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Pyatok Architects Summary of Qualifications
1611 Telegraph AvenueSuite 200Oakland, CA94612
Tel: 510 465 7010www.pyatok.comFollow Us @PyatokArch
Pyatok architects works to foster the development of vibrant, sustainable, and inclusive communities through sensitive architecture and urban design, rigorous research and education, exemplary service and technical innovation, and effective advocacy.
Pyatok architects (Pa) was founded 29 years ago to serve the non-profit affordable housing sector throughout
the Bay area. Drawing upon our housing experience, we expanded to include market rate, senior housing,
student housing, and mixed-use developments in regions throughout california, Washington, oregon,
arizona and hawaii. today, Pa has designed roughly 35,000 dwelling units in scores of developments.
our practice has evolved to helping various communities and organizations build higher density urban
environments that are both more sustainable and equitable.
our practice does not focus on the development of design formulas. For us, great design is rooted in providing
quality service that drives the outcomes of the final design. Pa performs careful research to uncover the unique
needs of the community being served, and organizes a process that engages our clients and community in
a participatory, people-centered effort customized to the context of the target population. this means that
before we introduce anything new we determine what really matters the most to all stakeholders. our firm
is well known and respected for its service and responsiveness.
Pa is experienced in the full range of services from earliest stages of testing a project’s feasibility, to leading
a full community process, coordinating with regulatory agencies, executing construction documents and
specifications, and performing construction administration. For decades, developers and institutions have
repeatedly chosen the firm to design and develop a wide variety of programmatically diverse housing types
on challenging infill sites and in neighborhoods sensitive to new projects. While notably attracting many
local and national design awards, our projects have always been built to conform to the critical demands of
program, schedule and budget.
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TiTan CourT STudenT reSidenCeS, eugene, orLane Community College, Downtown Campus
Pyatok Architects joined a team led by Robertson Sherwood Architects and SRG Partnership to develop
a self-funded six-story student housing complex to complement the state-of-the art educational facility.
The project accommodates 255 students in 75 apartments, mostly 4 bedroom 2 bath units. Since the
building does not include centralized food service, every apartment includes a kitchen. The focus on
international students, as well as the realities of market competition led to smaller spaces and individual
leasing of each bedroom. A flat screen TV and cable service in the shared living room are marketing
advantages, but also help to draw the students out of their bedrooms and encourage interaction. There
are lounges on each floor and a large multi purpose room on the ground floor. The ground floor space
flows out into the shared courtyard to integrate the housing and academic uses. This residential project
is pending LEED Gold Certification.
community college Housing75 Units, 255 Beds
92,000 Sf
Like many colleges today, Lane recognized that providing housing for its students increases their retention rate and improves academic success. it also is key in attracting foreign students, which can be a significant financial asset. to maximise unity with academic functions and the University of oregon, they located their first student housing in downtown eugene to be integrated with their new 92,000 square foot downtown campus which houses Lcc’s continuing education, energy Management Program and successful aging institute.
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The SummiTS, merCed, CaUniversity of California, Merced
The scope included creating the Program and Master Plan for two phases housing more than 800 students.
the summits Phase i, houses up to 360 students while providing many support facilities which helped Uc
Merced expand student and residence Life Programs.
Primary Goals and Objectives:
• vibrant Place: to create a new go-to destination welcoming incoming freshman students both through programming and a strong sense of place
• socializing: create ‘neighborhoods’ on each floor to encourage intimate social bonding, counteracting tendencies toward isolation
• studying: include formal and informal places on each floor to encourage individual and group study
• Learning: include facilities on the ground floor for academic and extra-curricular activities, both for residents and the larger student body
• recreating: support recreational and social activities by incorporating a courtyard plaza with a stage and BBQ area, dance and music rooms, and a central Marketplace
• regional iconography: relate the new buildings and landscape to the agricultural roots of the region
freshman Dormitories155 BDRMS, 360 Beds
94,728 Sf
the summits is a two building, 360 bed LeeD Platinum-pending freshman residence community located at the entrance of Uc Merced. “the summits has exceeded the expectations for student satisfaction, has established itself as a prominent campus landmark and demonstrated that the University’s commitment to sustainability can be achieved without sacrificing quality.” Fast-tracked with six bid releases, this project was designed and built in 27 months.
