SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Dalmark Development Group has plans to invest $15 million into the downtown Springfield Heer's building to convert the former department store into a mixed-use property. Jim Nichols, co-owner of Heer's Luxury Living and CEO of Dalmark Development Group, says while many of the details have yet to be ironed out, renovation plans include adding up to 90 market-rate rental apartments and 8,000 to 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Heer's Luxury Living LLC purchased the building from real estate investment group E and J HIDC LLC for an undisclosed amount. E and J HIDC LLC bought the building at an April 22 foreclosure auction for $960,000. Shawnee, Kan.-based Straub Construction Co. Inc. is serving as general contractor. The design team from St. Louis-based Rosemann and Associates will be led by Drury University graduate Jarret Cooper. Zac Nichols, a graduate of Missouri State University, is Dalmark's project manager. Construction is anticipated to take 12 to 14 months with an opening within the next 24 months.
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