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May 19, 2005

Construction Industry Spotlight: Big Picture feels at home in a mall

  • All-concrete seating risers would have been expensive and heavy, so the crew had to improvise.
    • By SAM BENNETT
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Photos courtesy of Creative Indulgence
    The Redmond Town Center Big Picture has 150 seats with TempurPedic memory foam padding, and a 35-millimeter film projector and LCD projector. The seats are installed on top of a foam structure, encased in a steel frame, with a layer of concrete on top.

    Mark Stern had some unusual requests in his search for a 5,500-square-foot commercial space. He wanted a mostly column-free space with high ceilings, in a building where there was plenty of free parking nearby.


     
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