BKV Group: Non-Profit & Mission-Driven Brochure

NON-PROFIT

BROCHURE

YOUR MISSION

IS OUR MISSION

We have a legacy of delivering innovative design for a range of non-profit and mission-driven clients to create a positive impact on their respective communities.

ENRICHING LIVES AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES HAS BEEN OUR HALLMARK SINCE 1978.

OUR VALUES

POSITIVELY IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY

We believe we have a social responsibility to give back and support our communities through fundraising, donation, and volunteering.

SUPPORTING HUMANITARIAN AND INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS

IMPACTING THE LIVES OF THOSE WE CAN HAVE A DIRECT INFLUENCE ON

ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF AMERICA

By investing in local chapters as ACE mentors, we will help support students desiring to pursue a career in our fields of expertise, motivate them to attend college, and educate them about design skills not taught in their everyday classrooms.

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (HRC)

We will continue to develop and invest in internal LGBTQ+ initiatives to bolster cultural inclusivity.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Habitat for Humanity’s principles focus on shelter, advocating for affordable housing, and supporting sustainable and transformative development. This ties directly to the great work we do in strengthening our communities.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MINORITY ARCHITECTS

We will support and mentor minorities in our profession as architectural and design students, recruit more black design staff, and bolster our total number of black professionals in our firm.

SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY

RESHAPING AND REBUILDING AREAS IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC AND CIVIL UNREST

Societal Impact:

BKV Group is conducting on-going design outreach initiatives to support AIA MN’s call to “Support Businesses & Communities in Minneapolis & St. Paul Impacted by the Unrest.” This is a significant investment we’ve made to repair our communities nationwide which were damaged and impacted from the unrest with volunteering our time and our areas of expertise.

BKV Alignment:

Businesses and organizations will be matched with our design teams based on their needs to safely occupy, repair damaged spaces, or envision new built space.

SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION

ANNUAL STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Societal Impact:

To support the education of minority and women students, and support schools aligned with our disciplines within each practice site (architecture, interior design, landscape design, and engineering).

By establishing eight (8) BKV funded $1,000 annual scholarships for Minority and Women Undergraduate Students, we can help diversity our industry and groom the next generation of designers, while also creating an opportunity for each student to work with us during the following summer to gain professional design experience.

BKV Alignment:

By supporting undergraduate minority and women students across the nation and working with local institutions on a regular basis, we can help students progress through their education and help support and mentor the next generation of A/E/C professionals.

OUR VALUES

POSITIVELY IMPACTING THE PLANET

For more than 43 years, our practice has focused on opportunities to have a positive impact on people and our planet, providing the greatest value within each client’s financial goals.

BKV Group recognizes the positive impact an environmentally-sen sitive building can have on the people who work and visit it. We also know that an environm entally sensitive building can reduce operating costs and energy consumption, and position our clients as leaders in community responsibility.

BKV Group has LEED-accredited professionals in the architectura l, engineering, interiors and specification disciplines, including project leaders in each di scipline. Numerous projects have been designed to LEED standards, and beyond designing sustainably as good standard practice, BKV Group has also designed projects following B3 guidelines, Enter prise Green Communities criteria, and the National Green Building Rating Standard.

To further our commitment to sustainable design, education and implementation, BKV Group is a proud member of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and a signatory on AIA’s 2030 Commitment. We promote innovative and progressive designs that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.

OUR VALUES

POSITIVELY IMPACTING DESIGN

We design environments for any person to bring their whole self, with BKV creating seamless, safe, inspiring, and productive places to be.

