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Theater on the promenade level.
“Jewel” conference room on the promenade level.
was beefed up, thus making the space quiet enough for live the process, they were so calm in their approach to everything.
broadcasts. These pre-construction modifications, coupled with Often there’s no celebration when a client moves into new
those on the office floors above, reinforce the distinctly bespoke offices, because everyone’s so busy, but in this case, there was
feel of the institute’s new facilities. a big opening event. We were invited, and we got to see people
Loke was very complimentary of the project team from we had interacted with at all stages. Throughout, it was just a
the Urban Institute: “Whenever there was an issue or hiccup in wonderful experience.”
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