The new L.B. Ahrens Recreation Center consists of a 36,500 SF recreation center with concrete masonry construction and a pre-engineered steel truss gym with CMU infill walls. Spaces include a 12,285 SF gymnasium, classrooms, offices and meeting rooms, locker rooms, an open seating lobby, a dance studio, a small catering kitchen, restrooms, and an outdoor patio space with applicable mechanical, plumbing, electrical and fire suppression systems, as well as IT/low voltage and audio/video systems. The scope also includes the development of a parking lot and an expansion of the park’s septic system.
Market: Parks & Recreation
Town Center on Main and Delay Nature Park
Reeves Young played a key role in the Suwanee Town Center on Main, a 25-acre project that seamlessly combines preservation and development to create a vibrant community destination. The project preserved 15 acres of the site while transforming approximately 10 acres into a dynamic park featuring a variety of amenities. These include a pedestrian bridge spanning the entire site, large water features, open lawn areas, volleyball courts, merchant setup areas, restroom buildings, and hardscapes, all thoughtfully designed to enhance functionality and visitor experience.
A signature feature of the park is an elevated, multi-use pedestrian bridge that serves as both a functional and iconic architectural element. Starting near the library, the bridge rises over a roadway and water feature, curving along the edges of two expansive lawn areas before landing at the hilltop terrace plaza. The project also emphasizes public art, with multiple locations throughout the park designated for large-scale installations. Building on Suwanee’s successful public art initiative, the park creates opportunities for monumental artworks to be incorporated during initial construction or in future phases, adding cultural and aesthetic value to the space. Reeves Young’s expertise ensured the delivery of a cohesive, multifunctional park that serves as a community hub for recreation and engagement.
Avondale Estates Town Green
Reeves Young Recently completed the construction of a new Town Green for the City of Avondale Estates. Avondale Estates is building on its reputation as a green city, and the 2-acre Town Green will serve as an economic driver for the downtown and a place for the community to gather. The scope of work included demolishing existing structures, grading for future mixed-use Buildings, road improvements, pavilion, and Town Green landscape and hardscape. The project includes walking paths, intimate gardens, open fields for passive recreation, a pavilion for outdoor performances, space for events, provisions for food trucks, a children’s area, a dog playground, and other amenities for residents, businesses, and visitors to enjoy.
Westside Park
The Reeves Young/CERM/HGOR/Portman design-build team was chosen by the city of Atlanta to complete the Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry and related site work. The project consists of conceptual master planning, design, prescribing ecological restorative treatments for highly degraded industrial sites, permitting, and construction for Phase I improvements and amenities. The first phase of the $26.5 million 36-acre projects included a gateway entrance at the intersection of Johnson Road and Grove Park Place. The gateway, which has lighting, signage, and graphics, is set on the park’s north side. The restoration of Grove Park Place included resurfacing the road and improvement of the greenery along the corridor. The park has trails, a pedestrian connection to the Proctor Creek Greenway, and an ADA-accessible overlook.
Centennial Olympic Park
Reeves Young was chosen by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority to provide Construction Management at Risk services for the Centennial Olympic Park renovations. The renovations and improvements were designed to increase community access, strengthen its Olympic heritage, enhance the visitor experience, and expand programming opportunities.
Brook Run Park Improvements
Reeves Young served as Construction Manager at Risk on this project. Services included preconstruction, design support, and construction services for park additions. Components include Great Lawn, Overlook Plaza, performance stage, pavilion, picnic/parking area, two multiuse fields, open play field, restroom, parking, and new vehicular entrance at Barclay Drive.