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Welcome friends, colleagues, clients, and consultants to the REG Newsletter! Now you can stay up to date on everything happening at the company. Read along as we review important news and events from the first half of 2023! |
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A Word from the President | |
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Hello and happy summer greetings! Boy the year has gone by fast. We have much to be grateful for as we reach the mid-point of 2023. First off, many thanks to the people in our office for their dedication and hard work. We have added 4 great new staff members this year together with 2 new interns bringing our total to 15 amazing architects and 6 administrative staff for a total of 21 employees.
Besides our great staff, we must also say thank you to our great clients for keeping us busy! Recently completed clubhouses in Palm Beach Gardens include one at Eastpointe, and one within the large new community of Avenir. A new clubhouse project is starting now with the Lost City Golf Club in Atlantis. An amazing amount of public-school work has come our way with our largest client, the School Board of Palm Beach County. Some historic preservation assignments throughout the state in Everglades City, DeSoto County, Palm Bay, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Gainesville, and Marianna. Residential work in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and Bogota, Colombia. Affordable multi-family and single-family housing projects for Palm Beach County, Delray Beach Housing Authority, and the West Palm Beach Housing Authority. Lastly, several new assignments for the Trump Organization at Mar-a-Lago, Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, and Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter.
We participated in our first-ever career fairs earlier this year at my alma mater Catholic University of America in Washington DC, and Manuel's alma mater University of Miami. Next spring in 2024, we plan to add the University of Florida in Gainesville to our list of University career fairs to attend. On April 1st, the company passed a huge milestone as we celebrated 35 years of business headquartered in Downtown West Palm Beach! Also in April, we were again sponsors at the West Palm Beach State of the Market Forum held by the ULI. I hope you enjoy our newsletter and may the rest of the year bring you peace, happiness, and growth in these turbulent times we live in.
-Rick Gonzalez, AIA, President
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Congratulations Rick Gonzalez, AIA! Rick has been appointed as a Trustee of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Foundation in Washington DC. Rick's former appointment as a council member has now come to end. | |
Eastpointe Country Club, Palm Beach Gardens | |
Welcome to the new Eastpointe West Country Club. Built by Sisca Construction, this new 15,000SF country club features a large restaurant and bar area with indoor and outdoor seating, gym and fitness area, yoga/multi-purpose room, offices, two pools, a fire pit, and an outdoor event lawn. The central breezeway funnels guest from the parking lot straight back to the facility's pool area. The right-wing of the facility houses all the leisure and fitness spaces, while the left-wing encompasses the restaurant and commercial kitchen. | |
Projects Under Construction | |
Royal Palm Beach Village Hall | | |
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Moving swiftly through construction with Verdex, Phase I of the new Village Hall for Royal Palm Beach is expected to be completed within the next few weeks! This will allow village staff to move-in and begin operating out of their new facility. Phase II will include the demolition of the old village hall, and completion of the surrounding site work. | |
Hulett Environmental Services, West Palm Beach | |
Now with it's exterior walls, roof, and canopy, Sisca Construction is making huge strides with the new administrative office building for Hulett Environmental Services in West Palm Beach! | |
Island Cove Apartments, Delray Beach | |
These new apartments for the local community of Delray Beach are nearing completion and will bring much needed affordable housing to the area. The project features thirty-six 2/2 apartments, and eighteen 3/2 apartments with a clubhouse, pool, and tot lot. Opening later this fall! | |
Coleman Park Gym and Community Center, West Palm Beach | |
The new gymnasium at Coleman park has been topped off. This 8,000 SF gym is being constructed adjacent to the existing community center building and will allow the local community to enjoy indoor recreational sports. | |
Projects Moving Through Design | |
Roseland Gardens, West Palm Beach | |
Flanking Southern Boulevard and in between Lake Ave and Georgia Ave, this new senior living community will replace the existing Southridge Senior Community. This phase of the development consists of 148 multi-family units equally arranged into two 4-story buildings approximately 64,000 SF each. The development will also include a 4,000 SF clubhouse building with a pool. This much needed senior housing for West Palm Beach's growing retirement community will be safe, secure, and affordable. | |
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Design of a new 9,000 SF shell office & retail building in the new Westlake community for repeat client Don Stevenson. This building will occupy vacant space acting as a nice complement to the existing plaza.
