’s transformation supports both ecological health and long-term value for residents and the community.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Series of steel-stud framed massings over a two-story concrete podium; features a central courtyard plaza and retail edge; MarketRate Housing community
SIZE
15 stories
1,522,678 SF 1,082 units
Piazza Alta is a series of steel stud framed buildings over a two-story concrete podium. This strategy creates a variety of scales for the large development of 1,166,980 GSF. The tallest tower elements, at 16 stories tall, form a backdrop to a central courtyard plaza edged by retail occupancies in the smaller scale buildings that surround the plaza. This plaza connects a newly designed woonerf on Germantown Street to North Hancock Street, which integrates the site into the urban fabric.
The North Hancock Street side of the site is of a lower scale to relate to the adjacent single-family townhouses, with the Germantown Avenue side relating to the more public and retail edge as well as multi-family scale of Schmidt’s Commons. Nearly 682,000 square feet of residential space contains 1,144 Market-Rate apartments. Piazza Alta’s second floor features amenity space, which extends via skybridge across the courtyard. In addition, an amenity deck is located on the fifth floor, situated above the existing parking garage with two pools and robust lounge areas.
Senior Living, Middle Tennessee modern warehouse
SIZE
6.4 acres
3 stories
128 units
156,738 SF
104 Assisted Living units
24 Memory Care units
BKV Group was selected to provide architectural services by Distinctive Living to design a senior living community that includes assisted living, and memory care in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The project is set to consist of 128 total units; with 104 assisted living units and 24 memory care units sitting atop a 6.4-acre site.
The building is set to be a 3-story, 156,738 GSF Community with following the assisted living amenities: great room, bar/bistro, library, interactive game room for grandchildren, game room, fitness, salon, art room, multi-purpose. Along with the following memory care amenities: salon, art room, living room, sunroom, activity space.
Outdoor amenities include: outdoor dining, water feature, elevated garden boxes, fire pit seating area, wandering path with activities, and putting greene the existing parking garage with two pools and robust lounge areas.
SANDERS FERRY | Hendersonville, Tennessee
Market-Rate Housing
SIZE
270 units
10,000 SF office space
400 parking spaces
This is a 5 story wood frame building with 270 units, 10,000 SF of office space, and approximately 400 parking spaces. The project is south of the original factory of the Stutz Motor Company and is part of a larger redevelopment in the area. There is a beautiful sawtooth roof on part of the factory and the design of the new building uses the sawtooth as a metaphor for the form and image. Townhome units at the ground level take on this character and the façade incorporates a diagonal graphic, making a strong statement on the street. The ground plane is activated by retail and office uses and the broad sidewalk on 10th Street creates a gracious space for outdoor dining and the main entrance to the building.
Alexandria, Virginia
Mixed-Use market rate neighborhood with interconnected linear park system
SIZE
3.44 acres
343 units
334,307 GSF (Residential Area + Amenity)
127.735 GSF (Parking)
Located in Alexandria, Virginia, this innovative mixed-use development strategically connects office areas, residential neighborhoods, and a public school through a comprehensive design approach. Central to the project is a green hike-and-bike trail that encircles the site, forming a linear park that promotes biodiversity and pedestrian activity.
The architecture features undulating designs with stoop units along the facades, enhancing the walkability and community engagement of the area. This phased development cleverly integrates parking within residential buildings to maintain a pedestrian-friendly environment. Central to the site is a retail hub surrounded by diverse commercial spaces, anchoring the community and providing vibrant social gathering points.
Connective pathways interspersed with pocket parks, fitness stations, and artistic elements link the phases, encouraging outdoor activity and leisure. Environmental sustainability is prioritized through green infrastructure like bioswales and rain gardens, which manage stormwater and contribute to the ecological health of the development.
Alexandria Woodland Park Development represents a model for sustainable urban living, blending innovative architecture with green strategies to foster a cohesive community environment.
