Pulse: Project News for the Week of April 4, 2018
Planning
Arizona Communities Southwest is planning to develop the Madera residential subdivision on a 316-acre site in Queen Creek. The development will include 889 residential lots, a 6.18-acre school site, a 6.25-acre church site and 23 acres of commercial space. The project is valued between $25 million and $50 million. Communities Southwest, 7001 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, 85253. DR#18-00526825.
Florida Ocean Land Investments Inc. is planning to develop Riverwalk Residences at Las Olas, a senior living facility at 333 N. New River Drive East in Fort Lauderdale. The 42-story, 587,641-sq-ft building will include 192 independent living units, 152 assisted living units, 57 memory care units, a seven-story parking garage for 178 vehicles, a social services residential facility club floor with food services, and a health and fitness center. The project is being designed by Borges & Associates and is valued at $175 million. Ocean Land Investments Inc., 1800 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 33301. DR#17-00588325.
Michigan SynSel Energy LLC is planning to construct a biorefinery on the site of the closed Smurfit-Stone Container paper mill in Ontonagon. The plant will produce synthetic gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels. SynSel is partnering with Los Bowl Development on the project. The project is valued at $200 million. SynSel Energy LLC, 445 W. Fullerton Ave., Elmhurst, Ill. 60126. DR#18-00510319.
New Jersey The New Brunswick Development Corp. is planning to develop a Research and Innovation Center in New Brunswick. The center will serve as a business incubator. The 4-million-sq-ft facility will be located adjacent to the New Brunswick train station. The project is valued at $400 million. New Brunswick Development Corp., 120 Albany St., New Brunswick, 08901. DR#18-00586862.
North Dakota Oneok Partners Inc. is planning to expand its Bear Creek Gas Processing Plant in Killdeer. The project entails the installation of underground pipes, above-ground pipes and gas-processing equipment, and will increase the plant’s capacity from 80 million cu ft per day to 175 mil lion cu ft per day. The project is valued at $250 million. Construction is expected to begin June 2018 and be completed by December 2019. Oneok Partners Inc., 100 W. 5th St., Tulsa, Okla. 74103. DR#18-00555146.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
Tennessee Brasfield & Gorrie Inc. has started constructing the Mars Petcare headquarters at the intersection of McEwen Drive and Carothers Parkway in Franklin. The complex includes one four-story and one five-story building, totaling 224,000 sq ft. The headquarters has been designed by Hastings Architecture Associates, and the developer is Highwood Properties Inc. The project is valued between $25 million and $50 million. Brasfield & Gorrie Inc., 1201 Demonbreun St., Nashville, 37203. DR#17-00560081.
Utah Vancon, Inc. has started constructing the Southwest Aqueduct Reach 1 in West Jordan. The project entails installing 12,700 ft of 60-in.-dia welded steel pipe, from the Jordan Narrows Pipeline/Jordan Aqueduct Reach 1 Interconnect Vault (16535 South 900 West) to the Jordan Valley Water Treatment Plant (15305 South 3200 West). The project is valued at $16 million. Vancon, Inc., 1825 Mountain Springs Parkway, Springville, 84663. DR#16-00713710.
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Wisconsin Nicholas & Associates Inc., the construction manager, is currently evaluating subcontractor bids for Meadow View Elementary School in Oconomowoc. The project involves the construction of a new kindergarten-through-fourth-grade elementary school—a single-story, 112,000-sq-ft building. Construction is expected to start April 2018 and be completed by July 2019. The project is valued at $31.7 million. Nicholas & Associates Inc., N16w23217 Stone Ridge Drive, Waukesha, 53188. DR#09-00573234.
Bid, Proposal Dates
Colorado 4/9 Pinkard Construction Co., the construction manager, is seeking subcontractor bidders for the Atlantis Apartments in Denver. The four-story, 72,000-sq-ft building located at 201 S. Cherokee St. will contain 60 apartments. It has been designed by Humphries Poli Architects and is valued at $16 million. Pinkard Construction Co., 9195 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood, 80215. DR#16-00529015.
Texas 4/13 The City of San Antonio is seeking bidders to construct the Hardberger Park Land Bridge. The bridge will serve two functions: It will allow park visitors to use both the western and eastern portions of a 311-acre park that is separated by Wurzbach Parkway, and most of the 150-ft-long, 150-ft-wide bridge will be landscaped to serve as a wildlife corridor. The project was designed by Rialto Studio, and is valued at $25 million. City of San Antonio, 100 Military Plaza, San Antonio, 78205. DR#18-00574155.
Ohio 5/17 The Ohio Dept. of Transportation is seeking bidders for a resurfacing project on Interstate 71. The project entails milling 2 in., resurfacing 3½ in., repairing pavement and widening two bridges over Mud Run and Opossum Run in Madison County. The project is valued at $10.6 million. Ohio Dept. of Transportation, 1980 W. Broad St., Columbus, 43223. DR#11-00676183.
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