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After years of economic recovery, private projects re-emerge on the list of the 30 highestvalue projects from Tampa to Naples. But public construction remains prominent. The following pages feature the top 10 construction projects by cost in each of the Business Observer’s coverage areas on the Gulf Coast. To be included, projects must have started between June 2013 and June 2014.
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1. Moffitt McKinley Center SITE: 10902 McKinley Drive, Tampa
Skanska U.S.A., Parsippany, N.J.
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $88 million
DETAILS: Moffitt Cancer Center is building Moffitt McKinley Center, a 207,000-square-foot freestanding outpatient center that will house its first outpatient surgery center. The project, located roughly two miles from its current cancer center, is being developed through a designbuild partnership with Skanska U.S.A. and Alfonso Architects. The new campus was needed
START DATE: Early 2014 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: early fall 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS:
2. 330 3rd Street SITE: 330 Third St. S., St. Petersburg ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $84 million START DATE: May ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: August 2016 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: American Land Ventures LLC, Miami GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: DPR Hardin Construction, Atlanta DETAILS: American Land Ventures LLC is constructing a 358-unit apartment high-rise and a freestanding parking garage
with 606 parking spaces. Located on a nearly 3-acre parcel, the 17-story project calls for 353,000 square feet of residential space and 4,700 square feet of retail in the base of the garage. Units will range from 600-square-foot studios up to 2,500-square-foot three-bedroom units. ADD Inc. of Miami designed the project. All of the buildings amenities are located on the roof to take advantage of the building’s bay views. Those amenities include a swimming pool, fitness facility and professional demonstration kitchen.
because the main Moffitt Cancer Center Campus has run out of space. It is being designed to move many of the smaller surgical cases out of the main Moffitt Cancer Center Campus, allowing the main campus to better meet the growing patient volumes. The breast and cutaneous clinics and all their related support staffs will be moving to the new facility. The expanded clinic space will contain
radiology services, infusion and other support services. The surgical center will occupy the entire second floor of the new six-story building. The facility will also house four operating rooms, two procedure suites and pre-admissions testing. The aesthetic and branding of the new campus will focus on nature and the environment, including a ground-level healing garden on the property.
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3. Elevating Gandy Boulevard SITE: a portion of Gandy Boulevard from Interstate 275 to east of Fourth Street North, Pinellas County
SITE: a portion of I-75 from north of County Road 54 to north State Road 52 and on State Road 52 from Old Pasco Road to east of Corporate Lake Boulevard, Pasco County
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $83 million START DATE: February
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $71.25 million
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: 2017
START DATE: Nov. 18, 2013
DETAILS: To improve traffic flow in Pinellas County and reduce congestion, the Florida Department of Transportation has hired Condotte-deMoya JV to turn a portion of Gandy Boulevard into an elevated six-lane roadway from Interstate 275 to west of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North. The work will also create a
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ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: spring 2017
OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: State of Florida, Tallahassee GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Condotte-deMoya JV, a joint venture of Condotte America Inc., Medley and The de Moya Group Inc., Miami
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four-lane Gandy Boulevard from west of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North to east of Fourth Street North. It will also add a parallel frontage roadway and pedestrian and bicycle trails. Interchanges will be built at 94th Avenue, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North, Roosevelt Boulevard, and Fourth Street North. The most disruptive construction work, including lane closures and temporary detours, is scheduled to occur during off-peak travel hours and weekends.
OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: State of Florida, Tallahassee GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Prince Contracting LLC, Tampa DETAILS: The Florida Department of Transportation is widening a section of Interstate 75 in Pasco County from four to six lanes. The project includes adding lanes in each direction, resurfacing the existing lanes, drainage construction, overhead signage and high mast lighting. A loop ramp will also be added to the State Road 52
interchange for westbound S.R. 52 traffic entering southbound I-75. Ramp intersections will have traffic signals to manage entrance and exit on I-75. There will also be an extensive reconstruction of S.R. 52 at I-75, from west of Old Pasco Road to east of Corporate Lake Boulevard. That portion will be expanded into a six-lane roadway that transitions to the existing roadway. Frontage roads will also be constructed on both the north and south side of S.R. 52 and west of I-75. On-street bicycle lanes will be built in both directions of S.R. 52 along with a standard sidewalk on the south side and a 10-foot wide sidewalk on the north side.
