SAN DIEGO — Construction is complete on a 39,000-square-foot academic building at National University in San Diego. The $7.4 million facility, located at the intersection of Aero Drive and Aero Court, was designed by Architects | Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker and features classroom space, lab space, and a production studio for the Media and Communications program. The two-story building is one of four facilities Architects | Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker has designed on the campus that is either complete or under construction. Project partners included ROEL Construction as general contractor, HOPE Engineering as structural engineer, RBF Consulting as civil engineer, Xnth as electrical and mechanical engineer, and Wimmer Yamada Caughey as landscape architect.
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NEW YORK CITY — The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art has entered into a 99-year, $96.67 million ground lease for 51 Astor Place in Manhattan, New York City. Edward J. Minskoff Equities, the owner, plans to raze the existing building at 51 Astor Place and construct a 410,000-square-foot, mixed-use development. The new development is slated for occupancy in 2010. Studley represented Cooper Union in the transaction.
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILL. — Swansea, Ill.-based Holland Construction Services has completed a $5.5 million addition to Christ United Methodist Church, located on Frank Scott Parkway East in Fairview Heights. The addition consists of a 24,000-square-foot sanctuary that seats approximately 1,100 people, tripling the churches former capacity. In the future, the church plans to add a three-story educational building containing 28 classrooms.
BALTIMORE, MD. — Baltimore-based Sheppard Pratt Health System has acquired Beth Tfiloh’s lower school and preschool campus in Baltimore for an undisclosed price. The campus includes two school buildings, a dining hall, multi-purpose building, athletic fields, playground and 13 cabins. Bob Millhauser, David Baird and Richard Thomas of Cushman & Wakefield’s Baltimore office represented seller Beth Tfiloh Glyndon LLC, and the buyer was represented in-house. Beth Tfiloh will relocate to a 56,000-square-foot complex in Pikesville for the 2009 – 2010 school year. Sheppard Pratt will convert the property to one of its Forbush Schools, which specializes in therapeutic services and special education for children.
ATLANTA — Roswell, Ga.-based Randall Paulson Architects is designing Fio 360, a $3 million, 22,600-square-foot ecologically-friendly childcare center in Atlantic Station near downtown Atlanta. The facility will feature solar tubes for natural daylighting, dual-level lighting and radiant heated floors.
NEW YORK CITY – The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp. (BNYDC) and Steiner Studios are set to develop a media campus on a 20-acre site in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York City. The site will be able to accommodate a Hollywood style back-lot as well as a multitude of other media and entertainment uses. The partnership has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest in the hopes of attracting media, film, television, entertainment companies and non-profit organizations.
BERKELEY LAKE, GA. — Atlanta-based Wakefield Beasley & Associates is designing a new city hall for Berkley Lake. The $1 million, 3,500-square-foot facility will be situated on two acres. The one-story building will feature a community playground and is scheduled to begin construction this summer and complete in the fall of 2008.
PHILADELPHIA — Allstate Real Estate’s Commercial Mortgage division has provided $42 million in refinancing for the Convention Center Garage in Philadelphia. Thomas Maher of Wachovia Maher Partners arranged the financing for the borrower, Parkway Corp., on behalf of Allstate. The nine-story facility features 862 parking spaces with 29,000 square feet of ground floor retail space that if fully leased to four tenants.
UNION, MO. — St. Louis-based Paric Corp. has broken ground for the construction of a $15.4 million building for East Central College located at 1964 Prairie Dell Rd. in Union. The three-story, 51,800-square-foot facility will house the college’s nursing, health and science departments. It will include several laboratories, lecture halls, classrooms, computer labs and offices. The lawn north of the building will also form a natural courtyard for the area. The project is scheduled for completion in December. Paric is serving as construction manager, with architecture firm Hastings + Chivetta providing design services.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Broward County is developing The Edgar P. Mills Multi-Purpose Center, a $17.7 million, 50,000-square-foot facility to house government agencies in Fort Lauderdale. Tenants in the three-story, LEED-certified building will include the Broward County Health Department; Women, Infant and Children Programs; Elderly, Veterans Service Division; Hope Act Team; and the Family Services Administration. The facility will be located at 900 NW 31st Ave., and is being designed by IBI Group and DeRose Design Consultants. Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based Seawood Builders, a division of Catalfumo Construction, is the general contractor. The project is slated for completion in the winter of 2009.