CREATIVE BRANDING

• Social and service-based amenities

• Activity gardens, terraces and roof decks for gathering and respite

• Residential units with openness and creative quality

• A sense of style and uniqueness that expresses value

SUPPORTIVE SPACES

• Amenities that serve the social, health and spirit of the residents

• Fitness areas for individual and group activities

• Flexible social areas visible and accessible to the residents

• Natural landscape and exterior activities for social interaction

COMMUNITY BUILDING

• Investment with neighborhood reviews and input sessions

• Promoting the client’s “vision” within the surrounding context

• Showcasing design ideas via models, renderings, and animations

• Resolving neighborhood issues about the entitlement process

CONTEXTUAL DESIGN

• Comprehensive urban planning experience for mixed-use buildings

• Robust portfolio of affordable, market-rate, and senior housing

• Transit-oriented design integrating bike, auto, bus, rail, and more

EFFICIENCY IN PLANNING

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Holistically examine buildings regarding staffing, space needs, and operational work flows

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Creatively develop innovative, cost-effective approaches based on design strategy.

VALUE-DRIVEN DESIGN

• Combining building systems and code categories to increase density

• Research structural systems to increase height and flexibility, and exterior material systems for tightness and speed of erection

• Study interior panelization and modular repetition for labor reduction

SAFETY AND WELL-BEING

• Post-COVID-19 design strategies to embrace the further blurred lines between work and home

• Through keen observation and study, equip workplaces for a “future phase” of leveraging the office environment for intentional, productive, and safe tasks.

• Minimization of waste and pollution

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

PORTFOLIO

SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER FOR CHANGING LIVES

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

Lutheran Social Service, founded in 1864, is the largest private, nonprofit organization in the State of Minnesota, providing social services to over 100,000 Minnesotans every year. As original founding member of the Phil lips Park Initiative (PPI), formed in 1995, LSS and its collaborators brought significant stability to the neighborhood through the creation of several projects with home ownership units. The Phillips West Neighborhood As sociation officed in the old center and is now at the CFCL along with the local City Council member.

LSS is able to offer 48 units of affordable housing to the neighborhood as well as employment services, financial counseling, family counseling, and refu gee resettlement. Messiah Lutheran Church, who occupies space in the service center, has seen a threefold increase in the use of their food pan try and has begun to offer free lunches and dinners to the neighborhood working with Second Harvest Heartland. Many of the families who live in the apartments now use the Kaleidoscope after school and summer children’s program. And there is a recent addition of a Somali-owned and operated daycare center. Many innovative and sustainable design features were implemented in the building and it has been certified LEED Silver.

Lutheran Social Service

Lutheran Social Service expresses the love of Christ for all people through service that inspires hope, changes lives and builds community.

ELGIN ARTSPACE ARTIST LOFTS

ELGIN, ILLINOIS

As part of recent efforts to revitalize the City of Elgin’s struggling downtown district and attract new residents, city leaders determined artist housing would be a catalyst for positive cultural change. The Elgin Artspace Lofts were designed specifically for artists in this community, and they provide creative residents with a collaborative environment in which they can both live and work. In turn, these residents enliven Elgin’s unique sense of place — especially in the once-struggling downtown.

The project combines the adaptive reuse of the vintage structure and a new three-story addition. The addition has a standalone appearance, but at the same time allows the beauty of the existing building to be experienced by the residents of the city. The buildings are united by a daylit one-story gallery space, which provides both exhibition space and an accessible entry to the units and courtyard.

Renewing this site transformed downtown into a livable, walkable, and inviting neighborhood by bringing full-time residents to an area that was formerly transient in nature.

ArtSpace

Artspace supports and contributes to an accelerating national movement of equitable, artistled community development through finding solutions to artsrelated space needs.

GREENWAY HEIGHTS FAMILY HOUSING

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

BKV Group and Phoenix Development partnered for the development of the Greenway Heights family housing project, located on the northeast corner of Bloomington Avenue South and the Midtown Greenway. This project includes 42 two-, three- and four-bedroom units affordable to households earning less than 50% AMI. This project is responsive to market demand, particularly in light of the loss of affordable rental units to the foreclosure crisis, and addresses the housing needs created by the growth of larger families within the neighborhood.

The building itself is designed to respond both contextually and culturally to the unique characteristics of the East Phillips neighborhood. The design of the building aims to incorporate the traditional design elements of the neighborhood while responding in a contemporary manner to both the site and the culture of the people. The bold and warm colors serve to welcome the people and community. The primary materials of the façade are a mix of cement board panels, lap siding and metal siding, articulated to reflect the neighborhood context and culture.

