We’re excited to share that our First Light project has won the Popular Choice Vote for the 14th Architizer A+Awards in the Multi Unit Housing – High Rise (16+ Floors) Category!
With entries from over 80 countries and thousands of votes across all categories, this is truly an honor.
MG2 partnered with the Vancouver Housing Authority to renovate Cougar Creek, an affordable multi-family community in Vancouver, WA. The revitalization modernized eight residential buildings and a community building, and created new shared outdoor spaces, enhancing connection for residents while extending the life of the property as an affordable housing resource.
Residential units were refreshed with LED lighting, energy efficient mechanical units, and new plumbing systems, along with updated flooring, countertops, and appliances. Each building received a new roof, enhanced insulation, new stairs and guardrails, and new unit entry doors. The redesigned community building, flanked by new outdoor amenities to make it more of a focal point for the property, features an upgraded fitness center and expanded laundry facilities. In addition, an on-site management office has been added to the property to better support residents and staff.
Outdoor improvements create welcoming spaces for gathering and recreation throughout the community. A covered patio with grills and picnic seating encourages residents to connect with friends and family, while a new playground and dog park provide dedicated spaces for children and pets. Sustainable upgrades, including the addition of solar panels across the development as well as an upgraded storm system, further support long-term operational efficiency and environmental performance.
In a recent Commercial Property Executive article, Patricia Kirk spoke with MG2 Principal Jooyeol Oh about the design challenges and rewards that come with adaptive reuse projects. As we wrap up National Preservation Month, we reflect on turning a vacated 1938 Sears building into a thriving residential community.
“Oh was the lead architect on a recent project that converted a beloved 1938 Art Deco Sears store and warehouse in Chicago to 6 Corners Lofts, a residential mixed-use project with 206 apartment units and a 394,000-square-foot Target store on the ground level,” writes Kirk. “This project blends modern residential living and retail, while preserving, enhancing and amplifying the iconic Art Deco elements of the existing Sears store and warehouse.”
In a conversation with Commercial Property Executive, MG2 Principal Jooyeol Oh and James K.M. Cheng discuss the design thinking and collaboration behind our First Light project in Seattle, a 48-story mixed-use tower that blends art, architecture, and livability.
Oh: “What made the process successful was not just the technology, but the culture we built around it.”
Multi-Housing News recently announced its 2025 Excellence Awards Winners, and our 六角阁楼 project in Chicago won Gold in the Best Adaptive Reuse category.
Bellingham’s newest multi-family community has broken ground! MG2, alongside Talbot Group, Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty, and City of Bellingham celebrated 曼宁‘s groundbreaking earlier last month.
Located within the master planned Barkley Village development, The Manning is a new 171-unit residential complex. The building includes a gym amenity space and a large commercial space on the ground floor. Building on the master plan’s goals for a true urban village, the development seeks to draw in the community and add vibrancy to the area. Residents have direct access to dining, shopping, and entertainment options from a farmer’s market to a movie theater.
“MG2 is honored and excited to break ground on The Manning, the gateway project of the Barkley Village master plan. This building has been designed to show resiliency and timelessness, reflecting the Talbot Group’s own roots and commitment to Bellingham and the Barkley Village community.” – Jooyeol Oh, MG2 Principal
MG2 Architect Rebecca Thompson joined the project team on-site to celebrate this milestone.
Multifamily Executive has announced its 2025 MFE Awards, and our 6 Corners Lofts project in Chicago, IL won in the Adaptive Reuse category!
MG2 Principals Felipe Romero, Meghana Joshi, and Eli Hardi accepted the award at a breakfast ceremony during the Multifamily Executive Conference in Newport Beach.
卡米诺蜂鸟（Camino Colibri）是一个拥有34套经济适用房的社区，专为俄勒冈州南部地区的农业工人设计。该项目是为了应对2020年阿尔梅达山火（俄勒冈州有记录以来最具破坏性的野火）而开发的，旨在帮助因这场山火而流离失所的家庭，这场山火导致俄勒冈州南部地区超过2600户家庭房屋被毁。MG2与当地组织合作，打造了一个多户住宅综合体，将居民聚集在能够体现他们价值观的共享空间中。
设计团队与俄勒冈州 CASA 和福塔莱萨联盟紧密合作，认真倾听当地居民的意见，这些意见为关键决策提供了依据，包括场地布局、共享空间、单元布局和室内特色。开放式厨房被优先考虑，以满足家庭烹饪和聚会的需求。住宅设计充分利用自然光，并设有阳台和露台，与户外区域相连。窗户面向游乐场，方便父母在烹饪时照看孩子。
蜂鸟之路社区由三栋住宅楼组成，环绕着共享草坪、游乐场和公共花园——这些空间旨在促进日常互动和社交联系。社区中心设有会议室、共享厨房、带顶露台、户外烧烤区和篮球场。
“Camino Colibri”（蜂鸟之路）这个名字是由社区居民选定的。蜂鸟象征着坚韧不拔的精神以及居民与农业工作的紧密联系，在社区外墙上的两幅巨幅壁画中都有蜂鸟的形象，从人行道上就能清晰可见。
Camino Colibri 满足了该地区对经济适用房的需求，并体现了 MG2 的协作式、以社区为导向的设计方法。
In a Building Design + Construction article, Contributing Editor Peter Fabris highlighted our First Light mixed-use tower.
