Planning Louisiana The Louisiana Office of Facility Planning and Control is planning to build a new natural-sciences building, at Southern University at New Orleans, to replace a building destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The new single-story, 72,833-sq-ft building will contain laboratories, classrooms, meeting and conference spaces, faculty offices and a 120-seat auditorium. Sizeler Thompson Brown Architects is the designer. The estimated construction cost is $27.7 million. Louisiana Office of Facility Planning and Control, 1201 N. Third St., Baton Rouge, 70802. DR#13-00497091. Nebraska A joint venture of The Argent Group, Speedway Properties and RPM Management is planning to develop Journey Senior Living at the Haymarket in Lincoln. The seven-story building will contain 100 independent-living and assisted-living residences, plus 11,000 sq ft of street-level retail space and 7,000 sq ft of office space. Pappageorge Haymes Ltd. is the designer. The project is valued at between $15 million and $25 million. The Argent Group, Attn: Carl Groesbeck, Project Manager, 2550 Golf Rd., Rolling Meadows, Ill. 60008. DR#15-00540410. Ohio First Choice ER-Adeptus Health is planning to build Ohio General Hospital near the intersection of Gemini Place and Orion Place in Columbus. The three-story, 75,000-sq-ft building will contain a 24-bed hospital with three operating rooms. Ascension Group Architects is the designer, and Freese Johnson LLC is the general contractor. The project is estimated to be between $10 million and $15 million. First Choice ER- Adeptus Health, Attn: Jason Worley, Chief Operating Officer, 2941 Lake Vista Dr., Lewisville, Texas 75067. DR#14-00512185. Virginia The Institute for Defense Analyses is planning to build a new headquarters at 701 E. Glebe Rd. in The Exchange at Potomac Yard, a mixed-use development in Alexandria. The project will comprise two nine-story buildings, totaling 360,000 sq ft, plus a five-level underground parking structure and a 400-seat auditorium and conference center. Kishimoto Gordon Dalaya PC Architecture is the designer. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. Institute for Defense Analyses, 4850 Mark Center Dr., Alexandria, 22311. DR#14-00415736. Washington US HealthVest is planning to build the Smokey Point Psychiatric Hospital in Smokey Point. The 60,000-sq-ft building will host a 125-bed hospital. The project is valued at $22.2 million. US HealthVest, 200 S. Wall St., Calhoun, Ga. 30701. DR#13-00647537. |
Bids, Contracts, Proposals Alabama Blalock Building Co. is starting construction of the Leeds Primary Elementary School in Leeds. The single-story, 78,550-sq-ft building will contain 36 classrooms. The designer was Goodwyn Mills & Caywood. The project is valued at $12.9 million. Blalock Building Co., 7309 Gadsden Hwy., Trussville, 35173. DR#13-00596873. Michigan Sachse Construction & Development Corp., the construction manager-at-risk, has started building Du Charme Place apartment buildings at 1544-1566 E. Lafayette St. in the Lafayette Park neighborhood of Detroit. The project consists of four three-story buildings, totaling 199,297 sq ft, with 246 covered parking spaces, a fitness center and a swimming pool. The project is valued at $42 million. Sachse Construction & Development Corp., 1528 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 48009. DR#14-00405894. New York Tishman Construction has started building One Manhattan West, a 69-story, 2-million-sq-ft office building, located at 401 Ninth Ave. in the newly developing Hudson Yards neighborhood of New York City. Skidmore Owings & Merrill is the designer. The project is valued at $618 million. Tishman Construction, 100 Park Ave., New York City 10017. DR#14-00654589. |
Bid, Proposal Dates Arizona 7/15 Greens Group is seeking invitation-only bidders interested in building a Hampton Inn in Parker. The project entails constructing a three-story, 46,582-sq-ft, 76-room building. PK Architects is the designer. The project is estimated to be between $5 million and $10 million. Greens Group, Attn: Ashutosh Kadakia, Project Manager, 14252 Culver Dr., Irvine, Calif. 92604. DR#15-00562778. Florida 7/29 The Florida Dept. of Transportation is seeking bidders to carry out the state Route 710/Beeline Highway widening project in Palm Beach County. The project consists of widening state Route 710, from west of Australian Avenue to Old Dixie Highway, to a four-lane urban section from an existing two-lane rural section. The project is valued at $22.7 million. Florida Dept. of Transportation, 605 Suwannee St., Tallahassee, 32399. DR#14-00644471. Illinois 7/29 The City of Morrison is seeking bidders to build a new wastewater treatment plant. The project entails the construction of two 700-ft-long, 12-in-dia influent force mains; a duplex submersible drain-pump station; a screen and grit building; a 1,200-ft long, 20-in-dia outfall sewer; a control building; and a sludge storage building. Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers is the designer. The project is valued at between $18 million and $25 million. City of Morrison, 200 W. Main St., Morrison, 61270. DR#12-00671229. |