DALLAS — The Dallas Independent School District has chosen Satterfield & Pontikes Construction's (S&P) Dallas/Fort Worth office to build the 95,000-square-foot Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson Elementary School, located in the Pleasant Grove community in southeast Dallas. S&P is teaming up with 3i Construction for the $16.8 million project. BRW Architects designed the school in accordance with the Texas Collaborative for High Performing Schools' code of environmental standards. The school will accommodate 821 students and is slated for a fall 2013 completion.
DALLAS — Uplift Education has purchased an 85,386-square-foot office building, located at 2625 Elm St. in Dallas, from HRT Properties of Texas. The building will be redeveloped into a new secondary level charter school. Cincha Kostman and Sanober Syed of Dallas-based Hudson Peters Commercial represented the seller in the transaction. Eliza Solender of Dallas-based Solender/Hall represented the buyer.
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINN. — Opus Design Build LLC has been selected by St. Thomas Academy to build a 95,000-square-foot activities center in Mendota Heights, a southern suburb of the Twin Cities. The center will include two, large gymnasiums, including a competition gym with retractable bleachers capable of seating 1,600 spectators. It will also house a fitness and weight room, locker rooms, health education classrooms and offices for coaches and physical education instructors. The new facility will be connected to the existing main school building by a two-story structure. The first story will include a school store and classroom space and the top level will include art studios and choir and band rooms. Crews will break ground in late April and the project is slated for completion this spring. Opus AE Group will serve as architect and structural engineer for the project.
PHILADELPHIA — The Franklin Institute has broken ground on a new, $64 million building addition. The project will expand the Philadelphia-based science museum by 53,000 square feet. Skanska USA will construct the addition, which will be called the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion. The space will include education classrooms and meeting space. The project is scheduled for completion by 2014.
FORT WORTH — The Erma Lowe Hall, home of Texas Christian University's (TCU) School of Classic and Contemporary Dance on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, has received LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Michael Bennett of Fort Worth-based Bennett Benner Pettit designed the facility, which features large windows, motion sensors and timers for lighting, locally sourced materials and low-flow water fixtures. Approximately 75 percent of the original building has been used in the design, 75 percent of construction waste has been diverted from the landfill and the water usage has been reduced by approximately 50 percent.
SAN ANTONIO — The University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) has selected HKS Sports & Entertainment Group to build a sports complex on the 125-acre UTSA Park West Campus. The complex will be constructed in multiple phases, and Phase I will include the construction of a 1,000-seat soccer stadium, a 1,000-seat track-and-field stadium and a 500-space parking lot. HKS is working with San Antonio-based Overland Partners Architects on the project's design. Bartlett Cocke General Contractors is providing construction services for Phase I, which is slated for completion in fall 2013.
ENFIELD, CONN. — Grace & Glory Apostolic Church Inc. has purchased the former Nassau Furniture store, and an adjacent 18 acres of land in Enfield. The 27,000-square-foot building and parcel were sold for $1.8 million. Nicholas Morizio of Colliers International's Hartford, Conn. office represented both parties in the deal.
DANVERS, MASS. — Danvers High School in Danvers is undergoing an $82 million renovation, which is slated for completion this September. The 309,000-square-foot project will include the addition of a science wing, technical education rooms, a cafeteria and main entrance. Rhode Island-based Bacon Construction Co. is the general contractor for the project and DiNisco Design Partnership is providing architectural services. Coreslab Structures Inc. is the exterior cladding contractor for the project.
ORLANDO, FLA. — The design-build team of SchenkelShultz Architecture and McCree General Contractors has commenced construction on the $13.3 million, 59,511-square-foot Valencia College West Campus Building 10, located at 1800 S. Kirkman Rd. in Orlando. The three-story facility will house Valencia's Continuing and International Education office, the Office of Information Technology, classrooms, a testing center, administrative offices and meeting rooms. Completion is slated for January 2013.
BOSTON — ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge has completed the first phase of a renovation at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. The full project includes 60,000 square feet of clinic, office and support space in the building, which is located at 1 Kneeland St. in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood. The first phase of the project included 20,000 square feet. The project has received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.