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Builder of the Week: Office feels just like home

Posted by Carry Brooks on February 16, 2011 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

The three-story house on North Cooper was designed and built to mesh with the settled Midtown neighborhood and can serve as a home as well as a professional office.

Bill Malone (left), broker for Crye-Leike Realtors, meets with Justin Herter and Gage Morefield of Capital Construction Co. at the home and office building at 89 N. Cooper, which was built by Capital Construction and offered by Malone.

The Cooper Street home features a game room with sitting/conversation/getaway space.

The first floor of the house includes a conference room, while the upper two floors can serve as living quarters.

An upstairs bedroom features hardwood floors in the home at 89 N. Cooper St. that has approximately 4,000 square feet.

The kitchen in the North Cooper home features top-of-the-line appliances and cabinetry, plus a spacious meal-preparation area.

The office and reception area in the home at 89 N. Cooper, built by Capital Construction Co., offers nice details for living and a welcoming atmosphere for business.

What looks like a home but could make a great office? It’s the property at 89 N. Cooper that was recently built by Justin Herter and Gage Morefield of Capital Construction of Memphis.

“The building is positioned in Midtown Memphis between Madison and Poplar, a great central location, and it’s designed to look like a home and can be used as one,” said Crye-Leike agent Bill Malone who is handling this listing for Capital Construction. “But with it being three stories and having room for off-street parking for up to 15 cars, it would make a great office location for any type of business professional such as an attorney, architect, photographer or accountant.”

Malone also agrees that the attractive, three-story house could also serve as both an office and a residence by the homeowner utilizing the downstairs or first floor as a place of business or a studio and then using the second and third floors as a comfortable living space for a very brief commute to work.

The three-story structure comprises approximately 4,000 square feet with the first and second floors accounting for the bulk of the space.

A good share of that space is also devoted to the bamboo-floored upstairs that houses a bedroom, full bath and bonus room that could also be used as a home entertainment center or as a large office space.

On the first floor, this multi-use structure offers heart pine hardwood floors, a full bath, a number of rooms that can either be used as offices and conference rooms or bedrooms and dining/living spaces and a gourmet kitchen that comes with granite countertops and a prep island that includes a cooktop.

All of the features attributed to this building are surrounded by a low-maintenance exterior made up of a modern composite material — painted concrete fiber board was used instead of wood — along with Anderson clad windows that help to give the new building a look that matches the neighborhood that was originally built in the years following World War I.

“Besides being in a convenient location, this building is located in a quiet neighborhood,” Malone pointed out. “It’s perfect for most professionals who want an office, enjoy the residential feel and quiet of the neighborhood, but want to be close to Overton Park, Overton Square, Downtown Memphis and East Memphis.

“This structure has been built with great imagination, with great continuity and with great skill,” Malone said. “I think the company, in its contribution to this area, is as important as the building itself. I think Justin and Gage doing what they did in that spot is important.”

For more information about Capital Construction, visit capitalconstruct.com or call 870-3506. And to see additional photos or for more information about this versatile structure, visit Bill Malone’s website at billmalone.com.

Bill Malone of Crye-Leike is also the person to call at 359-4000 to arrange for a personal tour of 89 N. Cooper.

You are also invited to attend a public open house at the building this Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. Champagne and sushi will be served.