“At the top of the tower and suspended over the city, the cantilevered pool deck is framed by panoramic views of downtown Seattle, Elliot Bay, and Mt. Ranier. V-shaped concrete columns support the pool deck and expansive amenity spaces, balancing engineering precision and the design’s vision to optimize structural integrity without compromising aesthetics.”
In the heart of Seattle’s vibrant Fremont neighborhood, at the crossroads of Stone Way and Bridge Way, a new seven-story development seamlessly blends modern design with practicality. Anchored by two retail spaces at street level, the building boasts a wealth of shared amenities, including a central courtyard with a trellis adorned BBQ area and a rooftop deck that overlooks the bustling Stone Way.
First Light, a 48-story mixed-use high-rise—retail, office, and luxury residential—in downtown Seattle, was designed as a livable piece of art. Its most prominent feature is a jaw-dropping, cantilevered rooftop pool that hovers over the city’s skyline. As Executive Architect, MG2 was charged with taking this complex project from design concept to final delivery.
At the tower’s base, “The Veil,” a permanent seven-story glass installation by sculptural glass artist John Hogan, wraps the podium in 10,000 glass discs, each individually set and angled. The local artist’s design creates an everchanging façade while also diffusing views and enhancing privacy. For residents, 20’ doors open to a lobby of polished concrete and stainless steel that features a custom Fazioli piano with more of Hogan’s glasswork integrated into the lid.
At the top of the tower and suspended over the city, the cantilevered pool deck is framed by panoramic views of downtown Seattle, Elliot Bay, and Mt. Ranier. V-shaped concrete columns support the pool deck and expansive amenity spaces, balancing engineering precision and the design’s vision to optimize structural integrity without compromising aesthetics.
The terraced clubhouse—with lounge areas, kitchen, and coworking, all with breathtaking, floor-to-ceiling views—fosters a seamless indoor-outdoor connection. A glass-enclosed, open-air Secret Garden, reached by private elevator, is landscaped with native ground covering and offers a Zen-like retreat.
从人行道到屋顶，First Light 是文化的实体化体现，是艺术、建筑和日常生活交融之地。MG2 与 Westbank 和 James KM Cheng Architects 合作，打造了一座独一无二的高层建筑，它既体现了西雅图的城市特色，又为这座城市的天际线增添了新的亮点。
MG2 的负责人 Jooyeol Oh 在最近发表于 Retrofit 的文章中分享了我们 6 Corners Lofts 混合用途项目的设计细节。
“MG2 通过注重设计并采用周全的适应性再利用策略，成功地将现代住宅与零售空间融合在一起，同时保留、提升并强化了标志性的装饰艺术元素，使其符合 21 世纪的审美。像 6 Corners Lofts 这样周全的适应性再利用，不仅有助于社区复兴，还能为子孙后代保留街区特色。”
我们的 6 Corners Lofts 项目入围了今年 Architizer A+Awards 建筑 + 适应性再利用类别的决赛！
为了重振建于1938年的西尔斯百货大楼，并振兴芝加哥历史悠久的波蒂奇公园购物区，MG2与诺瓦克开发公司合作，打造了六角阁楼公寓项目。MG2首席设计师吴珠烈(Jooyeol Oh)在保留标志性装饰艺术元素的同时，巧妙地融入了现代元素，将过去与现在完美连接。这个创新的多功能项目拥有206套住宅单元和超过5万平方英尺的零售空间。
VMSD’s Top Retail Design Firms list is one of the most important rankings in retail architecture and design. For 2025 MG2 was ranked #5 on VMSD’s list for the second year in a row! MG2 was ranked #5 on VMSD’s 2025 list of the Top Retail Design Firms!
