Hilton West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, FL
This building repositioning project allows the community to experience New York’s only historic René Lalique-designed glass building façade in a new public atrium. Shawmut executed the project in the 100-year-old, landmarked building, underneath a 52-story, 650-foot-tall skyscraper, to connect and align it with the building next door, creating a new atrium and allowing a luxury retailer to expand across four floors.The team worked on the cellar through fifth floors, with scope of work including structural demolition, temporary structural shoring and bracing, column relocations, installation of new elevators, floating glass catwalks, and limestone finishes, and the protection and preservation of the historic Lalique windows. To ensure structural stability, constructability, and design elegance of the floating glass catwalks, Shawmut 3D-scanned the balconies to ensure the perfect fit of custom-made composite steel beams that support the glass balconies.