Dale/Morris Architects Brings Healthcare Expertise to Mississippi
Provides a Local Resource for Healthcare Design Leadership
Based in Biloxi, Dale/Morris Architects PLLC (www.dale-morris.com) announces its healthcare practice and team to further serve as a resource for clients in Mississippi and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Dale/Morris is a local resource for developers and healthcare systems--formed as a partnership between Dale and Associates Architects, one of the largest architecture firms in Mississippi, and Morris Architects, 70-year-old national architecture practice with particular expertise in healthcare, hospitality, and entertainment.
"We understand the hurdles associated with building, expanding and renovating healthcare facilities," said John Cooper, AIA, ACHA, principal, director of the healthcare studio at Morris Architects. "From state-of-the-art research labs, to rural and urban medical centers, we design for the latest in modern technology and industry-leading best practices. We look forward to working with Mississippi clients to foster healthcare excellence and design facilities for the future."
The healthcare leadership for Dale/Morris is John Cooper, AIA, ACHA. John Cooper is a nationally recognized leader in the specialized field of healthcare architecture. John has been involved in over 100 separate hospital facilities having an aggregate construction value exceeding $1 billion.
Dale/Morris Architects provides clients with architecture, design,master planning and governmental approval assistance, including assistance in developing the application for certificate of need (CON) authority. The healthcare team brings four decades of national healthcare leadership to Mississippi--serving major healthcare systems like The Methodist Hospital System, Harris County Hospital District, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Hospital Corporation of America, Memorial Hermann and the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
MEDIA CONTACT
Amanda Hansen :: Morris Architects :: 713.850.6530
Bacaran Bay Casino Resort
Biloxi, Mississippi
Dale/Morris is providing full architectural services for the design of a new casino and resort hotel on Caillavet Street in Biloxi, Mississippi. The new Spanish-Mission themed property will include 655 hotel rooms, 445-one and two bedroom condominiums, meeting space and a 40-lane bowling alley suitable for national championships. The resort will also feature an 18-hole Arnold Palmer-designed golf course with driving range and full-service clubhouse.
Other features include a new blues club, spa, salon, fitness center, shopping esplanade, four acres of pool decks including terraces with cabanas, six theatres with stadium-style seating, a 5,000-seat entertainment venue, two wedding chapels, dog hotel, kid's activity center and seven restaurants. There will also be a new 3,300-car parking garage.
Estimated Construction Cost
$500 Million
Facility Size
Casino - 75,000 SF
Convention area - 85,000 SF
Spa/Fitness Center - 20,000 SF
Blues Club - 20,000 SF
Entertainment Venue - 5,000 Seats
Shopping Esplanade - 15,000 SF