Just as the proverbial “hot stove league” helps baseball fans get through cold winter days, the Florida Marlins’ new 37,000-seat ballpark is providing Miami’s construction industry a respite from the chill of a prolonged building slump.
“There’s not a better time to be building a project like this,” says Brett Atkinson, vice president of Moss & Associates, Fort Lauderdale, which is managing the $515-million, public-private project as part of Hunt-Moss, a joint venture with Hunt Construction Group of Scottsdale, Ariz., in association with Mars Contractors of Miami.