BOSTON — JLL’s project and development services group is providing project management services for the YMCA of Greater Boston’s expansion at its West Roxbury facility. The $15 million project will update the 61-year-old facility with the demolition of 16,000 square feet from an existing building and the construction of a 24,000-square-foot addition. The Boston Redevelopment Authority recently approved the project, which is being designed by architect LINEA 5 Inc., with electrical engineer ZAX Engineering and mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineer VAV International. Construction is scheduled to being this spring with a completion date set for summer 2015.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Satterfield & Pontikes Construction (S&P) will begin this month on the $46 million expansion and renovation of the Student Recreation Center at Texas A&M University’s College Station campus. The project will add more than 113,000 square feet — including additional weight room space, two basketball courts and a lap pool — to the current facility. S&P will also upgrade the existing natatorium, activity spaces and office areas, which total 55,000 square feet. The center, which serves nearly 1.5 million users annually, will remain open during construction. Marmon Mok Architecture is providing design services.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — The Riverside Convention Center will officially reopen this Saturday after undergoing a $43.6-million renovation. The new convention center contains 21 rooms with more than 65,000 square feet of flexible space. It is located at 3637 5th Street near the Riverside Marriott at the Convention Center and the Hyatt Place Riverside/Downtown. The new space can accommodate groups as small as 25 and as large as 3,000 for conventions, meetings, trade shows and competitions. The renovation also included the addition of a 20,000-square-foot, open-air plaza, lawn and garden space.
BRIDGETON, MO. — The City of Bridgeton has awarded Holland Construction Services Inc. the construction management contract for its new $15 million recreation center. The 56,000-square-foot facility will replace the existing community center and be located a half-mile north of the intersection of St. Charles Rock Road and Fee Road in Bridgeton, a northwest suburb of St. Louis. Construction of the proposed facility will begin this fall. The new recreation center will feature a gymnasium, track, a weight/cardio room, an aerobic room and community meeting rooms. Aquatic features will include a recreational pool with lap lanes, an activity channel and some deep water areas for swim lessons and aquatic exercise classes. Hastings & Chivetta Architects is the architect for the project.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of 17 East 47th Street in New York City for $18 million. The Center for Fiction — which has owned and operated out of the historic library since 1933 — sold the eight-story building to Sun Acre's LLC. Steven Zimmerman, associate director, Marion Jones, director, and David Schechtman, principal and executive managing director of Eastern Consolidated, represented the seller and procured the buyer. Designed by architect Henry Otis Chapman, the white marble structure features frontage along the north side of East 47th Street between Fifth and Madison avenues. The Center for Fiction signed a short-term, lease-back arrangement with the new owner to remain in the space as the nonprofit looks to purchase a new headquarters space. Brad Lavender of Haynes and Boone LLP was the attorney for the seller. Russell Guba was the attorney for the buyer.
McKINNEY, KELLER AND TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of three properties net-leased to Merryhill Schools totaling 27,600 square feet in the northern suburbs of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The tenant, a branch of Nobel Learning Communities Inc., operates a private preschool in each of the facilities. The assets include a 7,800-square-foot building located at 6050 Eldorado Parkway in McKinney, which is shadow-anchored by Market Street grocery store; a 7,800-square-foot building located at 1750 Rufe Snow Drive in Keller, in proximity to Walmart Neighborhood Market; and a 12,000-square-foot building located at 50 Village Trail in Trophy Club, in proximity to Tom Thumb. More than nine years remain on each of the leases, which include three, five-year renewal options and scheduled rent bumps. Chris Gainey and Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap marketed the properties on behalf of the seller, a fund manager. The two also secured the buyer, a private investor.
UNIVERSITY CITY, MO. — Kwame Building Group has completed construction of the new $3 million Firehouse #1 at Vernon and Westgate Avenues in University City, located about 10 miles west of downtown St. Louis. The new 17,000-square-foot, two-story building replaces the original Firehouse #1, which was more than 100 years old. The new facility features five fire engine bays, a training room and administrative offices on the first floor, with a workout room on the mezzanine. Living quarters on the second floor include 10 bedrooms with 30 beds, a full kitchen and an outdoor deck. The project was funded in part by a $2.6 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant, and University City funded the remaining balance. St. Louis Archimages was the architect.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — MAPP Construction will break ground this month on the 40,000-square-foot build-out of the Chamberlain College of Nursing in the Houston suburb of Pearland. The project, consisting of interior and exterior renovations to accommodate specialty lab spaces, offices and classrooms, is scheduled for completion in May of this year. Other members of the build-out team include Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Interior Architects and Environmental Systems Design. Baton Rouge-based MAPP previously worked on another project for Chamberlain College of Nursing, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of DeVry Inc.
DETROIT — The state of Michigan announced Friday that it would pay to demolish Joe Louis Arena after the Detroit Red Wings move into their planned new $450 million home in 2017 or 2018. Tearing down the stadium is part of an agreement approved last week between the city and the owner of the Red Wings — a complex $650 million deal still going through government approval, according to The Detroit News. The deal is contingent upon other approvals needed by April 1, 2014 from the Detroit City Council, the Red Wings owners and the Detroit Downtown Development Authority (DDA). The plan calls for a $450 million sports and entertainment center and $200 million in new residential, retail and office development in a 45-block area that reaches from Grand Circus Park to Charlotte Street between Woodward Avenue and Grand River Avenue. The DDA would own the arena and Olympia Development would operate and maintain it.
MAYNARD, MASS. — CTA Construction has completed the new 121,000-square-foot Maynard High School in Maynard, located about 25 miles west of Boston. The two-story building combines three other Maynard School buildings into one complex. The school is comprised of four wings: Wing A houses the gymnasium, locker rooms and classrooms; Wing B includes administrative offices and classrooms; Wing C houses the auditorium, cafeteria, kitchen and academic classrooms; and Wing D contains mechanical rooms. The existing school was demolished and replaced by new athletic practice fields. CTA Construction collaborated with designer Tappé Architects, and project manager Municipal Building Consultants Inc.