BKV Group: Multi-Family Repositioning by BKV Group

MULTI-FAMILY REPOSITIONING

BKV Group approaches

each renovation with a holistic design process that helps each property tell it’s own unique story

WHO WE ARE

5 PRACTICE SITES

45 YEARS OF OPERATION

200+ EMPLOYEES

ARCHITECTURE INTERIOR DESIGN URBAN DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

ENGINEERING BRANDED ENVIRONMENTS

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Enriching lives and strengthening communities

OUR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

BKV Group enhances the physical and cultural environment through meaningful, responsive, 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 that 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.

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM

JACK OWEN BOARMAN

Senior Design Leader, CEO Washington, DC

ROBERT MULLER

Senior Design Leader, Managing Partner Chicago, IL

MIKE KRYCH

Senior Design Leader, Managing Partner (MN) Minneapolis, MN

Director of Interior Design, Partner Washington, DC

KELLY NAYLOR

Interior Design Practice Leader, Partner Minneapolis, MN

Director of Interior Design, Senior Associate Dallas, TX

KOBITA MUKHERJEE

MELANIE HANNA

WHERE WE WORK

One firm with four practice site locations

OUR NATIONAL REACH

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.

OUR INTERNATIONAL CAPABILITIES

The National 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.

Knowledge and experience for a wide range of project types

DESIGN VERSATILITY

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.

PROJECT TYPES

+ Renovations

+ Adaptive Reuse

+ Repositioning

+ New Construction

PROJECT PARTNERS

+ Developers

+ Government Entities

+ Brokers

+ Architects

+ Property Managers

+ Landscape Architects

+ MEP Engineers

+ Civil Engineers

+ Structural Engineers

PROJECT SECTORS

+ HOUSING

– Senior Living

– Independent Living

– Assisted Living

– Memory Care

– Active Adult

– Skilled Nursing

– Market-Rate Housing

– Affordable Housing

– Student Housing

– Artist Lofts

+ Commercial

+ Hospitality

+ Government

+ Education

INTERIOR DESIGN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

ARCHITECTURE

INTERIOR DESIGN BRANDED ENVIRONMENTS

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION

CLIENT

INTERIOR DESIGN

ENGINEERING

INTERIOR DESIGN

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

INTERIOR DESIGN URBAN DESIGN

WHAT WE PROVIDE

Translating the vision into a reality that exceeds expectations

OUR SERVICES

BKV Group is an industry-leader in multifamily, market-rate repositioning. This specific design effort embraces the client and translates the vision into a reality that exceeds expectations. Our work has attracted national recognition and clientele. From small renovations to extensive redevelopments, our team will work with any project size or budget.

+ Feasibility Studies

+ Existing Conditions Assessment

+ Project Budget and Schedules

+ Demographic Studies

+ Branding

+ Visioning and Concept Development

+ Space Programming

+ Space Planning

+ Amenity Design

+ Unit Design and Finish Selection

+ Graphic Systems and Signage Design

+ Material Selection and Specification

+ Interior and Exterior Furniture Design

+ Custom Furniture Design

+ Furniture Design and Procurement

+ Artwork Design and Procurement

+ Accessory Design and Procurement

+ Model Design and Merchandising

+ Virtual Reality Experience

+ Project Comparable Studies

OUR PROCESS

BKV Group provides total building design: from the aesthetics of branding, to the science of building technology, to the challenge of creative cost control.

DESIGN PHASES

PRE-DESIGN

DESIGN PROCESS

PROJECT DISCOVERY

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.

SCHEMATIC DESIGN

CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT

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.

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION

REFINING THE DESIGN

Refinement of the concept and documentation occur during this phase by marrying the space planning with the concept in a 3-dimensional illustration of the design. Visualization presentations may include wireframe and/or rendered studies, plans, key elevations, initial detail, material and FF&E selections, and virtual reality walk throughs when warranted.

TECHNICAL DESIGN AND DOCUMENTATION

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.

EXECUTION

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.

| Champlin, Minnesota

RENOVATION APPROACH

BKV Group approaches each renovation with a holistic design process.

