Proposal
from The Druker Company
The Development Team
The
Development Team
The design and development team assembled by The Druker Company, Ltd.
includes experienced design and development professionals, a number of
whom are based in Columbus, all with a proven track record of conceiving,
planning, successfully executing and, thereafter, managing complex, mixed
use urban development complexes. These projects, whether involving new
construction or historic preservation, are characterized by thoughtful
and appropriate urban design and architecture, timely and efficient execution,
attentive property management and demonstrated financial success.
Team members have worked in partnership with major institutions, local government agencies and community residents to deliver projects of recognized sensitivity and appropriateness to their context. Typically, the significant design decisions for these projects were products of frequent interaction with elected and appointed government officials, community residents, interest and advocacy groups, and other interested participants in the design and development review process. It is a team which is accustomed to working together and to working with the local community to ensure its appropriateness and responsiveness to local plans and policies.
What particularly distinguishes this team, however, is that it is led by a single, well-established, multi-disciplinary real estate development and management company. One entity, The Druker Company, will be responsible for design management; community and government interaction; financial packaging, leasing, construction and management of the variety of commercial uses and residential spaces in University Gateway Center. We believe that managing the complexities associated with mixed-use, horizontally layered, urban development is best coordinated by one, hands-on development entity. The Druker Company will have a strong local presence in Columbus during the development of University Gateway Center as well as thereafter, for the ongoing management of the complex. For nearly a century, The Druker Company has been creating urban mixed-use complexes and as a result is very comfortable with the challenges presented by University Gateway Center.
As the project progresses, a myriad of decisions will need to be made together by the developer and the local project sponsors. We believe our team is constituted to be able to communicate clearly, quickly and with one voice. The members of our design and development team are described on the following pages.
| Developer | The Druker Company,
Ltd. 50 Federal Street, Suite 1000 Boston, MA 02110 617-357-5700 Contact: Ronald M. Druker |
| Architect | Elkus/Manfredi Architects
Ltd 530 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02210 617-426-1300 Contact: David P. Manfredi, AIA |
| Associated Architect | Moody / Nolan Ltd.,
Inc. 1776 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43203 614-252-1776 Contact: Curtis J. Moody, FAIA |
| Landscape Architect | Carol R. Johnson
Associates, Inc. 1100 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 617-868-6115 Contact: Harry S. Fuller, ASLA |
| Transportation and Parking Engineers |
ms Consultants, Inc |
| Civil Engineers | EMH + T 170 Mill Street Gahanna, Ohio 43230 614-471-5150 Contact: Gregory B. Comfort, P.E. |
| Historic Preservation | Benjamin D. Rickey
& Co. 593 S. Fifth Street Columbus, Ohio 43206 614-221-0358 Contact: Jeffrey Darbee |
| Counsel | Smith & Hale
37 West Broad Street, Suite 725 Columbus, OH 43215 614-221-4255 Contact: Ben W. Hale, Jr., Esq. |
| Market Research | Blackwell Associates, Inc. Consultant 3380 Tremont Road Columbus, OH 43221 614-457-6334 Contact: Roger Blackwell |
| Diner Design | The Diner Man Consultant Diner Restorations and Design 75 Gardner Street West Roxbury, MA 02132 617-325-8155 Contact: Richard J.S. Gutman |
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