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Channing BowdiTCh aparTmenTS, Berkely, CaUniversity of California, Berkeley
The project provides 228 beds in single and double occupant bedrooms. The three story wings fronting
Channing Street each have a direct entry stoop from the street and serve four single and double
occupancy units. These street oriented units provide an independent living environment attractive to
upper level students, and provide a more active street frontage.
Sustainable design features, include the following:
• Low VOC interior finishes
• Reclaimed wood timbers on exterior
• Maximizing of surface storm water flow over absorbtive landscape areas
• Recycling of construction debris
• Formaldehyde-free materials at all interior case work
• Sheltered, south facing exterior courtyards
freshman Housing57 Units, 228 Beds
72,000 Sf
Located two blocks south of campus near telegraph avenue, channing Bowditch is the second of two infill student housing projects in the south side neighborhood adjacent to the Uc campus. the design complements the historic shingle style buildings characteristic of the neighborhood, such as neighboring shorb house and the anna head school.
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STudenT reSidenCeS, oakland, CaMills College
the courtyard townhouses are located on a sloping site on a wooded edge of the Mills campus. the
project consists of three walk-up style buildings, with single occupancy rooms in 2, 4 and 5 bedroom
configurations and organized around a central, skylit foyer. Following the pattern set by many of the
historic structures on campus, the buildings are arranged around a landscaped central courtyard and the
building entries are marked by large covered porches and built-in seating. the combination of courtyard,
shared entry porches, and large daylit foyers maximizes the opportunities for interaction among the
student residents.
Student townhomes95 Beds, 21 Suites
25,000 Sf
as one of the first projects in this area of campus, the student apartments establish a precedent for future housing and academic buildings on this important public frontage. this project was undertaken on a fast track basis to make the apartments available to incoming students in august 2006. to meet the tight construction schedule, Pyatok architects designed the project based on repetitive modules to facilitate the fast track schedule without compromising high design standards set by the campus.
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BowleS hall rehaBiliTaTion, Berkeley, CaUniversity of California, Berkeley
A primary goal is to allow for a high degree of privacy by providing private bathrooms shared by a maximum
of 2 rooms and by including as many single occupancy rooms as possible. Within the restrictions of a
very narrow floor plate, we designed a layout with an average of 2.5 students per bathroom and 1.6
students per room. Despite the large number of private bathrooms, we were able to accommodate 189
beds. The design includes a variety of shared spaces: a game room, fitness room, study lounges and
private study rooms. Utility spaces and the game room and adjacent lounge will occupy an addition at
the west end of the building. The kitchen will be returned to its original use and will serve 3 meals a day
as well as late-night snacks.
Residential college30 Units, 120 Beds
55,334 Sf (Renovation)2,147 Sf (Addition)
Listed on the national register of historic Places, Bowles hall is a 1928 collegiate gothic-style concrete building sitting on the west terrace of hayward fault on a steep hillside on the Uc Berkeley campus. Working with edr as a third- party developer, Pyatok has planned the transformation from its current use as a fresman dormitory back to its original program as a 4-year residential college. restoring historic exterior and interior spaces, the building will be revitalized as a community for students, helping them to enjoy and successfully complete their undergraduate work.
