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Good times and great connections made at The Lodging Conference this year, with key team members from our hospitality group — Melanie N. Hanna, Shaney Mullen, and TRACE JACQUES, — in attendance!

Congratulations to BKV Group's 2024 selected attendees for the The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Women's Leadership Summit & NOMA Annual Conferences! Christina Pierson (Project Architect, Senior Associate) will be attending the AIA Women's Leadership Summit taking place next week in Chicago. Christina has demonstrated her dedication, commitment and aspirations to BKV and her continued growth as a professional. She makes things happen in all the work she’s involved in whether it’s on projects or on committees. Anca Ioana Gruita (Construction Administrator, Senior Associate) has also been selected to attend WLS. Ioana continues to demonstrate her leadership at a national level through her support of the Construction Administration team and the QA process. Mahkam Hashemi (Architectural Designer) has been selected to attend the NOMA (National Organization of Minority Architects) Annual Exchange Conference in Baltimore at the end of October. Mahkam's personal experience coming from Iran, moving to a new country. learning a new language, and balancing career and motherhood are all testaments to her continued resilience and motivation as a professional. Each year, BKV invites designers from all disciplines to submit an application to attend these significant, industry-leading events, with the conference costs and travel fully funded in our continued effort to invest in our staff's on-going professional development. Cheers to these three; safe travels!

We are excited for next week's National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) Student Housing Conference in Las Vegas! There, our national student living thought leaders — Jack Boarman, Ron Butler, and Kelly Naylor — will be available to network with developers, owners, and operators. Contact our Director of Business Development in attendance at the event, Garick Malcom, to set up a meeting. Also, make sure to mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 8th from 3:20 - 4:05pm when Jack will be a featured panelist during the concurrent session titled "Designing for the Next Generation." See you there!

Minnesota's first Net Zero library opens, design excellence award winners, an affordable and supportive housing ribbon-cutting, and amazing BKVers selected to attend the annual AIA Women's Leadership Summit & NOMA Conferences — these stories and more encapsulate the October issue of The Pulse:

At the annual NAIOP Minnesota Awards of Excellence program, BKV Group was honored to officially be named a winner in both of these categories: 1. Multi-Family Mid-Rise: The Fred (https://lnkd.in/gqcvpbvm) 2. Building Repositioning: Upper Post Flats (https://lnkd.in/gUfASNzm) Cheers to our terrific design teams and clients on these award wins!

Last week, BKV Group celebrated the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Shelby Commons! In collaboration with CRW architecture + design group, Inc and our developer partner, Woda Cooper Companies, Inc., Shelby Commons is an affordable housing community located in the North Loop neighborhood of downtown Minneapolis, creating 46 new affordable and supportive housing for families and individuals, with 12 units dedicated to people experiencing housing insecurity. At the September 26th event, we had the pleasure of the Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, attend and speak very highly of the project which provides much needed affordable housing in the area, and represents the first new project in the Root District (New Loop) of Minneapolis. Congrats to the entire team on reaching this milestone! Read more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/gTtkduGC

Say hello to Shaney Mullen, Melanie N. Hanna, and TRACE JACQUES, at The Lodging Conference. Taking place at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on October 7th-10th. Schedule a meeting with us on-site by emailing [email protected]. #thelodgingconference #thelodgingconference2024 You can also register here: https://lnkd.in/eN4CAsJM

BKV Group is excited to add to our depth of national senior living expertise with Senior Living Practice Leader and Associate Partner, Grant Warner, AIA, LEED AP, joining our firm today! We'll have more to broadcast on this strategic hire soon, and with Grant starting his new role in our Dallas practice site this week, he is taking part in Parks Associates' annual Smart Spaces® Conferences being held in Dallas. There, Grant will take part as a panelist in "The Golden Years: Technology in Senior Communities" session occurring Wednesday, September 25th at 1:15pm CT. Make sure to register here, and welcome aboard, Grant! https://lnkd.in/gauaWWcn

We have brand new photography of the recently opened Howard Lake Library, Minnesota’s first Net Zero library! The 7,000-square-foot public facility is located in the city’s newly created Central Park, and replaces the two-story building located a few blocks away, where the library has operated since 1979. The project’s design and construction complies with Minnesota’s statewide B3 Sustainability Building Guidelines, which encompass site, water, energy, indoor environmental quality, materials, and construction. Its completion marks a truly watershed moment for the state of Minnesota and the many partners on the project dedicated to bringing to the Howard Lake community the highest-quality, most energy-efficient public library, which will serve as a center for education, programming, and socializing for decades to come. View Howard Lake Library here: https://lnkd.in/gUHefaAa

Cheers to our design team members on these two terrific projects nominated by NAIOP Minnesota!