“Preserving the architectural fabric of our historic downtown is baked into our DNA as a firm,” notes Jim Bailey, senior principal and active advocate for walkable streets. “Bringing more people to live downtown through multifamily adaptive reuse of legacy buildings is a win for preservation, and a bigger win for a livable downtown.”

Our innovative modular housing solution based on shipping containers was a rapid response to the lack of available worker housing during the Eagleford Shale boom. Prefabrication from sustainable resources made the project feasible, and its rugged industrial character suits the site – familiar as a westbound train in the distant landscape.

The move of the Fairmount Hotel, the heaviest building ever moved on wheels according to the Guinness Book of World Records, attracted worldwide attention in 1984. The 1,600-ton, three-story masonry and cast-iron structure was rolled from its original home to a new site six blocks away, making room for the construction of The Shops at River Center.