DSW Corporate Offices & Expansion

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Client: DSW, Inc.

Project Size: 148,000 S.F.                                                                                  Project Size: 30,000 S.F. (Expansion)

Date Initiated: 2006
Date Completed: 2007

Date Initiated: 2014 (Expansion)
Date Completed: 2015 (Expansion)

Project Team:

• Mark Ford – Project Architect
• Gayle Zimmerman

Consultants:

• McMullen Engineering Co., Inc.
• Shirk & O’Donovan Consulting
• The Edge Group
• Continental Office Environments

Project Description:

An adaptive re-use of an existing warehouse building into the new corporate home office for DSW Shoes. Building interior includes corporate dining area, fitness center, large meeting and training rooms, vendor hook-up areas and multiple business unit office / teaming areas. In 2015, Ford & Associates completed the design expansion of the corporate office 30,000 S.F. into an existing adjacent tenant area. The ex- pansion office area simultaneously provided the opportunity to re-stack the existing business units / de- partments and provide the necessary growth and amenities that were needed for their day-to-day opera- tions.

Ford & Associates was responsible for the architectural planning & design, landscape design, interior finish material selections, construction documentation and construction contract administration.