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Gypsy Kitchen

While the Gypsy Kitchen restaurant is located in the chic Buckhead Atlanta development, once inside the patio doors and beyond the sweeping skyline view of Buckhead, guests are taken on a sensory trip to the exotic Iberian Peninsula. Spanish, Moroccan and Indian influences permeate everything from the smallest details in the cuisine to the mammoth metal bull prancing over the bar.

Trendy geometric patterns and mosaic tiles adorn the bright turquoise walls while Moorish lanterns and iron chandeliers lend an ambient, rustic glow. Copper tones and deep-red leather accent the wooden tables and hardwood floors. Stacks of vintage suitcases above the bar evoke the nomadic traveler theme, complemented by the riveting gaze of a mysterious woman overlooking the space.

Tapas-style plates are served out of a state-of-the-art kitchen, which is shared with neighboring restaurant Southern Gentleman, also completed by Choate.

The HVAC system for the space is comprised of water source heat pumps with an outdoor air unit. The kitchen exhaust systems features four hoods, exhaust and make up air equipment, welded black iron grease duct, and pollution control unit.

Comcast Regional Headquarters – One Ballpark Center

Telecommunications leader Comcast relocates their regional headquarters to a space designed to further support the global largest broadcasting and cable company. Overlooking the Atlanta Braves’ SunTrust Park, the space houses over 1,000 Comcast employees in a dynamic office space that intertwines innovation, technology, and growth. As a technology development hub, the headquarters office provides a home for the company’s growing workforce of technologists, engineers, and software architects.

The 229,192-SF building comes to life with an interior upfit on all nine of its floors. Employees and visitors alike are welcomed into the grand lobby with sleek terrazzo floors, fry reglet forms, and surfaces finishes. NanoLumens screens are mounted to interior lobby walls, showcasing Comcast’s services.

Encouraging workplace comradery, a cafe on the second floor features a commercial kitchen and includes indoor and outdoor dining areas. The full-service corporate kitchen features a large pizza oven, and a walk-in refrigerator and freezer. Additionally on the second floor, a gym with extensive workout equipment, showers, plus yoga rooms allows employees to unwind during their downtime. A striking glass and terrazo staircase leads guests to the third floor outdoor gathering space.

An open-office floor plan promotes teamwork and runs throughout the third through eighth floors with huddle rooms, large conference rooms, breakrooms, plus private offices. The executive space takes up the ninth floor with spacious private offices, large training conference rooms, and a warming kitchen.

A popular spot in the building, the ninth floor, features an indoor bar plus an outdoor seating area. Employees can watch a Braves game from the ninth floor and enjoy a signature hotdog cooked on the various outdoor grills. Box suites with cushioned risers allow a comfortable space to watch a baseball game or finish work outdoors.

Heartis Senior Living

Recognizing the need for additional senior living communities in the region, Caddis Partners brings Heartis Fayetteville to Fayetteville, GA. The 160,000-SF facility provides residents a full continuum of care with an independent living, assisted living, and memory care wing.

Wood frame, metal stud framing, hollow core planks, and metal roof trusses create the facility’s structure. The exterior of each wing is adorned in brick and cementitious siding, shingle and metal roofing, as well as decorative canopies and porte cochere components.

Granite counter tops, luxury vinyl tile and ceramic tile flooring, plus a decorative lighting layout enhance the 158 resident units. First-class amenities include full kitchen and dining area, game and activity rooms, beauty and barber shop, café/bistro, and pool and fitness area. Beautifully landscaped courtyards and a lengthy perimeter walking path allow for vibrant outdoor activities.

Superica – Krog Street Market

Superica, a “Mex-Tex” inspired restaurant with a casual and lively atmosphere influenced by the famous Chef Ford Fry’s Texan roots, is a 4,983 SF restaurant is taking a space at Krog Street Market. Formerly Tyler Perry’s studio in Inman Park, the transformation of the existing warehouse space turns into an upscale restaurant with wood-burning grills and an indoor/outdoor patio bar set up to host live music.

The project is located within a recently renovated building classified as an A-2 assembly occupancy.  The construction type is IIIB and is fully equipped with a NFPA 13 Dry System.

