Dallas, Texas/320,000 square feet/800 spaces
The Pearl Street Garage in Dallas, Texas, has approximately 320,000 square feet with 846 spaces on 14 floors. The major obstacle faced by BOKA Powell in designing this cast-in-place, concrete structure parking garage in the center of downtown was to accommodate the occupants of a high-rise building on a limited amount of space. The design integrates a tight ramping system through the parking levels to facilitate easier driving on such a tall structure. The structure frame and exterior is a cast-in-place concrete. Vertical transportation (via elevators) has been located on the exterior as an architectural design feature, because the exterior meets the frontage on three sides.