Civic

SKANSKA BUILDING $23.8M FACILITY ON TEXAS A&M CAMPUS

by admin January 30, 2013

KILLEEN, TEXAS — Skanska has signed a contract with Texas A&M University-Central Texas to construct a $23.8 million, four-story facility on its new Killeen campus. The project is Phase II of the new master-planned campus, which will house the campus library, counseling center, career services, school of education, social work program, instructional technology, teachers' offices, classrooms and laboratory space. Good Fulton & Farrell Architects is the project's architect. Construction is under way on the building and its completion is expected in March 2014.

January 30, 2013

INVEST ATLANTA AND PNC FUND NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

by admin January 29, 2013

ATLANTA — Invest Atlanta, the official economic development authority for the City of Atlanta, and The PNC Financial Services Group have provided $24 million in new markets tax credits to fully fund Phase I of The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, a museum under way in downtown Atlanta. Phase I will include 42,000 square feet of exhibit and special event space. Invest Atlanta allocated $13 million in tax credits through its affiliate Atlanta Emerging Markets Inc., secured from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and PNC provided $11 million. The Center’s $65 million Phase I is now fully funded. The three-story museum will include a gallery for the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection and the civil rights and human rights exhibitions.

January 29, 2013

Civic Northeast

CTA COMPLETES $33M TAHANTO REGIONAL MIDDLE/HS

by admin January 25, 2013

BOYLSTON, MASS. — CTA Construction has completed the new, 126,000-square-foot Tahanto Regional Middle/High School for the Berlin-Boylston Regional School District. The $33 million project replaces a 98,000-square-foot school building, which is in severe disrepair. The former school will be demolished by this June. The new building features two separate entrances for the middle and high school, along with a shared auditorium, dining commons and gymnasium. Site work for the project included new athletic fields and parking areas. The project team included the Tahanto Regional Middle/High School Building Committee; PMA Construction Services, the project manager; and HMFH Architects, the project architect.

January 25, 2013

Civic Northeast

VISUAL ARTS SCHOOL BUYS RETAIL CONDO FOR $2.1M

by admin January 14, 2013

NEW YORK CITY — The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, a nonprofit visual arts and design school, has acquired a 5,200-square-foot retail condominium at 136 W. 22nd St. for $2.1 million. The property is a ground-floor, two-unit retail space, which is located two blocks from Madison Square Park. The space is currently vacant. Peter Carillo and Alexander Erdos of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, Spyro Avdoulos. Adelaide Polsinelli and Robert Khodadadian of Eastern Consolidated represented the buyer.

January 14, 2013

Civic Southeast

HAMPTON ROADS CHURCH PURCHASES BRITH SHOLOM CENTER

by admin January 10, 2013

NORFOLK, VA. — Hampton Roads Church has purchased the 13,500-square-foot Brith Sholom Center at 1132 Pickett Rd. in Norfolk for $1.25 million to serve as a new church location. Geoffrey Poston of Cushman & Wakefield/Thalhimer represented the seller, and William Throne of Cushman & Wakefield/Thalhimer represented the buyer.

January 10, 2013

Civic Midwest

AECOM AWARDED $16.8M CONTRACT FOR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORK

by admin January 8, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS — AECOM Technology Corp. will provide preliminary engineering work on the Southwest Light Rail Transit line in Minneapolis. The Los Angeles-based corporation was awarded a $16.8 million contract by the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities to provide the services for the western half of a 15.8-mile corridor that will include 17 new stations stretching from downtown Minneapolis through several southwestern suburban cities. Construction is set to begin in 2015, with the line scheduled to begin operating in 2018.

January 8, 2013

Civic Northeast

SKANSKA, TREVCON TO BUILD MARINE TRANSFER FACILITY IN NYC

by admin January 4, 2013

NEW YORK CITY — Skanska USA, in a joint venture with Trevcon Construction, has secured a $181 million contract to build a new marine transfer facility in Manhattan. The New York City Department of Sanitation is developing the building along the East River, which will serve as a solid waste management facility. The property will have a capacity to process 4,290 tons of municipal solid waste per day. The project is scheduled for completion in March 2016.

January 4, 2013

Civic Southeast

CAROL CITY EARLY LEARNING CENTER COMPLETED IN MIAMI

by admin December 20, 2012

MIAMI — South Florida-based general contractor Miller Construction Co. has completed the 8,140-square-foot Carol City Early Learning Center, a child development center in Miami, for Education First Inc. It includes seven classrooms, six bathrooms, a multi-purpose room, two fenced-in playground areas, and space for a future commercial-grade kitchen. It also features a functional drop-off lane and parking lot. The Carol City Early Learning Center serves children six weeks old through eight years old. Programs include pre-school and voluntary pre-kindergarten classes with a customized curricula, and daycare, afterschool care and summer camp.

December 20, 2012

Civic Texas

CADENCE MCSHANE COMPLETES TWO SCHOOL PROJECTS

by admin December 14, 2012

SANTE FE — Cadence McShane Construction Co. has completed the repurposing of the existing 45,612-square-foot Cowan Elementary School and the renovation/addition for the 108,800-square-foot Sante Fe Junior High School, both of which are part of the Sante Fe Independent School District (ISD). Cadence McShane has converted Cowan Elementary into the new Elizabeth Yaws Cowan Education Center, which will serve as the administration facility for Sante Fe ISD. The education center has an updated boardroom, expanded office space and a new technology center. The renovation project at Sante Fe Junior High included the reconstruction of the existing 99,000 square feet of space plus a 9,800-square-foot addition. SBWV Architects provided the comprehensive architectural services for both projects.

December 14, 2012

Civic Midwest

MEDIUM SECURITY PRISON FOR BID IN MISSOURI

by admin December 13, 2012

BETHANY, MO. — AmeriBid is conducting a bank-ordered auction of a medium security prison facility in Airpark Industrial Park in Bethany. The auction will take place via a sealed bid format on Wednesday, Jan. 30. The property was built in 2005 on 14.5 acres, and includes 12-foot walls and concrete floors. The building has a modular layout with a central control area in the middle and four large rooms, or pods, branching from it. There are a total of 240 beds. Visit www.ameribid.com for more information.

December 13, 2012

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