Project Description:

Restoration of a historically significant 4-story, 50,000 sf building.  Included restoration and sensitively altering 95 guestrooms, commercial spaces, lobby, common spaces, and ballroom, with the addition of a new rooftop deck and restaurant. 

Duties:

• Served as the owner’s representative, designer, interior designer, and assisted in the construction administration of a 50,000 sf building on the National Registry of Historic places.  
• Space planning of 95 guest rooms to maximize space and update to meet code requirements
• Generated architectural supplemental instructions and details as needed
• Organized scheduling and purchasing of equipment and fixtures to meet deadlines for staggered levels of completion to accelerate guest rooms coming to market
• Managed over 20 vendors and specialized consultants in sourcing FF&E and fixtures, led negotiations and coordination
• Oversaw and maintained continuous communication with a base construction crew of 6 people.
• Responsible for design and purchasing of FF&E to meet the owner’s design goals. For areas including guestrooms, lobby and common spaces including hallways, restrooms, conference rooms and meeting rooms with a budget of $550k.  
• Researched and compiled a new list of vendors and manufacturers for hospitality products
• Designed the custom cabinetry and led the selection of bathroom and light fixtures  
• Authorized work by tradesmen for finishes and custom designed pieces
• Acted as liaison for art direction of the public spaces and guestrooms, between the owner and photographer