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6. Largo High School replacement facility NAME: 410 Missouri Ave. N., Largo ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $54.8 million START DATE: March ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: August 2016 (new buildings) February 2017 (entire project including athletic fields) OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Pinellas County Schools, Largo GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Ajax Building Corp., Oldsmar DETAILS: Pinellas County Schools is building a replacement school on the site of an existing ‘50s-era school campus. The school system says the existing facility had outlived its useful life and was constantly in need of costly repairs.
The redevelopment calls for demolishing most of the existing school property and creating 259,120 square feet of new education space while the school remains open. The school will continue to operate from portable classrooms on the athletic fields and existing buildings outside the footprint of the project. The construction will create about 75 classrooms, office space, a gymnasium and cafeterias. An auditorium will also be created using the shell of one of the existing buildings. The project also calls for renovations to the field house and creating new baseball, softball and tennis courts.
7. Amazon Fulfillment Center 5. SkyHouse Channelside NAME: 112 N. 12th St., Tampa ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $65 million START DATE: Jan. 10 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: March 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Novare Group, Atlanta GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Batson-Cook Construction, West Point, Ga. DETAILS: The Novare Group is developing SkyHouse Channelside as a 23-story, 320-unit luxury apartment building on 12th Street between East Washington and East Whiting streets.
The one- and threebedroom residential units will feature floor-to-ceiling glass views. The project will include a “SkyHouse” on the 23rd floor that contains a clubroom, fitness area and outdoor plazas with a swimming pool, fireplaces and covered outdoor lounges. The SkyHouse will also offer 360-degree views of the city. The architecture firm Smallwood Reynolds Stewart Stewart designed the project. The high-rise is the partners’ ninth residential project overall and second in Florida. It plans to market the units particularly to Generation Y professionals, who are more attracted to urban infill areas.
NAME: 3350 Laurel Ridge Ave., Ruskin ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $52.19 million (permit value) START DATE: fall 2013 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Unannounced OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: USAA Real Estate Co., San Antonio, Texas GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Seefried Development Management/ Seefried Properties, Atlanta DETAILS: USAA Real Estate Co. is preparing to serve as landlord for a large new warehouse facility in Ruskin as retail Internet giant Amazon.com moved its distribution into the state with two fulfillment centers in Lakeland and Ruskin. Both properties will feature more than a million square
feet, but while the Lakeland facility will focus on larger items, such as grills, lawn mowers and kayaks, the Ruskin center will specialize in small items such as DVDs and blenders. The new Ruskin location will employ more than 1,000 people. Amazon declined to comment on most of the facts about the insides of the new concrete-walled warehouse, including its layout, equipment and builtin technology. The main goal, the company says, is to grow and expand its distribution lines for fast shipping close to its customers in the state.
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9. The Reed at ENCORE!
SITE: a portion of I-75 from north of State Road 52 to the Hernando County line
SITE: 1240 Ray Charles Blvd., Tampa
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $45.81 million START DATE: Jan. 20
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $31.01 million
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: spring 2016
START DATE: September 2013
OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: State of Florida, Tallahassee GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Granite Construction Inc., Watsonville, Calif. DETAILS: The Florida Department of Transportation is widening 7.8 miles of Interstate 75 from four to six lanes from north of State Road 52 to the Pasco County/ Hernando County line. The project includes adding one lane in each direction, resurfacing the two existing travel lanes, extending acceleration ramps at the County Road 41 (Exit 293) interchange and resurfacing the existing ramps. The project also includes pond construction, adding intelligent transportation system sensors, cameras
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and other technology and installing signs and pavement markings. When the project is finished, there will be three 12-foot through-lanes in each direction plus 10-foot inside and outside paved shoulders and a 40-foot median between the northbound and southbound lanes. The improvements were needed to increase roadway capacity and traffic flow. Parsons Transportation Group was the engineer of record for the design. The construction is being staged to make sure that all existing lanes of traffic and interchange ramps are open on I-75 during peak traffic hours. As a result most of the project and particularly the lane closures are being done from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: November OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Central Park Development Group LLC (Banc of America Community Development Corp. and the Tampa Housing Authority), Tampa GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Siltek Group Inc., Plantation DETAILS: The Reed at ENCORE! is the third of four multifamily buildings being developed as part the ENCORE!, a $42 million master-planned redevelopment of 12 city blocks and more than 40 acres just north of downtown Tampa. The development will create a seven-story building
with 158 one- and twobedroom senior residential units ranging in size from 702 to 1,050 square feet. Its amenities will include a swimming pool, community garden, community room with kitchen, fitness center, computer center and library, movie theater and chapel. The Reed will also include a 89,818-square-foot parking garage with 220 spaces. The project is being constructed to be environmentally friendly and includes features to conserve energy, such as energy-efficient lighting and appliances and solar panels. It is expected to receive a Silver LEED certification at completion. Baker Barrios Architects designed the project.