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Tuttle Office Development, West Palm Beach | |
This new art deco project located just outside downtown West Palm Beach will serve as a live-work building for the client. The first floor will contain offices and garage space in the rear, the second floor contains an art gallery space, and an additional office, while the third floor is the livable area. Plenty of balcony space is provided on the east and west elevations. | |
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DeSoto County Historic Court House, Arcadia | |
REG outperformed other firms to be awarded this historic project from DeSoto County. We have now begun to assist the client with preserving and restoring the exterior envelope of this historic court house. We utilized laser scanning services for a quick and accurate way to produce the as-builts for this project, which also contributed to this unique rendering. | |
Trump International 19th Hole Grille, West Palm Beach | |
A new grille is underway at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. This standalone building will be stationed in close proximity to the current clubhouse and contain a bar, full-sized kitchen, an outdoor pizza oven, and a wealth of indoor and outdoor seating. | |
Bank of Everglades, Everglades City | |
The adaptive reuse of the historic Bank of Everglades building will transform the vacant and rundown facility into a new community center. The first floor will be an open multi-purpose/event space with a reception area, restroom, storage, and the original bank vault. Our design will revamp the building to be wheelchair accessible by including a ramp at the rear entrance, and an elevator inside granting access to the second floor. The second floor will be comprised of a conference room, a classroom, a study room, an additional restroom, and a large outdoor patio. | |
Personnel Updates at the Firm | |
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We would like to welcome the following new hires to the company: Dominic Arresta as assistant project manager, Danielle Barros as assistant project manager, Muta Chokani as assistant project manager, Richard Pinilla as job captain, and Steve Ruiz as job captain. We are excited and grateful that you have joined us, welcome to the team!
A huge congratulations to Dominic for obtaining his Florida architectural license!
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Another congratulations to Latifa for receiving her Masters of Architecture degree from Florida International University! | |
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Our project is still stationed in 3rd place for the 2023 AIA Florida People's Choice Awards, and we need your vote! Anyone can vote as many times as they like up until the 28th!
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In February for the first time in company history, REG participated in two career fairs to engage some of the young University students to come and work at a fun, growing South Florida architecture firm. We first headed out to Washington D.C. where we participated at the Catholic University of America's School of Architecture career fair, which happens to be Rick's alma mater. Later that month, we took the drive down south to Coral Gables where we visited Manuel's alma mater, University of Miami, to partake in their architecture career fair. | |
ULI's West Palm Beach Development & Investment Forum | |
In April, the Urban Land Institute hosted their annual West Palm Beach Development and Investment Forum. This year, REG became a contributing sponsor at the event. It was exciting to hear about all the past, current, and future development and growth all happening locally where we have been headquartered for 35 years. We hope to see you at next year's forum as well! | |
REG's 35th Anniversary Party | |
On March 31st, we celebrated our 35th anniversary as a company! REG was formed by a father and son architectural team, Ricardo Sr. and Rick Gonzalez, in 1988. Be sure to visit our website to view the entire gallery of photos taken during the event. Our home is downtown West Palm Beach, and we will strive to continue our presence here for many more years to come. Thank you to all of our employees, friends, family, consultants, clients, and the community for allowing us to collaborate and serve you over the decades! | |
4th of July Independence Day Cookout | |
To celebrate the independence of our great nation, our office hosted a classic American cookout luncheon featuring master chef Rick Gonzalez! Rick grilled up some delicious hotdogs and burgers for the office right outside our building as we chowed down in the conference room in classic American BBQ-style fashion. | |
Preservation on Main Street 2023 Conference | |
This year the Preservation on Main Street Conference was held in the historic city of Ocala. Time was spent learning about some of Florida's unique main streets, historic structures, cities, and building materials. At the end of the conference, the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation and Florida Main Street Association hosted their annual awards ceremony. We are pleased to inform you that REG brought home two awards! The Sunset Lounge project located in downtown West Palm Beach, and the Martin County Historic Court House located in downtown Stuart were both recipients of the restoration/rehabilitation outstanding achievement award. | |
We are currently hiring for a mid to upper level Architectural Project Manager. Compensation will vary depending on experience and qualifications. Come work for a growing, award-winning architecture firm with a fun office environment located in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach! Please reach out if you would like additional information, or send us your resume to regadmin@regarchitects.com if interested. |
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"Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today."
Dr. Jordan Peterson
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