Pulse: Project News for the Week of March 5, 2018
Planning
Georgia Atlas Real Estate Advisors is planning to redevelop a century-old, 12,000-sq-ft cottonseed mill in Athens into Pulaski Exchange, a 40,000-sq-ft mixed-use project. The plan calls for adding a partial second story to the existing building, which will serve as commercial office space, and constructing two new structures with commercial ground floors and three levels of condos above. All three buildings will be organized around a new public plaza. It is being designed by Arcollab. The project is valued at between $5 million and $10 million. Atlas Real Estate Advisors, Attn: Chris Blackmon, Principal, 247 E. Washington St., Athens, 30601. DR#18-00545685.
Louisiana Babington Properties L.P. is planning to develop a six-story mixed-use building at 1717 Canal St. in New Orleans. The 348,447-sq-ft building will contain 14,229 sq ft of ground floor commercial space, 239 parking spaces, 212 apartments and two interior courtyards. LRK LLC has been selected as the architect, and Milton J. Womack Inc. is the general contractor. The project is valued at $39 million. Contact: LRK LLC, Attn: Michael Sullivan, 643 Magazine St., New Orleans, 70130. DR#17-00734309.
New Jersey Rockefeller Group Development Corp. is planning to construct two single-story logistics buildings totaling 1,036,870 sq ft on a 228-acre site in Piscataway that was formerly owned by Dow Chemical Co. The two buildings represent phase one of an industrial park that will ultimately include six buildings. Phase one is valued at $106.8 million. M+H Architects Inc. has been selected as the designer, and Alston Construction is the general contractor. Construction is expected to start by October. Rockefeller Group Development Corp., Attn: Clark Machemer, Sr. V.P. and Regional Manager, 92 Headquarters Plaza, Morristown, 07960. DR#17-00709099.
Utah The city of Logan is planning to construct a new regional wastewater treatment facility. The 18-milion-gallon-per-day complex will include a pump station, a headworks with screening and grit removal, three bioreactors, four clarifiers, a UV disinfection building, return activated sludge building with BioMag feed/recovery and a dewatering building. It is being designed by Carollo Engineers, and MWH Constructors Inc. has been selected as the construction manager. Construction is expected to begin in April and be completed by October 2021. The project is valued at $107 million. City of Logan, 290 N. 100 West, Logan, 84321. DR#17-00834789.
Wisconsin R2 Cos. is planning to redevelop the downtown Milwaukee post office complex. The 1.1-million-sq-ft building, erected in 1968, sits on a nine-acre site at 341 W. St. Paul Ave. along the Menomonee River. The planned mixed-use complex would feature 980,000 sq ft of office space in both converted space and a new office tower on the building’s west end. A 282,000-sq-ft residential tower would abut the east end. The project will also include a 13,000-sq-ft extension of the river walk and a pedestrian bridge over the river, connecting to the Harley-Davidson Museum. The project is valued at $150 million. R2 Cos., 1130 W. Monroe St., Chicago, 60607. DR#18-00547049.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
Mississippi West Brothers Construction has started building the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District/MSU Partnership middle/senior high school in Starkville. The project is valued at between $25 million and $50 million. West Brothers Construction, 5716 Highway 182 E, Columbus, 39702. DR#17-00826658.
North Carolina RCI Builders has begun converting Mill Arts Center Building, a three-story, 188,000-sq-ft warehouse located at 800 Taylor St. in Durham into office space, artist studios and retail space. The project has been designed by Alliance Architecture. The project owner is LRC Properties. The project is valued at $20 million. RCI Builders, 200 S. West St., Raleigh, 27603. DR#16-00696452.
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South Dakota Loiseau Construction Inc. has started carrying out a resurfacing project on State Route 73 near Lemmon. The work includes cold milling of asphalt concrete, asphalt concrete paving and shoulder widening of State Route 73 north of Grand River to U.S. Route 12. The project is valued at $15.6 million. Loiseau Construction Inc., 1002 W. Elm Ave., Flandreau, 57028. DR#13-00664415.
Bid, Proposal Dates
Florida 3/13 The Florida Dept. of Transportation is seeking bidders to carry out a resurfacing project on State Route 528 in Brevard and Orange counties. The project entails milling and resurfacing Beachline Expressway East (SR 528) from SR 520 in Orange County to East of Industry Rd. The project is valued at $27.2 million. Florida Dept. of Transportation, 263 Mile Post, Turkey Lake Service Plaza, Ocoee, 34761. DR#17-00737564
Texas 3/14 The city of El Paso is requesting proposals for construction manager at-risk services for a water park project. The project entails building two water parks, including body waterslides, play structures, geyser sprays, climbing walls, lazy river vortexes, exterior food courts, shade structures, a 2,800-sq-ft family pool, a 2,150-sq-ft lap pool and a 750-sq-ft children’s play pool. The project is valued at $11 million. City of El Paso, Attn: Claudia Garcia, Controller Computer Specialist, 300 N. Campbell, El Paso, 79901. DR#18-00544163.
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