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.
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