WHEELING, ILL. — Morgan/Harbour Construction, serving as design-builder, has completed the construction of a public works facility for the Village of Wheeling. Located at 77 W. Hintz Rd. in Wheeling, the 121,397-square-foot property includes indoor storage space for trucks and equipment, administrative offices and 3 acres of outdoor storage for salt domes, a fuel island, equipment storage and other machinery. Harris Architects provided architectural services for the project.
NEW LONDON, N.H. — Concord, N.H.-based North Branch Construction has been selected to provide construction management services for a new project at Colby Sawyer College in New London. The new Windy Hill School will be a 10,000-square-foot structure that will house the college's daycare, kindergarten and after-school programs for families in the community. The Windy Hill program is run by students and faculty of the college's Social Sciences & Education Program and is currently operated out of the lower levels of the Abbey and Burpee residence halls. Building amenities will include classrooms with built-in kitchens and computer work areas, seminar rooms, two “smart” classrooms for child development classes, an early childhood curriculum laboratory, a resource library and faculty offices. Completion is scheduled for spring 2010. The project architect is Lebanon, N.H.-based Banwel Architects.
CLEVELAND — Horizon Science Academy has signed a lease for an approximately 40,000-square-foot building, which is located at 2261 Columbus Rd. in Cleveland. The property is owned by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Ken Anderson of CRESCO Real Estate represented the tenant in the transaction. Additional terms of the lease were not disclosed.
GREAT NECK, N.Y. — St. Louis-based The Korte Company has completed construction for a new $13 million facility for the United States Postal Service in Great Neck. The 26,388-square-foot post office contains a 14,000-square-foot annex, a workroom, office support and administrative areas, break rooms, employee lockers, equipment rooms, mechanical mezzanines and storage areas. The facility also includes a two-story, 85-space parking garage. This most recent project marks the 39th project Korte has completed for the Postal Service nationwide.
DETROIT — The construction of Wayne State University’s Richard J. Mazurek M.D. Medical Education Commons is now complete. Located in Detroit, the $35 million project comprised a 34,000-square-foot addition to the existing medical school facility and a 69,000-square-foot renovation to the existing Vera Parshall Shiffman Medical Library. The three-story complex features a clinical skills center with four stimulation labs, new computer labs, a testing center, student services, classrooms, collaborative study areas and administrative offices. SHW Group designed the project, which is seeking LEED Silver certification.
COLLINSVILLE, ILL. — Swansea, Ill.-based Holland Construction Service, serving as general contractor, has broken ground for the construction of Horseshoe Lake Animal Hospital in Collinsville. Located at 5230 Horseshoe Lake Rd., the $1 million facility will offer 5,621 square feet of space, including seven exam rooms, a surgery suite, a dental exam room, conference and consultation rooms, separate dog and cat wards for hospitalized pets, a waiting area and a pharmacy. The existing building will be redesigned to accommodate grooming facilities and an upscale boarding facility. Fairview Heights, Ill.-based EWR Associates provided architectural services for the project.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — McCarthy Building Cos. has commenced construction for a $47 million water treatment plant in Fort Worth. The Fort Worth Westside Water Treatment Plant will initially be able to treat up to 12 million gallons of water per day and will have future expansion capability. The project will include the construction of an ozone contact basin, flocculation and sedimentation basins, filters and a membrane facility, an operations building, wash water recovery basins, a recycle pump station, a 2.5 million-gallon storage tank, a high-service pump station, an ozone chemical building and an electrical building. Completion of the project is scheduled for January 2012.
LOS ANGELES — Snyder Langston has completed the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) William H. Hannon Library, a 120,000-square-foot, three-level university facility located on the LMU campus at 1 LMU Dr. in Los Angeles. Designed by AECOM, the library is pursuing a LEED Silver rating. The library project broke ground in May 2007.
NORCROSS, GA. — World Changers Church International has purchased a 64,241-square-foot former church building from Atlanta Vineyard Church for $3.2 million. The property, which was most recently home to a medical tenant, is located at 6920 Jimmy Carter Blvd. in Norcross and will be used as a satellite church. Atlanta-based Bull Realty’s Daniel Latshaw represented the seller. Ann Terry of Choice One Realty represented the buyer.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Construction is under way for a new multi-purpose athletic complex for the Beaumont Independent School District. The facilities will be located on an 85-acre site south of Interstate 10, north of Fannett Road and east of Brooks Road. Construction will consist of a 10,365-seat stadium, a 10,600-square-foot field house and a 27,700-square-foot natatorium building. Completion is slated for 2010. The Houston office of SHW Group is serving as project architect, and the Houston office of Parsons Corp. is serving as program manager. Construction management services are being provided by the Houston office of Turner Construction Co. and Houston-based Hallmark Group.