Featured Projects
San Francisco, CA - Salesforce Park, set on the rooftop of Salesforce Transit Center, is a transformative 5.4 acre park in the massively redeveloping Transbay neighborhood of downtown San Francisco. The park sits four levels above the ground, and offers an urban oasis in a garden-like setting, with constant activity with a robust calendar of daily programming and events. The park opened to record crowds in August 2018.
BRV was selected in April 2017 to run the park as the park’s managing entity. In addition to regularly programming the park and its outdoor amphitheater, BRV oversees general operations, horticulture, sanitation, and maintenance of the park.
Photo by Samuel Issac.
Dallas, TX - Fair Park First recently assumed management control of this Dallas landmark and has partnered with OVG360 to oversee day-to-day operations at the 277 acre campus. BRV, in conjunction with OVG360, will be leading the update of the master plan and development of Fair Park. BRV is responsible for developing a new neighborhood park and activating the entire campus with new cultural attractions and events for the public. OVG360 will serve as the primary booking, marketing, and operational management entity for Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl.
To give feedback or propose ideas about Fair Park, please email fairpark@brvcorp.com, or visit us at brvcorp.com/fair-park. For information about OVG360, or booking events at Fair Park, please email scott_norton@oakviewgroup.com.
Cary, NC - In 2018, BRV was subcontracted by The Office of James Burnett, a landscape architecture firm, to provide programming services and operations and maintenance planning for the Town of Cary’s Phase II of the Downtown Park development.
BRV’s role was to lead public outreach efforts, participate in project visioning, assist in devising three master plan alternatives, and devise a final preferred master plan.
Working closely with the Town of Cary’s specific vision, BRV produced innovative and experimental ideas for programming and amenities. BRV also provided programming, budget, and management advice. The project is expected to open by 2021.
Indianapolis, IN - In 2018, the City of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis-Marion County Building Authority hired BRV to create programming, operating, revenue, and management plans for Lugar Plaza. The plaza is a redeveloped civic square between downtown’s transit center and the city’s municipal complex.
BRV conducted a series of focus groups with future plaza users and other downtown stakeholders, and completed a public space market analysis to create an activation strategy for the public space. BRV worked with the landscape architecture firm Rundell Ernstberger Associates, who designed the space. BRV also identified and evaluated the capabilities of potential private sector management partners.
Once a partner was selected, BRV wrote the business terms for a management agreement between the Building Authority and a nonprofit public space management entity that formalized a division of responsibilities between organizations.
Portland, OR - Montgomery Park is an 18-acre site in northwest Portland that includes the historically significant Montgomery Park building.
Unico Properties purchased the site in 2019 with plans to re-energize this important historic district by renovating the existing historical Montgomery Park and American Can Complex buildings and infilling the site with additional residential, commercial, and retail development, including culinary-oriented specialty offerings and an inviting public realm.
BRV was hired in December 2021 to create a dynamic activation plan that will serve Montgomery Park’s tenants, residents, and the neighboring communities. The goal is to support the creation of a revitalized, active urban district that brings together the best Portland has to offer. BRV’s programming plan intends to showcase Portland’s rich cultural and community offerings through collaborations with local organizations.
Lee’s Summit, MO - BRV, selected after a nationwide competition as the manager of a newly developed section of Lee's Summit's very successful downtown, is designing programming for that area after a series of meetings with 300 downtown stakeholders.
Scottsdale, AZ - In 2020-2021, BRV was part of a team headed by RPA Engineers and Dig Studio and hired by the City of Scottsdale to reimagine the dated but beloved Scottsdale Civic Center Mall.
The City of Scottsdale plans to update the design of the aging physical infrastructure of the Civic Center Mall, which caps over a thoroughfare and connects City Hall and the Scottsdale Public Library to Old Town Scottsdale. The park is a green oasis with large lawns and water features, but the plans will enhance the underlying event infrastructure and capacity to be used when Phoenix hosts the Super Bowl in 2023. It will also create spaces to better support daily community activity. The project team is working closely with Scottsdale Arts, who already programs the park with large concerts and festivals, to enhance the calendar with daily programs such as free exercise classes, live music, and children’s activities.
BRV’s focus was to create a proposed calendar of free programming and events for the Civic Center, and also to consult on the design concept and prioritization of physical features in the space so that it is functional, sensible, attractive, and successful.
Philadelphia, PA - 2021: BRV and the Sasaki Landscape Architecture firm are advising Friends of the Rail Park, a newly formed Center City group that is developing a three-mile-long buried and elevated rail line, on governance and negotiation of a memorandum of understanding with owners of abandoned trackage.
Atlanta, GA - BRV consulted Central Atlanta Progress on how to best turn around a troubled downtown park that had become dominated by the homeless and was perceived as dangerous. After extensive site observation, analysis, and interviews with stakeholders and potential park visitors, BRV made a number of recommendations for the park.
The recommendations included minor design changes and a comprehensive reprogramming of the park, many of which we’ve installed. BRV created annual expense and revenue budgets and provided guidance for governance and day-to-day management.
Dallas, TX - From 2005 to the present, BRV has worked on developing and operating Klyde Warren Park, a transformative public space which decked over a highway in downtown Dallas, Texas. BRV created a programming and operations plan for the park and an organization plan for the dedicated non-profit that manages the park. BRV brought this plan to life by hiring and training staff; implementing programming; advising on sanitation, security, and maintenance; and generating streams of revenue.