The office buildings serve as a transition from the city to an urban neighborhood. From the street the building gives off a sleek formal look from its glazed aluminum curtail wall.  Both buildings are separated by Palmer alley which passes between the offices and opens into a courtyard. Once through the alleyway the formal corporate expression is shed and replaced by a retail and dinning environment.  One and two city act as a barrier for the courtyard and retail alleyway.  An additional barrier is a series of glass bridges which span between the two office buildings.  These bridges also allow both offices to be considered one for zoning purposes.  Being in zoning district DD/C-3-C and under housing priority B the height is restricted to 130 feet above grade.  The total above grade height is however 160 feet which is allowable because the floors above 130 feet are used as a mechanical penthouse.  Below grade is a four story parking garage which is used for both public parking and the transportation of products to the various stores above.  Construction on the below grade parking and eventual office building above grade did not start until April of 2011.  Even though the project didn’t start construction until 2011 the design for the project was created in the earlier 2000’s.  Thus codes such as the IBC (International Building Code) 2000 along with ACI (American Concrete Institute), AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) and PTI (Post Tensioned Institute) can be quite different from their current editions.