Throughout the site, rain gardens are incorporated to help infiltrate stormwater and provide color, and a children’s play area is located adjacent to the first floor community space. Along the south property, the project incorporates a promenade that runs parallel to the Midtown Greenway – Minneapolis’ urban bike path that runs through the heart of the city.

Renewing urban communities.

Phoenix Development

VON WALD YOUTH SHELTER

ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA

BKV is currently working with 180 Degrees to build a new youth home less shelter in Rochester, Minnesota. Von Wald Emergency shelter was founded in 1989 as a safe place for youth in crisis from Rochester and the surrounding communities in southern Minnesota. The project vision is to create a nurturing, safe, and structured living environment. A place for healing youth and their families through awareness of the natural en vironment and programs that focus on health and wellness. We began our engagement with a discovery session with 180 leadership, staff, and residents of the shelter. We explored and identified opportunities to cre ate spaces for family engagement, individual therapy and counseling, recreation, life skills, physical health, shared kitchen, and garden-to-table concepts. We believe that creating a place where people want to be is critical to the success of 180 Degrees programming and services. The project is currently in the fundraising phase with construction to begin late 2021.

180 Degrees

To support individuals and families to overcome barriers, transform lives, and contribute to healthy, multi-cultural communities.

ARTSPACE SILVER SPRING ARTIST LOFTS

SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND

Located just north of the heart of Washington, DC, Silver Spring has become a major business hub and hosts several multi-cultural festivals as well as a growing arts community. BKV Group is working with Artspace, Montgomery County, and the Montgomery Housing Partnership to develop the former Third District Police Station on Sligo Avenue into an arts center anchored by affordable live/ work housing. The former station, built in 1962, was Silver Spring’s first permanent police station and will be converted into working artist studios and creative spaces, providing opportunities for the area’s creative artists and organizations eager to find affordable workspace within the DC Metro area.

In addition to the redevelopment of the existing building into artist studios, the proposed development also includes construction of 68 affordable live/work units and 11 townhouses. This project will create a strong anchor and transitional connection between the business district and residential neighborhoods. The site plan responds to the sensitivity of the neighborhood, while providing vital opportunities for job growth, affordable rental and for-sale housing, and support for the local creative economy.

ArtSpace

Artspace supports and contributes to an accelerating national movement of equitable, artistled community development through finding solutions to artsrelated space needs.

180 DEGREES TRANSITIONAL HOUSING

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

BKV is currently working with 180 Degrees to program and design a new Community Re-entry Services Transitional Housing facility located at the corner of Franklin Ave E and Columbus Ave in Minneapolis, MN. In 2020, 180 Degrees launched Community Re-Entry Services, a new non-profit providing permanent housing and supportive services for graduates of Clifton Place. They are addressing the significant gap in housing and sup port for men with criminal records. The project vision is to create a safe and structured living environment to successfully transition men back into the community who have paid their debt to society. 180 Degrees’ clients are supported to secure stable employment, re-connect with families, maintain sobriety and establish new living arrangements. The design is intended to raise awareness of the natural environment and programs that focus on health and wellness. We began our engagement with a discovery session with 180 leadership, staff, and residents. We then ex plored and identified opportunities to create spaces for family engage ment, individual therapy and counseling, recreation, life skills, physical health, shared kitchen, and garden-to-table concepts. We believe that creating a place where people want to be is critical to the success of 180 Degrees’ programming and services. The project is currently in the concept phase with a capital campaign to begin the summer of 2021.

180 Degrees

To support individuals and families to overcome barriers, transform lives, and contribute to healthy, multi-cultural communities.

HOTEL KADDATZ ARTIST LOFTS

FERGUS FALLS, MINNESOTA

Originally built in 1915, the National Register of Historic Places-listed Hotel Kaddatz was Fergus Falls’ leading hotel. Standing vacant since 1975, it reopened in 2004 in the heart of Fergus Falls’ Central Business District, bringing new life to the downtown.