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10. Gateway North Apartments NAME: 2681 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $27.35 million (permit value) START DATE: October 2013 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: May 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Pollack Shores Real Estate Group, Atlanta GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Oxford Properties LLC, Atlanta DETAILS: Pollack Shores Real Estate Group is building a 342-unit apartment development on 16.25 acres near U.S. 19 and a new Walmart Supercenter. The 419,080-squarefoot (322,284 rentable) project will feature 10 three-story residential buildings and a clubhouse/leasing center. Units will offer from one to three bedrooms. Its amenities will include a swimming pool with a private
courtyard, cabanas and an outdoor bar/kitchen, pet park, fitness center, private conference room and shuffle board courts. The development
will also feature a lake and walking tail. The Preston Partnership of Atlanta was the architect for the project.
The project and its developer are benefiting from the city of Largo’s temporary moratorium on park and facilities impact fees.
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1. Aloft Sarasota and One Palm Apartment Residences SITE: 1401 Ringling Blvd. and 201 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $50 million (development cost) START DATE: March 3 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: October 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: 240 S Pineapple Office Sarasota LLC (a joint venture iStar Financial Inc. and JWM
Management Inc.), New York City GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Kellogg & Kimsey Inc., Sarasota DETAILS: Sarasota attorney John Meshad’s JWM Management Inc. is heading up the development of a 10-story, 139-room Aloft upscale limited-services hotel and a 10-story 141-unit apartment building. The two buildings are being built adjacent to each other and over a seven-story parking
garage owned by iStar Financial. As part of the development, the area over the parking garage will be expanded by another three stories including a joint amenity deck on the eighth floor with a swimming pool and fitness center. The development will also include retail or restaurant space on the bottom floor at the corner of Ringling Boulevard and Palm Avenue. Hoyt Architects of Sarasota designed the project.
2. Interstate 75 widening SITE: a portion of I-75 from Sumter Boulevard to River Road in Sarasota County ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $35.64 million START DATE: Oct. 28, 2013 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: summer 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: State of Florida, Tallahassee GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Conalvias USA, Fort Lauderdale DETAILS: The Florida Department of Transportation is expanding
nine miles of I-75 to six lanes in southern Sarasota County. The project also calls for resurfacing the existing four lanes, constructing new drainage and replacing high mast lighting at the interchanges. FDOT will develop eight stormwater ponds within the existing interstate limits to eliminate the need to acquire additional right-of-way land. The construction will include additional improvements to the roadway to allow it to be expandable in the future to eight lanes if needed. Paul Foley of Kisinger Campo & Associates is the engineer of record for the project.
JWM Management attributes the unique mix of product to the strong need downtown for both “correctly priced” rental apartment units and hotel space. It felt that that the Aloft hotel was a popular trending brand that would be good match for the apartment renters it hopes to attract. The existing parking garage offers the developers the added advantage of containing much of its project traffic on-site during construction.
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3. Aria Longboat Key SITE: 2251 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $28 million ($62.8 million sellout value) START DATE: January ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: fall 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: VAM LBK Development LLC (Ascentia Development Group and its equity partners), Northbrook, Ill. GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Suffolk
Construction, Boston DETAILS: Sarasota developer Jay Tallman’s Ascentia Development Group is developing the 150,000-squarefoot Aria Longboat Key mid-rise condominium on the 5-acre site of the historic Villa am Meer. The estate home was built in 1935 and designed by the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art’s architect, John H Phillips. The project will feature 16 residential units in a new fourstory building over parking. Units will range in size from 3,804 to 3,940 square
feet and feature private and service elevators, oversized garages; floor-to-ceiling glass windows and terraces with summer kitchens with unobstructed views of the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the units will also feature private infinity swimming pools and the community will also include a beachside pool and a 1,700-square-foot wellness center. Thirteen of Aria’s 16 residences are now under contract, and the three remaining units are listed for between $3.6 million and $3.85
million. The historic Villa am Meer estate home has already been renovated to serve as Aria’s beachfront Residents Club with a private dining room, gathering room, caterer’s kitchen, private wine cellar, guest suite, resident caretaker’s quarters and outdoor terrace with beachside fire pit. Santiesteban & Associates Architects LLC of Tampa designed the project. The project is the first new condominium community to break ground on Longboat Key in more than seven years.
