Redevelop / Adaptive Reuse

As the American Enterprise Group building aged, the owner had consciously respected its defining characteristics. However, over the next 50 years, a number of its finishes and materials deteriorated, and its systems were extremely problematic. BNIM completed an extensive complex renovation of the concrete structure while maintaining the building’s original integrity.

Plexpod Westport Commons is the transformation of Westport Middle School and Westport High School into a community resource that immediately became a regional hub for innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship.

The building was previously used by KCMO Public Works and then occupied by Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City (Habitat KC) as their offices for many years. When Habitat KC purchased the building to use as the organization’s primary office headquarters, it was their mission to renovate and renew this existing space to better support their mission, clients, and community.