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ida B. JaCkSon graduaTe houSing, Berkeley, CaUniversity of California, Berkeley
Developed on an L-shaped .44 acre corner lot, the program sought to deliver maximum bed density
for single occupancy bedrooms in an apartment style suitable for recruiting and retaining graduate
students. In addition, the 4-story wood-frame structure was designed to meet ambitious seismic
performance standards due to its proximity to a major fault zone. A trellised colonnade incorporates
the large entry ramp into the structure, providing a vertical garden edge to the sidewalk, in much
the same way as Bernard Maybeck’s nearby Unitarian Church. The entry lobby is a 2-story tall space
leading to the courtyard, which is a hub for student activity, linking the lobby, laundry, bicycle storage
and stair access to rear apartment units. A ground-level reception lounge and recreation room support
a variety of student uses, and are augmented by a quiet lounge and study at the Second Floor.
Graduate Housing30 Units, 120 Beds
47,600 Sf
Delivered on a fast track schedule to meet the fall move-in date, the ida Louise Jackson graduate house is the University’s flagship project for new infill student housing in the southside neighborhood, at the edge of Berkeley’s hillside District and adjacent to historic fraternity houses.
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irving STreeT reSidenCeS , San FranCiSCo, CaUniversity of California, San Francisco
adjacent to the Parnassus campus, 145 irving street Project provides 18 units, two bedroom housing to
single, post doctoral scholars and graduate/professional students. it is located in an existing high density
residential district of single family town homes and apartments, in immediate proximity to the University,
retail shopping and public transportation. sustainable design practices ensure the building is energy
efficient and environmentally responsible. it has been conceived as a “transit first” project, targeted
to students without the need to add cars to the neighborhood. its design addresses its urban context
blending into the scale and character of the surrounding neighborhood.
Graduate Housing18 Units, 36 Beds
17,000 Sf
the University of california in san Francisco Parnassus campus occupies a prime location in the geographic center of the city. Being a city campus, the options for nearby housing are limited, competitive, cramped and expensive. the 145 irving street graduate housing has been conceived, thought out and implemented with the highest regard for the needs of the student, the professionalism and reputation of the University, and the relationship the University has with its neighbors and this project is an important step in the approach to that achievement, and provides a model for sensitive, cost effective infill housing.
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Joining forces with avalon Bay communities and associate architects owen kennerly and Jon Worden
architects, Pyatok led an intensive community design process to shape a high-profile mixed-use building
on Parcel P—the largest of the former freeway sites. Drawing upon both historic neighborhood patterns
and contemporary design the team developed a distinct character for each of the four street frontages on
octavia Boulevard, oak street, Laguna street and hickory street, with stoops and ground floor entries
located every 25 feet.
hayeS valley parCel p, San FranCiSCo, CaAvalon Bay Communities
the removal of the central Freeway following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake stimulated a dramatic re-birth of the hayes valley neighborhood. octavia Boulevard was re-created as a tree lined multi-purpose main street lined with prominent building sites, setting the stage for re-construction of the human-scale urban form disrupted 60 years ago.
182 Units1.1 Acres
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The Octavia Building presents a bold boulevard-shaping façade
this new neighborhood within a neighborhood is linked together by a mid-block open space network consisting
of 3 terrace courtyards with adjoining two-story passages, and a dramatice 2-story main entry ‘Portal’ serving as a
front porch for neighbors and visitors along octavia Boulevard. the restored urban facbric includes a new ‘living
alley’ on hickory street with extensive landscaping, seating, and bioswales to create an intimate pedestrian and
bicycle route in hayes valley and an outdoor amenity for Parcel P.
Hickory Street becomes an intimate row of carriage houses that reinforce the intimacy and informality of the alleyways
Laguna Street is conceived as a neighborhood corner building with a strong link with the historic urban pattern
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opera warehouSe, San FranCiSCo, CaAvalon Bay Communities
300 Units2.1 Acres
entitlement Phase
situated between the eastern Waterfront and Potrero hill, Dogpatch maintains the character of working-class, mixed-use neighborhood with 19th century worker cottages side by side larger commercial and industrial uses. the 700’ opera Warehouse site presents opportunities to expand this family-friendly enclave by replacing this industrial building with street orient urban housing creating an active neighborhood edge and an enhanced buffer along the raised 280 Freeway.