PLANTING & SEATING / BIKE / LIGHTING - 8’
SIDE WALK - 8’
LOW PLANTING / SEATING - 5’
CONTINUOS PLANTING - 4’
Upscale amenities in a modern living design
SIZE
5 stories
265,267 GSF
408 units
The Fred is a multi-family housing project located in Edina, MN housing 408 residential units. This multi-family housing project is a celebration of clean lines, minimalist aesthetics, and a deep connection to nature, providing residents with a serene and sophisticated living experience.
As you enter the building, you’re greeted by a sculptured ceilings and a sense of spaciousness that immediately captivates the senses and draws you through the building. The interiors are bathed in natural light, thanks to strategically placed windows that frame breathtaking views of the surrounding landscape, seamlessly integrating the outdoors with the indoors.
Designed to create an active street and pedestrian experience, Utilizes light-gauge steel construction
SIZE
8 stories
212 units
The project was designed as a courtyard building starting on the second floor facing Addison Avenue. This is done in order to minimize the building’s presence along Addison Avenue in addition to maximizing the amount of afternoon sun that would reach the outdoor pool. The building is set back from Addison Avenue, creating the appearance of a 7-story structure.
The project is designed to create an active street and pedestrian experience. By locating the fitness center, lobby/lounge, leasing offices, and bike lounge spaces along Addison Avenue, the first-floor parking and service spaces are concealed from view, apart from the lower level garage entry on the south end of the site. The second floor is set back from the property line along the north and south sides and is composed of residential units, a clubroom amenity space and a landscaped terrace with an outdoor pool, individual unit terraces, and other outdoor amenities. Levels 3-7 are the typical residential levels, with the 8th-floor setback from the street, north, and south property lines creating terraces for the top-level units.
Luxury student living community
SIZE
5 stories
264 units
The Parlor is a vibrant Student Living community in the heart of downtown San Marcos, Texas. This luxury student living community offers a variety of fully furnished 1,2, 3 and 4 bedroom unit plans. Residents are drawn to the modern aesthetic of the units featuring a light and bright color palette, quartz counter tops, stainless appliances and stylish furnishings. The common areas are designed for residents to achieve both social and academic success. The clubhouse is connected seamlessly with the outdoor pool deck allowing residents to see and be seen. Flexible common spaces allow for entertaining and socializing as well as provide ample study space. Outdoor fitness and gathering space is emphasized on the property offering a wellness based approach to student living.
New Construction, set to feather both Market-Rate and affordable housing with luxury amenities
14 stories
350 units
180 parking spaces
The BKV Group was selected to do the planning and design of The Portnow by Bolton Development. The Portnow is set to be a market rate building with 15% of the units designated as affordable. The building will consist of 350 Units in total. The unit mix is estimated to consist of 87 studio units, 159 one-bedroom units, and a 104 two-bedroom units. An estimated 70 units out of the 350 are set to be affordable units. Portnow will feature amenities such as a fitness center, clubroom, outdoor pool, grill/bar station and a penthouse sky lounge.
Luxury student living apartments near University of Tampa SIZE
8 stories, 209 units, 606 beds
The Riverwalk District is an eight-story, 410,000-square-foot student housing development near Tampa University in Tampa, Florida featuring 209 units and 606 beds ranging from studio to 5-bedroom options. Structured parking for 362 parking spaces plus bike spaces is located on the ground level with all sides being wrapped with dwelling units thereby screening the parking from the major streets.
The design of the building will create an urban corner with groundlevel leasing and amenity spaces facing the north and northeast corner. Also, along the north side adjoining property line, there will be a coffee lounge with additional amenity spaces, and the exterior structure consisting of terracotta, porcelain tile, metal panels, and glass. The form of the building relates to the height and scale of the surrounding context and the configuration of the building allows for expressions of horizontally and vertically designed building footprint, capped by an amenity deck on the seventh level to take advantage of views to the city.
