Background
This 116-unit, $45,000,000 oceanfront development includes 169,000 square feet of space within 29 two-story four-plex residential buildings.

Innovative Approach
The structures incorporated a light gauge steel and wood framing system referred to as a "hybrid" system. This combination provided the durability of steel walls with the feel of a wood framed floor. In order to accomodate different ownership between floors, the floor framing was elevated to reduce deflections and inter-unit acoustical and vibration transmission.

Client Benefits
One goal of the project was to create a prototype building layout that would obtain cost and speed of construction benefits through repetition in the primary systems.  Achieving this goal meant avoiding the creation of a bland community that appeared repetitive.  Alternate structural designs for relatively small portions of the prototype building allowed for several different architectural layouts, roof configurations and interior floor plans that provided the client with a variety of unique products for the oceanfront resort.