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Pyatok and associate architects Mithun solomon and owen kennerly, are working closely with avalon Bay
communities, Build inc., and the Dogpatch neighborhood association to replace this industrial frontage
with a new community of 330 units including one, two and three bedrooms. the conceptual plan includes
multiple entries, common uses and front stoops to achieve an interactive street frontage consistent with
Dogpatch’s neighborly and intimate character. conforming to this neighborhood’s tradition of eclectic
building form, this project is divided into three building elements each designed by separate architects.
each building will have dedicated class a bike storage linked to the class iii bike route on indiana street.
the design team is investigating the re-use of building elements from the existing warehouse. a historical
exhibit of opera Warehouse will be featured upon completion.
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ESPRIT PARK
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propoSed SCheme wiThin neighBorhood ConTexT
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midTown park aparTmenTS, San FranCiSCo, CaMercy Housing CA
Pyatok and associate architect ya studios, are working with Mercy housing and the Mayor’s office of
housing to develop a much needed renovation plan that will upgrade existing homes plus add 60 new
affordable homes to better meet the needs of the intergenerational community. carefully orchestrated
phasing will allow residents to return to the community after the renovation is complete, avoiding a
repeat of the community displacement that occurred 50 years ago. the renovation plan will include
upgrades to 4 existing buildings. the two new street-oriented buildings will be constructed along geary
Blvd., set close to the street edge to restore lively connections to this busy thoroughfare. new community
gathering spaces which open to the street and central courtyard. the central courtyard will become
an outdoor haven for all ages; with terraces, raised planters, play areas and strolling gardens creating a
mid-block oasis for this intergenerational community.
200 Affordable Units2 Acres
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Designed by soM architects and constructed in 1964 as part of the Western addition Urban renewal, Midtown Park replaced a block of dense 19th century residential buildings with international-style buildings organized around a large shared courtyard. 50 years later, Midtown Park has become a well-established intergenerational community including households who were part of the Western additional neighborhood long before urban renewal.
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viSiTaTion valley maSTer plan updaTe, San FranCiSCo, CaUniversal Paragon
Working closely with all three entities, Pyatok architects and gLs Landscape reorganized the original
Design for Development Plan to allow for a 25% increase to the number of new residential units while
preserving the rich open space network and the community design principles originally established in the
original Design for Development. the master plan efforts have included block by block feasibility studies
for each parcel and conceptual plans for first phase of development, including an anchor retailer and 200
new rental units. in addition, Pyatok is working closely with the Planning Department to refine and update
development standards to fit the development model that best fit site conditions and neighborhood goals.
in 2009, Universal Paragon corporation, the san Francisco Planning Department, and the visitation valley neighborhood together completed an award winning master plan for the 15 acre schlage Lock Manufacturing site; the culmination of almost 10 years of community planning effort. the demise of redevelopment in 2011 created a gap in the financing for neighborhood infrastructure. in response, the developer, city and community returned to the drawing board to make adjustments to the master plan to ensure that development would be remain viable.
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1600 Units50,000 Sf Retail
15 AcresIn Design
new Leland Avenue Park
new Central Avenue Park
new Mixed-Use development
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Visitacion Valley/Schlage Lock - Concept StudiesMay 18, 2013
Universal Paragon Corporation Proposed Heights
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paradiSe Creek, naTional CiTy, CaRelated California
the project scope included a series of design workshops with a Latino neighborhood that resulted in a
comprehensive toD Master Plan for 200 units of affordable housing; a tidal creek restoration, public
park and pathways, community vegetable garden, some retail, and social services. challenges included
the design of innovative strategies for a mixed-used development on an existing flood plain and former
brownfield site which would also help to strengthen and repair a fragile tidal creek ecosystem and extend
the existing residential fabric onto the city’s former corporation yard.
