OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. — The Walters Group has completed a 19,500-square-foot building within Stafford Business Park in Ocean County. Tenants include the Ocean County Board of Social Services and the Ocean County Health Department. The property is located at 333 Haywood Rd.
RENO, NEV. — The PENTA Building Group has completed the $4.9 million Marguerite Wattis Petersen Foundation Athletic Academic Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. The Silver LEED-accredited facility includes an ADA ramp and new connection combining the new facility and existing Cashell building. Designed by James Mickey of Worth Group Architects, the 8,293-square-foot facility features a masonry and steel structure with a curtain wall system.
FONTANA, CALIF. — Heery International has completed Lewis Library and Technology Center, a $65 million civic facility located within Civic Center Park in Fontana. Part of the city’s civic center redevelopment program, the 93,000-square-foot library and technology center houses a collection of more than 142,000 publications, including 7,850 reference, media and periodical items; a 330-seat auditorium; the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Children’s Library; public meeting rooms; a homework center with bilingual materials; a Friends of the Library bookstore; a career center; a literacy center with tutoring programs; a 203-computer technology center and a café. The Los Angeles office of RNL Design provided architectural services for the project.
ANOKA, MINN. — Minneapolis-based Kraus-Anderson Construction Co. has been selected to build the new Fixed Base Operation (FBO) at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Anoka. The first phase of construction, which is scheduled for completion in September, will include at least 14,000 square feet of terminal space and 65,000 square feet of hangar space. At full build-out, the project will add more than 250,000 square feet of hangar space. The FBO will cater to the business jet sector, and will be owned and operated by Key Air.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Irving, Texas-based Collegiate Development Services (CDS) has been selected by Midwestern State University (MSU) to build a new residential hall on its campus located in Wichita Falls. The student housing complex, which will be situated on 5 acres, will be located on the southwest corner of Louis J. Rodriguez Drive and Midwestern Parkway on MSU’s campus. The three-story property will comprise 96 apartment-style units and feature high-speed Internet access, cable and complete appliance packages, as well as a common student courtyard area. Collegiate Contacting Services (CCS) will serve as general contractor for the project, while Hensley Lamkin Rachel Inc. will provide architectural services.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — GE Real Estate has provided a $30 million loan to Campus Acquisitions for the purchase of two garden-style student housing communities in Columbia and Texas. Sterling by the River is a 173-unit, 8-acre complex in Columbia, located at 500 Alexander Rd. The property consists of 11 two- and three-story buildings. Amenities include an internet caf, swimming pool and fitness center. The loan was originated by James Tramuto, Thomas Scott and Brian Neiswender of CBRE | Melody.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — The U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, is developing a 150,000-square-foot, 16-acre U.S. Air Force training facility at Naval Air Station Pensacola. The project will include a 100,000-square-foot hanger, 75,000 square feet of hanger space, 25,000 square feet of maintenance space, 24 aircraft sun shelters and a 50,000-square-foot, single-story navigator training facility. The facility will break ground mid-summer and is slated for completion next November. Atlanta-based Opus South and Pensacola-based Whitesell-Green will design and construct the project. Pensacola-based Bullock Tice Associates is the lead project designer.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Sacramento, Calif.-based Panattoni Construction Inc. has broken ground for the construction of a 39,100-square-foot addition to the Civic Center Corporate Park in North Las Vegas. Located at 3828 Civic Center Dr., the single-story light industrial building is the latest component of the business park, which was developed by Panattoni Development Company LLC. The $3 million project is scheduled for completion in September. Tectonics Design Group provided architectural services for the project.
MIAMI — Florida International University broke ground on the College of Nursing and Health Sciences Building, a $34 million, 140,000-square-foot interdisciplinary sciences building in Miami. The five-story building will include two 300-seat auditoria, a 90-seat classroom, two 60-seat teaching classrooms and instruction and research lab environments. HOK Florida is the project architect. Construction began this month and is slated for completion next November.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atlanta-based Pope & Land Enterprises has acquired the Charlotte Coliseum. The transaction was completed 60 days after Pope & Land Enterprises was chosen by the city of Charlotte as the winning bidder in a unique auction process. Initial plans for the redevelopment include significant greenspace and recreational amenities surrounding new residential, office, retail and hotel developments. Plans include the demolition of the coliseum building in early 2007 with initial groundbreaking to commence afterwards.