Beatty Harvey Coco Architects

What Beatty Harvey Coco Architects does

Beatty Harvey Coco Architects (BHC Architects) is a privately held architecture and planning firm founded in 1880, operating under principals Todd Harvey and Salvatore Coco with a multi-disciplined team of 30+ staff across offices in Melville, New York and Baltimore, Maryland. The firm provides planning-led architectural services across six core practice areas — Mixed-Use, Multi-Family Residential, Hospitality, Commercial, Public & Civic, and Interior Design — supplemented by specialized Master Planning, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Workforce & Senior Housing, and Market Rate Residential services. Its work is built on a three-step methodology starting with feasibility, zoning strategy, and yield modeling, then design aligned to planning boards and financing, and finally approval-ready, construction-informed documentation intended to reduce RFIs, change orders, and delivery timelines.

The firm's technology stack is conventional CAD and BIM-based architectural design rather than a software product; its differentiating capability is the planning-led process itself, including deep expertise navigating Form-Based Code environments (Wyandanch, Hempstead Village, Virginia Beach) and entitlements across Long Island and the Northeast. Notable projects include the Sagamore Pendry Hotel (adaptive reuse of the 1914 Fells Point Recreation Pier, multiple AIA/ULI/ENR awards), Legg Mason HQ (LEED Silver base / LEED Gold interiors, ULI Wavemaker 2009), T. Rowe Price headquarters, Exelon/Constellation LEED Gold headquarters, Four Seasons Baltimore (540-foot tower with 244 rooms and 170 condominiums), Banner Hill Apartments ($70M, LEED Silver), Madison Hotel & Shenandoah Valley Conference Center (JMU public-private partnership), and 50+ Brooklyn Public Library branches.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees on a project basis across market-rate and affordable multifamily, mixed-use, hospitality, civic, and corporate headquarters work, serving repeat national developers, public agencies, and institutional clients. Go-to-market is relationship- and referral-driven rather than active marketing, with no public disclosures of pricing, revenue, or backlog.

Name

Beatty Harvey Coco Architects

Legal name

Beatty Harvey Coco Architects

Website

https://bhc-architects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1880

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BHC Architects is a 145-year-old, privately held architecture and planning firm with 30+ staff in Melville, NY and Baltimore, MD, providing planning-led design services across multifamily, mixed-use, hospitality, commercial, and civic sectors for national developers, public agencies, and institutional clients across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture & Planning Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (541410), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Master planning services
• Transit-oriented development
• Multifamily housing design
• Mixed-use architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Melville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Planning Professional Services: Professional services fees for architecture across all sectors (residential, commercial, hospitality, civic) and master planning and conceptual design services, including transit-oriented development frameworks, re-zonings, and large-scale planning efforts.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

BHC Architects provides planning and architectural services for mixed-use, multi-family, hospitality, commercial, and public/civic projects, with specialized expertise in master planning, transit-oriented development, and entitlement strategy. The firm sells professional design services delivered through a planning-led, three-step process — feasibility and yield analysis, design aligned with planning boards and construction teams, and construction-informed documentation — to national developers, public agencies, and institutional clients across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

