KTGY GROUP INC. Architecture and Planning, received the Pasadena Beautiful Foundation’s Redevelopment Award for the design of Whole Foods Market honoring the firm’s development that incorporates a historic building. KTGY was presented with the award at the 41st annual Design Awards Banquet at The Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena.
Located on the site of an 80-year-old historic building, the design features a two-story, 76,770-square-foot Whole Foods Market on a one-and-a-half-acre parcel, and is supported by three levels of subterranean parking, including Vermaports (a system for transporting shopping carts similar to escalators). The winning project is located at the southwest corner of Arroyo Parkway and Bellevue Drive. Whole Foods Market also received a prestigious Gold Nugget Grand Award for the Best Adaptive Reuse Project. Honoring creative achievements in architectural design and land use planning for residential, commercial and industrial projects, the Gold Nugget Awards program is the premiere event of the annual PCBC, the nation’s largest regional trade show and conference.
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