ally look at how the product matches not only the current environment, but also how it will function 20 years from now.” Allred stresses the importance of a conservative footprint and always keeping a building’s functionality in mind. “There are a lot of properties and buildings that appear interesting and attractive from the exterior, but in terms of trying to get the space laid out and efficient, it gets more challenging with some of the more creative architectural designs,” he says.
anything about data centers, you can’t shut them down, and they are very expensive to operate. We had to replace all the damaged beams while the data center was operating. We would take out one section of the roof at a time and replace it. Every night we’d seal it back up,” Allred said. “This process went on for about a year, but it was the right thing to do.” As the Douglas Allred Company moves forward and continues to grow, its management team hopes to continue to provide opportunities for current and future employees.
The Douglas Allred Company is currently in the second phase of construction on Park Place and has made efficiency a top priority.
“Our company is a very tight group of people, and the number one priority is giving our employees a great place to work and the ability to provide for their families,” Allred says. “Everybody in our office “For every company in America, from the smallest is very dedicated and hardworking. I want to make companies to the largest companies, efficiency is sure they feel that their efforts are valued by the job one,” Allred says. “We try to keep our buildings company and we provide them with opportunities efficient. In our common areas, we stage them very, to grow and succeed.” very nicely, but we don’t let the scale and size get so large that you have inefficient load factors on Phoenix Design One For over 27 years, PDO has been one of the Valley’s leading your buildings.” innovative design studios producing unique and timeless work The second phase of Park Place includes a 92,109 square-foot, two-story office building. The building is the first speculative office construction project to be completed in the Phoenix area since 2009.
environments. Through collaboration with developers such as the Douglas Allred Company, PDO creates practical design solutions that balance aesthetic, economic and functional aspects of interior space. The featured project was designed, permitted and constructed in approximately 90 days.
“Park Place is a multi-year project,” Allred says. “We’ll develop it over the next 12 to 15 years. When completely built out, the total size of the project could be upwards of two million square feet. As tenant demand increases, we will speed up the construction process. The Douglas Allred Company also recently completed a redevelopment project at the acquired Foothills Tech Center. The two-building complex totals 180,000 square feet. One building is 100 percent leased to a data center, and the larger of the two buildings is 98 percent leased with multitenant space. During the extensive renovation process, the company uncovered some unexpected structural issues. “We got into the data center and we were going to reroof it, but we discovered that moisture had gotten into the beams underneath,” Allred says. “The additional structural repairs were not in the budget, but there was not a chance in the world we were going to let people work under a roof that might not be safe.” According to Allred, working around the existing data center created some challenges. “If you know FALL 2012 | DDC JOURNAL
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