SOUTHLAKE — Cadence McShane Construction Co. has been awarded an expansion/renovation assignment for White's Chapel United Methodist Church, located at 185 S. White's Chapel Blvd. in Southlake. The project includes a two-story, 18,936-square-foot addition, renovation of the church's meeting space, landscaping and expanding the parking lot. Jacobs & Associates is providing architectural services for the assignment, which is slated for a December completion.
THOMPSON'S STATION, TENN. — Mars Petcare and The Nutro Co. have broken ground on the $87 million, 90-acre Regional Innovation Center, located in Thompson's Station. The four-building property, which is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification, will serve as the companies' home base for creating future pet care innovations for its North American market. The buildings will include an Innovation Center building, Product Development Center, Shared Services building and the Pet Health and Nutrition Center. Nashville, Tenn.-based Hastings Architecture Association is the lead architect for the project and Brasfield & Gorrie's Nashville office is the general contractor. Completion is slated for spring 2014.
OKAWVILLE, ILL. — Holland Construction has completed the first phase of the new Okawville School for West Washington County Community Unit District No. 10. Phase I of the facility, which consists of grades K through 12, included construction of the district office, a gymnasium, the junior and senior high school and a cafeteria. The $29 million, two-phase project will include 166,000 square feet of new construction built on two levels around the existing gymnasium. The second phase includes construction of a wing that will house grades K through 6, a computer lab, as well as art and music rooms. Phase II is slated for completion in the summer of 2013. Okawville is located in southern Illinois.
FORT CAMPBELL, KY. — Hoar Construction and Paladin Construction Group have been retained to build a $16.19 million, 64,000-square-foot physical fitness facility, located at Fort Campbell. The facility will include cardio and circuit training areas, a free weight area, group exercise rooms, fitness assessment and stretching area, a gymnasium, racquetball courts, men's and women's locker rooms and sauna areas. Additionally, the project includes a multi-purpose athletic field, two softball fields, an indoor climbing wall and a 140-spot parking lot. Gresham Smith & Partners will team with Hoar and Paladin for the design/build facility.
DALLAS —The Plano Independent School District has selected Cadence McShane to renovate and expand the 95,632-square-foot Mitchell Elementary School, located at 4223 Briargrove Road in Dallas. The redevelopment program includes an addition of 34,376 square feet, which will feature 42 classrooms, a gymnasium, cafeteria, kitchen and library. SHW Group is providing architectural services for the school, which is slated for completion in August 2013.
PANAMA CITY, FLA. —The U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers has plans to build a $7.5 million, 22,600-square-foot U.S. Army Reserve Center, located on Highway 77 in Panama City. The building will include 18,000 square feet of administrative space and a 4,600-square-foot maintenance facility. Charlie Haas and Jim Everitt of Counts Real Estate Group represented both James Maulden and Gary Seymour, the land sellers, in the transaction, and the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers.
LEAGUE CITY — Satterfield & Pontikes Construction has finished the construction of a $4 million Park and Ride facility for Gulf Coast Center MHMR Connect Transit, located at the University of Texas Medical Branch Victory Lakes campus in League City. The project includes a 1,872-square-foot terminal building and parking for more than 400 cars. PGAL provided architectural and design services, and The Goodman Corporation and the Office of Facilities Planning & Construction for UTMB-Galveston provided management services.
DELANO, MINN. — Opus Design Build will begin construction on a 7,000-square-foot addition to the Church of St. Peter in Delano at the end of May. The primary component of the two-story addition will be a multi-purpose banquet facility that can seat 120 people. The project will also include a new main entrance to the church and new restroom facilities for the parish. The architecture will complement the existing brick and masonry of the church, which was built in 1913. The project is scheduled for completion in early September.
NEW YORK CITY — A vacant industrial property at 1621-29 61st Street, located between 16th and 17th avenues in Brooklyn, has sold for $1.7 million. The site includes 8,000 square feet and currently contains a 6,000-square-foot commercial building. The undisclosed buyer plans to build a synagogue on the site. Jeffrey Shalom and Brian Hanson of Massey Knakal Realty Services represented both parties in the transaction.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Orlando-based Rhodes+Brio Architects has been selected to design two Orlando elementary schools, both of which are budgeted at $10 million. The new buildings will replace two older properties. The schools include the 85,000-square-foot Eccleston Elementary School, located at 1500 Aaron Ave., and the 85,000-square-foot Washington Shore Elementary School, located at 944 W. Lake Mann Dr. Ground breaking for Eccleston is set for this August and construction will begin on Washington Shores in the summer of 2013.
