LAWRENCE, KAN. — Kansas City, Mo.-based JE Dunn Construction has been selected to build new University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, an approximately $35 million project that will be located at the university’s West Campus. The project will total 111,700 square feet and will feature a dean’s suite; faculty and staff offices; conference rooms; traditional class rooms and interactive distance-learning classrooms; an integrated lab space; a biochemistry lab; a working model pharmacy; a pharmacy library; a pharmacy museum; a student computer commons; student organization offices; a FEMA storm shelter/student locker space; IT support spaces; and a food service area. The project is scheduled for completion in November 2010. Treanor Architects is designing the new school.
HEMET, CALIF. — Barnhart Inc., serving as general contractor, has completed the construction of Tahquitz High School in Hemet for Hemet Unified School District. The $110 million, 238,145-square-foot campus serves 2,400 students and was funded by Measures E and T general obligation bonds, which were approved by voters in 2002 and 2006. The 83-acre campus features five classroom buildings, science and art labs, music rooms, a 500-seat performing arts center, a 1,200-seat gymnasium with three basketball courts, baseball and softball fields, an Olympic-size pool, special education classrooms, an administration center, an auto shop, tennis courts, and a 4,000-seat football and track stadium. Trittipo Architecture & Planning provided architectural services for the project.
DAWSONVILLE, GA. — Zoning has been approved for the Atlanta Motorsports Park, a racing country club located in Dawsonville. The project, which will be built with sustainable materials, will include a lounge, a 10,000-square-foot clubhouse, a workout facility, a pool and 3 miles of road course. The courses feature 4,000 feet of straight-away space and can be configured 15 different ways. Tilke Architects will design the property and race tracks and RK Redding Construction will serve as the general contractor.
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Los Angeles-based BH Properties has leased a 102,000-square-foot retail property to the U.S. Coast Guard. The building, a former Wal-Mart, is located in the Port Elizabeth Shopping Center in Elizabeth City. The Coast Guard will use the space to store aircraft parts. John Wessling and Bill Overman of GVA Advantis’ Norfolk, Va., office represented the landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — Massey Knakal has arranged the sale of a two-story, vacant commercial property, located at 108-121 72nd Ave. in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens, New York City, for $2 million. The property is 20 feet wide and currently contains 3,240 square feet; it could ultimately be built out to 10,452 square feet. Massey Knakal’s Nick Pertkoff was the sole broker in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer plans to construct a private school on the property.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Atlanta-based Choate Construction is eyeing a summer completion date for a 107,000-square-foot dormitory building on the campus of Meredith College, an all-women school located at 3800 Hillsborough St. in Raleigh. The property is broken up into 48 four-bedroom and 30 two-bedroom apartments; each unit features a full kitchen, a washer and dryer, private bedrooms and two full bathrooms. The dorm is being built to LEED standards and includes water-saving fixtures and recycled construction materials.
BEMIDJI, MINN. — Minneapolis-based Kraus-Anderson Construction Co. has broken ground for the new Bemidji Regional Event Center, located in Bemidji. The 193,000-square-foot event center will be the home of Bemidji State University’s hockey program, and will also host concerts, conventions, trade shows, festivals and other events. The arena will be able to accommodate 4,000 spectators for hockey games and 6,000 for concerts. The convention center component of the project will include 10,000 square feet of divisible ballroom space and 4,000 square feet of meeting rooms. An outdoor plaza will be constructed adjacent to the building. The construction timetable was not released.
EAST LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has selected Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Klorman Construction as design/build general contractor for an $8.65 million Park N Ride parking structure in East Los Angeles. The three-level, 261-car, post-tension structure will be located at 255 South Atlantic Blvd. Construction is expected to begin in May with completion slated for March 2010.
SAN JACINTO, CALIF. — Barnhart Inc. and The San Jacinto Unified School District have completed the $32 million addition and modernization of San Jacinto High School in San Jacinto. The 77,168-square-foot addition includes a two-story, 33-classroom building with computer and art labs, a gymnasium with a ticket area and Hall of Fame entry, an outdoor art court with ceramic kilns, soundproof band practice rooms and special education classrooms. HMC Architects designed the project, which was the second phase of the school’s redevelopment plan.
WINDERMERE, FLA. — Orlando, Fla.-based Pertree Constructors will break ground on two classroom buildings, totaling more than 20,000 square feet of space, on the campus of Windermere Preparatory School. The private K-12 school is located at 6189 Winter Garden-Vineland Rd. in Windermere. The $3 million project will include constructing offices, chemistry labs, classrooms, a media center and a band room.