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BelovED Community Charter School Acquires Development Site in New Jersey

by Amy Works April 20, 2016

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — BelovED Community Charter School has acquired a half-acre parcel of land located at 535 Grand St. in Jersey City. Friends of the BelovED Charter School, a non-profit organization to support the development of the school and other charter schools, will develop a 40,000-square-foot middle school on the site. The non-profit is expected to obtain a mortgage and construction financing of $12 million from New Jersey Community Capital for the project. Designed by Urbahn Architects, the four-story school will serve 240 students in grades six to nine and feature 15 classrooms, four half classrooms, two science rooms, two art rooms, a music room, a cafetorium with warming kitchen, a gymnasium with a mezzanine, a media center/library, administrative offices and a large sub-dividable multipurpose room, as well as a 31-car parking lot and an outdoor assembly/recreation space.

April 20, 2016

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Civic Office Texas

Beck Breaks Ground on New Aquatics Center at SMU

by Haisten Willis February 29, 2016

DALLAS — The Beck Group has broken ground on a 43,770-square-foot aquatics center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Designed by Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects, the new facility will be located on SMU’s East Campus next to a DART rail line. The aquatics center will provide facilities for practice, competition and community use. The two-story collegiate competition swimming and diving center will be designed to emulate the Georgian style of the main campus with an Olympic-sized, eight-lane indoor pool; diving platform well with four springboards and a 10-meter tower for training and competition; fixed bleacher seating for 800 spectators; men’s, women’s and visitor locker rooms; meeting space and classrooms; and coaches’ offices. Construction of the aquatics center is scheduled to begin in March and will be complete in August 2017.

February 29, 2016

Civic New York Northeast Office

Ensign Engineering, John Ciardullo Associates Complete $2.6M Library, Learning Center in NYC

by Amy Works November 30, 2015

NEW YORK CITY — Construction manager Ensign Engineering and architect John Ciardullo Associates have completed the Aeronautical and Academic Library and Teaching and Learning Center at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, located at 86-01 23rd Ave. in Flushing. The $2.6 million library and learning center was the final phase of the $40 million expansion, renovation and sound mitigation construction program at the college’s main campus. The 11,000-square-foot library is designed to hold a collection of 26,300 items and features four enclosed classrooms with 70 computer stations, reading and studying rooms, and a flexible seating area with seven large tables that seat up to 42 patrons. The renovations were financed through grants, totaling $32 million, from the Federal Aviation Administration and The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Additionally, Vaughn invested $7 million from its own funds. The design and construction team included Ensign Engineering, John Ciardullo Associates, Library Interiors Inc., Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, DVL Consulting Engineers and Peter George Associates.

November 30, 2015

Civic Mixed-Use New York Northeast Office

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $8M Sale of Manhattan Property

by Amy Works September 18, 2015

NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a property located at 206-212 Wadsworth Ave. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights. Caerus Group acquired the property for $8 million in an all-cash transaction. The buyer plans to construct a new development on the site, which offers 97,422 square feet of buildable space. The previous owners, Wadsworth Avenue Baptist Church Inc., will occupy a condominium at the new development, which will replace the existing structure. Robert Shapiro of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.

September 18, 2015

Civic New Hampshire Northeast

NAI Norwood Group Brokers $1.5M Sale of Former Chester College in New Hampshire

by Amy Works September 16, 2015

CHESTER, N.H. — NAI Norwood Group has arranged the sale of the former Chester College of New England in Chester. Busch International acquired the asset for $1.5 million. The property consists of four buildings, totaling 50,000 square feet, of dining, classroom, library and dorm room space. The buyer plans to seek accreditation from the State of New Hampshire and reopen the school, which closed in May 2012, as a private school. Slated to open in May 2016, the new house will house and serve approximately 200 students in grades 7-12. Karl Norwood, Chris Norwood and John Hoben of NAI Norwood represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