Existing programming is re-evaluated, amenities are repositioned to best reflect the resident and staff needs, and creative re-branding helps each property tell it’s own unique story

LISTENING & INFORMATION GATHERING

(CLIENT ENGAGEMENT)

We immerse our team in our client’s communities to gain a deep understanding of their culture, values, objectives, challenges, comps, audience, opportunities, and differentiators. We listen to operations, maintenance, resident and owner concerns and long-term goals, and participate in site visits to identify areas of opportunity. This data will guide the social, wellness, and service programming for the project and will steer the creative direction.

Project Framing

Site Information Demographics

Comparative Landscape

Branding Exercises

Programming

RE-PROGRAMMING AND EXISTING SPACE ASSESSMENT

Our approach re-programming considers existing functional systems and any areas that are designated to remain as is. We then review the needs of all users as we reassess the functional, sustainable, and aesthetic goals for the project. Working to improve efficiencies, function, and adjacencies, we re-evaluate the service, social and wellness programming while exploring multipurpose capabilities and indoor-outdoor connectivity.

HOLISTIC CAPABILITIES

With experts in Architecture, Planning, Interior Design, Landscape, Engineering, and Branding in house, we bring diverse perpectives to the table from the very beginning. What this means to you is that whether you are renovating an existing property or creating something new, we have the team to support your needs at our fingertips. This holistic approach leads to thoughtful creative solutions that work to meet or exceed your guests and your operational team’s expectations.

AMENITY REFRESH

We create amenities that build community and support social, emotional and physical wellbeing. Programming is based on building efficiency, market drivers, and amenities that will set the project apart from relevant competitors.

We know the importance of flexible spaces that are accessible to all residents and always push to reinforce interior to exterior connectivity.

FLAIR TOWER | Chicago, Illinois

CREATIVE RE-BRANDING

BKV Group is one of the few national design firms offering an in-house Branded Environments unit who, in addition, assist our design teams in navigating through the initial research, strategy and discovery phases, shaping brands early in the project life cycle that will inform how spaces are designed, marketed and experienced.

VISUALIZATION

We use visual storytelling and mood boards to express the energy of the project. Wireframe visualization studies help to understand spatial relationships, and we utilize rendered concept studies for material exploration. Virtual Reality walk-throughs allow clients to experience the space in 3D. VR allows for project collaboration across all team members.

FURNITURE, ARTWORK & ACCESSORIES

During final installation, our team works with all project entities to curate thoughtful furniture, art, and accessories. Intentional selections are made to help reinforce the design story. Natural or faux plants bring the outdoors in while we layer furniture, art, and accessories for a residential feel.

While the project is on site, we work closely with the contractors and FF&E dealers to achieve the successful implementation of our design along with the installation of all the associated FF&E.

UNIT REFRESH

A residential unit refresh has the ability to give a property new life and the opportunity to set themselves apart from the competition. Unit design is a major part of the brand expression of a property and the level of finish must meet that of surrounding comparable properties to attract and retain residents. BKV will work with you to assess improvements that will give you the highest impact and best return on your investment. Improvements in kitchens, baths, finishes, lighting, technology, and storage solutions will be assessed based on your project goals and budget.

BRANDED ENVIRONMENTS

OUR SERVICES

Project Brand Discovery

Project Brand Messaging, Positioning & Strategy

Naming

Visual Identity/Logo

Brand Guidelines

Brand Applications

Digital & Print Collateral

Marketing Materials

Promotional Merchandise Design

Environmental Graphics / Installations

Visual Identity Systems (Wayfinding Signage)

Social Media Templates

Website Design

Creating positive impacts on people, the planet, and providing the greatest value for our clients

VISION

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 life-cycle 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.

