DOTHAN, ALA. — Batson-Cook has broken ground on the $25 million, 110,000-square-foot Alabama College of Osteopahtic Medicine (ACOM), a school affiliated with Southeast Alabama Medical Center located at the intersection of Cowarts and Dean roads in Dothan. The three-story structure will contain two auditoriums, laboratory space, study rooms, administrative offices, a student lounge and a teaching clinic that will include exam room mock-ups. Completion is slated for April 2014.
HASLET — Cadence McShane has completed the construction of the 83,099-square-foot J.C. Thompson Elementary School, located on an 11-acre campus at 440 Wishbone Ln. in Haslet. The new school is in the Northwest Independent School District and features 32 classrooms, a cafeteria with a full-service kitchen, a modern library and a gymnasium. Plano-based SHW Group provided architectural services.
ST. LOUIS — Lambert-St. Louis International Airport will reopen its C Concourse in April, a year after a tornado blew out the arched windows in the Terminal I, damaged the concourse roof and caused extensive damage to airline gate areas. Kwame Building Group is the construction manager for the restoration, which includes roof and window replacement and repair on the concession areas. Kwame is also leading a $70 million renovation project at Lambert that began in 2008 and was underway when the tornado struck. The project will upgrade the A and C concourses. Additional work to the C concourse will include new lighting and renovated restrooms. The project is scheduled to be complete by the end of this year.
EVANSTON, ILL. — The nearly 6-year relocation and expansion project at Roycemore School in Evanston, Ill. is complete. Last month, the private school opened its new 68,000-square-foot facility at 1200 Davis St. The school serves 265 students from grades pre-kindergarten through high school, with room to expand enrollment to about 350 students. The building also includes a media center and full-sized gym. The school's previous campus was located at 640 Lincoln St. in Evanston, which the school leased from Northwestern University. Podolsky Northstar CORFAC International assisted Roycemore with the site selection and evaluation process.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Ackerberg Group has completed construction of a new 436-stall parking ramp, public art plaza and pedestrian bridge linking the Midtown Greenway trail to the heart of Uptown in Minneapolis. The art plaza is part of Ackerberg's MoZaic project, a mixed-use development between Fremont and Hennepin avenues. It includes public art installations, patio space for MoZaic's restaurant tenants and a public gathering space. The art plaza will link Lagoon Avenue with the Midtown Greenway through the new bridge, which was funded in part by a Hennepin County Transit Oriented Development grant.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — The University of Saint Francis has purchased an 83,000-square-foot complex at 431 W. Berry St. in downtown Fort Wayne. The center will serve as the main location for several of the university's new and existing media arts programs. It will also be available for use by the public for events, meetings and concerts. Barry Sturges and Carolyn Spake-Leeper of CBRE/Sturges represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
SAVANNAH, GA. — The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has purchased the 39,650-square-foot Crites Hall, located at 217 Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd. in Savannah, from GE Capital for $2.6 million. SCAD originally signed a 10-year lease for the building in December 2000. The buyer has invested more than $2 million in renovations. The building contains classrooms, lecture halls, dance rehearsal studios, a 150-seat theater, a set design shop, offices and conference rooms. Rex Benton and Dickey Mopper of Savannah-based NAI Savannah represented the seller in the transaction.
ORLANDO, FLA. — SchenkelShultz Architecture has finished the $50 million, 380,570-square-foot replacement Maynard Evans High School, located in Orlando. The facility includes three, 3-story classroom buildings with 2,400 student stations, a media center, gymnasium, auditorium, a medical health and dental clinic, an interactive child development lab and an agriculture lab. Orlando-based The Williams Co. was the construction manager for the project.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Broken Sound Club has planned the $13.2 million, Phase II expansion of its 100,000-square-foot country club, located at 2401 Willow Springs Dr. in Boca Raton. The $10.5 million first phase was completed last summer. Phase II will complete the Wellness Center and Spa Cafe, which includes the expansion of the current fitness center and spa and the addition of aerobics rooms, a spinning room with an interactive picture wall, a teen lounge and a cyber cafe. The Aquatic Center will double in size, and water features, bridges, a water park-style children's pool and environmentally-friendly geothermal pool heating will be added. Additionally, a new Bistro Grill will be added with indoor/outdoor seating for more than 150 people. Peacock + Lewis is designing the new facilities and the Weitz Co. is the general contractor. Work is slated to begin in May, with completion projected for November 2012.
NEW YORK CITY — Construction is complete on Vicinitas Hall, a new 68-unit supportive housing development in the Bronx for low-income young adults and those who have aged out of foster care. The 41,000-square-foot property was built on the site of a parking lot for $15.9 million, with $7 million in federal funds issued by the city in addition to stimulus money, state housing funds and tax credits. Vicinitas includes recreation rooms, a landscaped rear yard and offices for case management staff. The building was designed by OCV Architects and constructed by Bayview Real Estate Consultants. Vicinitas will be operated by the Lantern Group, a Manhattan-based nonprofit.