Current Projects

Stivers School for the Arts
Orr-Statler Block Renovation
The MERC

Stivers School for the Arts

1907 Building
One of Our Most Exciting Projects!

This is an Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) Co-Funded project to renovate a 1907 school building and add new space for gymnasiums, performing and visual arts studios, and a 600-seat auditorium.

The project design highlights the historical features of the original 1907 building, and creates a compatible, but contemporary addition.

The renovation is approximately 100,000 square feet, and the addition provides another 100,000 square feet.

Construction began in early 2006 and completion is scheduled for lmid 2008 - the 100th anniversary of the opening of the original Stivers High School.

Total project cost for the 998-student high school is $34 million. This will be a great improvement for this very progressive and successful Dayton Public School.

Orr-Statler Block Renovation

National Register Building

Orr-Statler Historic Building Renovation in Piqua Ohio The City of Piqua, in partnership with Piqua Improvement Corporation, was committed to the renovation of the Orr-Statler Block as an essential piece of their downtown redevelopment.

After working through a feasibility analysis, securing funding, and building community support for the renovation of this beautiful Romanesque hotel in downtown Piqua, Ohio, the restoration design work on the project is moving forward.

We took on the development/consultant role on this project, in addition to the more traditional renovation architect role, and we're loving it!

This National Register building will be fully renovated as a multi-use urban center using historic tax credits and new market credits to assist in the funding. The building will house a library, an historic museum, and a civic conference center.

Multiple developers and contractors had tried and failed to create a viable renovation of this building prior to our involvement.

Our approach first identified the true nature of this building as a steel frame and not load bearing masonry as had been assumed.

Working within the community, we found needs that matched the building spaces.

Our advocacy for historic tax credits as a funding source led to successful project funding.

Finally, our expertise led the design of a complex series of structural reinforcement and the installation of up-to-date building systems and careful restoration of the interior and exterior.

Our expertise in historically sensitive design and compatible space planning led the successful adaptive reuse design team.

Construction on this project began in 2006 and is currently scheduled for completion in August 2008.

The MERC

The MERC is a half block mixed-use redevelopment in the heart of the burgeoning Webster Station District in downtown Dayton Ohio.

Conceived with 32 housing units, retail and office space complemented by creatively designed landscaped plazas and supported by contiguous parking, The MERC adaptively reuses large loft warehouses and a defunct steam generating plant as one of the most innovative and exciting urban spaces Dayton has ever seen.

As a partner with Matt Stoermer as E3 Development, Jeff Wray is involved in every aspect of this challenging project.

Design, preleasing, and final project funding are currently underway.