COMMITMENT TO A CARBON-NEUTRAL PRACTICE

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 The AIA 2030 Commitment 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 Lable Plus

Healthy Community Building

Urban design and landscape architecture are critical components of human health

MULTI-FAMILY REPOSITIONING

EXPERIENCE

FLAIR TOWER

Chicago, Illinois

OVERVIEW

Renovation of common areas and amenities

TYPE

Market-rate housing

SIZE

26 stories

198 units

Flair Tower is a awe inspiring renovation located in the River North neighborhood of Chicago. GID Real Estate Investments partnered with BKV to refresh the common areas and amenities to attract and retain residents in a market full of luxury living rental properties. Flair Tower presents subtle elegance by bringing in artistic art deco elements inspired by the historic Flair House building adjacent to the property. This transformed property features a refreshed lobby with 24/7 concierge services. The main amenity floor has been reimagined to maximize the indoor outdoor connection. An expanded clubroom space provides residents with space for co-working, entertaining, lounging and connecting with their neighbors. An oversize fitness room spills onto the roof deck for indoor /outdoor yoga. The pool deck is a true urban retreat that makes you forget that you are in the heart of the city.

Ample greenery, plush chaise loungers and intimate seating areas allow for the perfect entertainment space while taking in the great views of downtown Chicago.

FLAIR TOWER | Chicago, Illinois

PROJECT NAME

City, ST

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FLAIR TOWER | Chicago, Illinois

THE AVES AT TWELVE 100

Orlando, Florida

OVERVIEW

Luxury apartments; resort-style amenities; near University of Central Florida

TYPE

Student housing

SIZE

4 stories

507 units

The Aves at Twelve100 is located in the beautiful city of Orlando, Florida, directly across from one of the largest University’s in the nation, University of Central Florida. Close to a variety of dining, shopping, and recreational activities, The Aves is a premier destination for off-campus luxurious living where students can socialize and have academic success.Students can relax and recharge with resort-style amenities while enjoying Florida’s sunny weather at one of four pools on property, in addition to a fitness center, yoga studio, ping pong table, cozy fire pits, and endless lounge areas to gather and socialize. The interior design of Aves showcases a mix of grey washed and natural wood tones balanced with vibrant colors and patterns giving residents the look and feel of resort-style living. Residents have the ability to utilize the clubhouse for social gatherings as well as group study activities all while being steps away from the lush courtyards and the pool deck.

THE AVES AT TWELVE 100 | Orlando, Florida

BEFORE

THE AVES AT TWELVE 100 | Orlando, Florida

BEFORE

808 BERRY

St. Paul, Minnesota

TYPE

Market-Rate Housing

SIZE

267 units

BKV Group was tasked with the refresh of 808 Berry, an existing market-rate multi-family housing building. The scope included amenity areas, corridors, and units receiving finish updates and upgrades. To accomplish this, resilient wood-look flooring was installed throughout, new quartz countertops installed, new paint, and updates to lighting. Amenity areas focused on creating a welcoming and bright design to their outdated and dreary space. Leasing was reorganized for a more functional layout and a large package room was created to meet the growing needs of package delivery. Existing timber columns were retained in the lobby creating a dramatic feature that contrasted nicely against the light and airy design. These columns allowed opportunities to frame in art walls. To connect the amenities together, stone-look tile was installed throughout the amenity spaces. With the growing demand for entertaining and gathering, the clubroom kitchen was modified with a mix of furniture providing flexibility in use.The adjacent game room was opened to the clubroom and the fireplace reclad in new finishes on both sides to accentuate the verticality of the spaces. Existing beams were clad in dark wood material connecting back to the lobby space. The game room integrated booth, lounge, and bar seating at the coffee bar to create another entertainment space as well as allow for opportunities to work within the spaces. On the second floor, the fitness center was upgraded in finishes and enlarged creating a more usable space for residents. An existing theater space was transformed to a work-from-home suite with private zoom rooms, a large communal table, and lounge seating to accommodate each individuals working style. Corridors received new paint and carpeting to transition the color palette from the common area and create wayfinding features at unit entry doors, corridor intersections, and elevator lobbies.