The Hotel Kaddatz project created 10 units of mixed income housing, 4,200 Sf of commercial space on the ground floor, and 6,000 SF of community arts center space in the basement. It has six one-bedroom and four two-bedroom units. This mix was chosen to meet the housing needs identified by a market survey of artist households in the Fergus Falls area. The project serves a mix of young and middle-age singles and couples.

Of the $2.3 million project budget, about $1.5 million was applied to residential rehabilitation of the structure. The remaining $800,000 was allocated to nonresidential uses, including restoration of the grand staircase that originally connected the main floor to the residential floors above, and extended it to connect to the community art center space on the lower level.

ArtSpace

Artspace supports and contributes to an accelerating national movement of equitable, artistled community development through finding solutions to artsrelated space needs.

METROPOLIS RUGBY CENTER

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

To create an experience that contributes to the growth and development of rugby in Minnesota along with economic expansion for the state and local community, supporting the physical development and character building of rugby players that leads to lasting bonds and better lives for all involved with the game.

An opportunity exists for Minnesota Rugby, the National Sports Center (NSC) and the Blaine community to create a unique experience that serves as a center of excellence for rugby play, supports multiple sports and provides a community asset. The premier rugby centric, multi use facility will be accessible to all rugby clubs across Minnesota and diversify ongoing NSC sporting events. The facility make the most of the unique site characteristics, anticipating future surrounding development options.

Metropolis Rugby Football Club

Representing a winning combination of strong rugby play and strong club spirit.

BRITTANY’S PLACE

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

BKV is currently working with 180 Degrees to renovate Brittany’s Place located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Brittany’s Place was founded in 2016 as a shelter and program for girls who are victims of commercial sex trafficking or at risk of sexual exploitation. The existing shelter no longer serves the cur rent programming and 180 Degrees asked BKV to reimagine the existing shelter. The project vision is to create a nurturing, safe, and structured liv ing environment to assist the girls toward recovery and self-efficacy. The project consists of an emergency shelter, classrooms, common spaces, multi-purpose rooms and administrative spaces. Outdoor programming includes spaces to engage the natural environment though gardening, social and physical activities.

Brittany’s Place

Brittany’s Place provides a safe and supportive environment to youth across Minnesota and empowers them to achieve their goals and lead healthy lives.

180 Degrees Brittany’s Place

“My life has changed since I came to Brittany’s Place. I never trusted anyone...but here, staff have my back. I’m in a much better place.”

180 Degrees Services:

• Trauma Informed Care. We recognize the impact that trauma has on an individual’s physical, psychological, and emotional well-being.

• Culturally Responsive Care. We ensure effective care in crosscultural situations.

• Short and Long Term Shelter. We offer emergency shelter services for up to 90 days, as well as residential services for up to 12 months.

• Healthcare. Each resident receives health screenings, weekly follow-up health service, and reproductive health care.

• Mental Health. Access to individual and group therapy services and to psychological testing, which includes diagnostic assessments and treatment plans.

• Chemical Health. Access to Chemical health care including Rule 25 assessments and individualized treatment goals.

Phase one of the project included updating the sleeping rooms with new paint and furnishings. This simple update created warm and inviting personal spaces for the girls. With this investment the girls stayed at the shelter and in the program leading to higher graduation rates. In addition, wit h the success of phase one additional donors have come forth allowing phase tow of the project to proceed. Phase two includes meeting spaces, multi purpose recreation rooms and outdoor spaces and landscaping. Phase two is scheduled to completed late summer 2021.

Outdoor Programming Vision

• Family Reunification. When possible, we always strive toward family reunification

Phase One: Sleeping and common space updates

Phase one of the project included updating the sleeping rooms with new paint and furnishings. This simple update created warm and inviting personal spaces for the girls. With this investment, the girls stayed at the shelter and in the program, leading to higher graduation rates. In addition, with the success of phase one, additional donors have come forth allowing phase two of the project to proceed. Phase two includes meeting spaces, multi-purpose recreation rooms, outdoor spaces, and landscaping. Phase two is scheduled to be completed late summer 2021.