Augusta University Student Housing

The Georgia Board of Regents (BOR) has signed a long-term lease agreement with Corvias to develop, maintain, and operate student housing on multiple campuses across the state over the next 65 years. Augusta University is one of seven campuses receiving student housing in phase one of this public-private-partnership.

The student housing at Augusta University is split into two separate five-story buildings – one for graduate students and another for undergraduate students. The undergraduate building is comprised of 412 beds in 145 suite and semi-suite style units totaling over 97,665 SF, while the graduate building has 312 beds in 305 apartment style units totaling 171,330 SF.

Focusing on the complete student experience, the undergraduate building also includes a large, 2,775-SF multi-function “connect” space. Other amenities in both buildings include common kitchens, lounges, laundry, and study areas. Finishes are typical of an institutional dormitory building utilizing a mix of carpet tile and ceramic tile flooring in the dorm units.

Site construction includes the abatement and demolition of five existing dormitory buildings on the eight acre site. Storm water is funneled into three separate underground detention systems installed across the site. A 301-space asphalt surface parking lot is installed to the south of the dormitories.

Both buildings are Type III wood frame construction supported by conventional shallow/spread footings with a slab-on-grade. The exterior skin of both buildings is comprised primarily of brick masonry with cement panel accents and stucco at the upper floors. Both buildings utilize VTAC mechanical systems with a mix of local water heaters for the graduate apartments and a central hot water boiler system for the undergraduate units.

Halyard Healthcare

Following the spin-off from Kimberly-Clark Clark Corporation, Halyard Health relocates their headquarters office to Kimberly-Clark’s campus in Alpharetta, GA. Four floors within two office buildings are renovated in an extremely fast-paced four-month schedule. Halyard Health is a global healthcare company focused on preventing infection, eliminating pain, and speeding recovery.

Full height glass doors lined with Halyard’s distinct logo allow guests to enter through various other points of entry. Upon entering Halyard’s main lobby, guests are greeted by porcelain Italian tile floors and a fumed Aspen wood reception desk. Halyard’s logo is prominently displayed against custom millwork wall panels. Canted display walls with additional printed vinyl decals create an unmistakable sophistication in elevator lobbies. Elevator lobbies and conference areas are illuminated by 5-foot cylindrical mud-in lighting fixtures. A skyfold partition is installed in the large conference room.

In the six breakrooms throughout the corporate office, Italian porcelain tile backsplash plus custom millwork panels evoke the modern atmosphere felt throughout the entire office. The renovation encourages employee collaboration and engagement. Breakaway rooms made for small conferences include full monitors and backlit LED lighting lining the wall, facilitating mobile conferencing. Comfortable seating plus full internet capabilities allow for a shared work environment in the mobile lounge. Nearly 80% of the sheetrock in the office is covered with writable wall surfaces, enhancing employee teamwork. Scheduling monitors are installed outside all rooms with meeting capabilities to eliminate any scheduling complications. Wellness rooms provide a place for relaxation and healing for new and expectant mothers or employees feeling under the weather.

Central core areas feature custom designed booths complete with Halyard’s distinct colors, full bar-height island, fumed Aspen millwork, and elegant Cambria quartz side panels. Employees can enjoy a sophisticated coffee bar with a high-end espresso maker and monitors. BuzziSpace, a sound-absorbing felt, is installed in common core areas allowing for acoustic deafening. LED lighting throughout these areas have occupancy sensors to allow for energy efficiency. Custom display cabinets are installed outside of core areas, showcasing the company’s products.

One of the largest and most unique areas in this multi-faceted project is the laboratory space. A see-through custom ducted, stainless steel fume hood is installed, allowing employees to view experiments occurring in the lab. As employees enter the lab, all of the printed vinyl decals on the full height glass doors showcase the patent numbers of all of Halyard’s products. Welded chemical resistant vinyl floors and multi-faceted millwork clouds hang above all lab islands, creating the look of a sail. These millwork clouds aid in both lighting and acoustics, absorbing sound created in the laboratory. Each lab island is equipped with epoxy resin tops, medical gases, and completely deionized water systems. Mock-up rooms allow customers to see all of the company’s products in motion, offering true-to-life and fully operational surgery rooms with surgical lighting and medical equipment.

Halyard’s basement contains a machine shop prototype room, installed for new product development. An environmental chamber allows employees to modify the controlled environment, including humidity and temperature, to facilitate product reaction experimentation.

