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COOPER CARRY
Since 1960, Cooper Carry has been dedicated to designing spaces that connect people to place. Inspired by our founder, Jerry Cooper, we approach every project with curiosity—asking the right questions to uncover the best solutions for our clients and the communities they serve. Our leadership team consists of both advocates and experts, empowered by decades of experience to shape environments that prioritize placemaking, civic space, and the well-being of communities, tenants, residents, and visitors.
Cooper carry’s Mixed-use ecosystem
Ecosystems bring together diverse contributors to create something far beyond the capacity of one. At Cooper Carry, we approach our projects as a collaborative ecosystem. Our multiple studios and services combine daily to provide each project with the expertise it needs to meet its business objectives. Our experience encompasses a wide range of building types, allowing us to offer deeper expertise, explore various possibilities, and provide innovative solutions. This mixed-use ecosystem enables us to help our clients create a platform where tenants and target audiences can thrive.
Retail Studio
The Cooper Carry Retail Studio knows retail architecture is bigger than the box. More than transactional, we see our work as cultural, community-minded, civic and deeply personal, as we design places that more than ever have become an experiential thread in our everyday lives. From re-thinking and re-energizing the monolithic malls and strips of the past, to designing the street-level spectacle of new mixeduse and main street developments, we view retail architecture as the glue that connects us as consumers and as individuals with experiences and energy, movement and magic, in new, ever-changing ways.
The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry
KINGSLEY
FORT MILL, SC
AWARDS
2020 ICSC NORTH AMERICAN DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT AWARDS: GOLD, MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
2019 AIA CHARLOTTE DESIGN & SERVICE AWARDS: CITATION, URBAN DESIGN
Designed in collaboration with LandDesign.
SHOPPING CENTER REPOSITION
FALLS CHURCH, VA
AWARDS
2022 ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AND VIRGINIA
CHAPTERS, EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION
AWARD, RETAIL OVER $5 MILLION
2022 NAIOP NORTHERN VIRGINIA
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT, NON-INSTITUTIONAL
BALLSTON QUARTER
RENOVATION + REPOSITION
ARLINGTON, VA
AWARDS
2020 ASLA VA MERIT AWARD, GENERAL DESIGN
2020 ICSC NORTH AMERICA DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT, SILVER AND SUSTAINABLE GOLD AWARD, MIXED-USE RENOVATIONS / EXPANSIONS CATEGORY
2020 RETROFIT MAGAZINE’S METAMORPHOSIS AWARDS, FIRST PLACE, MIXED-USE CATEGORY
2019 DESIGNARLINGTON AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
2019 NAIOP BEST OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA - BEST BUILDINGS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS NON-INSTITUTIONAL
Cooper Carry served as Architect of Record and collaborated with CRTKL, who also acted as Design Architect, on the redesign of the mall. CRTKL provided full Design Architect and Architect of Record services on the project’s residential tower.
THE DESIGN DISTRICT
RENOVATION + REPOSITION
CHARLOTTE, NC
Designed in collaboration with LandDesign.
AWARDS
2019 AIA CHARLOTTE DESIGN & SERVICE AWARDS, MERIT, URBAN DESIGN
CITY CENTER +
AFTER Before
Before
SLIPSTREAM COFFEE SHOP
ARLINGTON, VA
ATLANTIC PARK
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
Designed in collaboration with Hanbury and Genlser.
THE BOWL AT BALLANTYNE
CHARLOTTE, NC
AWARDED
2024 CHARLOTTE URBAN DESIGN
AWARDS, GREAT SUBURBAN
DESIGN CATEGORY, WINNER
Designed in collaboration with LandDesign.
