SERVICES:

Surveying

Subdivision Platting

Grading & Drainage Design

Utility Design

Construction Phase

Permitting

Pickering Firm, Inc. was selected by Cooley Center, LLC to provide surveying, civil engineering and environmental consulting at the E.E. Cooley Building and auxiliary buildings as part of a 12-acre redevelopment located on the western edge of the Mississippi State University campus.

The Cooley Building (Stone Cotton Mill), on an 11-acre site and a former cotton mill, boasts a mixed-use master plan to support an updated structure with a state-of-the-art conference center and meeting complex, while preserving the original structure which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 73,975-SF conference center will feature a 1,000-seat ballroom, breakout rooms and on-site catering, as well as Class A office space. A new four-story hotel will adjoin the center, along with a 450-car parking garage. Mixed-use parcels for retail, restaurant and residential development also are part of the project.

Mark Castleberry and Peachtree Hotel Group are leading development of The Mill at MSU with Dale Partners providing architectural services and Copeland & Johns Inc. serving as construction manager.

The National Parks Services, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the Mississippi Development Authority were both integrally involved in the project.