SHELBY COMMONS

MINNESOTA

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Shelby Commons, a co-developed project by Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. and Project for Pride in Living (PPL), is a 46unit affordable housing community to be located in the North Loop neighborhood of downtown Minneapolis. The Project will be developed in a single phase as affordable housing with approximately 46 units, in a four-story building of Type VB wood-frame construction over a one level garage basement.

The amenity spaces will include a Lobby/Lounge, Mail Room, Clubroom, one Common Laundry space, and Facility Leasing/ Management/Service Center office space. Additional potential amenity spaces could include Fitness, Kid’s playroom, and Package room. Outdoor amenities will include private walk-out patios at the First floor; projected outdoor roof terrace at the Third floor; and children’s play area and outdoor dining terrace located in Courtyard formed by the apartment building and adjacent building to the North, which will protect these areas from street and highway noise.

Project for Pride in Living

Woda Cooper

Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. is dedicated to developing, constructing, and managing high-quality affordable housing.

PPL builds the hope, assets, and selfreliance of individuals and families who have lower incomes by providing transformative affordable housing and career readiness services.

THE CREST

BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA

The overall concept of this proposal is to enhance and create additional affordable housing at the existing Aeon property, The Crest Apartments. Located within an amenity rich node of Brooklyn Center, the size of the existing property will support an additional building. This proposal looks at several locations that an additional affordable housing apartment building can be placed while maintaining views and connections to the existing building on site. Work within the existing building will seek to enhance the livability within the dwellings as well as update building systems to extend the useful life. The project will embrace the surrounding amenities and provide additional housing for those in need.

Aeon

We create and sustain quality affordable homes that strengthen lives and communities.

360 COMMUNITIES SHELTER

EAGAN, MINNESOTA

BKV is currently working with 360 Communities to program and design a new shelter for victims of domestic violence in Eagan MN. The initial program is for a fifty-person shelter that combines two existing shelters at one location. Additional programming includes administrative space for 20 employees plus volunteers.

We began our discovery and engagement workshop with a focus of trauma informed care for residents and secondary trauma experienced by staff and volunteers. We discussed the opportunity of creating physical spaces to promote safety, well-being and healing. Acknowledging that the physical environment can have a positive impact on identity, worth, dignity, empowerment, joy and hope. In addition, we explored the concept of secondary trauma and how overtime staff can experience internalization of trauma leading to compassion fatigue and burnout.

We believe that creating a place where people want to be is critical to the success of 360 Communities programming and services. The project is currently in the programming and concept phase with their capital campaign to begin in early fall of 2021.

360 Communities

With effective and holistic programming, we leverage community partnerships, build trusting relationships, and break cycles of violence and poverty. We strengthen communities with measurable success.

Impacts:

180 DEGREES - ST. CLOUD YOUTH SHELTER

ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA

The project seeks to create an environment for healing of individuals and families through responsible living skills and learning interactions with the natural site.

This project seeks to meet guidelines for infectious disease control and is innovative for programming needs of a trauma informed designed shelter. This project is seeking funding through the DHS for emergency shelter facilities for homeless individuals or families.

• Redesigning shelter based on single occupancy rooms allows for better serving LGBTQ teens as well as quarantine rooms for infectious disease control

• Multiple separated common space are designated, for a potential need of separation in residence, circulation paths allow for better physical distancing

• Exterior window upgrades, to better allow for fresh air & egress

• Comfortable and calming therapy & wellness rooms are important part of healing process for trauma informed designed shelters

• This remodel will also allow for teens to Customize their space, when teens are given a choices for their rooms, they are inspired and comfortable in their space, they tend respond better, trust and be open to receive the necessary services

180 Degrees

To support individuals and families to overcome barriers, transform lives, and contribute to healthy, multi-cultural communities.

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

NON-PROFIT / MISSION-DRIVEN EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

REGISTRATIONS

ROBERT JOHN EWERT, AIA

PARTNER

Robert works across a variety of project types, and has held many roles ranging from business development and leading project teams, through design leadership. Robert inspires clients and teams to seek the true potential of the project through creative collaboration. His approach with clients is to “listen and lead.” This approach has proven to be very successful across all project types in maintaining existing client relationships and building new relationships.