Three market-rate buildings, meets LEED Silver standards
SIZE
4 stories
601,090 GSF
439 units
1,064 beds
The Standard at Bloomington incorporates 439 units and 1,064 beds within three residential buildings. Amenity spaces will include a lobby, clubroom, fitness, study areas, business center, mail, basketball court, and facility leasing/management space. Outdoor amenities will include a shared outdoor courtyard with amenities such as outdoor patio, pool, firepit, grilling stations, bar, trellis, private walk-out patios and landscaping.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Design inspired by historic neighborhood roots; Market-Rate Housing, Student Living
SIZE
7- and 8-stories
364,237 SF 239 units
562 beds
Located in Salt Lake City’s historic Trolley Square district, between downtown Salt Lake City and the University of Utah Campus, the 1.48 acre site will become home to a new off-campus student housing development. Trolley Square will be a 7- and 8-story student living community with underground parking and capacity for 562 students.
The exterior design took inspiration from the neighborhoods roots as the cities original public transit company’s, warehouse and street car factories. Red brick tones and black iron detailing pay homage to the blacksmiths, carpenters and trolley cars that formed the original district. With modern amenities and conveniences expected by students, the property was designed to feel like it has always been there.
Between the two structures a dynamic courtyard has been created as a contemporary oasis for residents and their guests to enjoy. Designed to maximize mountain views, the courtyard benefits from southern sun exposure. It has no right angles allowing for a variety of gathering spaces and outdoor living rooms.
Umatilla, Florida
OVERVIEW
Senior Living, Farmhouse elegance with southern comfort
SIZE
10 acres
2 stories
119 units
116,659 SF
32 Independent Living units
65 Assisted Living units
22 Memory Care units
The project is a new low-rise Senior Living Community with independent living, assisted living and memory care located at 40261 Fletcher Road in Umatilla, Florida. The main structure is combination of one story and two stories tall between memory care, lobby, and senior living units.
OVERVIEW
Senior Living, Active Adult, Southern horse country comfort
SIZE
7 acres
163 units
Verdant at Flowers development is an active adult housing development located in Clayton, NC. The design inspirations were to encourage community, create an outdoor room with a view, having moments of interest, and using inviting materials.
Sculptured pathways, lead to a series of outdoor programmed rooms and viewing terraces which provide moments of interest for users to explore and enjoy.
Market-Rate Housing, Transit-oriented mixed-use development, Post-Tensioned Concrete Construction, 2-story lanai
SIZE
17 stories
411,000 SF
204 units
240 Park Avenue is new construction of a 17-story mixed-use, retail and multi-family Market-Rate housing residential development, with a building footprint of approximately 30,000 SF, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota; including below-grade parking, landscape amenities and site improvements.
One of the most intriguing design elements is The Lanai – a two-story space carved into the corner of 240 Park Avenue to create outdoor opportunities for views facing the Mississippi River. The Lanai will also create a terrific branding opportunity via video screens and a “lightbox” designed to project imagery and digital forms on the ceiling of the outdoor space – glowing and creating a beacon at night.
Also unique about the quarter-block-sized residence is the interior drop-off sequence. Through a cleverly designed interior porte cochere (a covered drop off space for vehicles) on the first level, residents can seamlessly make their way into the building. This feature will be especially useful during the colder winter months. Once inside, residents can enjoy views not only to the river and skyline. Also, thanks to a community art collaboration, residents and visitors alike will be able to take in stunning commissioned murals canvasing the neighboring structures.
Market-Rate Housing, Located in NE Washington D.C. in a target redevelopment area
SIZE
6-stories
347 units
The BKV Group was selected by Penzance to provide planning and design services for 2711 13th St NE, Washington D.C.. The project is located at the intersection of up and coming Northeast DC Neighborhoods: Brookland, Brentwood, & Langdon just off of Rhode Island Avenue NE. The building will be a newly built 6-story podium development with below grade parking. The project is set to consist of 347 Market-Rate residential units with a 12,000 SF of amenity space.
