RIVERSIDE, ILL. — James McHugh Construction Co. has completed a $64 million renovation and expansion project at Riverside Brookfield High School, which is located at 160 Ridgewood Road in Riverside. The project included a new music center, a new vocational education building, upgraded classrooms, a new swimming pool, a new academic and administrative wing, a new student commons area and a new field house. Additionally, James McHugh renovated and refigured the remainder of the school by expanding the cafeterias and library and improved the computer labs, auditorium, theater and main gymnasium.
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CARLSBAD, CALIF. — McCarthy Building Cos. has completed construction of a new $13.6 million athletic stadium at Carlsbad High School, located at 3557 Lancer Way in Carlsbad. The second of a three-phased, $86 million construction renovation of the school that began in June 2008, the stadium project component involved the demolition of the existing stadium, installation of underground utility infrastructure and construction of a new 3,900-seat venue with aluminum bleachers and a synthetic track and field area. Perkins+Will is the project architect for the entire modernization project, and Gafcon is the program manager.
ATLANTA — McCarthy Building Cos. has completed the 350,000-square-foot Parker H. Petit Science Center for Georgia State University. The $119 million project is located at 161 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive in Atlanta. The property includes teaching and research labs for the colleges of arts and sciences and heath and human services. The center will open in May.
WEBSTER GROVES, MO. — Webster Groves Municipal Library District has selected KAI Design & Build as the construction consultant/project manger for its approximately $6 million expansion and renovation project at Webster Groves Public Library, which is located at 301 E. Lockwood Ave. in Webster Groves. The project includes the construction of a 7,500-square-foot expansion and centralized two-story atrium, which will serve as an art gallery and public meeting space, and renovation of the original 59-year-old, 8,800-square-foot building. St. Louis-based Powers Bowersox Associates is providing architectural services for the project, which is slated to break ground in October.
BOWIE, MD. — St. John Properties has broken ground on the 40,000-square-foot Public Safety Communications Center in the Maryland Science and Technology Center @ Melford development at the intersection of US Route 50 and MD Route 3/301 in Bowie. The property will encompass 3.2 million square feet of mixed-use space upon full build out. The communications center will handle all 911 calls within Prince George's County and will employ more than 200 workers. Property features include dual redundant power and bomb and blast safety construction.
CHICAGO — Chad Freese and David Saad of CB Richard Ellis represented DePaul University in its relocation to 38,000 square feet at Triangle Plaza, which is located at 8770 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. in Chicago. Slated to open in September, the new facility will offer 20 classrooms, including one equipped with personal computers, computer labs, student-support offices, administrative offices, student lounge space and a campus library and resource center. The university is relocating from its current location at 3166 River Road in Des Plaines, Ill.
HARRISON, N.J. — The grand opening has been held for Red Bull Arena, a 25,000-seat sports and entertainment venue located in Harrison. The arena will serve as the new home for the New York Red Bulls soccer team. The new arena is situated within the Riverbend District, which is being redeveloped by Advance Realty into a mixed-use destination. In addition to the arena, plans for Riverbend District call for more than 800,000 square feet of retail space, two hotels, office space and approximately 2,000 residential units.
BRIGHTON, COLO. — The Weitz Company has broken ground on a new 45,000-square-foot public charter school located at 340 S. 45th Ave. in Brighton. When it opens to students in grades K-5 in September, the facility will feature 28 classrooms. The school’s board of directors selected National Heritage Academies as its partner to manage the daily operations of the school.
PINCKNEYVILLE, ILL. — Pinckney Community High School District #101 has selected Swansea, Ill.-based Holland Construction Services to construct a new 54,000-square-foot school in Pinckneyville. Slated to break ground in spring 2011, the new structure will replace two existing buildings, which currently house 470 students in pre-kindergarten and grades nine through 12. The project will renovate the existing gymnasium that will feature a newly installed heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. Additionally, the new structure will house 500 students and offer science rooms with a lab and preparation room, art classrooms with a darkroom, a home economics and food lab, computer and tech labs, a pre-kindergarten classroom, a media center, a girl’s gymnasium and locker rooms, restrooms, general classrooms, special education classrooms with office and restroom spaces, and administrative and guidance offices for the high school and district. The project will also feature a nurse’s office, a teacher’s workroom, storage and mechanical rooms, an elevator and a cafeteria, a kitchen and a cafetorium with a moveable stage. Steeleville, Ill.-based Mevert Professional Associates is providing architectural services for the project.
HOUSTON — Cadence McShane Construction Co. will break ground on the 98,724-square-foot Patterson Elementary School in Houston for the Houston Independent School District. The $13.7 million property, which will be located at 5302 Allendale Road, is set to deliver in May 2011. The LEED Silver-registered school will encompass classrooms, a cafeteria and kitchen, a library and a basketball pavilion. Patterson Elementary School will replace an outdated facility that was built in 1958. Sustaita Architects will design the property.