To allow for the sophisticated equipment installed throughout the building, a steel platform is built on the roof housing mechanical equipment and exhaust units. A screen is installed around the equipment, featuring 15-foot Alucobond metal panels and covering 40-by-90-feet, to obscure visibility from the road. A synthetic rubber 60-mil roof is added with a wire platform to support the mechanical equipment and exhaust units.

Greater Atlanta Christian Junior & Senior High School Renovation

Following the spin-off from Kimberly-Clark Clark Corporation, Halyard Health relocates their headquarters office to Kimberly-Clark’s campus in Alpharetta, GA. Four floors within two office buildings are renovated in an extremely fast-paced four-month schedule. Halyard Health is a global healthcare company focused on preventing infection, eliminating pain, and speeding recovery.

Full height glass doors lined with Halyard’s distinct logo allow guests to enter through various other points of entry. Upon entering Halyard’s main lobby, guests are greeted by porcelain Italian tile floors and a fumed Aspen wood reception desk. Halyard’s logo is prominently displayed against custom millwork wall panels. Canted display walls with additional printed vinyl decals create an unmistakable sophistication in elevator lobbies. Elevator lobbies and conference areas are illuminated by 5-foot cylindrical mud-in lighting fixtures. A skyfold partition is installed in the large conference room.

In the six breakrooms throughout the corporate office, Italian porcelain tile backsplash plus custom millwork panels evoke the modern atmosphere felt throughout the entire office.

The renovation encourages employee collaboration and engagement. Breakaway rooms made for small conferences include full monitors and backlit LED lighting lining the wall, facilitating mobile conferencing. Comfortable seating plus full internet capabilities allow for a shared work environment in the mobile lounge. Nearly 80% of the sheetrock in the office is covered with writable wall surfaces, enhancing employee teamwork. Scheduling monitors are installed outside all rooms with meeting capabilities to eliminate any scheduling complications. Wellness rooms provide a place for relaxation and healing for new and expectant mothers or employees feeling under the weather.

Central core areas feature custom designed booths complete with Halyard’s distinct colors, full bar-height island, fumed Aspen millwork, and elegant Cambria quartz side panels. Employees can enjoy a sophisticated coffee bar with a high-end espresso maker and monitors. BuzziSpace, a sound-absorbing felt, is installed in common core areas allowing for acoustic deafening. LED lighting throughout these areas have occupancy sensors to allow for energy efficiency. Custom display cabinets are installed outside of core areas, showcasing the company’s products.

One of the largest and most unique areas in this multi-faceted project is the laboratory space. A see-through custom ducted, stainless steel fume hood is installed, allowing employees to view experiments occurring in the lab. As employees enter the lab, all of the printed vinyl decals on the full height glass doors showcase the patent numbers of all of Halyard’s products. Welded chemical resistant vinyl floors and multi-faceted millwork clouds hang above all lab islands, creating the look of a sail. These millwork clouds aid in both lighting and acoustics, absorbing sound created in the laboratory. Each lab island is equipped with epoxy resin tops, medical gases, and completely deionized water systems. Mock-up rooms allow customers to see all of the company’s products in motion, offering true-to-life and fully operational surgery rooms with surgical lighting and medical equipment.

Halyard’s basement contains a machine shop prototype room, installed for new product development. An environmental chamber allows employees to modify the controlled environment, including humidity and temperature, to facilitate product reaction experimentation. To allow for the sophisticated equipment installed throughout the building, a steel platform is built on the roof housing mechanical equipment and exhaust units. A screen is installed around the equipment, featuring 15-foot Alucobond metal panels and covering 40-by-90-feet, to obscure visibility from the road. A synthetic rubber 60-mil roof is added with a wire platform to support the mechanical equipment and exhaust units.

The Commons at University of North Georgia

The Georgia Board of Regents (BOR) has signed a long-term lease agreement with Corvias to develop, maintain, and operate student housing on multiple campuses across the state over the next 65 years. University of North Georgia is one of seven campuses receiving student housing in phase one of this public-private-partnership.

