LONG BEACH, CALIF. — The West Coast Division of Suffolk Construction Co. has been selected by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for the construction of a $106 million high school project in Long Beach. South Beach High School #4 will consist of a high-end, four-story building offering 67 classrooms, a library, a gymnasium, a food service area, indoor and outdoor dining spaces, a multipurpose room and a subterranean 163-car parking structure. Additionally, the 13.7-acre site includes football and baseball fields, a jogging track, bleachers, basketball courts, a stadium, maintenance and operations building, hardscape and off-site improvement work. Construction began in June and completion is slated for April 2011.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Construction is underway for Southwest Florida Addiction Services, a detox and counseling center for patient with alcohol and drug dependency located at 3763 Evans Ave. in Fort Myers. Fort Myers-based Westcoast Structural Concrete Masonry has been retained to provide the concrete floors, sidewalks, dumpster enclosure and generator enclosure for the 38,000-square-foot building. Owen-Ames-Kimball is the general contractor for the project, which is slated for completion in August.
APOPKA, FLA. — Orlando, Fla.-based HuntonBrady Architects has completed construction of a new dormitory for Forest Lake Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist boarding school, located at 3909 East Semoran Blvd. in Apopka, Fla. The 35,000-square-foot renovation and addition includes a three-story dormitory building with rooms for 120 students, a chapel, and private apartments for the boys’ and girls’ deans. The cost of construction was not disclosed.
ST. LOUIS — Walton Construction St. Louis has completed construction at Brown Elementary School located at 3325 Chickory Creek Lane in St. Louis. The $3.4 million project included the renovation of existing facilities and the addition of 11,000 square feet, which houses a new library, a new wing with six classrooms, and a new front entry wing. Brown Elementary School’s development was the first of three phases in Walton Construction’s $21.3 million project for the Hazelwood School District. Central High School and the Learning Center within the Hazelwood School District are undergoing additions and renovations slated for completion in July.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — White Plains, N.Y.-based Houlihan Parnes/iCap Realty Advisors has brokered the sale of Fordham University’s Marymount Campus, located in Tarrytown. The property comprises three adjacent, non-contiguous parcels of land totaling 25.33 acres. The parcels contain 11 buildings totaling more than 500,000 square feet. James Houlihan, Andrew Greenspan and Jamie Schwartz of Houlihan Parnes represented the seller, Fordham University. The buyer, international education company EF Education, plans to relocate to the campus. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
KEENE, N.H. — Cambridge, Mass.-based Architectural Resources Cambridge has been selected by the Keene Family YMCA to design a new 60,000-square-foot community recreation center to replace the existing YMCA located at 38 Roxbury St. in Keene. The new facility will include a swimming pool, a therapy pool, a basketball court, an indoor track, gymnastics facilities, a climbing wall, adult and youth fitness areas, a childcare center and community meeting spaces. The new YMCA will be designed in a style similar to the region’s rural architecture, with gabled roofs, red corrugated siding, a heavy timber canopy and a metal roof.
ATLANTA — The National Museum of Patriotism has announced plans to relocate to 275 Baker St. within the Luckie Marietta District in Atlanta. Other attractions in the Luckie Marietta District include the Georgia Aquarium, CNN Center, the New World of Coca-Cola Centennial Olympic Park and the Center for Civil and Human Rights. The museum, which is scheduled to open in fall 2008, will host the 2008 Congressional Medal of Honor Luncheon. Exhibits at the interactive facility include The Symbols of America, The Immigrant Experience, The Hall of Patriots and The Founding Fathers. Richard Bowers and Ernie Baker of Bowers & Co. represented the museum.
BOERNE, TEXAS — Roy Maas’ Youth Alternatives has broken ground for the Art and Barbara Burdick Community Center, located at 121 Old San Antonio Rd. in Boerne. The 7,000-square-foot facility will serve at-risk children attending the new MeadowLand Charter School, which opens in August. It provides office space, as well as a room that can seat up to 350 people and can be partitioned into two smaller meeting rooms, as well as a kitchen and cafeteria space. The community center also will be available to other Boerne-area community groups.
MERCED, CALIF. — Sundt Construction has been selected to construct a new social science and management building at the University of California, Merced. The three-story, 101,000-square-foot building will features classrooms, offices and a dry research lab. The $38 million project is designed to achieve LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. San Francisco-based Studios Architecture provided architectural services for the project. Construction is scheduled to begin in August with completion slated for March 2010.
O’FALLON, ILL. — Swansea, Ill.-based Holland Construction Services has completed construction of the $3.7 million expansion for O’Fallon School District #203, which will eliminate overcrowding at O’Fallon Township High School. The expansion includes seven classrooms, new chemistry labs and 1,000 square feet of administrative offices. Wm. B. Ittner served as the architect for the project. Holland Construction and Ittner are also working together on the $37 million O’Fallon Township High School Millburn Freshman Campus expansion, which is currently under construction.