With over eighteen years of varied architectural, construction and management experience, Mr. Schwartz brings a broad range of expertise to the projects in which he is involved. His background includes numerous building types in scale, ranging from small renovations to large mixed-use high-rise projects. His role in these projects has ranged from a project and field architect to a project manager and owners representative on projects such as the ZymoGenetics Headquarters on Lake Union, Pacific Place Retail Center, and the renovation of Pier 56.
Mr. Schwartz has successfully led multi-disciplined teams on large, complex, fast-track projects. His in-depth knowledge of the development process has been gained through hands-on experience in the various development roles. He has contributed expertise from the conceptual stage through the design, entitlement, leasing and construction phases of a project.
experience
§ Pier 56 Redevelopment Conversion of a 100-year-old pier structure into retail, office and restaurant.
§ The OShea Building Renovation 35,000 SF Gap Flagship Store and 24,000 SF of office.
§ Pacific Place 750,000 SF vertical retail and entertainment center with underground parking.
§ Washington State Employees Credit Union 18,000 SF banking and office facility.
§ 119 Huntington Avenue (Boston, Massachusetts) 15-story downtown office/retail building.
§ Columbus Center (New York City) three million SF mixed-use project at the SW corner of Central Park, including: retail, theaters, brokerage facilities, office and residential uses.
§ The Lake Union Steam Plan - 176,000SF conversion and expansion to biotech labs.
§ ZymoGenetics Scale-Up Lab - $2.5 million mammalian cell growth facility.
§ Analytical Lab Mass Spec, Amino Acid Analysis, Peptide Synthesis, Protein Sequencing and Carbohydrate Analysis Lab for ZymoGenetics.
§ Robotics Lab Prep areas and support utilities for automated robotics apparatus which is capable of performing over one million filling operations per year.
§ Nuclear Magnetic Imaging Lab Specialized isolation requirements and health risks due to extreme electromagnetic fields made this a challenging project.
§ The Montreal Museum of Art Conversion and expansion of an historic apartment building to an art museum.
§ The Mamilla Project (Jerusalem, Israel) Mixed-use redevelopment of area adjacent to the old wall.
§ Meter Testing and Repair Facility Seattle Public Utilities Water Services Division.
§ Toronto Ballet and Opera House, Toronto, Canada - $230 million performing arts center.
§ Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, California 90,000 SF college facility and gallery.
§ Cairo Prenatal Teaching Hospital (Cairo, Egypt ) Four-story hospital and seven remote clinics.
§ Arapaho County Justice Center, Littleton, Colorado 460-bed jail and four-story courthouse.
§ Church of the Nazarene, San Diego, California 1,000-seat church and social center.
§ Sauk Suiattle Long House Traditional log frame longhouse for tribal events.
§ Balfour Place A 200-unit low-income project with ground level retail and structured parking.
§ 6th Avenue North Condominiums A 12-unit cluster condo complex.
§ The Esplanade Condominiums (Boston, Massachusetts) 109-unit luxury condo project on the Charles River.
§ The Remi Apartments - A 34-unit mixed-use project with street level retain and two levels of underground parking.
§ Madison Crossing 24 market-rate apartments over a concrete base, including parking and a co-op grocery.
1979-1984 (Summers Only) Worked as a carpenter on wood-frame projects and as an architectural draftsman.
19841986 DMJM, Denver, Colorado Architectural Draftsman on primarily institutional projects.
1986-1989 Moshe Safdie and Associates Project Architect and Field Architect on large mixed-use, housing and institutional projects.
1989-1991 Morse Diesel Construction Project Manager on housing and high-rise office construction projects.
1991-1997 Daly & Associates Project Architect and eventually Manager of the architectural practice. Worked on historic preservation, housing, industrial and high-tech projects.
1997-1999 Pine Street Development Project Manager and Tenant Coordinator for 335,000 SF vertical retail entertainment center. In addition to the coordination of 14 retail tenant building-outs, also managed the turnkey design, construction and fit-up of an 11-screen, 3200-seat theater complex in the project.
1999-2000 Martin Smith Development Corporation Development Project Manager for the redevelopment of Pier 56 and the OShea Building mixed-use renovation.
education
Bachelor of Environmental Design 1981
University of Colorado, Boulder
Graduate School of Business Administration 1982-84
University of Illinois
Master of Architecture 1984
University of Illinois
Certificate Program in Commercial Real Estate 2000
University of Washington
Registration: Architect State of Massachusetts
Architect State of Washington (In-Process)
N.C.A.R.B. Certification