Orange County Board of County Commissioners Select Populous + C.T. Hsu, a Joint Venture as Architect for the Orange County Convention Center Expansion

The Orange County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) selected Populous + C.T. Hsu, a Joint Venture on August 6 to provide architectural and engineering design services for Orange County Convention Center’s (OCCC) $605 million North-South Building Expansion, which includes two proposed campus master plan projects – the Convention Way grand concourse and the multipurpose venue.

The Convention Way grand concourse will be an enclosed connection between the North and South concourses that includes an additional 60,000 square feet of meeting rooms and an 80,000-square-foot ballroom. The expansion will provide a new grand entry to the North-South Building along Convention Way. The multipurpose venue will be a 200,000-square-foot, flexible, divisible, column-free space with a combination of retractable and floor seating to accommodate between 18,000 to 20,000 guests.

“We are thrilled with the outcome. The OCCC has such a long history of bringing people from all over the world together for great experiences and we look forward to continued progress on one of the most incredible convention centers in America,” said Michael Lockwood, Populous Senior Principal and Convention Center Design Director.