Ruark & Wyatt Architects: Projects: Office/Distribution, Warehouse, Industrial

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Ruark & Wyatt specializes in the design of warehouses and office/distribution facilities. Having designed more than 17 million square feet of these buildings, our principals really understand the unique challenges of designing cost-competitive buildings that meet the needs of both the client and the tenants. We understand the challenge of renovating older buildings to appeal to today's more selective tenants.

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Recent Project Examples

	Gatorade Distribution Center Fulton County, Georgia 510,000-SF finished goods warehouse and distribution center connected to Gatorade's existing manufacturing facility. Client: Choate Construction Company / The Quaker Oats Company
	Gatorade Overhead Conveyor Bridge Fulton County, Georgia Conveyor bridge to connect Gatorade's existing manufacturing facility with the new warehouse and distribution center. The fully enclosed conveyor bridge is 500 feet long, 17 feet high and 22 feet wide. It encloses twin high-speed conveyors and conveying elevators. Client: Choate Construction Company / The Quaker Oats Company
	Gatorade Distribution Center Expansion Kissimmee, Florida 142,000-SF side-load distribution center expansion on land-locked site Client: Choate Construction Company / The Quaker Oats Company

	Acuity Brands at Kendall Park Lane Distribution Center — Fulton County, Georgia "Deal of the Year" Honorable Mention Atlanta Business Chronicle 2002 Best in Atlanta Real Estate Architectural design and a challenging build-out of a 408,000-SF front-load warehouse used to store hazardous chemicals. The facility includes a 32,000-SF H-3 (hazardous level-3) occupancy room (flammable or combustible liquids), a 32,000-SF H-4 occupancy room for corrosive materials, and a 25,700-SF space for aerosols. Client: Panattoni Development Company
	Green Cargo Center At Hartsfield Airport — Clayton County, Georgia Building 1: 189,750-SF distribution building including 40,250-SF of mezzanine space for future offices Building 2: 210,375-SFdistribution building including 44,625-SF of mezzanine space for future offices Client: JA Green Development Company South Granville Tech Center — Granville County, North Carolina 230,400-SF office/distribution facility Client: Craig Davis Properties
	Interstate South — Henry County, Georgia Outstanding Achievement Award – Industrial Category, 2001 ACI, GA Chapter Building 2A: 440,000-SF cross dock Building 2B: 430,000-SF cross dock Building 3: 577,000-SF cross dock Client: Panattoni Development Company
	Northwest Landing — Cobb County, Georgia Building 1: 66,000-SF rear load Building 2: 126,000-SF rear load Client: UPS Properties Satellite Ridge Distribution Center — Gwinnett County, Georgia Building 1: 82,000-SF rear load Building 2: 77,000-SF rear load Client: Shaheen & Company Westgate Distribution Center — Fulton County, Georgia 375,000-SF cross-dock Client: Panattoni Development Company
	Dow Chemical Manufacturing Facility Expansion—Marietta, Georgia 30,500-SF rear-load expansion to Dow Chemical's existing foam products manufacturing facility Client: Choate Construction Company / Dow Chemical
	West Oak Business Park — Cobb County, Georgia Building 1: 52,000-SF rear load Building 2: 70,000-SF rear load Client: Shaheen & Company Glidden Solvent Warehouse Expansion — Gainesville, Georgia 13,000-SF expansion to Glidden's existing warehouse facilities to add a new flammable liquids storage warehouse Client: Choate Construction Company / The Glidden Company >>Back to top

