Milwaukee headquartered engineering, planning and design firm GRAEF decided to move from its longtime home in a suburban-style office park to downtown. The company leased 37,500 square feet on the third floor of The Avenue, once the food court of a 1980s-era shopping center that is being adapted into a mixed-use center with office space, apartments, and a food hall. The firm asked Valerio Dewalt Train (VDT) to help create the concept for the new office, with GRAEF handling the schematic design through con- struction documents phases.