Paradise creek, a community-based planning toD project for the national city redevelopment agency and the related companies. the process successfully united the opinions of stakeholders with differing agendas about complex social and ecological site issues which required delicate and creative solutions in order to create a feasible, attractive, and community-based master plan.
201 Units298,000 Sf
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lakeSide Tower, oakland, CaUrbanCore
Pyatok architects, working with Urban core Development, won the competition by designing a tower
that respected the existing neighboring residential tower and surrounding local streets, as well as the new
lakeside park and tidal estuary connecting san Francisco Bay with Lake Merritt. the tower is shaped to
take advantage of views to san Francisco and the Bay to the west, and the oakland hills to the east, while
it presents an elegant, slender profile to the downtown and people enjoying the park and lake. ground
floor uses line the surrounding streets with an art gallery, café and live-work lofts. the project is expected
to be completed at the end of 2016.
in 1999, a group of oakland’s citizens organized to prepare a plan for enhancing and expanding a park along the southern end of oakland’s downtown Lake Merritt and to reconfigure adjacent roads to be more pedestrian-friendly. the proposal was included in a bond initiative for new parks and was successfully passed by the voters. included in the park proposal was the creation of a new parcel for housing, zoned for a high-rise tower. the city invited a small group of developers and their architects to enter a competition to create the new housing.
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LAKE MERRITT BOULEVARD APARTMENTS
Developer: UrbanCore-Integral, LLC, San FranciscoArchitects: AVRP Studios, San Diego and Pyatok Architects, Oakland
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This project also included close collaboration with the San Francisco Planning Department to develop
a design that sets a new standard for the inclusion of a full service grocery store in the mixed use
development. The program includes a new urban plaza at Brighton Avenue that will provide a focal
point for a grocery, café and other street front retail space. 173 new rental units including studio, one
and two bedroom units are organized around two central courtyards which provide outdoor space
sheltered from the prevailing winds.
• Delivered on expedited schedule for Owner/Builder
• Successfully negotiated design with three separate community groups
• LEED Gold
Market Rate + Retail173 Units (1-2-BDRS)
26,000 Sf Whole foods1.8 Acres
the ocean avenue mixed-use project fulfills the community vision of a full-service grocery and community gathering place immediately adjacent to city college. Bordering Westwood Park neighborhood to the north and the ingleside neighborhood to the south this site at the top of ocean avenue was identified in the Balboa Park station area Plan as the linchpin in the revitalization of upper ocean avenue. Pyatok architects and the avalon Bay team led multiple meetings with both community groups, as well as with local business owners of the ocean avenue collaborative, to craft a design that transforms this underutilized site.
Market rate rentaLgold nugget award of merit for best mixed use development
“exciting, enticing: housing that fits in” John King, SF Chronicle
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The project is carefully planned to maximize the potential of the compact 22,000 square foot lot. A
tall first floor podium accommodates street front loft units and double height parking stackers behind.
Above the podium are four tall stories of flats constructed with a Conxtech steel moment frame system
with panelize infill metal stud framing. The combination of all steel and concrete structure and durable
commercial grade exterior materials results in an exceptionally high quality condomimum building.
Consistent with character of Old Oakland, 901 Jefferson provides an continuous active street frontage
along Jefferson Street with individual recessed entries for each street front loft unit and a high ceiling
commercial space at the corner of 9th and Jefferson Street.
one of the first truly contemporary buildings in the historic old oakland neighborhood, 901 Jefferson reinterprets the traditional victorian era style of tall ground floor and projecting vertical bays in a contemporary palette of ribbed metal siding, large windows and deep projecting sunscreens. reinforcing this neighborhood character, the building steps down opposite Lafayette square park, providing a transition from the downtown commercial district to the residential scale of the neighborhood to the west.
