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.
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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.
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.