BETHESDA ROW REVITALIZATION
BETHESDA, MD
2024 PROJECT SCOPE
FACADE + STREETSCAPE RENOVATIONS
ORIGINAL PROJECT SCOPE
MASTER PLAN: 17 ACRES
OFFICE: 106,000 MILLION SF
RETAIL: 93,000 SF
MULTIFAMILY: 300 UNITS
DESIGN SERVICES
ARCHITECTURE
EXPERIENTIAL GRAPHIC DESIGN
URBAN DESIGN + PLANNING
DESIGN STUDIOS
MIXED-USE / OFFICE WORKPLACE / RETAIL
DESIGN AWARDS
ULI, EXCELLENCE IN URBAN DESIGN AWARD
CONGRESS FOR THE NEW URBANISM, BEST BLOCK IN AMERICA AWARD
CITIZEN’S NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION AWARD FOR MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN BETHESDA
THE MERCATO
NAPLES, FL
AWARDS
2010 ICSC, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT AWARD, HONORABLE MENTION
2009 FLORIDA PARKING ASSOCIATION, THEATER/RETAIL PARKING STRUCTURE, HONORABLE MENTION
2009 FLORIDA PARKING ASSOCIATION, RESIDENTIAL PARKING STRUCTURE, HONORABLE MENTION
THE SHOPS AT WIREGRASS
TAMPA, FL
ONE DAYTONA
DAYTONA BEACH, FL
THREE CORNERS ON VERO BEACH
VERO BEACH, FL
TOWN CENTER CORTE MADERA
CORTE MADERA, CA
Before
Before
Connects to Nashville’s Greenways & bicycle trail
CAPITOL VIEW
NASHVILLE, TN
PROJECT SCOPE
MASTER PLAN: 32 ACRES
OFFICE: 1.1 MILLION SF
RETAIL: 130,000 SF
MULTIFAMILY: 650 UNITS
GROCER: PUBLIX
DESIGN SERVICES
ARCHITECTURE / INTERIOR DESIGN
EXPERIENTIAL GRAPHIC DESIGN
URBAN DESIGN + PLANNING
DESIGN STUDIOS
MIXED-USE / MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL
OFFICE WORKPLACE / RETAIL
DESIGN AWARDS
2021 ICSC GLOBAL DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
AWARDS, NEW DEVELOPMENTS
MIXED-USE PROJECTS, GOLD
2020, ULI NASHVILLE EXCELLENCE IN DEVELOPMENT AWARD
2019 BEST OF NASHVILLE, 500 11TH AVE
N., BEST NEW OFFICE BUILDING
INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE
RENOVATION + REPOSITION
WAIKIKI, HI
AWARDS
2019 ULI GLOBAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
2018 ICSC GOLD FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS
2018 ICSC SILVER MAXI FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS
2017 ICSC GOLD MAXI FOR EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING / PUBLIC RELATIONS GRAND OPENING / REDEVELOPMENT EXPANSIONS / RENOVATIONS
2017 NAIOP KŪKULU HALE AWARD FOR NEW PROJECT OVER 40,000 SQ. FT.
Designed in collaboration with JPRA Architects.
MALL OF SAN JUAN
SAN
JUAN, PR
Designed in collaboration with JPRA Architects.
COCA COLA ROXY
ATLANTA, GA
HOUSE OF BLUES CLEVELAND, OH
AWARDS
2008 OHIO HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE AWARD
2005 THE BUILDERS EXCHANGE, OHIO CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARD
2005 VM+SD RENOVATION AWARD
DALLAS, TX
AWARDS
2022 ICSC GLOBAL DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT AWARDS, RETAIL STORE DESIGN, FOOD HALLS, GOLD
JENI’S ICE CREAMS
THE DESIGN DISTRICT, CHARLOTTE, NC
MARKET STREET
OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE CENTER REPOSITION
WOODLANDS, TX
Designed in collaboration with LandDesign and The Lighting Practice. Before
ESPLANADE
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
DIGITAL CITY
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
AWARDS
2021 ICSC GLOBAL DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT AWARDS, EVOLVING INNOVATION AND ASPIRATION, RENOVATIONS/EXPANSIONS MIXED-USE PROJECTS, SILVER
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WASHINGTON, DC
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