Fisher Industries/Construction is tackling a next-generation hospitality project as owner/contractor.

Architect Jeanne Gang of Chicago-based Studio Gang returned from a Colorado backpacking trip inspired by a grove of aspen trees.

When the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA) started planning a hotel for its convention center in the heart of Atlanta, it seemed straightforward enough.

The city’s 700-room hotel complex will offer 60,000 sq ft of meeting space and include a junior ballroom, restaurants and a rooftop pool.

Circa is the first ground-up casino built in downtown Las Vegas since the 1980s. Completed in October 2020 after 3.9 million worker hours, the project occupies an entire city block and includes a 38-story tower, a two-level casino with restaurants, a six-tier pool amphitheater and a stadium-style, three-story sportsbook. 

As COVID-19 spread through Los Angeles County’s growing homeless population, the team designed, built and received final approvals in just 120 days for a 60,000-sq-ft interim housing facility.

Space was at a premium for this 89-unit, transit-oriented development because its foundation occupies the entire 33,381-sq-ft lot. But the constraints didn’t end there.

In transforming the historic 19th-century Chicago Athletic Association building—designed circa 1893—into a modern boutique hotel, contractors took extraordinary care to preserve the building’s rich Venetian Gothic architectural details while creating a contemporary hospitality environment.