BEFORE

ARKADIA WEST LOOP RENO

Chicago, Illinois

RENOVATED AMENITIES:

24,000 SF Outdoor Sundeck with Pool Party Room with Chef’s Kitchen Game Room

Concierge Lobby with Mail Room

Arkadia West Loop approached BKV Group in 2017 after realizing their West Loop high-rise needed a bit more flair. The existing Chicago building had “great bones,” but lacked personality, and they wanted their common areas to feel more residential and comfortable. We took the opportunity to turn their blank canvas into a work of art by adding color, pattern, and texture into each space — both interior and exterior — to create a vibrant and lively series of spaces that exudes personality for days.

BEFORE

ARKADIA WEST LOOP RENO | Chicago, Illinois

BEFORE

ARKADIA WEST LOOP RENO | Chicago, Illinois

BEFORE

ARKADIA WEST LOOP RENO | Chicago, Illinois

BEFORE

THE MARSHALL

Minneapolis, Minnesota

OVERVIEW

Designed to promote pedestrian friendly environment; near University of Minnesota

TYPE

Student living

SIZE

6 stories

316 units

994 beds

41,000 SF retail

The Marshall is located just north of the University of Minnesota East Bank Campus in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood of southeast Minneapolis. It includes retail and commercial space on the first floor and a series of walk-up townhome units on the ground floor, that allow residents to have direct access from the adjacent sidewalk.

The 316 units of market-rate rental housing are marketed to University faculty, staff, students and other professionals who wish to live near the University. Approximately 41,000 sq ft commercial and retail space is located on the first floor and are designed to promote a pedestrianoriented environment with outdoor seating opportunities at street level, as well as expanded boulevard conditions.

The street level retail provides and enhances a continuation of the current local retail patterns and experiences while also accommodating enclosed at-grade and underground parking for customers and residents. The streetscape has a personal scale with a lively, upbeat atmosphere of sidewalk seating, street lighting, plantings, and entries to large-windowed storefronts with dynamic canopies and signage.

AFTER

EITEL BUILDING CITY APARTMENTS

Minneapolis, Minnesota

For the resident, the design serves up a new vision for urban lifestyle rental living with boutique hotel-style amenities. The lobby, adjacent commons spaces, and rooftop clubroom seize the opportunity to connect past to present with their collection of vibrant design interventions into the relic spaces while encouraging daily social gathering and participation. Yoga, massage, fitness, business and theatre along with a restaurant and retail space all cater to the new generation of downtown inhabitants. Within each of the 212 dwelling units and lofts, again, there is an intentional gesture to connect the openness of the interior living environment to the exterior surroundings. The collection of formed spaces climaxes with the new roof terrace atop the Eitel, achieving the spirit of yesteryear’s roof parks, to create a final connection to the panorama of the entire city beyond, as an elevated extension of the park setting below.

AFTER

AVALON BAY CLARENDON

Arlington, Virginia

BKV Interiors was hired by Avalon Bay to renovate Avalon Clarendon. BKV focused on refreshing the interior design of the Fitness Center, Clubroom, Leasing Center, Three Lobbies, Rooftop, and Dog Spa. In an area flourishing with convenience, entertainment, and possibility, Avalon Clarendon features studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments just steps from restaurants and shops in Market Common Clarendon. The property features modern kitchens with stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops, amenities including an expanded fitness center with spin studio and suspension training equipment, and an updated resident lounge with an entertaining kitchen.

AFTER

INDIGO APARTMENTS

Gainesville, Georgia

Upon acquiring the property, our development partner, Dominium, approached BKV Group to revitalize the clubhouse at Indigo Apartments. BKV Group worked with the development team to analyze the existing space and develop concepts to create an amenity rich space within a limited footprint. By incorporating fluid furniture concepts, demountable partitions, and analyzing preferred spatial adjacencies, we were able to expand the amenity derived space to include a lobby, leasing offices, fitness center, clubroom and kitchenette, coworking space, children’s play space, and a dog spa.

Additionally, BKV Group furnished a redesigned outdoor amenity space and two model units, which have been utilized as marketing assets to fully lease the property in a time frame of two months. The amenity building and surrounding spaces now serve as a central hub for the surrounding walk-up style apartment buildings and provides a sense of community to new and existing residents.