Farmdale是位于俄勒冈州伍德伯恩市的一个创新型农场工人住宅开发项目。它取代了20世纪70年代的乡村发展综合体，通过打破建筑体量，使其看起来像一系列山墙房屋，从而与周围的住宅区完美融合。为了进一步弱化建筑规模，更好地融入社区环境，建筑外墙采用了充满活力的色彩，象征着温馨的家庭氛围。Farmdale致力于营造社区感和凝聚力，提供包括运动场、花园和游乐场在内的宽敞户外空间。
室内空间布局旨在促进邻里间的自发交流，例如鼓励使用开放式楼梯，或将邮件收发室和洗衣房等设施打造为真正的公共空间。两层高的社区活动室是整个项目的核心，可满足多种场合的多功能需求。
在MG2，社区设计意味着创造能够回应使用者需求和心声的空间。这需要深入的沟通，积极倾听居民的诉求，并致力于实现无障碍、可持续性和长期功能性。与Farmdale居民的社区参与会议以西班牙语和英语进行，重点在于了解社区的优先事项，并鼓励居民对各项规划要素进行投票。
Spruce Street is a mixed-use podium building in the heart of the Yesler Terrace neighborhood in Seattle, WA, at a crossroads of zoning and architecture of varying scales. The design steps the building down to integrate this large project into the surrounding context and meet the adjacent structures. To create a pedestrian-friendly scale, the building uses façade modulation, textural changes, and patterning. Programmatic surroundings are considered, with a double-height retail space along the main street and private terraces on the ground floor along the quieter residential streets. At the heart of the building is a large central landscaped courtyard accessible from the main lobby and several indoor amenities, which include a fitness center, TV/game room, pet wash and dog run, and a sky lounge with views of Mt. Rainier.
董事 Jooyeol Oh, AIA, LEED AP, spoke with Joel Groover of ICSC C+CT about how MG2 projects, 鲍登 和 芒特莱克村, show the effects of Seattle’s future light rail expansion on the city.
Groover writes about The Bowden, “an MG2-designed mixed-use project that sits near the Overlake light-rail stop, which will connect to new stations at Marymoor Village and downtown Redmond. Construction will start this year, and the project will add 574 residential units and more than 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. As Oh sees it, growth of such residential projects should spur more demand for walkable retail in the neighborhood.”
Jooyeol Oh notes, “The city is envisioning that area to be a much-denser residential community, mixed with retail.”
“This ambitious project showcases the principles of adaptive reuse. The building’s evolution from a retail giant to a 206-unit residential complex, with a ground floor Target store, highlights a commitment to sustainable design,” says Cherise Lakeside, FCSI, CDT, host of ARCAT’s podcast Detailed, in her interview with Principal Jooyeol Oh about 六角阁楼.
Jooyeol Oh continues his description of the project, “The primary goal of the client and community was really preserving the character and history of the building…This presented both a limitation and an opportunity to reimagine the building into a residential mixed-use building, and we were really excited about it. With its incredible bones and unique potential, we wanted to create a mixed-use building that could be distinctive and appealing to the residents and neighbors. The process was more challenging, as opposed to a ground-up brand new build, but it made the process all the more rewarding.”
“James K.M. Cheng Architects designed the 48-story project, working with local shop MG2 as the Executive Architect. First Light topped out in the fall of 2023. Since then, it’s mostly been interior work, though a few workers were out on the balconies on Tuesday morning.”
MG2 Associate Principal Felipe Romero accepted his ICSC+CENTERBUILD Leaders Under 40 Class of 2024 award at Centerbuild this week.
With over a decade of experience, Felipe has developed thoughtful, community-centered environments. Recognizing the critical role retail plays in both the economy and local communities, he has dedicated his career to designing these vital spaces.
Recently featured in CNBC, 熨斗十字路口 is undergoing a transformation into a thriving outdoor park experience. Located in Bloomfield, Colorado, the mixed-use complex will include residential, food and beverage, entertainment, and office space within a 9-acre nature park space.
MG2 Principal Jooyeol Oh spoke with Diana Mosher from the Commercial Property Executive about building conversions.
“When I think about flexible design, the word that comes to me is ‘resilience,'” said Jooyeol Oh in the piece. He continued, “Flexible design is a challenge, but it’s a challenge that we always think about.”
MG2’s 六角阁楼 project, a 1938 Sears building adapted into an innovative mixed-use community, is an example of that flexible design brought into practice. Original elements, like flared capital columns and terrazzo flooring, were preserved while the building was updated to bring modern amenities to residents.
MG2 Principal and design lead of 6 Corners Lofts Jooyeol Oh spoke with Multi-Housing News Associate Editor Madalina Pojoga about the adaptive-reuse process at the Sears building and the impact 六角阁楼 will have on the city’s Portage Park area.
“The Six Corners Shopping District has a long history as a popular and successful neighborhood shopping and entertainment destination serving the community. Preserving the character of one of its most beloved landmarks was a crucial consideration for us.
“There were three main design elements we wanted to highlight: the vernacular architecture of the surrounding brick buildings, the juxtaposition of old and new, and a celebration of the Art Deco style.”
MG2 在《建筑设计+建筑媒体》最近发布的 2024 年 200 强建筑公司榜单中名列前 20 名。
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