Product overview

BHC Architects is an architecture and planning firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of design services organized around six core practice areas: Mixed-Use Architecture, Multi-Family Residential Architecture, Hospitality Architecture, Commercial Architecture, Public & Civic Architecture, and Interior Design Services. The firm also provides specialized Master Planning & Conceptual Design and Transit Oriented Development services. Their work spans market-rate and workforce/senior housing, boutique and full-service hotels, corporate offices, public libraries, and large-scale urban mixed-use developments. The company has notable projects including the award-winning Sagamore Pendry Hotel adaptive reuse, Legg Mason Headquarters, Banner Hill Apartments, Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, and the Allied at Harbor Point. The firm's approach emphasizes planning-led architecture that moves projects from feasibility through entitlement to construction delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mixed-Use Architecture Integrated design services for multi-program developments combining residential, commercial, hospitality, and civic components within coordinated planning frameworks. For developers and institutional clients pursuing mixed-use projects.
• Multi-Family Residential Architecture Design services for multifamily residential projects ranging from townhomes and mid-rise buildings to higher-density urban housing, including both market-rate and affordable housing developments. For real estate developers and public agencies.
• Hospitality Architecture Hotel and hospitality design services spanning branded and independent hotels, conference facilities, and adaptive reuse developments from boutique to full-service properties. For hotel owners, operators, and developers.
• Commercial Architecture Office buildings, retail environments, and corporate headquarters design services for institutional and private clients, often within complex multi-stakeholder sites. For corporate entities, financial institutions, and commercial developers.
• Public & Civic Architecture Design services for libraries, educational facilities, community centers, and publicly funded projects requiring coordination with municipal and institutional clients. For public agencies, library systems, and educational institutions.
• Interior Design Services Integrated interior design for public, civic, and multi-family projects including libraries, amenity spaces, apartment interiors, and hospitality spaces. Delivered as an integrated component of BHC's architecture practice.
• Master Planning & Conceptual Design Planning-led architecture services including zoning strategy, transit-oriented development frameworks, re-zonings, and large-scale master plans from feasibility through entitlement. For developers and municipalities.
• Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Specialized planning and design services for walkable, mixed-use communities anchored by transit, including zoning frameworks and building-scale implementation. For developers and public agencies.
• Workforce & Senior Housing Design Design services for workforce and senior housing developments with specific requirements for sustainability, accessibility, and quality standards. For affordable housing developers, community development agencies, and public-private partnerships.
• Market Rate Residential Design High-quality market-rate multifamily housing design balancing unit yield, amenity programming, and construction realities within entitlement and budget constraints. For real estate developers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Shoregate, a 418-unit market-rate community, was approved at Building Department on the first submission and recognized by ULI for Excellence in Market Rate Multifamily Developments in the NY Region.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• James Madison UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic/private partnership between James Madison University, the City of Harrisonburg, VA, and dpM Partners for the Hotel Madison & Shenandoah Valley Conference Center. JMU provided the educational mission and classroom space for the JMU School of Hospitality; BHC served as the architecture firm on the 7-story, 228-guest-room hotel with 20,000 SF conference center.
• City of Harrisonburg, VAflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic/private partnership between James Madison University, the City of Harrisonburg, VA, and dpM Partners for the Hotel Madison & Shenandoah Valley Conference Center. The City of Harrisonburg was a key partner in the public-private arrangement that made the project the centerpiece of downtown and campus.
• dpM PartnersflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner in the public/private partnership for the Hotel Madison & Shenandoah Valley Conference Center with JMU and the City of Harrisonburg.
• ZOM InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZOM International served as co-developer alongside Torti Gallas Partners on the $70 million Banner Hill Apartments mid-rise residential development in Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood.
• Torti Gallas PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer alongside ZOM International on the $70 million Banner Hill Apartments mid-rise residential development in Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood, completed on an abandoned hospital site.
• Conifer RealtyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected developer for Cathedral Place, a 36-unit workforce housing development in New Cassel, NY, refined by BHC in collaboration with the Town of North Hempstead Community Development Agency. Funded by NYC HCR.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FXCollaborative: Architecture and planning firm (formerly FXFOWLE) with comparable practice in mixed-use, multifamily, hospitality, and civic projects across the Northeast. Direct overlap in project types, clients, and urban-infill focus.
• Cooper Carry: Mid-Atlantic-rooted architecture firm with strong mixed-use, multifamily, hospitality, and public-sector portfolios. Comparable in delivering trophy commercial, residential, and institutional projects in Baltimore and DC markets where BHC operates.
• WATG: Global architecture firm with deep hospitality, resort, and mixed-use expertise. Comparable in hospitality architecture at scale, including branded hotels and adaptive reuse projects in urban and resort settings.
• Handel Architects: NYC-based architecture firm specializing in large-scale multifamily, mixed-use, hotel, and condominium towers. Directly comparable in delivering high-density residential architecture in complex Northeast entitlement environments.
• David M. Schwarz Architects: Architecture firm with signature portfolio in hospitality, mixed-use, cultural, and civic projects. Direct overlap with BHC's hospitality (Four Seasons, Sagamore Pendry-adjacent) and mixed-use expertise, especially for institutional and adaptive reuse work.
• Brennan Beer Gorman (BBGM): Architecture and interior design firm specializing in luxury hospitality, branded residences, and mixed-use developments. Closely comparable in delivering branded hotel and luxury condominium projects similar to BHC's Four Seasons and Sagamore Pendry work.
• SLCE Architects: New York-based architecture firm focused on multifamily residential, mixed-use, and affordable housing developments. Highly comparable in market-rate and workforce housing design with similar scale and regional focus.
• Torti Gallas Partners: Urban design and architecture firm with deep multifamily, mixed-use, and urban-infill expertise; specifically named as a co-developer partner alongside BHC on the Banner Hill Apartments project. Highly comparable planning-led, entitlement-focused practice.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins Eastman: Large-scale architecture firm with broad portfolio across multifamily, senior living, civic, hospitality, and education. Broader incumbent with overlapping practice areas but operating at materially larger scale than BHC.
• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM): Global architecture, engineering, and urban planning firm with portfolio in mixed-use, hospitality, civic, and commercial towers. A broader incumbent with overlapping capabilities but at significantly larger scale and geographic reach than BHC.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance14 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Beatty Harvey Coco Architects