conDoMiniUMsgold nugget award of merit for best workforce housing
901 JeFFerSon STreeT, oakland, CaJefferson Housing Inc. (AF Evans)
Workforce Housing corner Retail
73 Units (lofts, 1-2-BDRS)83,000 Sf
On Martin Luther King Junior Way the building presents a formal public façade addressing the future
office development proposed immediately opposite. On the 11th and 12th Streets the massing steps
down to reflect the intricacy and rhythm of the neighboring historic Victorian houses and resolves
into a series of “large houses” facing the Pardee Home. At the ground level, live/work lofts with street
entries front Martin Luther King Jr. Way. A café and outdoor terrace provide a common living room
for the residents and a public amenity catty-corner from the redeveloped Lafayette Square Park. The
economy of wood frame construction is maximized by pushing the building to four stories in height
with an intermediate mezzanine level.
Landmark Place is one of four downtown pilot projects initiated by the city to attract middle income residents back to downtown oakland and to demonstrate the “elegant density” promoted by Mayor Jerry Brown. Located on a site immediately adjacent to Preservation Park and the Pardee home, and across Martin Luther king Jr. Way from a future office tower and public plaza, the project straddles the transition between the residential scale of West oakland and the rapidly growing downtown.
conDoMiniUMsgold nugget award of merit for best workforce housing
landmark plaCe, oakland, CaSignature Properties, Inc.
condominiums92 Units
82,000 Sf
Fox CourTS aFFordaBle houSing, oakland, CaResources for Community Development
Pyatok architects teamed with resources for community Development and J.h. Fitzmaurice to respond
to a competition sponsored by the oakland redevelopment agency. the design brings together families
and singles in eighty apartments with supportive services including childcare and a special emphasis on
the arts. these mixed-use functions are located along 19th street facing the newly created park and open
onto a new pedestrian mews with a gallery/retail space. the remainder of the mews and 18th street
are lined with two-story townhouse units, each with a separate raised-entry stoop. Fox courts provides
cross ventilation in all family units, solar-supported electrical systems and hot-water sourced radiant
heating and uses a substantial percentage of recycled and recyclable building materials achieving a 143
greenPoint rating.
family Housing Mixed Use
80 Units (lofts, 1-2-BDRMS,
Stacked towhnomes)
134,424 Sf
Fox courts is the result of community-based affordable housing advocacy that arose in response to Mayor Brown’s “10k Units in Downtown oakland” Program. this redevelopment plan was initially proposed without provision for affordable housing. Due to overwhelming community activism led by east Bay housing organizations, a 0.9-acre parcel adjacent the historic Fox theatre was reserved for subsidized, family housing and mixed-use development.
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harriSon STreeT Senior aFFordaBle, oakland, CaChristian Church Homes & Oakland Housing Authority
Harrison Senior Apartments is located in downtown Oakland on the site of a former service station
and near a variety of transportation options, including several bus lines and a BART station. It is three
blocks from Lake Merritt, a major downtown park and open space amenity. It is at the intersection of a
busy north-south thoroughfare connecting the downtown with Highway 580, and an east-west street
connecting the downtown with the Lake Merritt residential neighborhood.
The L-shaped facility establishes a strong streetwall and shapes a sunny rear courtyard, with raised
vegetable planters for residents to garden and maintain. The street fronts are lined with community
facilities for the seniors. Atop the building is a large corner ‘lantern’ lit at night to brighten the
neighborhood and marks the route to the downtown. The project consists of 5-stories of Type III wood
frame structure over 2 concrete podium and has achieved a 134 GreenPoint rating.
72 Units67,000 Sf
standing at a prominent intersection, harrison street senior housing represents all the diversity and vibrancy of urban living in Downtown oakland. the 125 current residents are from many backgrounds, including east asian, african-american, caucasian, african and Filipino. they enjoy on-site service coordination with interpretation in chinese and korean. allowing aging with dignity and comfort, all apartments are all fully accessible and residents enjoy a “sky lounge” with views of Lake Merritt, a community room and courtyard.
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