GK Engineers provided full MEP design for a new J. Alexander’s at the entrance to Town Madison, the brand’s first restaurant in Alabama. The 7,350 SF building seats more than 200 in the dining room, bar and patio around a full scratch kitchen and wood-fired grill. It was GK’s third ground-up restaurant for Shea Design.

Six kitchen hoods exhaust about 12,100 CFM, balanced by two dedicated make-up air units and three rooftop units with variable-speed compressors and hot gas reheat. A new 600A, 277/480V service carries about 335 kVA through three step-down transformers. Plumbing includes a 2,500-gallon traffic-rated grease interceptor and tankless water heaters with storage.

Permit documents issued in October 2020. GK redesigned the patio and kitchen in a 2021 add service and carried submittals and RFIs through construction ahead of the March 2022 opening.