NASHVILLE, Tenn. —   Bell/Clark, a joint venture, has reached substantial completion at Music City Center, Nashville, Tenn.’s 2.1-million-square-foot downtown convention center. The $415-million facility, which is adjacent to the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Bridgestone Arena, hosted a grand opening May 19-20. The convention center boasts a 350,000-square-foot exhibition hall acoustically designed to serve as a live music venue. The building, which spans three city blocks, also includes 59 meeting rooms, two ballrooms, 38 loading docks and a 1,900-vehicle parking garage. Designed by tvsdesign, Music City Center has a modern exterior of glass curtainwall and limestone panels. … Read more

DALLAS, Texas — Manhattan Construction has completed First Baptist Dallas’s landmark campus in downtown Dallas, Texas. The 500,000-square-foot facility includes a 3,000-seat worship center and sanctuary, with a 150-foot-wide viewing screen spanning two-thirds of the room and seven high-definition projectors making it one of the largest screens in any church in the world. A glass sky bridge connects the worship center to the five-story Horner Family Center, featuring children’s and youth classrooms, a gymnasium, three age-appropriate indoor playgrounds and a seven-story parking garage. In addition, a high-impact cross-tower and fountain are surrounded by three-quarters of an acre of public community … Read more