Market: Client Programs

The Holy Grail of Warehouse Design: Speed to Market and Energy Efficiency

MG2’s Doug Brookbank and Sarah Valluzzi have identified “The Holy Grail of Warehouse Design: Speed to Market and Energy Efficiency.”

“One of the most significant benefits of a PEMBs (Pre-Engineered Metal Building) is its ability to offer a shorter construction schedule. As a building system, it can reduce construction time by approximately 30% – 40% vs it’s conventional steel counterparts: concrete tilt and precast systems.”

Read more in NAIOP’s Development Magazine about this modern approach to warehouse construction and the transformative advantages of PEMBs.

Read more in Development Magazine

Poultry Testing Labs

In order to support their expansive sales growth, CWI partnered with MG2 and third-party operator Midwest Laboratories to design and build the first ground-up, large-scale microbiology poultry testing lab. The facility has space to monitor the nutrition and health of the flocks and includes an integrated office area for the CWI team. There were numerous high-priority strict requirements on this project, including the need to avoid cross-contamination, the ability to provide high visibility throughout the lab for tours while maintaining security, and support to operate 24/7.

  • Project Details

  • Location Fremont, NE
  • Client CWI
  • Market Sectors
  • Size 23,000 SF building
    18,500 SF lab
    5,000 SF office
  • Services

2023 Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest Winners

We’re thrilled to share this news: Architectural Record has named MG2’s Shin Lopez a Runner-Up in their annual Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest.

In 2018, The Grand Hotel Apartments in Yakima, WA caught her attention, and she’s never forgotten them. “Ever since I can remember, I’ve found buildings to be quite beautiful, and very often, when I walk by a building that I fall for, I can’t stop thinking about it. The windows I drew for my submission are similar to The Grand Hotel Apartments’; I couldn’t stop thinking about them six years later!”

Find Shin’s drawing and all of the winners below.

Read more in Architectural Record

Mitch Smith’s Philosophy of Transparency and Authenticity

At 425 Business, Mitch Smith and John Stearns talk about why transparency is so important at the Costco Headquarters.

“It’s incredibly important to our organization that we are very open about what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, what our strategy is, our finances, how we’re performing, and really promoting a mindset of radical transparency. What I’ve found is that it builds a tremendous amount of trust with our employees in the organization. It’s when they don’t know that there are issues.” Mitch Smith said to John Stearns of 425 Business.


Read more in 425 Business

Mercedes-Benz To Open Dozens of Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs at Buc-ee’s, Simon Property Sites

Mercedes-Benz plans to place its branded electric vehicle charging stations at some of Buc-ee’s convenience stores and Simon Property Group’s malls as the automotive industry gets ready for a potential wave of EVs. MG2 was the architecture firm and Kimley-Horn was the engineering firm for the Mercedes stations.


Read more in CoStar

Uxin Used Car Dealership

Uxin, a second-hand car refurbishment and storage center located in Hefei, Anhui Province, is the largest “supermarket” for pre-owned vehicles in China. The building houses a car storage center with space for 7,000 cars, a maintenance workshop, employee dormitories, a warehouse for spare parts, car wall with hydraulic conveyor belt, showroom, customer lounge area, and a restaurant.

Glass atriums help break up the building massing and glass curtain walls, parametric ceiling designs, and lighting contribute to the technological atmosphere. VR technology was leveraged throughout the design process to simulate both customer and car flows. The roof is equipped with solar panels, providing electricity for the building’s daily operations.

MG2 Named one of the Top 100 Industrial Sector Architecture Firms for 2023

We’re excited to be listed as number 34 in BD+C’s Top 100 Industrial Sector Architecture Firms for 2023.

Read more in Building Design + Construction

Check Out Costco’s New HQ Addition — Contours, Cafeterias, Cubicles, and Cardio

This is about pictures — a visual tour in and around the finished product, which 3,700-plus employees moved into over the summer. 


Read more in 425 Business

MG2 Listed in the Top 50 of BD+C’s Top 130 Hospitality Facility Architecture Firms for 2023

The Olympic Bar Seattle WA

We’re excited to be listed as number 47 in BD+C’s Top 130 Hospitality Facility Architecture Firms for 2023.

