Dress for Success
Owner
Dress for Success
Location
Cincinnati, OH
Size
8,530 SF
Completion Date
2021
Project Delivery Method
Project Summary
Building Management Partners, an affilliate of Paul Hemmer Company, completed an 8,530 SF tenant improvement for Dress for Success in Norwood, Ohio. The project transformed an existing commercial space into a fully outfitted nonprofit career services center, featuring a client boutique with donation sorting and checkout, a career center, kitchen and dining areas, private offices, restrooms, and a large multipurpose room divided by an operable partition wall. The scope included full demolition of the existing layout, new partition walls, custom millwork, upgraded flooring finishes, plumbing reconfiguration, full HVAC rerouting, and electrical upgrades — all designed by Casler Design Group.
Key Features
- Full interior demolition of existing walls, flooring, and ceilings per demo plan; structural steel added to support new operable partition wall system
- New partition framing: 36 LF demising wall, 226 LF × 9' type A walls, and 400 LF × 18' full-height type B walls; shelving blocking at two rows per plan
- Custom millwork throughout: kitchen base and wall cabinets, sit-down dining counter, L-shaped checkout station, donation sorting shelving with 5 adjustable shelves, and 2 copy/print stations — all with laminate tops
- Full plumbing reconfiguration: sawcut and repour slab for new layout; 2 ADA water closets, 1 standard WC, 2 wall-hung lavatories, mop sink, SS sink, water cooler, washer box, 3 floor drains, 52-gallon electric water heater
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