When Porsche-obsessed South Florida developer Gil Dezer told builders he wanted his 60-story condominium to have a car-elevator system so that residents could park their luxury vehicles inside their respective units, he was asking for something that had never been done.
Miami has been maintaining its construction news-making trend, with a string of construction-related headlines including celebrities, lawsuits, legal settlements and even speculation from South Florida’s "Condo King" about a potential housing bubble.
The Central South Carpenters Regional Council has opened its new $12.5 million training facility in New Orleans, featuring 23,000 sq ft of training space for carpenters and millwrights.
Although Florida’s energy-efficiency program, known as PACE, has existed since 2010, recent developments could make it a more viable option to help fund certain commercial capital improvement projects.
Riata Vista is a multiphase, master-planned campus for a global high-tech company. The campus spreads across 20 acres, and Phase 1 entailed building two Class A office buildings totaling 283,000 sq ft, plus a six-story parking garage for 1,700 vehicles.
After conducting an extensive selection process, the General Services Administration chose the design-build team of Gilbane/Gensler to provide repairs and alterations to the G.T. “Mickey” Leland Federal Building in Houston.
Bell Helicopter selected BE&K Building Group to provide construction services for its newest world-class aerospace assembly facility, built on a 14.5-acre site at Lafayette Regional Airport.