University of Minnesota, Bachelor of Arts; University of Arizona, Bachelor of Architecture

Professional Architect: MN #50737

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE // 21

NON-PROFIT / MISSION-DRIVEN EXPERIENCE

City of Minneapolis Public Service Building, Minneapolis, MN* - LEEDGold project, new 330,000 SF public service building that consolidates city departments and will provide citizens with a customer-centric experience as the new public service face for the city.

Pioneer Public TV Station, Granite Falls, MN* - Non-profit, new 17,500 SF public television station facility that incorporates the latest thinking in the field concerning office, media, and television production requirements.

KSMQ Public Television, Austin, MN* - Non-profit B3, 15,000 SF modern builtfor-tv facility with strong community presence that provides much needed programming to tell the stories of KSMQ’s region in order to engage the present, and inspire the future.

Hennepin Theater Trust, Minneapolis, MN* - Non-profit renovation of Hennepin theater trust work place that supports positive change trough the arts by creating spaces that bring people together and highlights local artists.

Aeon the Rose Housing, Minneapolis, MN* - New housing complex comprising of 47 affordable and 43 market-rate apartments. The fourphase redevelopment also includes underground parking and both indoor and outdoor community spaces. Project meets SB2030 goals for reducing 70% below baseline, reducing water use by 50%, and not significantly increasing construction costs over a conventional building.

Wooddale Church Youth Center, Eden Prairie, MN* - Non-profit renovation of a generic space into a dedicated youth learning environment. Daylighting for all the classrooms and gathering spaces as well as new wayfinding and circulation paths. Rosa Housing, Bloomington, MN - Master Plan/Concept Plan for the entire acreage with the ability to develop in phases, including delineation of a Phase I project. The program consists of 150 to 156 units market-rate apartments with the potential of an affordable housing component. Each residential building will include typical amenities found in other market-rate projects.

Von Wald Youth Homeless Shelter, Rochester, MN - Non-profit B3 project, enhancing and restoring the site’s ecological resources to provide an outdoor learning laboratory to engage continuous generations of youth residents as students and volunteer conservationists.

Alatus Mixed-Use Housing and Small Business Development, Brooklyn Center, MN – The project consists of 277 market-rate and affordable apartments, small business incubator space and public plaza. The project seeks to create affordability in both the housing and incubator space for the community of Brooklyn Center. The public plaza is designed as a place for the community to gather in support of local small business and celebrate the cultural diversity of Brooklyn Center.

Minnetonka Station Mixed-Use Housing and Retail Development, Minnetonka, MN - The project consists of 275 market-rate and affordable apartments and retail space intended to support local business and a physically active neighborhood. This project features connections to the local pedestrian and bicycle trails and a public plaza. The project seeks opportunities to engage local artists to create installations that represent the neighborhood and the greater Minnetonka community.

Brittany’s Place Renovation, St. Paul MN – Non-profit, B3 project renovation of a shelter for girls who are victims of commercial sex trafficking or at risk of sexual exploitation. The renovation seeks to align the physical space to better support services and a safe, supportive environment.

* Experience with previous firm

KELLY NAYLOR,

PARTNER

As the leader of our Interiors Group, Kelly has over 22 years of experience on a wide variety of projects including multifamily housing, mixed-use developments, corporate offices, and municipal buildings. Her expertise includes programming, space planning, interior design conceptualization, adaptive reuse strategies, material selection, FF&E selections, specifications, construction document development and coordination. Kelly’s passion for ecological and environmentally smart processes provide unique and long-lasting designs for each client.

NON-PROFIT / MISSION-DRIVEN EXPERIENCE

MoZaic Mixed Use Development, Minneapolis, MN - 65,000 sf office with mixed use retail and public parking garage. Project focus on infusion of public artwork on interior and exterior spaces. →

Maple Grove Government Center, Maple Grove, MN - 150,000 sf offices for Maple Grove City government, campus anchored further development and Maple Grove town center.