September 16, 2015

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Bernards to Upgrade Health Facilities at Two California State Prisons

by Nellie Day September 2, 2015

BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Construction management company Bernards will build new prison healthcare facilities and renovate the existing buildings at two state prisons situated just north of Bakersfield. The contract through the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pertains to the North Kern State Prison (NKSP) in Delano and the Wasco State Prison in Wasco. The prisons are about 20 minutes from one another. Improvements to healthcare facilities at these prisons are part of the state-mandated Health Care Facility Improvement Program. This program was implemented following a 2006 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to place the state’s prison healthcare system in receivership. The decision came after several inmates were successful at raising lawsuits against the State of California alleging the healthcare provided to prisoners violated their constitutional rights.

September 2, 2015

Civic Illinois Midwest

J.C. Anderson to Complete 14,000 SF Renovation of DePaul Education Buildings

by Jonathan Mehall August 24, 2015

CHICAGO — DePaul University has selected J.C. Anderson Inc. to complete a 14,000-square-foot build-out to DePaul’s Richard M. and Maggie C. Daley College of Communication and School for New Learning on the Loop Campus. The property is located at 247 S. State St. in Chicago. DePaul acquired the property in 2008. Renovations will include the addition of a theater, editing rooms, classrooms and office space to accommodate the College of Computing and Digital Media. Construction is scheduled for completion in September. Steve Boulukos and Joe Maguire will lead the construction team for J.C. Anderson Inc. Vasilko & Architects Associates will provide architectural services.

August 24, 2015

Civic Midwest Minnesota

RCTC, Knutson Break Ground on $6.5M Education Facility in Rochester, Minn.

by Jonathan Mehall August 21, 2015

ROCHESTER, MINN. — Knutson Construction and Rochester Community & Technical College (RCTC) have broken ground on a $6.5 million education facility at the University Center Rochester Campus in Rochester. RCTC selected Knutson to provide construction management services for the 22,350-square-foot Career Technical Education Center (CTECH) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) facility addition. The building is expected to service 400 students per year and will offer classroom and laboratory spaces for career, technical education and training, plus administrative and faculty support spaces. Funding for the project is being provided by the city of Rochester. The target date for the project to be completed is July 2016.

August 21, 2015

Civic Midwest Missouri

KWAME to Manage $5.7M Firehouse Construction Project in North St. Louis County

by Jonathan Mehall July 17, 2015

BEVERLY HILLS, MO. — Kwame Building Group Inc. (KWAME) is serving as project manager for a new $5.7 million firehouse, located at 7100 Natural Bridge Road in Beverly Hills, a city in St. Louis County. The Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District (NEAFPD) has contracted with KWAME on the project. The architect is JEMA. The 27,500-square-foot, two-story brick and stone firehouse will include five vehicle bays and a two-story structure for the District headquarters office. The facility will also house training and community classroom space. Built to resist seismic and high-wind events, the facility will serve as a natural disaster relief center for local residents. An employee-owned company, St. Louis-based KWAME provides estimating, scheduling, project planning, value engineering and other project management services as an independent advocate for owners and developers.

July 17, 2015

Civic Illinois Midwest

Construction on New Police Headquarters Begins in Belleville, Ill.

by Jonathan Mehall July 13, 2015

BELLEVILLE, ILL. —Impact Strategies has begun construction on a new police headquarters in the City of Belleville, approximately 17 miles southeast of St. Louis, Mo. The station will be located at 720 W. Main St., previously occupied by the Bank of Belleville building. The facility will include a forensics lab, dispatch center, sally port and a community classroom able to accommodate 60 people. Construction plans for the 44,000-square-foot station also include a secured evidence storage area and dedicated storm areas that allow for increased safety for employees and prisoners. Impact Strategies will also construct a new, freestanding parking garage adjacent to the police headquarters. The garage is designed to hold 46 police cruisers and will include a mechanics area for city vehicles. Construction is expected to be complete in the spring of 2016.

July 13, 2015

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