4. Creekside Apartments SITE: 11209 Ranch Creek Terrace, Bradenton ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $22 million START DATE: Sept. 9, 2013 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Dec. 31 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Creekside Ranch Apartments (P.A.C. Land Development), Winter Park GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Brooks & Freund LLC, Fort Myers DETAILS: Hoping to capitalize on the growing demand in Lakewood Ranch for apartment units, P.A.C. Land Development is developing the Creekside Apartments on 24 acres across from the Manatee Technical Institute East Campus. The project will feature five fourstory buildings with a total of 256 units and 12 garages. Its amenities will include an indoor basketball court, swimming pool, human-size chess set, sand volleyball court, billiards, bar and grill, exercise
and aerobic facility, dog park and car wash. P.A.C. Land Development
previously developed the adjacent gated 272-unit Lost Creek Resort Apartments.
Forum Architecture and Interior Design Inc. designed the project.
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6. The Venue 5. Lake Manatee Dam at Lakewood Ranch Rehabilitation SITE: 17915 Waterline Road, Bradenton ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $18 million START DATE: April ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Oct. 31 (phases 1A and 1B) uncertain (phase 2) OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Manatee County, Bradenton GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Hayward Baker Inc., Hanover, Md. DETAILS: During recent annual dam inspections, Manatee County officials were alerted to significant erosion problems with the Lake Manatee Dam. It was discovered that there were voids under the downstream spillway and loose soil near the downstream walls, which could cause the dam to fail during a heavy rainfall (four to five inches). To minimize the potential damage to the dam, Manatee County lowered the lake from 40 feet above mean sea level,
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to 38 feet to provide additional storage in the event of a significant rainfall event. The county is now moving forward with a multiphase project to shore up the dam. In phase 1A, the county’s contractor is applying a jet grout to the service spillway and along the axis of the dam. That will be followed with a trench-cutting remix deep method. The combined effect will be to mix the soil and the clay or cement binder to a create a water barrier to createa stronger cutoff wall. In phase 1B, the cutoff wall will be extended an additional 750 feet south and 1,700 feet north. The second phase is still being developed.
SITE: 8240 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $18 million (permit value) START DATE: July 2013 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: fall OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Davis Development, Stockbridge, Ga. GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Morrow Construction, Stockbridge, Ga.
DETAILS: Davis Development is developing a 237-unit apartment community on 8.5 acres across from Lakewood Ranch Main Street. The project is being built in a mixture of three- and four-story buildings. Units will range in size from one bedroom with 661 square feet and three bedrooms with 1,421 square feet. Its amenities include a carcare center, coffee and tea bar, fitness center, outdoor kitchen and swimming pool.
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7. Siesta Beach Park Improvements SITE: 948 Beach Road, Sarasota ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $17 million START DATE: January ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: December 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Sarasota County, Sarasota
GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Jon F. Swift Inc., Sarasota
DETAILS: Sarasota County hired Jon F. Swift Inc. to make a number of improvements to Siesta Beach Park. The goal of the project is to increase and improve parking and pedestrian access, upgrade and expand recreational
opportunities and facilities there and restore the historic pavilion, which was originally built in the 1950s. The firm will be expanding and renovating the parking lot, modernizing and expanding the Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible restrooms and improving the elevated concession area. The project
calls for constructing picnic shelters, buildings for the sheriff, lifeguards, county staff, and maintenance and a 15-foot pedestrian esplanade across the park. The project will use native plant materials and energyefficient, turtle-friendly lighting. Sweet Sparkman Architects of Sarasota designed the project.
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and Arcticstar Design Inc. of Bradenton was the architect.
8. Q Townhomes SITE: 91750 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $16.5 million START DATE: October 2013 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: September (first units completed) April 2015 (total project) OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Jebco Ventures Inc., Sarasota GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Storie Construction Group Inc., Sarasota
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9. Emergency Operations Center SITE: 650 Porter Way, Sarasota ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $15.42 million START DATE: November 2013
SITE: 5311 Proctor Road Sarasota
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: March 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Sarasota County, Sarasota GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Ajax Building Corp. /Tandem Construction, Sarasota DETAILS: Sarasota County government is building a new Emergency Operations Center/911 Center to replace its existing facility in the Sarasota County Administration Center. The new building is designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane with winds in excess of 250 miles per hour
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $13.99 million
and is outside the hurricane storm surge and flood zones. Located on the east side of Cattlemen Road and south of Bahia Vista, the project includes construction of an about 40,000-squarefoot facility to house the Emergency Operations Center, 911 Dispatch Center and the Enterprise non-emergency Contact Center. The project also includes a 250-foot telecommunication tower to allow communication between emergency response agencies. The facility will be used year-round by 911 staff and other emergency management officials.