With enrollment increasing exponentially, the need for student housing has risen at the University of North Georgia. Two student housing buildings totaling 118,268 SF join the compendium of residence life at the University of North Georgia adding 540 beds in 169 suite and semi-suite style dormitory units. The buildings are located on a 2.65 acres site surrounded by the campus on all sides. Common areas include gathering rooms, study lounges, laundry rooms, and a connect room featuring billards, foosball, and a projector screen. Finishes are typical of University of North Georgia’s current dormitory standards, utilizing a mix of carpet tile and luxury vinyl tile flooring in the dorm units.

Four existing duplexes are removed from the site and one existing staff apartment is demolished to make way for the dormitories. With over 60 feet of elevation change from one end to the other on the site, the buildings needed slab-on-grade at five different elevations to accommodate the topography.

Both buildings utilize a partial podium slab configuration for the first level with three and four stories of wood framing above. The exterior skin is comprised primarily of brick masonry with cast stone accents and cement panel siding at upper elevations. Exposed timber canopies accent the building entrances. The roof is an architectural asphalt shingle with IPE decking at the roof terrace for student lounging.

The mechanical system utilizes VTAC units in the dorms and a centralized boiler provides domestic hot water.

Young Harris College Rollins Campus Center

The Rollins Center connects four distinct areas in a single, state-of-the-art structure: a 60,000-SF multi-purpose student center, an expanded dining hall boasting a wide variety of food stations, 350-seat banquet facility, and a 40,000-SF modern library. The stunning Campus Center is designed to be the focal point of the growing campus.

The campus center provides dedicated office and meeting space for student media, Student Government Association, religious life, Greek organizations and other clubs. It also includes multiple lounge areas, informal meeting space, computer workstations, and convenience store. Additionally, the more than 500-seat dining hall replaces the College’s current 270-seat space. Food stations will feature nutritious, customized made-to-order meals, plus grab-and-go options.

Striving to achieve LEED certification, the building’s design focuses on sustainability. Sustainable features include the use of geothermal wells for the capture of onsite renewable energy, the sophisticated use of exterior glazing and light shelves to maximize daylight as well as views, reduced water usage both inside and out, the use of both recycled and regional materials as well as the recycling of construction waste.

The building is constructed of a structural steel and concrete frame, a masonry, glass, metal panel and wood exterior skin and both single ply and metal roof systems. Interior design will consist of Class A finishes with an emphasis on wood to create a very social and comfortable environment for the student body.

Constructed during one of the worst winters in local memory, the College Campus Center lost an incredible 192 days to weather. Despite this seemingly insurmountable challenge, Choate Construction delivered the project on time and even without using the officially allowed 90-day overage.

One West Victory

Choate Construction delivers One West Victory featuring 114 student-focused apartment homes striving for LEED certification, a four-level precast parking deck, and the renovation of two late 19th century historic buildings. Constructed yards away from an active railway, these buildings are transformed into a restaurant with a rooftop space and a residential amenity building including a fitness center, leasing office, study hall, and student lounge.

Apartment homes offer residents full kitchens, contemporary granite countertops, and spacious living quarters. Commercial mini-split HVAC systems offer individualized, efficient cooling and heating. The four-story apartment building is constructed of wood frame with a partial first-floor brick facade and three-coat cement plaster system on floors two through four.

The Florence is a top-notch restaurant located in the renovated 19th century Savannah Ice Factory. The transformed building is a light-flooded space with reclaimed marble wall cladding, countertops, and table tops, reclaimed sinker cypress wood bar cladding and standing coffee bar. The cafe has an extensive list of coffee, espresso drinks, and daily selection of house made pastries, while the restaurant side serves the best in locally-sourced Italian fare, including house-made pizzas in an imported Italian wood-fired oven.

The restaurant features exposed wood beam ceilings, reclaimed heart pine floors custom-milled from the building’s original floor and roof beams, back-lit bars featuring craft beers and signature wines, and banquette seating, all highlighting the antique look of the building. An exposed kitchen gives guests a glimpse into the world of the chef as their food is being prepared. For guests wanting to enjoy their meal al fresco, there is roof top dining and “herb garden patio dining.”

2015 Historic Savannah Foundation’s Preservation Award

2015 Associated General Contractors of Georgia, 1st Place in Construction Group

2015 Associated General Contractors of Georgia, First Place Honors Best Sustainable Building Practices

2015 Associated General Contractors of Georgia, Safety Award

2015 Georgia Chapter American Concrete Institute, Outstanding Achievement Award – Parking Deck

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