The lower level primarily serves park-related functions and contains the riverfront ‘Brickmaker’s Café’ with indoor and outdoor seating opening directly onto the lower terrace, a waterfront plaza and boardwalk, park offices, and various associated amenities. Other project features include a private hospitality suite in a renovated historic building, ‘The Pavilion’ for large outdoor events, and a 5k trail loop around the site.
The building further gives a nod to the area's rich culture and history through the use of river-recovered heart cypress as the building's timber and wood cladding—a species that is native to the area and harvested from the bottom of the river. The area's documented history with the cypress species dates as far back to 1608 where Captain John Smith recounts in his journals seeing cypress trees throughout the area.