Read more in Building Design + Construction

MG2 listed in ENR Top 100 Green Design Firms and Contractors

We’re excited to be listed on ENR’s Top 100 Green Design Firms.

Read more in Engineering News-Record

MG2 Listed in the Top 10 of BD+C’s Top 140 Retail Sector Architecture and Architecture Engineering (AE) Firms for 2023

We’re excited to be listed as number 8 in BD+C’s Top 140 Retail Sector Architecture and Architecture Engineering (AE) Firms for 2023.

Read more in Building Design + Construction

Top 175 Architecture Firms for 2023

We’re excited to be included among the top 25 in Building Design + Construction’s 2023 Top 175 Architecture Firms.

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The best urban design projects of 2023

MG2’s Costco Santa Fe, located in Mexico City, has just been named a finalist in the Urban Design category in Fast Company’s 2023 Innovation by Design Awards!

Read more at Fast Company

Curiosity with the MG2 Interns

Joining the Seattle Design Festival this year are Trevor Gunderson and the MG2 Summer Interns with The Garden of Ideas! In this Pop-Up Experience, the team asks you to question the Now in order to generate new ideas that can be incorporated into our shared spaces and places.

In anticipation, the Seattle Design Festival sat with the interns to learn more about what inspires them.

Read more on the Seattle Design Festival Blog

ENR 2023 Top 225 International Design Firms

We’re excited to be listed in ENR’s Top 225 International Design Firms of 2023.

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Read more in ENR

Multilevel Industrial Design’s Vertical Puzzle

Kathryn Hamilton recaps MG2’s “The Unexpected Challenging and Solutions of Multilevel Warehouse Design” panel discussion with Russ Hazzard (moderator), Maribel Barba, Michael Bennet, and Ken Sun at I.CON West in the Summer issue of Development Magazine.


Read more in Development Magazine

These Are the Top Retail Design Firms for 2023

We’re excited to be among the top retail design firms of 2023 ranked by VMSD. It’s an honor to be ranked 4th alongside many other exceptional firms and designers.


Read more in VMSD

MG2 Wins Best Event at SMPS Seattle’s 2023 Reign Awards

SMPS Seattle’s annual Reign Awards gala recognizes excellence in marketing communications and outstanding achievements of top marketing professionals.

MG2 won Best Event for “Costco’s 40th Anniversary Event & Exhibit”.

Read more in SMPS

Puget Sound Business Journal Announces Corporate Philanthropists List

We’re honored to be included in the Puget Sound Business Journal’s annual list of Corporate Philanthropists.


Read more at the Puget Sound Business Journal

Greater Washington green building can still be budget-friendly

“For a lot of the larger buildings one should consider a pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) with a single skin façade rather than a conventional steel building with concrete tilt-wall construction. With ever-increasing energy code requirements as well as the increased cost of electricity in general, pre-engineered metal buildings can help increase energy efficiency significantly while also reducing overall construction schedules.”

— Doug Brookbank, principal in the Washington, D.C. office, MG2, on industrial and warehouse buildings, especially those larger than 100,000 square feet


Read more at Washington Business Journal

Costco Unveils New Issaquah Headquarters Addition

MG2’s Brian Bonar spoke with John Stearns for this 425 Business special feature about Costco Wholesale’s new headquarters addition in Issaquah, WA. We are proud to be working together with Costco on this project and to be a trusted partner for 40 years.


Read more in 425 Business

PSBJ reveals companies on its 2023 Corporate Philanthropists Lists

Companies from Washington and beyond supported the state’s charities throughout 2022 as the economy cooled, inflation rose and as the long tail of Covid-19 lingered in our lives. The Business Journal’s lists of corporate philanthropists rank 75 of those companies for their contributions. The Business Journal will reveal the rankings of the 2023 Corporate Philanthropists rankings at the Corporate Citizenship event May 18 at the Sheraton Grand Seattle.


Read more at The Puget Sound Business Journal