The Orlando Performing Arts Center Board of Directors has organized a team of experienced professionals, in their respective fields, to work effort of creating an arts destination for the Central Florida region.
Hines is a firm of international stature; one of the largest private real estate
development, investment, and management companies in the world. In its almost
50 year history, Hines has completed more than 700 projects worldwide including
stunning skyscrapers, premier corporate headquarters, mixed-use centers, medical
facilities, and most importantly for us, nine arts-related facilities, including Moores School of Music and Wortham Theater Center in Houston, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, New World Symphony in Miami Beach and Orchestra Place in Detroit.
Hines is OPAC’s development partner and is responsible to coordinate the physical
issues to prepare a concept “study” for OPAC. This includes master plan,
architectural concept, costing and schedule.
www.hines.com
Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) is a specialized consulting firm that focuses on
assisting municipalities with assessing, planning, financing and developing public
assembly facilities such as civic centers, convention centers, headquarter hotels,
arenas and performing arts centers. SAG was responsible for the pre-development
process of the Orlando/Orange County Convention Center Phase V.
SAG is overseeing the conceptual development phase, including real estate
development, business structural development, and financial development (public
funding, budget oversight, and fee structures).
http://www.strategicadvisorygroup.net/
AMS Planning & Research (AMS) is a distinguished management consulting
practice devoted exclusively to cultural development. The firm's core business is
to help guide the planning and development of arts facilities, and to assist in the
formulation of strategic and long-range plans for arts programs and projects.
AMS has been retained to work with OPAC’s team to develop consensus positions
on areas such as governance, programming, operating risk, and operational
finances. In addition AMS will provide an operating forecast, projecting operating
revenues and expenses.
http://www.ams-online.com/
Community Counselling Services (CCS) is a leading fund-raising consulting and
management firm. CCS partners with arts and cultural organizations, including
modern dance and ballet companies, operas, symphonies, and museums, to design
and implement significant fund-raising campaigns and programs. CCS clients are among the most recognized names in the arts world and include Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, The Film Society of Lincoln
Center, The American Ballet Theatre, Music Hall Center of the Performing Arts,
The Cleveland Opera, Joyce Theater Foundation, The Nashville Symphony, and
the Michigan Opera Theatre. CCS fund-raising campaign goals under consulting
and management total over $5 billion.
CCC is conducting a fundraising planning and feasibility study to assess the
contribution potential of the greater Orlando community.
www.ccsfundraising.com
Pecora & Blexrud, located in Winter Park, provides strategic communications and
relationship marketing to a wide base of public and private clients. The firm
believes in the importance of creating seamless relationships between public
relations, marketing, advertising and consulting.
Pecora & Blexrud heads OPAC’s public relations grassroots efforts to the
community as well as provides strategic communications services.
www.pecorapr.com
Barton Myers Associates is an architectural design and planning firm based in
Los Angeles, Calif. Their performing arts center design experience includes the
New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, N.J., Cerritos Center for the
Performing Arts in Cerritos, Calif; the Portland Center for the Performing Arts in
Portland, Ore.; and the Tempe Center for the Arts in Tempe, Ariz.
Barton Myers Associates is responsible for developing the design concept for the
performing arts complex.
www.bartonmyers.com
Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects (EE&K) is an international architecture
firm based in New York, N.Y. Their performing arts center master plan
architectural experience includes the New Brunswick Cultural Center in New
Brunswick, N.J., Penn’s Landing Performing Arts Center in Philadelphia, Pa., and
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. EE&K
Architects led the urban design of the Hollywood & Highland mixed-used
development, which features the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, Calif.
EE&K Architects will create a plan to identify additional potential uses for the site including residential, retail, educational, and office facilities.
www.eekarchitects.com