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Fluorescent & Fabulous

or leading net-lease Real Estate Investment Trust F

(REIT) Cole Capital the private capital business
of Cole Real Estate Investments focused on the
acquisition, active management, leasing, and f-
nancing of high-quality retail, ofce, and industrial
properties having a headquarters with aesthetics
that dovetailed with the frms reputation for up-
to-the-minute and contemporary properties was
paramount.
Who would have thought fuorescent lighting
could be so much fun? Working closely with a tal-
ented architectural team, Phoenix-based Creative
Designs in Lighting helped develop a clean, sophis-
ticated corporate headquarters for Cole Capital
with some interesting features carefully highlighted
by the lighting.
For example, the reception area establishes
this cool vibe right upfront with a playful pick-
up sticks patern on the ceiling using NeoRays
straight and narrow fangeless dimmable T5 fxtures
that provide general illumination while meeting the
requirements for egress lighting. Flangeless RSA
Quiet Ceiling square HIR halogen fxtures allow for
fexibility in accenting artwork on the walls.
One of the more unusual spaces in this head-
above: The recep- quarters was the installation of an auditorium used
tion area has a for presentations. The architect went to great
playful pick-up
sticks patern on lengths to create a unique louvered ceiling without
the ceiling. any downlights. Corelites Cove Solo Dimmable
T5HO fxtures with Plus 5 aiming were employed
right: The to create a uniform sof glow to the louvered ceiling
architect created
a unique louvered and provide 30 footcandles below.
ceiling for the Sometimes maintaining a clean, trimless aes-
auditorium and thetic calls for ingenuity. For the Executive Gallery,
requested that no where artwork lines the wood wall, Cooper Light-
downlights be used.
ing collaborated with the design team to modify
the RSA two-lamp Combolight fxture so that it
remained trimless, even in a 2.25 inch-thick wood
ceiling. Retractable yokes allow for concise artwork
illumination without any light spill on the soft.

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