LINCOLN, CALIF. — Mercy Ministries of America has opened the doors of its first West Coast home, an approximately $6 million, 40-resident facility located just north of Sacramento at 1896 McClain Dr. in Lincoln. The Christian residential counseling program serves troubled girls and young women, ages 13 to 28. Offering a lead gift and operational support, The Buzz Oates Charitable Foundation, a Sacramento-area non-profit organization, was integral in making Mercy Ministries’ fourth home in the United States a reality.
WINDERMERE, FLA. — Orlando, Fla.-based Clancy & Theys Construction Co. has completed the $14.5 million Keene’s Crossing Elementary School for Orange County Public Schools. The property, which spans 101,639 square feet, is located at 5240 Keene’s Pheasant Dr. in Windermere. The property can accommodate 830 students and includes an administrative suite, two computer labs, a media center, a multipurpose room, a closed-circuit television studio and a music room. Orlando-based SchenkelShultz Architecture designed the space.
MONTEREY, CALIF. — Construction has started on Monterey Peninsula College’s new $9.4 million Student Services Center, a 24,000-square-foot facility designed by HGA Architects and Engineers. When completed in fall 2010, the center will house the college’s financial aid services, developmental disabilities support, registration and academic offices. Swinerton Builders is the general contractor on the project.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Batson-Cook has completed the 46,500-square-foot Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture in Charlotte. The property, which includes presentation space, function space and art galleries, is part of the Wells Fargo Cultural Campus. Batson-Cook achieved nearly 100 percent minority participation in the project.
LAS VEGAS — CORE Construction has completed construction on the Mark L. Fine Elementary School at 6635 W. Cougar Ave. in southwest Las Vegas. An $18.7 million project designed by JMA Architecture Studios, the 68,875-square-foot, single-story school is situated on 30 acres and includes four blocks of classrooms, a multipurpose room, a library, enclosed exterior courtyards and playgrounds. CORE began construction on the school in September 2008.
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILL. — Christ United Methodist Church has selected locally owned IMPACT Strategies as general contractor for the church’s 8,000-square-foot nursery addition. The addition will be added to the existing building, which is located at 339 Frank Scott Blvd. in Fairview Heights. The new space will include an activity area, laundry facilities, standard nursery accommodations for infant care, and classrooms for religion studies. Gale Hill & Associates are providing architectural services for the project, which is slated for completion in March 2010.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Barnhart Inc. has completed a $48 million project for Pasadena City College involving the construction of a new 66,558-square-foot Industrial Technologies building and the renovation and expansion of the campus center and bookstore. The new building, which includes 15 laboratories, was designed by PBWS Architects, and the renovated 47,065-square-foot campus center was designed by LPA Inc. The campus center expansion also required the demolition of an existing one-story bookstore and construction of a newly designed two-story building to take its place.
OCALA, FLA. — Edwards Construction Services of Ocala is looking to a January completion of the Ocala International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower in Ocala. The eight-floor property will include offices, mechanical and electrical rooms, a break room and a control cab. The tower is still awaiting approval by the Federal Aviation Authority and Congress.
FRISCO, TEXAS — John T. Evans Co. has brokered the sale of a 25,000-square-foot land parcel located near the intersection of Ohio Drive and Lebanon Road in Frisco. The buyer, Lai Family Trust, plans to construct an approximately 5,000-square-foot music school on the site and will begin construction within the next 90 days. Paul Vernon of John T. Evans Co. represented the seller, Land Plan Development. The parcel traded for $250,000.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Construct Two Group will soon break ground on the 100,000-square-foot Old Cheney/North Forsyth Area Elementary School on a 14-acre parcel on Curtis Street in Orlando. The $14.2 million project, which was designed by Orlando-based Schenkel Shultz Architects, will include administration offices, classrooms, a kitchen and a multi-purpose room. Delivery is expected next June.