Build-to-Suit Office/Distribution Facilities

	RWA's principals have designed nearly two dozen build-to-suit office/distribution facilities and warehouses over the past decade. Atlanta Technical Center* — Peachtree City, Georgia 16,000-SF build-to-suit, single-story showroom and training center for Husky manufacturing equipment; includes offices and mezzanine to house support equipment Client: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Inc.
	Automated Logic Corporate Headquarters & Expansion* Kennesaw, Georgia 30,000-SF corporate office headquarters and assembly facility, plus a 30,000-SF expansion, including 20,000-SF of interior design and a new parking deck Client: Automated Logic Corporation
	Central Garden & Pet* — Gwinnett County, Georgia Front load 100,000-SF office/distribution building Client: Weeks Corporation Coloplast Expansion* — Marietta, Georgia 58,775-SF expansion to existing distribution center Client: Coloplast Corporation DeKalb Office Environments* — Forsyth County, Georgia Build-to-suit office/distribution facility with 50,000-SF of offices and 90,000-SF of warehouse space Client: Weeks Construction Services Federal Express AGT&T W.A.* — Birmingham, Alabama 85,000-SF package distribution facility for Federal Express Client: Saad & Cooke Corporation G&K Services Laundry* — Montgomery, Alabama 53,000-SF tilt-up facility to house commercial "soap & water" laundry operation Client: Marshall Construction >>Back to top General Motors Parts Distribution Facility* Charlotte, North Carolina 352,000-SF automobile parts distribution facility Client: ProLogis (formerly Security Capital) General Motors Parts Distribution Facility* Jackson, Mississippi 352,000-SF automobile parts distribution facility Client: ProLogis (formerly Security Capital) Innotrac Office/Warehouse* — Gwinnett County, Georgia 310,000 office and warehouse facility Client: Weeks Corporation Konica Office/Warehouse* — Gwinnett County, Georgia Design of an office/warehouse space consisting of 3,500-SF of offices and 53,000-SF of air-conditioned warehouse, including 22,000-SF of refrigerated storage for photographic materials Client: ProLogis (formerly Security Capital) Mackie Automotive Office/Warehouse at Atlanta Northeast* Gwinnett County, Georgia Design of a 176,000-SF tilt-up building to house offices, breakrooms, locker rooms, shower facilities and warehouse space for a GM parts supplier Client: ProLogis (formerly Security Capital) McKenney's Expansion* — DeKalb County, Georgia 30,000-SF expansion to a mechanical contractor's shop Client: Brasfield & Gorrie New England Business Services* — Douglas County, Georgia 100,800-SF office/distribution building Client: First Industrial Realty Trust >>Back to top Philips Electronic Instrument Company* — Forsyth County, Georgia 70,400-SF brick veneer facility to house southeastern regional offices and distribution Client: McDonald Development Company Pike Family Nurseries* — Gwinnett County, Georgia 45,000-SF build-to-suit brick building to house Pike's corporate offices, a training center and small warehouse area; design details include skylights and a glass-roofed entry colonnade Client: Pike Family Nurseries Public Storage Mini Warehouse* — Forest Park, Georgia 79,000-SF self-storage warehouse facility Client: Stiles Construction Company >>Back to top Schering-Plough* — Gwinnett County, Georgia 64,000-SF corporate office and distribution facility Client: Weeks Corporation Solgar Vitamin & Herb Company* — Gwinnett County, Georgia 30,000-SF office/distribution facility Client: Weeks Corporation
	Suzuki Office, Training & Distribution Facility* Kennesaw, Georgia Build-to-suit facility with a two-story, 14,500-SF office, training shops, classrooms and 115,000-SF of warehouse space with storage for oil and tires Client: Taylor & Mathis Visy Paper Expansion* — Conyers, Georgia 225,000-SF manufacturing expansion with 14,000-SF of offices Client: Weeks Construction Services >>Back to top

Speculative Office/Distribution Facilities

	RWA's principals have personally designed more than 85 speculative warehouse and office-distribution buildings totaling over 12 million square feet. Many of our projects feature economical tilt-up concrete construction, while others incorporate brick veneer or pre-engineered metal building shells. Atlanta Airport Distribution Facility* — Clayton County, Georgia 6 speculative buildings totaling 381,800-SF Client: ProLogis
	Atlanta Northeast Distribution Facility* Gwinnett County, Georgia 6 buildings totaling 830,935-SF Client: ProLogis
	Atlanta West Distribution Center* — Fulton County, Georgia 2 buildings totaling 382,240-SF Client: ProLogis The Bluffs at Riverside* — Cobb County, Georgia 2 buildings totaling 348,600-SF Client: Bullock, Terrell & Mannelly Breckinridge Distribution Center* — Gwinnett County, Georgia Building 1: 98,800-SF Client: ProLogis Buford Highway Distribution Facility* — Gwinnett County, Georgia Front load 210,000-SF building for multiple tenants Client: Weeks Corporation >>Back to top Cabot Business Center at Breckinridge Chase* Gwinnett County, Georgia 2 buildings totaling 144,760-SF Client: Taylor & Mathis Cabot Business Center at the Meadows* — Forsyth County, Georgia 2 buildings totaling 211,100-SF Client: Taylor & Mathis Charlotte Distribution Center* — Charlotte, North Carolina 7 buildings totaling 702,700-SF Client: ProLogis Charlotte South Distribution Center* — Charlotte, North Carolina 3 buildings totaling 424,800-SF Client: ProLogis Cobb International Distribution Facility* — Kennesaw, Georgia 2 buildings totaling 128,000-SF Client: Raco General Contractors Cobb Place Blvd. Distribution Center* — Cobb County, Georgia 2 buildings totaling 303,200-SF 1: 147,200-SF Client: ProLogis The Crossings at Riverside* — Cobb & Douglas Counties, Georgia 2 buildings totaling 525,000-SF Client: Bullock, Terrell & Mannelly >>Back to top Greenwood Industrial Park* — Henry County, Georgia Building 8: 400,000-SF of speculative warehouse space, expandable to 800,000-SF Client: First Industrial Realty Trust/Ordner Construction
	Gwinnett 316* Lawrenceville, Georgia Building 10: 132,000-SF Client: Raco General Contractors
	Gwinnett 316 Phase IV* — Lawrenceville, Georgia 2 buildings totaling 476,000-SF Client: Raco General Contrac