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11/16/2023 | Social Media

Mike Krych Interview with NAA on Office-to-Housing Conversions

Vacant office buildings and a housing shortage point to an “obvious” direction of retrofitting commercial space with apartment units and amenities – but is it easy?

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11/15/2023 | Social Media

BKV Weighs in on Commercial Real Estate Trends in 2024

BKV Group’s PR partner, Taylor Johnson, published their annual Commercial Trends Report this month with our work and expertise featured in the “Teaching an Old Building New Tricks” article. 

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11/13/2023 | Social Media

Ellie Ziaie Takes Part in AIA Podcast Series, “Networking with Women in Architecture”

As part of the Minnesota Conference on Architecture, AIA Minnesota’s Women in Architecture Committee hosted six panelists for their annual session, including Ellie, in their series titled “Networking with Women in Architecture.”

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11/09/2023 | Social Media

BKV Rises in BD+C’s Multifamily Architecture Rankings

BKV Group was excited to learn this month that we again were named to Building Design+Construction’s Top Multifamily Architecture Firms for 2023!

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11/08/2023 | Social Media

BKV @ AIA MN ‘23

At the 2023 AIA Minnesota Conference on Architecture that took place in November, we had several BKV design team members have contributions to the show’s agenda, including four of our BKV team members.

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11/03/2023 | Social Media

Jack Boarman Interviewed on the Exciting Opportunities Offered in Student Housing

Senior Design Leader and Managing Partner, Jack Boarman, shared with National Multifamily Housing Council the significance the architect plays in building with less material waste and designing a community where students are free “to express themselves, feel connected, and share experiences.” 

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11/01/2023 | Social Media

BD+C Looks to BKV to Forecast Development Trends

One of the stalwart publications our industry looks to each year is Building Design+Construction’s Multifamily Annual Report. Capturing the latest forecast information and trends in the multifamily, student, senior, and affordable sectors – all areas of BKV Group expertise.

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10/30/2023 | Social Media

Lansing Reaches Milestone on National First Responders Day

Uniquely, BKV had the opportunity to commemorate the event on October 28th (the official NFR Day), with the groundbreaking for a new, BKV-designed public safety campus in Lansing, Michigan.

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10/24/2023 | Social Media

Artspace Receives Regional Design Honor

At Montgomery Planning’s Celebrate Design event, co-hosted with the AIA Potomac Valley chapter, an independent jury of accomplished design and development professionals honored three developments with Design Excellence Awards.

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10/19/2023 | Social Media

BKV @ Bisnow Office Summit

The Bisnow Chicago Office Summit hosted its half-day event at the Warwick Allerton Hotel where BKV Group’s Director of Interior Design specializing in workplace, Jackie Wilcox, was a featured speaker on the “What a Tenant Wants” panel session.

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10/13/2023 | Social Media

Kobita Mukherjee Provides Insights on Renovation Work with Hotel Dive

BKV’s Director of Interior Design and Associate Partner, Kobita Mukherjee, is working across the country on renovations and brand conversions, and whom Hotel Dive just interviewed about the specific design strategies she’s using to assist hoteliers in refreshing their properties. 

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10/10/2023 | Social Media

LBD Recognizes KidZone with Adaptive Reuse Award

The thoughtful and transformative space planning and design work of this project was honored in Learning By Design Magazine’s 2023 Awards of Excellence as an Outstanding Project in the Adaptive Reuse category! 

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