The supertall skyscraper’s lobby includes seven finished steel elevator bays, each reflecting a gradient from warm to cool colors that the project team says pays homage to steel construction’s industrial history.
In keeping with the Three Cairns Group’s philanthropic focus on the worldwide well-being of future generations, planning for this upscale tenant fit-up project viewed all materials and building products through a carbon study lens.
Suffolk took over the mixed-use development while pandemic-era restrictions were still in place one year after construction halted in 2020 under a different developer and construction manager.
The two-year project combined meticulous restoration of an early 1900s-era building with the addition of a complementary 24-story tower, creating a unique hospitality experience that features more than 150 elegantly designed suites.
The project revitalized a historic 1920s-era French Baroque theater —that once hosted Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Chuck Berry, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald—by preserving its former grandeur while integrating modern technologies to meet today’s performance standards.
Named in the 1920s as a tribute to allied forces’ triumph in World War I, the Endicott Johnson Victory Shoe Factory was long a symbol of local pride and prosperity.
The project included a new manufacturing line, increased warehouse and distribution capacity, office space for the custom storage container manufacturer, refrigerated containers, containerized shelters and modular building systems.