The Pulitzer Foundation of the Arts has relocated its business offices from its visual, literary and performing arts galleries in Grand Center, to the three-story, turn-of-the-century Pendennis Club Building and adjoining warehouse next door.  Before the foundation could complete the move, however, it contracted ISC to completely gut the historic buildings, all the way down to the bare wood studded walls and exterior bricks.

Inside, the focal point in the Pendennis Building remains the building's center wooden staircase which, along with the building's hardwood floors, ISC stripped, repaired and refinished.   Natural light now shines down onto the stairwell from windows in a 15-foot by 8-foot raised section ISC built after removing a section of the roof and replacing it with a light monitor.  Modern light fixtures, new door and window casings, and custom millwork, including plastic laminate cabinetry, run through the contemporary space.

The building includes all new electrical, HVAC, plumbing and fire sprinkler systems.  New water and electrical services were brought into the building after the front concrete landing and stairs were removed.

On the exterior, the brickwork was cleaned, repaired and tuck pointed, and a new brick courtyard installed.  New concrete driveways and planter boxes were installed around the building, with a new overhead dock door and loading dock cut into the side masonry wall of the warehouse.

The 18-month project was completed on schedule and on budget, making it possible for the foundation to move into its new space in June 2011.