Cargill Corporation, Food Service and Cafeteria Remodel, Wayzata, MN - Reimagined campus cafeteria as destination and major employee amenity.

Lounge, Minneapolis, MN - Renovation of common area spaces in the historic Colonial Warehouse office building. BKV developed new branding and logo for the property in addition to a common CoWorking amenity space with kitchen, meeting and lounge areas for use by all building tenants.

Skanska Corporate Office, Washington, DC - Tenant improvement office build out for a leading project development and construction group seeking innovation and an office space to reinforce their culture and values.

The Deacon, Cincinnati, OH - 451,000 sf Student Housing development with 18,000 sf common area student amenity package including social, academic and wellness spaces.

The Link, Minneapolis, MN - Multi-family development, 2 towers marketed to both student and active adult living. Common areas designed to link both towers and create synergy between two demographic target markets.

Fridley Municipal Campus, Fridley, MN - New construction City Hall, Police, Fire and Public works campus. Special emphasis on connectivity between city functions and connection to the community and its citizens. →

EDUCATION

REGISTRATIONS

YEARS OF

ALEX SAWKA, PE

DIRECTOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Alex is skilled in offering innovative mechanical design solutions to projects. He is a highly motivated and resourceful individual who interacts productively with people from diverse backgrounds. Alex is a conscientious team player with excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills, able to design innovative solutions that promote maximum efficiency while requiring minimal maintenance. He brings experience with renovations to existing buildings and energy efficient upgrades to existing mechanical infrastructure with a focus on longevity, operations, performance, value, and comfort. He has experience with sustainable/ environmentally responsible projects especially as they relate to B3 requirements.

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota

Professional Engineer: MN #53200

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NON-PROFIT / MISSION-DRIVEN EXPERIENCE

Artspace Silver Spring Arts Campus, Montgomery County and Artspace, Silver Spring, MD – Multifamily, Affordable, Addition & Renovation, 68 live/work artist studios, 11 townhouses

Albert Lea City-Wide Facilities Assessment & Master Plan, Albert Lea, MN - Facilities Assessment and Master Plan of Airport, City Hall, Library, Fire Station, Police Station, PSAP, Public Works, Pool House, Community Center, Ice Arena, and Park Shelter

Detroit Lakes Police & City Hall Study, Detroit Lakes, MN - Conditions assessment, programming, planning for City Hall, Public Works, and Police Station

Fairfax County Fire Station #24, (Woodlawn), Alexandria, VA - Addition & Renovation, 15,000 SF, LEED Silver planned

Fridley Civic Campus, Fridley, MN – Municipal, New Construction of City Hall, Police, Fire, Public Works Facilities, 184,300 SF, $48.8M

Le Sueur County Government Center, Le Center, MN – Renovation of Historic Courthouse and Annex Building, $5M (est)

Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Falls Church, VA - addition & renovation, 2-story, 6,600 SF addition, $5.2M budget

Montgomery Public Safety Building, Montgomery, MN - Programming, planning, design, documentation, and CA for new 23,070 sf fire/ems station (six bays, three bunks, volunteer) and police station, $7.8M estimated

PRE-CONTRACT AND PRE-DEVELOPMENT

JULIE LUX

DIRECTOR OF PRE-DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Julie leverages her more than 25 years real estate experience to assist the firm’s clients source and acquire development sites. She works with development clients assisting them in the feasibility stage through site analysis, density studies, potential assemblage, and supporting market data such as land sale comparable information, surrounding rent studies, and unit mix studies. Julie is an active member of CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Institute), the President of the East Bethel Economic Development Authority, and is Secretary and Board Member of Central MN Development Corporation, a certified SBA development company.

PLANNING

Identification of potential development or redevelopment sites

ZONING

Assistance with site assemblage, density assessment, and urban design corridor analysis

INCENTIVES

Area brokerage and broker relationship-building

PERMITTING PROCESSES

Support during project entitlement, permit approval, and constr uction contractor selection