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Crosstown Concourse

Memphis, TN

Once a vital distribution center for the Mid-South, the 1,500,000-square-foot historic Sears building (1927) had been dormant for over 20 years. A herculean revitalization effort was completed thanks to an extraordinary collaboration of local institutions. LRK worked with a non-profit arts-based organization and its partners to redevelop the 10–story building into a “vertical urban village” that integrates residential, commercial, retail, health and wellness, arts and culture, and education. The design weaves a purposeful collection of diverse tenants and varied uses into a precedent-setting mixed-use community that has served as an anchor and catalyst for further revitalization and economic development in the surrounding neighborhood. Crosstown Concourse received LEED CS Platinum certification and is the largest historic adaptive reuse LEED Platinum certified project in the world. It also became the first project in Tennessee to be named a fitwel three-star certified community, the program’s highest rating. The fitwel certification program recognizes Crosstown for programming and amenities that increase access, equity, and wellness. Crosstown Concourse is the winner of over 30 prestigious honors, including an AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture, CNU Charter Award, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award, and Architecture Review’s New into Old Awards Finalist.

Awards

AIA National Awards

  • Institute Honor Award for Architecture

Congress for the New Urbanism Charter Awards

  • Grand Prize

Urban Land Institute (ULI) Global Awards for Excellence

  • Finalist

Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence

  • Gold Medalist

Architizer A+Awards

  • Finalist - Architecture+Urban Transformation Category

AIA Gulf States

  • Honor Citation

AIA Memphis

  • Honor Award of Excellence

AIA Tennessee

  • Award of Excellence

Architecture Review's New into Old Awards

  • Finalist

National Trust for Historic Preservation

  • Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award

Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) Best of the South Awards

  • Award of Excellence

Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award

  • Building Green
  • Pursuit of Excellence

Building Design & Construction Reconstruction Awards

  • Platinum Award

World Architecture Festival

  • Finalist, New and Old - Completed Buildings

The Chicago Athenaeum/The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

  • International Architecture Award, Restoration/Renovation Category

Contract Interiors Awards

  • Winner, Sustainable Category

IIDA Tennessee Awards

  • Excellence in Adaptation/Sustainability

Multifamily Executive Awards

  • Grand Award - Adaptive Reuse Category
  • Editor's Choice Award

Multi-Housing News Excellence Awards

  • Gold Award - Adaptive Reuse Category

Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards

  • Multifamily Community of the Year
  • Best Mixed-Use Community 

Best in American Living Awards

  • Silver Award - Adaptive Reuse/Multifamily Category

USGBC Tennessee Leadership Awards

  • Award for Exceptional Leadership

Professional Builder Design Awards

  • Gold Award, Multifamily

Memphis Business Journal’s Building Memphis Awards

  • Project of the Year

Aurora Awards

  • Grand Award - Best Rehabilitation Project

International Parking Institute Awards

  • Award of Merit

American Society of Civil Engineers Tennessee Section

  • Project of the Year

American Society of Civil Engineers West Tennessee Branch

  • Outstanding Engineering Project

Re-thinking the Future Global Architecture & Design Awards

  • Third Award – Mixed Use Category

Trane Energy Efficiency Leader Awards

  • Recipient

Tennessee Chapter of ACEC (American Council of Engineering Companies) Engineering Excellence Awards

  • Grand Award - Building/Technology Systems

Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits

  • Community Development Qualified Low-Income Community Investment of the Year Award

Tennessee Development District Association and Southwest Tennessee Development District

  • John S Wilder Rebuild Tennessee Award

Memphis Business Quarterly

  • Innovation Award

Publications

Architectural Record

Architecture Review

Architizer

Forbes

Architect

ArchDaily

Metropolis

Urban Land

Changing the Narrative: The 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence

The New York Times

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Architects | Designers | Planners
Memphis
50 South B.B. King Blvd.
Suite 600
Memphis, TN 38103
901.521.1440
Baton Rouge
1680 Lobdell Avenue
Suite E
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225.928.4905
Orlando
AR91636
55 W Church Street, Suite 201
Orlando, FL 32801
407.566.2575
Dallas
150 Turtle Creek Boulevard
Suite 104D
Dallas, TX 75207
214.389.3816
Little Rock
319 President Clinton Ave.
Suite 201
Little Rock, AR 72201
501.246.3950
New Orleans
643 Magazine Street
Suite 102
New Orleans, LA 70130
504.558.1885
Princeton
217 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
609.683.3600
Philadelphia
1218 Chestnut Street
5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
267.804.7040