Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Completion: 2008
Size: 41,000 GSF
         340 Car Garage
Cost: $10,000,000
         $6,000,000 Garage

Northern Arizona University is situated on a volcanic plateau at the base of the San Francisco Peaks, the highest mountains in Arizona. The 738-acre main campus is located in Flagstaff, Arizona. Flagstaff is a four-season city located at an elevation of 7,000 feet. The climate is vigorous, with cold winters and mild summers.

In 2005, Ayers/Saint/Gross completed a long-term Campus Master Plan for the University. One of the primary goals of the plan was developing a site for locating a hotel and conference center to serve NAU and the City of Flagstaff. The hotel, being executed by Drury Hotels, will be developed into a 150 -160 key facility. Ayers/Saint/Gross aided in dictating the footprint and exterior cladding.

The Conference Center is a new 41,000 square foot facility with state-of-the-art meeting space, an 11,000 sf flexible ballroom and full production food service capabilities. The conference center is intended to be used by groups ranging form 200 to 1000 participants. The project also has its own adjacent 340-car parking structure. NAU and Ayers/Saint/Gross collaborated with Ryan Companies to delivery this project via the CMAR delivery method.