In 2012, Pacific Retirement Services, ProCare Software, and Rogue Disposal & Recycling envisioned One West Main, a mixed-use office building in Medford’s town center. Their goal was to house their three headquarters and ground-floor retail or restaurants while retaining the existing downtown parking garage. This project aimed to infuse an urban edge into Medford’s downtown and potentially catalyze further growth. The design challenge was to enclose three sides of the existing parking structure with a four-story office building, keeping public and employee parking intact. This included designing common spaces for three office floors, extensive roof terraces, and tenant improvements for the building’s lobby and Pacific Retirement Services' third-floor headquarters. Utilizing an already-established structural grid while wrapping an existing building challenged our team in the best of ways, and our clients knew just what they wanted. When wrapping the existing parking garage with a new office program dictated our structural design as the new floorplans were defined by the existing garage columns already built below. Scale is an essential consideration for downtown Medford. As a result, we chose a less-intrusive four-story form, with a discreet penthouse and roof deck on the top floor. Window openings reference the scale and proportions of the adjacent garage in addition to the surrounding masonry building while allowing plenty of light inside. Storefronts along the south side are deep, providing shade from the Southern Oregon sun, and balconies are placed to frame views of the region’s mountainous landscape. Intentionality drove this project from start to finish. The building’s design, both inside and out, was the most streamlined and satisfying design process our team has ever been part of. By honoring the three owner’s goals, the site, and the needs of downtown Medford, One West Main lit the spark of development in an otherwise difficult economic environment.