ATLANTA — Carter, an Atlanta-based real estate investment, development and advisory firm, has been selected to provide program and project management services for three colleges in Georgia — Agnes Scott College, Berry College and Spelman College. At Agnes Scott College, Carter will guide the design and construction for the renovation of Campbell Hall, a four-story former science building. The 51,450-square-foot building will be transformed into a living and learning center, which will include student housing, academic classrooms and meeting spaces. For Berry College, Carter is currently working on project management for the renovation of the Richards Memorial Gymnasium, which will include offices for Berry College athletic teams, a 4,000-square-foot weight room, a 3,000-square-foot locker room, grass practice fields and an indoor practice/training facility. Carter has also been working with Berry on an athletic stadium for its new NCAA Division III football program. In Atlanta, Spelman College selected Carter as a program manager to oversee the redevelopment of the 53,000-square-foot Read Hall into a wellness center. The program is part of Spelman's Wellness Revolution, and includes a new gym, four-lane swimming pool, wellness classroom and teaching kitchen, multipurpose rooms for fitness activities, an indoor track, lockers and administrative offices. The new …
SPENCER, IND. — Architect George Ridgway and Pritchett Brothers, a Bloomington-based general contractor, have completed the renovation of the Tivoli Theatre in Spencer, located about 17 miles northwest of Bloomington. The transformation includes restored interior and exterior features and an addition to the north side of the building, which provides a kitchen, restrooms and additional office space. A project cost was not disclosed. Construction on the theater began in April 2012. Cook Group Inc. sponsored the renovation of the theater, which is owned by Owen County Preservations. The theater originally opened on New Year’s Eve in 1928. The Tivoli was damaged in a fire in 1985, but continued to operate until 1998 and fell into disrepair.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina United FC, the state's largest youth soccer club, has acquired 24.5 acres of land in Columbia to develop a facility consisting of six full-sized soccer fields and related amenities. The facility, located along the I-20 corridor, will serve as the club's central training facility for its junior academy and select-level soccer players. It will also serve as an additional venue for its recreational soccer players. Rob Lapin of NAI Avant represented the buyer in the transaction.
ATLANTA — Invest Atlanta, the city's economic development arm, has approved public funding to help build the proposed $1 billion Atlanta Falcons stadium. The board of directors approved issuing $200 million in bond funding, backed by the city's hotel and motel tax, to finance the public contribution for the new retractable-roof stadium. The Falcons, along with private entities, will pay the remaining cost. The vote marks the final steps in lining up financing for the stadium. The Georgia World Congress Center, which will own the stadium, and Atlanta City Council, have already approved the project. However, the project team is still negotiating with two churches to acquire the necessary land to build the project, which would be located just south of the Georgia Dome, according to local reports. The churches would have to be moved for the project to move forward. The goal is to complete the stadium by 2017.
DALLAS — Uptown Dallas Inc., a nonprofit that manages the Uptown Public Improvement District, has commenced construction on the eight-acre Griggs Park. The park is located near the intersection of Woodall Rodgers Freeway and Central Expressway in Dallas. The construction kicks off the start of the Griggs Park Capital Campaign project. The construction includes children's facilities, kiosks, benches, picnic tables, groves of new trees, pedestrian pathways and fountains. Uptown Dallas will also add commemorative markers honoring the park's namesake, Rev. Allen Griggs, a former slave and pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church in the 1870s. Approximately $1.5 million has been allocated through a public-private partnership for the construction. The City of Dallas will provide basic upkeep and Uptown Dallas will be responsible for planting, watering, electricity and other park maintenance. SWA Group designed the park originally and ValleyCrest Landscape Cos. is completing the park's landscaping. Construction is slated for a fall 2013 completion.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Satterfield & Pontikes Construction has been awarded a $93 million contract to construct two new schools in the Lewisville Independent School District. The company will construct ninth-grade centers totaling 110,000 square feet each at Marcus High School and Flower Mound High School to help reduce crowding. The additions will encompass classrooms, a library, a 2,200-seat basketball arena, science labs, cafeteria, 7,000-square-foot black box theater and administration areas. The work will include parking, covered walkways, utilities and demolition. Work at Flower Mound High School will also include renovations to the fine arts area, replacement of the football stadium sound system and renovations of the lockers in the old field house and inside the school. Flower Mound High will also receive new sports facilities, including a multi-court tennis complex and an indoor practice facility. Dallas-based PBK Architects designed the additions and renovations. Satterfield & Pontikes will complete the project before the beginning of classes in August 2014.
NEW YORK CITY — Tutor Perini Corp. was listed by the New York City Department of Transportation as the low bidder and the winner for the $102.7 million contract to replace the City Island Road Bridge over Eastchester Bay. The project includes the construction and removal of a temporary bridge and approach roadways, demolition of the existing bridge structures, construction of a single steel tower cable-stayed bridge with private utilities and landscape improvements. The new bridge will be the first cable-stayed bridge built in New York. Work is expected to begin this April with substantial completion expected by July 2016.
DORAL, FLA. — Moss-Lebolo JV has been selected to design and construct a $15 million, three-story high school expansion at Divine Savior Academy in Doral. The Lutheran-sponsored institution serves 500 students from preschool through high school. The new addition will include a three-story classroom, an auditorium/chapel, gym, fitness center, athletic fields and new parking. Design and permitting work has begun on the 108,000-square-foot facility and construction is scheduled to begin this July. Completion is schedule for August 2014. Somerville Inc. is the project architect.
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Pierce Education Properties, through a joint venture with an affiliate of Core Properties, has completed its $56.5 million acquisition of North Campus Crossing (Phase I and Phase II), a 1,692-bed community serving Eastern Carolina University (ECU) students. The off-campus community was developed in 2005 and 2006. The property is contiguous to ECU'S North Campus Recreation Center, which features a man-made lake and beach, a zip line, intramural fields and a golf course. The buyers plan to invest nearly $1 million in improvements to the community, including a campus shuttle to Pitt Community College. A $26.8 million loan held by Midland Loan Services was assumed for the Phase I purchase and a Freddie Mac loan of $19.8 million was secured through HFF to finance the Phase II acquisition.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — JL Wallace has been selected to construct Next Level Church Gateway Campus, a satellite location for Next Level Church, in Fort Myers. The 18,500-square-foot facility will be constructed on 7.5 acres at 11081 Gateway Blvd. The facility will include an auditorium, foyer, classrooms for children and youth and offices. Robert Massengale will provide design services and David Douglas Associates will provide engineering services.