HONOLULU — St. Louis-based The Korte Company has begun work on the 16,674-square-foot Fort Shafter Youth Center in Honolulu. The $8.3 million youth center will include classrooms, a homework center, activity rooms, a multi-purpose area, a teen area, a lounge, a kitchen prep and culinary arts area, a common area and stage, and a play court.
SPRINGDALE, PA. — The Civic Light Opera (CLO) Association of Greater Pittsburgh has acquired a 68,000-square-foot manufacturing building located in Springdale as the new home for its construction center. The facility is situated at 997 Sherosky Way and was purchased for $1.1 million. It was formerly occupied by Fortco Plastics. The CLO will be relocating its construction center operations from a leased building at 403 Bingham St. in Pittsburgh. Gene Galiardi and Scott Long of Pennsylvania Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, and Tom McCaffrey of Grant Street Associates represented the buyer.
TUSTIN, CALIF. — The $19 million Foothill High School Science Center has been completed in Tustin. Funded by the $80 million Bond Measure G passed by voters in 2002 to repair and renovate the 20 oldest schools in the Tustin Unified School District, the 48,000-square-foot center comprises two two-story buildings that house 14 classrooms consisting of 10 laboratories for biology, chemistry and physics, and four classrooms for earth and physical sciences. Barnhart-Heery was the construction manager for the project, and NTD Architecture provided design services.
HOUSTON — Lone Star College System (LSCS) has selected the Houston office of Cadence McShane Construction Co. to complete the build-out of its new campus. LSCS recently acquired the former Hewlett Packard office campus, a five-building, 1.2 million-square-foot property that is located at 20515 State Highway 249 in Houston, and plans to use it as a new campus. The school plans to use it as its new consolidate Houston campus. Construction will include extensive renovations to the building interiors, envelopes, core and shell, parking deck and immediate grounds. Once the project is complete, which is expected in June 2010, LSCS will relocate several departments from its existing administrative offices in The Woodlands, Texas, as well as its Williow Chase Center operations in Houston. The project architects are Kirksey Architecture and VLK Architects.
LACONIA, N.H. — Construction is complete for a new 118,000-square-foot building at Laconia Memorial Middle School in Laconia. The three-story building replaces a building constructed in 1961 that was demolished as part of the project. The new building contains classrooms, administrative spaces, a library/media center, a cafteria and kitchen, a gymnasium and a multi-purpose room. It can accommodate up to 750 students. ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge was the project architect and Harvey Construction Co. was the general contractor.
RICHMOND, TEXAS — The Houston office of Turner Construction Co. has completed the $66 million expansion and renovation of Fort Bend County Jail in Richmond. The expansion comprised a new nine-story, 213,000-square-foot building that adds 1,008 beds to the jail’s capacity. Additionally, 40,000 square feet of space was renovated at the jail’s existing building, including administrative offices, kitchens and laundry rooms. Turner also updated the jail’s security technologies and amenities. The two buildings are attached by a new linking connector. Atlanta-based Rosser International served as lead architect, with Houston-based AUTOARCH Architects serving as associate architect.
DALLAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage (HSMB) has brokered the purchase of a 49-acre development site located at 700 W. Wheatland Rd. in Dallas. The buyer, Templo Betania Evangelistic Center, plans to construct a new worship facility on the site. Its current location is in a smaller building at 210 E. Jefferson Blvd. in Oak Cliff, Texas. Construction plans were not released. Bill Reese of Reese Commercial Realty and Jerry Avery of HSMB represented the seller, Southwest Hampton Oaks LLC. Avery also represented the Templo Betania.
COTTLEVILLE, MO. — St. Louis-based Paric Corp. has been selected as construction manager for a new $6 million city hall and police facility located in Cottleville. The 15,888-square-foot, two-story facility will contain sustainable features such as a storm water capture and treatment system to reduce run-off into a nearby creek, as well as the use of the property as a trailhead to a comprehensive biking/walking path and interpretive nature trail. Kostecki Architects is providing design services for the project. The project broke ground at the end of September, and should be complete in September of next year.
FAIR HAVEN, CONN. — Press/Cuozzo Realtors has brokered the sale of the former East Pearl Street United Methodist Church located at 95-99 E. Pearl St. in Fair Haven. The 7,929-square-foot church was constructed in 1873. It features a sanctuary with seating for more than 200 people, a kitchen and dining areas, a side ante room and second-floor recreation areas. It traded for $350,000. John Cuozzo, Jr. of Press/Cuozzo represented the seller, East Pearl Street United Methodist Church, as well as the buyer, The Pentacostal Church of God IM.
UNITY, N.H. — Groundbreaking has occurred for Phase II of the expansion of Sullivan County Community Corrections Center in Unity. This phase of construction will add approximately 20,000 square feet to the jail building, consisting of an additional 70 beds as well as areas for in-treatment and work release programs. Completion is slated for mid-2010. Phase I of the project is approximately 80 percent complete and should be finished by the end of the year. North Branch Construction is serving as construction manager, with Sheerr McCrystal Palson serving as project architect.