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Atlanta's TSW Designs New Mixed-Use Building in Evans, GA
The Meybohm Building is the first mixed-use building to be constructed in Evans in recent years. It's part of a new Town Center development.
Atlanta's TSW and the development team creating The Plaza at Evans Towne Center have topped out the first building in Phase I. Named for Evans, Ga. real estate company President E.G. Meybohm, the Meybohm Building is a four-story structure with 58,000 square feet of mixed-use space. It’s the first new mixed-use building built in Columbia County in recent years and will be the new home of Meybohm Real Estate. The Plaza at Evans Towne Center is under development by Meybohm Development and was master-planned by Michael Watkins Architect, LLC. Phase I buildings were designed by TSW Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. TSW has also provided design services for the outdoor park-plaza which will serve as a location for festivals and other special events. The general contractor is R.W. Allen Construction.
“The Meybohm Building represents a milestone for Columbia County and for Meybohm Companies,” said Lionel Prather, senior vice president of commercial development for Meybohm Commercial Properties. “We will consolidate our training center, new homes division, relocation services and our local Evans office into 15,000 square feet of new space. Your Pie Pizzeria has committed to opening a new restaurant in the building and we will soon announce additional tenants. I think it’s fitting that the building is named for E.G. Meybohm, our company founder. He’s done so much for this community both through his business ventures and his philanthropy. He’s such a humble man, our staff had to lean on him a little bit to get him to agree to this honor.”
When completed, The Plaza at Evans Towne County, a $60 million investment, will consist of six mixed-use buildings, a central park and a County performing arts building. Retail and restaurants will occupy ground-level spaces and a total of 2,000 parking spaces have been planned for the site. TSW designed The Meybohm Building in a transitional architectural style referencing traditional industrial mill building details with modern steel accent elements. Because of the site’s topography, visitors will be able to access retail and restaurant spaces from two levels. The structure’s most dramatic feature will be the overhanging roof on the fourth floor which will create an exciting outdoor dining area featuring beautiful views of the new downtown as well as the existing park and amphitheater across Evans Town Center Blvd. Throughout the Meybohm building, decorative awnings, Juliet balconies and verandas accent the brick exterior.
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About TSW
TSW is a full-service planning, architecture and landscape architecture firm. The award-winning Atlanta company was founded in 1990 and specializes in sustainable community design, architecture and landscape architecture. TSW is a leader in the New Urbanist movement and employs a community planning and design process that links tradition and context with today’s cultural and environmental demands. Sustainable design is an integral part of all TSW work, from the master plan level to the individual building components. TSW’s staff members are LEED Accredited Professionals and their designs incorporate a range of ideas for progressive energy and resource saving solutions. www.tsw-design.com.
