tag results: "renovation"

The Willows at Vernon Terrace

The recent remodel of the first floor south wing of Vernon Terrace Senior Living has created a full-service memory care community called The Willows. It is a 16-apartment mix of studios and one bedroom apartments with private bathrooms and kitchens/kitchenettes. Community amenities such as the dining room, tv lounge, activities kitchen, family lounge, crafts studio, [...]

City Place Lofts

Everwood Development is working with the current tenant, International Education Center, to restore and remodel the historic Lincoln Bank building in downtown Minneapolis. The renovation is under close review by the State Historic Preservation office. Built in the 1920s, the building features a cream-colored terra cotta and enameled brick exterior. Inside, marble floors and marble-lined hallways grace [...]

Parkshore Wellness Addition

  Phase 2 of the renovation to Parkshore Place in St. Louis Park, MN includes an addition of an indoor pool, and renovating interiors including a new fitness and locker rooms,  a new performance space, library, card room, and therapy room.

Grocery Remodels

aging in place

The AARP has found that more than 80% of older Americans want to stay in their homes as they age. Simple changes in the home can make this dream a reality.

Minnesota Veterans Home Adult Day Care

With an existing extensive waiting list for skilled nursing care on campus and no immediate way to meet such a need, the Minnesota Veterans Home staff turned to the idea of creating an adult day care on campus as a stop-gap measure and broadening of the services offered on campus, in a building that could not accommodate skilled nursing [...]

Minnesota State University Centennial Ballroom

The Centennial Ballroom project is a remodel of a 1960s building on the campus of Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minnesota.  The main goal of the ballroom renovation was to update a space from its original 1960’s state. The remodel included a complete renovation of the ballroom, control room, lobby, back-of-house serving area, and associated [...]

2317 Hennepin

Classic urban mixed-use building; complete exterior and interior building renovation.

Minnesota Veterans Home Campus

The challenge was to rebuild the central hub of one of the largest nursing home campuses in the state without losing a single care bed during the process. Along with a team of specialists including a historical consultant, various engineers, and a cost consultant, we created a feasible construction plan and schedule while taking into [...]

Shoppers Remodels

The Shoppers renovations are a series of East Coast remodels completed on behalf of Minneapolis-based SuperValu. These are re-imaging of main entries and interior graphics and re-organizations and upgrades to interior layouts. SuperValu’s recently acquired chain, Jewel-Osco, located in the Chicago area, is also undergoing re-imaging, as well as other grocers in their supply chain [...]

Crown College Science Labs

The end result of this interior remodel of 1970s era science labs needed to functionally and visually align with other local college science remodel/expansions to compete for the best and brightest students. The project expanded the overall science offerings by renovating the existing chemistry and biology lab, and re-purposing an adjacent teachers college room into [...]

Kaas Wilson Architects Awarded University Ballroom Renovation

Minnesota State University, Mankato has awarded Kaas Wilson Architects their Centennial Student Union Ballroom renovation project! KWA competed against some of Minnesota’s most experienced and successful firms to win this project, and we are thrilled to serve the State, MnSCU and Mankato yet again.

Kaas Wilson Awarded State Contract

Kaas Wilson Architects, competing with the best senior services design teams in the state, was awarded the contract to design the Minnesota Veterans Homes first Adult Day Care on their Minneapolis campus. The State Designer Selection Board—in choosing Kaas Wilson—emphasized their appreciation for our skills, experience, enthusiasm, and understanding of the needs of seniors. The [...]