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The vacant Pyramid arena in downtown Memphis will be transformed into a Bass Pro Shop. Instead of a 210-room hotel on three floors around The Pyramid's interior, Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris is considering building 60 to 80 "cabins" inside the building.
Building a hotel became too expensive...
A 13-story, 231,000 sf multi-tenant office building with first floor retail tenants in Coral Gables, Fla., has received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for existing buildings after a retrofit. Built in 1974, 255 Alhambra Circle achieved the certification due to:
• An...
Earlier this year, Castle Square Apartments in Boston completed a deep energy retrofit after a complex renovation process that lasted two years. A deep energy retrofit is defined as a renovation with energy savings greater than 50%, but the retrofit work at Castle Square Apartments reaped a...
Developers interested in acquiring and renovating the 2.4 million sf J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, D.C., can propose a property trade with the General Services Administration. The GSA put out RFIs for ideas on how to get a new FBI headquarters and how to redevelop a large swath of...
California voters last month passed Proposition 39, a measure that devotes $550 million a year until 2018, a total of $2.75 billion, to fund green-improvement projects at schools and public buildings. Upgrades are aimed at energy efficiency and include weatherization, replacement of leaking windows...
A scaled-down plan for a renovation and expansion of the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina received approval from the California Coastal Commission. The $100 million waterfront project will consist of a new three-level, 35,000 sf ballroom and 35,000 sf exhibit hall. The plan is about 14,000...
Relief is on the way for schools and hospitals damaged by superstorm Sandy. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that $500 million will be set aside for repairs of three public hospitals and 23 school buildings damaged by the hurricane. Bloomberg also signed an emergency order...
The General Services Administration says it's dramatically stepping up efforts to sell off underused federal properties to help finance federal construction projects, building renovations, and new leases. Last fiscal year, GSA sold 79 properties for more than $37 million, and gave an additional 35...
Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas has released plans for a $20 million exterior reconstruction of the Center for Advanced Medicine facility. The project became necessary after building forensic experts disassembled and examined areas with known leaks and discovered defects.
The entire...
A $12 million retrofit and expansion of the Kitchener Auditorium in Ontario, Canada, posed several challenges for builder Ball Construction, in part because the building remained in use during work. The structural steel addition, for example, was erected over the existing building. Bringing down...
