Client: Veterans Development, LLC

Scope: 6-Story, 150,000 SF Office Building; Bridge Connectors; 122 Bed, 73,000 SF Volunteers of America Domiciliary; 2,000 stall Parking Structure; 2-story Future Retail/Office Building.

Construction Cost: $65,000,000

Completion Date: May 2011

The new six-story, 150,000 SF Office Building is a part of a new Mixed-Use Development for the Cleveland VA Medical Center at Wade Park. The project developed by Veterans Development, LLC also included Sitework, new Bridge Connectors, a new Volunteers of America Domiciliary, and Parking Structure. KAI developed the design for the five major elements of the Project with a consistent theme to provide a "campus" type setting.

The urban project site is located within both the East Boulevard Historic District and the Landmarks Commission District of Cleveland. The site is next to the main campus of the Cleveland VA Hospital and also abuts Rockefeller Park to the west and a residential district to the north. The Kaczmar Team attended many public meetings and worked closely with adjoining residents, property stakeholders, and the governing design review agencies to incorporate suggestions for the exterior building design to ensure the Project would complement and enhance the historic Cleveland neighborhood.

Office Building A/E Services included tenant improvements of six floors for occupation by the VA administrative offices, as well tenant improvements for the basement level which houses a premier Data Center for the VA. KAI worked closely with VA architects and respective departmental representatives to customize floor plans which would best suit end-user needs.