Mixed Use

Phipps Plaza
Atlanta, GA

The massive renovation of this Atlanta stalwart of luxury shopping includes a new luxury hotel, office tower, fitness center, new restaurants, and a parking deck. The new boutique 5-star hotel and flagship restaurant by NOBU (investors include actor Robert De Niro, producer Meir Teper, chef NOBU Matsuhisa, and restaurateur Drew Nieporent) offers 150 rooms. The new 370,000 SF, 13-story ore & shell houses a Class A Office Tower, while the complex also includes a 90,000 SF five-story Life Time Athletic facility, and a 30,000 SF food court.

AHA provided MEP/FP Design services.

Neponset Landing
Quincy, MA

This existing 344,600 SF, 12-story multi-family residential building contains 280 (luxury 1 & 2 bedroom) apartments. It offers an amenitized lifestyle with private media room, billiards room, lounge with entertaining kitchen, fitness center, dog park & pet spa, and outdoor setting on the water with dining and grilling stations.

AHA has provided LEED Administration, Retro-Commissioning, Energy Audit, and Energy Star services. Utilizing the Arc platform AHA guided Neponset Landing to achieve a Platinum certification level under the LEED Existing Buildings, Operations & Maintenance (EBOM) program. We were able to improve upon the Gold EBOM certification, obtained in 2018.

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Seven88 West Midtown
Atlanta, GA

The new Seven88 West Midtown condominiums is a 625,000 SF, 22 story mixed use development. It has 279 units on the top 18 levels over four lev-els, 350 car, of parking, with retail streetscape. The residential Amenities include a clubroom with demonstration kitchen, billiards, a lounge, coffee and refreshment bar, concierge service, a state-of-the-art fitness center with yoga studio. The streetscape features shops with a podium deck above including a gas fire pit, water features, a spa and pool, and several plazas. This high-rise condominium is the first of it’s kind in Atlanta’s West Midtown area.

AHA provided MEP/FP Design, Technology Design, Utility Incentive Assistance, and MEP Commissioning services.

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Ink Block South End
Boston, MA

This multiple building mixed use complex is on the former Boston Herald site and includes three apartment, two condominium, and one micro-unit buildings. The campus also has parking, retailers like Whole Foods Market, an outdoor entertainment lounge, club room, and fitness center.

AHA provided MEP/FP Design, Structured Cabling Design, LEED Administration, LEED Energy Modeling, LEED MEP Documentation, and LEED Fundamental Commissioning services to support Ink Block’s commitment to environmental responsibility. One of the apartment buildings has a shared condenser water loop that uses the waste heat from the Whole Foods refrigeration system to heat up the circulating condenser water for an essentially self contained heating system. The plumbing design also reduced potable water use by 35%. Phase 1 won The American Architecture Prize Winner in Interior Design / Residential award.

All the residential (three apartment, two condominium, and 1 micro-unit) buildings have each achieved a LEED Gold rating.

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Northland Newton Development
Newton, MA

The Northland Newton Development is converting an old industrial complex into a new vibrant 10 building mixed use development that will be the largest Passive House and all electric residential community, and site, in the country. The 22.6 acre, 1.1 million SF site will have 822, including 144 affordable, housing units, along with two retails buildings. The complex will include total underground parking, the conversion of a historic mill, underground utility lines, and a solar array.

AHA is providing LEED Administration, LEED Energy Modeling, LEED Enhanced Commissioning, LEED Fundamental Commissioning, LEED for Homes Commissioning for Energy Star, LEED MEP Documentation, Technology Design, MEP/FP Design, and TEDI, MEPA, and Code Compliant Energy Modeling services.

During the project planning phase, Northland Investment Corporation engaged AHA to provide Advisory services. We performed Utility and Technology Master Plans.

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212 Stuart
Boston, MA

This new 150,000 SF, 19-story building houses 126 one and two-bedroom apartments along with three-bedroom penthouses ranging from roughly 500 -2,100 SF. Two units are duplex types with entrance stoops accessed from the street. The project also includes a fully equipped gymnasium, bike storage, lounge, library, terrace, 19th floor outdoor patio, and high speed Internet access, among other amenities, along with access to 1,000 SF of first floor retail /restaurant space.

AHA provided Code Energy Modeling, Fundamental Commissioning, LEED Administration, LEED MEP Documentation, MEP/FP Design, Structured Cabling and Security Design services. The project was designed to LEED Gold NC certified equivalent

Harvard University Faculty Club
Cambridge, MA

This renovation modernized this historic 1920s building. The main kitchen was updated, while the refurbished dining rooms offer seating for approximately 300 guests. The meeting, conference, function, and hospitality spaces were upgrades, while new private and open office areas were created.

AHA provided Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Design, Feasibility Study, an Arc Flash Study, and Utility Incentive Assistance services to met Harvard’s University Green Building Standards (Dec 2014) Tier 3 Systems Upgrades: Limited Scope Projects with Energy and GHG Impact. The design included two new mechanical rooms, one of which merged AHUs to eliminate several existing units, and expanded a third mechanical room. Overall 17 single zone, constant volume AHU’s were consolidated into 4 VAV AHU’s, system variability/control for dynamically occupied spaces improved energy efficiency, and the quantity of equipment needed to operate and maintain the building was reduced.

Northstar Project & Real Estate services, the University’s Owner’s Project Manager, engaged AHA to provide Advisory services, a feasibility study investigated the most appropriate solution to upgrade the building’s HVAC system.