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.
SMITHS STATION, ALA. — Hoar Construction has broken ground on the 263,316-square-foot Smiths Station High School for the Lee County Board of Education. Spread across 106 acres in Smiths Station, the property encompasses 88 classrooms, tennis courts, a gym and athletic fields. Completion of the school, which was designed by McKee & Associates Architects, is expected in fall 2011.
BOWIE, MD. — Columbia, Md.-based Manekin Construction will break ground on the 80,000-square-foot Bowie City Hall Wednesday with an eye toward completing the development in 15 months. Administrative offices for the city government, as well as the Bowie Police Department, will be housed in the property. The $15 million project will spread across 6.2 acres at the intersection of Excalibur Road and Evergreen Parkway in Bowie. Manekin won the contract after bidding $10 million less than the city’s targeted budget for the property. The city has placed a call for artists to design two structures in the new city hall — a kinetic mobile for the building’s lobby and a working sundial to be placed in the hall’s front courtyard.
NEW YORK CITY — Construction has topped out for the new Lincoln Square Synagogue located at the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and 69th Street in Manhattan, New York City. The new synagogue will be a three-story, 50,000-square-foot structure. It will feature a 450-person sanctuary space, educational facilities, administrative offices, a large ballroom for evens and outdoor activity areas. Completion is scheduled for late 2010. McGowan Builders is serving as general contractor, with CetraRuddy providing architecture services. Winston Consultants is serving as owner's representative.