The best renovations go beyond restoration or renewal and try to achieve enhancement. That’s what Richard Gay had in mind for the Helendorf River Inn, a half-century-old property in a little faux-Bavarian village nestled in the forests of Northern Georgia.

As we close out 2022, we’re ending a year that has seen some of the highest housing prices on record. And, while the market has hit new highs, it’s likely that these will be surmounted as rates are expected to continue to rise moving into 2023.

Bentley Systems announced advancements to its construction management solution with enhancements to SYNCHRO 4D and the addition of SYNCHRO Cost and SYNCHRO Perform applications. The new advancements and portfolio expansion enable construction firms to transform how they plan, manage and execute their projects.

Gilbane Building Company has been selected by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts as the Construction Manager at Risk, charged with planning and supervising construction of the museum’s upcoming renovation and expansion project, which includes the James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing II, the largest expansion in its history.

Leading affordable housing provider The NHP Foundation has secured redevelopment funds for its property Ridgecrest Village Apartments in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The deal includes $13.9 million in tax exempt bonds financed by JP Morgan Chase and the DC Housing Finance Agency, $16.8 million in federal funding and DC Low Income Housing Tax Credits, $16.13 million in Housing Production Trust Funds from the DC Department of Housing and Community Development, and $2 million in interim net operating income and deferred fees from NHPF.

The State Employees’ Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative owned by its members. Because SECU serves state employees, its locations are considered both financial and government facilities.

GPR Ventures has completed its fourth multifamily acquisition in the greater Salt Lake City region. Capitol Estates is located down the street from the state capitol, with 24 units in a combination of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom floor plans and private parking.

The expanded and remodeled San Marcos Public Library more than doubled its original size to serve more people with a wider range of resources in a welcoming, modernized setting on a single level. From the library’s main entry through to the enclosed children’s area, PGAL’s design team selected five different Rockfon ceiling products to optimize performance and aesthetics for each area.

For over 90 years, the Presidio Chapel in San Francisco has served as a place of worship and reflection, becoming a global symbol of interfaith peace.

More than an open space for a world-class collection of Chicano art, the new Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture in downtown Riverside, California, transforms a 1964 modernist library into an architecturally distinctive museum full of galleries, gathering areas and an artist-in-residency center on two floors.