URS - Arena District Office Building

Building Statistics

Building Statistics Part 1

GENERAL BUILDING DATA
Building Name: URS – Arena District Office Building
Location and Site: 277 W. Nationwide Boulevard         Columbus, Ohio 43215
Building Occupant Name: URS and Charles Schwab
Occupancy or Function Type: Mercantile and Office
Size: 102,678 SF
Number of Stories Above Grade: 5 floors and penthouse level
Owner: Nationwide Realty Investors
             www.nationwide.com
General Contractor: Continental Building Systems
                                 www.continental-realestate.com/buildingsystems
Architect: URS Greiner Woodward Clyde
                 http://www.urscorp.com
Structural Engineer: URS Greiner Woodward Clyde
Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: URS Greiner Woodward Clyde
Civil Engineer: EMH&T
                          www.emht.com
Dates of Construction: Start of Construction – March 2000
                                     Completion – January 2001
Total Project Cost: $7,209,283
Project Delivery Method: Design, Bid, Build

ARCHITECTURE
Architecture: Among the first buildings completed in the Arena District by the Nationwide Realty Investors, URS Office Building leads the design for future buildings to come.  The building footprint follows the site with the aid of the set back.  This set back and the elegant curvature that makeup the street side façade gives distinction to the otherwise rectangular building.  URS Office Building is a steel frame construction with masonry façade.  Large openings punched into the brick allow for plenty of natural light to enter.  The brick work, by color, distinguishes the mercantile area on the ground floor from the office space on upper floors.  Protruding brick strips in between the windows imitate long columns.  Also the entry canopy and the arched entrance on a curving wall draw focus to the lobby.
Major National Codes: Ohio Basic Building Code (BOCA 1999)
Zoning: None
Historical Requirement: None
Envelope: This steel frame structure is surrounded by brick masonry veneer along with industrial glass which covers the large punched windows.  Light colored brick compose and highlight the center of the structure and ground floor mercantile area from the dark colored brick that envelops the rest of the building.
Roofing System: Steel roof deck covered with ethylene propylene diene member (EPDM) single ply membrane with polyisocyanurate board insulation.