May 2012: On the Drawing Board
Quick renovation planned for Minnesota’s Westgate Mall
Eidco Construction will complete a 65,000-sf renovation of the Westgate Mall in Brainerd and Baxter, Minn. The project was designed by Chipman Design Architecture, in collaboration with Ringdahl Architects, and involves a number of interior tenant improvements, along with exterior façade work and the construction of an addition. The 260,725-sf Westgate retail center is scheduled for a 60-day completion.
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Umass Dartmouth to add Bioprocessing Lab tO incubator for life science startups
Suffolk Construction will manage construction on a new bioprocessing facility for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Located on a four-acre site 10 miles from the main campus, the 38,000-sf facility will function as an incubator space for small life science companies in Fall River’s SouthCoast Biopark. The one-story facility will feature research, development, training, quality control, cell culture production, and purification suites, as well as a warehouse, laboratory support spaces, lecture rooms, and offices. Elkus Manfredi Architects is designing the facility to be LEED certified for completion in 2013.[pagebreak]
New mixed-use project planned for Florida’s Broward County
Stiles has launched construction of a new mixed-use development at the southern gateway to the Midtown District in Plantation, Fla. The development includes a new luxury apartment community, a joint venture with Prudential Real Estate Investors, and the adjacent “University Shoppes,” which Stiles owns and is redeveloping. Architecture firm Cohen Freedman Encinosa and Associates designed the multifamily apartment complex, a gated community on a 5.5-acre site, with two 12-story towers offering a total of 321 residences. Stiles Construction is building the residential complex, which is one of Broward County’s first multifamily rental communities designed to achieve LEED certification.[pagebreak]
Downtown Dallas development will provide many tenant options
BOKA Powell, working with commercial real estate development and investment firm KDC, has created an adaptable design for the new 400,000-sf, Class A office tower at the Victory Park mixed-use development in downtown Dallas. The 23-story building, with more than 14 floors of office space above an eight-story parking structure, is designed to accommodate a wide variety of floor plate sizes, ranging from 25,000 to 54,000 sf, to meet the needs of a range of potential tenants. Construction is expected to begin in the fall. KDC will pursue LEED certification.[pagebreak]
$200 Million luxury development planned for Jordan’s capital
Al Maabar of Abu Dhabi developed the new 192,600-sf St. Regis Amman Hotel and Residences in the Abdoun neighborhood of Amman, Jordan. The hotel tower will have 225 luxury guestrooms and 45 serviced apartments situated above a retail and restaurant podium. The branded apartment tower will offer 80 luxury residential units. A 12,900-sf ballroom, meeting rooms, and support spaces will provide the largest function space in the capital city. Perkins Eastman designed the development for completion in 2014.[pagebreak]
