Civic

ALPHARETTA, GA. — Choate Construction Co. has completed a $7.8 million expansion of King’s Ridge Christian School in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta. The project featured the construction of the 41,407-square-foot High School building, which contains more than 19 classrooms including science labs, an art room, ceramics room and music room. It can serve approximately 300 students and is the first of a two-phase expansion. The project also included the construction of the 4,015-square-foot Kendrick Center for Life Impact, which contains gathering space, counseling and guidance facilities and multipurpose space. The project architect was Chapman Griffin Lanler Sussenbach Architects.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ground has broken for the first project at St. Elizabeths East Campus, a 183-acre campus located in southeastern Washington, D.C. The Gateway Pavilion will be a $5 million outdoor space that will provide venues for casual dining, a farmers market, and cultural and entertainment events while the rest of the campus is under development. The D.C. Office of Planning & Economic Development has proposed several adaptive reuse projects for Phase I of St. Elizabeths including: 500,000 square feet dedicated to academic and innovation-minded companies; a 400,000-square-foot, mixed-use town center; approximately 100,000 square feet of trophy office space; and civic space.

ATLANTA — The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Cooper Carry as the architect of record for the school's new 218,000-square-foot Engineered BioSystems Building. The $100 million project, located on the university's campus in Atlanta, will bring the College of Science and College of Engineering together for collaborative bio-engineering research. The project is the first phase of a four-phase expansion for Georgia Tech's bioscience research department. Lake Flato will serve as the design architect for the project and McCarthy Building Group is the general contractor. Completion is slated for 2014.