START DATE: May 19 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: July 10, 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: HealthTrust LLC, Sarasota GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Proctor Construction Co., Vero Beach DETAILS: HealthTrust LLC, a Sarasota-based specialty senior housing and health care appraisal and consulting firm company led by Alan Plush, is developing a 89,471-square-foot senior
housing facility on an 8.97acre site. HarborChase of Sarasota will feature a single building with two wings, one for 60 assisted-living units and the second for 48 memory care apartments. The development will include several living and dining areas, a specialized wellness center, laundry rooms, a library, salon, spa and hobby rooms. The memory care portion of the project will features a dining room, several lounge areas featuring music or an aquarium and two exterior courtyards with seating, potting stations, water features, and activity games. Emmett Walsh of Largobased Architectural Concepts Inc. designed the project.
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1. Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida SITE: 9981 S. HealthPark Drive, Fort Myers
between Skanska USA, New Jersey and Gates, Bonita Springs
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $150 million
ARCHITECT: Harvard Jolly Inc. based in Tampa
START DATE: April 30
DETAILS: The Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida is constructing a seven-story, 300,000-square-foot pediatric tower to consolidate all of the children’s departments into a single facility. The Golisano Children’s Hospital is currently housed within HealthPark Medical
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: February 2017 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Skanska Gates, a joint venture
Center. This new children’s pavilion will have its own new entry, along with a connection to the existing HealthPark hospital. The hospital will open with 128 beds, with the capacity to expand to 160 in the future. It will feature a pediatric emergency department on the second level with a service ramp separate from the surface parking. The new hospital will also house pediatric surgical services, intensive care, hematology and oncology care,
outpatient clinics, neonatal care, a pharmacy and diagnostic imaging services. The project will expand the parking, reconfigure access roads and underground utilities, create a direct access to the pediatric emergency department and expand the existing central energy plant. The development is being done in phases to allow the departments to continue to operate from their HealthPark locations.
3. Arlington 2. Hertz Corp. of Naples Worldwide Headquarters SITE: 7883 Arlington Blvd., Naples ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $70 million (centralized multifamily portion only, excludes villa homes) START DATE: Dec. 15, 2013 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: June 15, 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Lutheran Life Communities, Arlington Heights, Ill.
SITE: 8101 Williams Road, Estero ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $85 million START DATE: April ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: December 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Hertz Corp., Naples GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Turner Construction Co., New York City DETAILS: Hertz is developing a 248,000-square-foot worldheadquarters building on a 32.4-acre site. Its amenities will include an onsite dining facility, fitness center, covered
parking and walking/jogging trails. The headquarters building is designed and being constructed to achieve LEED Gold certification. It will include energy-efficient lighting and equipment, recycled building materials and finishes, solar panels and water-saving fixtures. The campus will also include a parking structure built to reduce pollution from stormwater runoff and minimize the urban heatisland effect. The development also calls for a 5,000-square-foot retail car sales facility and a 2-acre park. Gensler designed the project.
GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: A joint venture of DeAngelis Diamond Construction Inc., Naples and Archer Western, Atlanta (central building and infrastructure); and Stock Construction, Naples (31 villa homes) DETAILS: Lutheran Life Communities is developing the first faith-based continuing care retirement community in Collier County on a 39-acre site in Naples’ Lely Resort. The Arlington will feature 132 independent-living apartment units, 42 one- and two-bedroom assisted-living apartments, 37 memory support apartments and 44 private skilled-nursing suites. Stock Construction has also been hired to create 31 independent-living villas in the community.
The non-villa portion (central building) of the project is being built as a single 487,000-square-foot structure that varies in height from five stories for the independentliving units down to a single story for the memory care units. Amenities will include an indoor aquatic center, enclosed spa and fitness center, multicultural learning center, and multiple dining areas. The independent-living apartment portion of the building is being constructed as a post-tension concrete structure while the assistedliving and skilled-nursing sections are concretereinforced masonry. When it opens, The Arlington will employ about 190 people. The Illinois developer is financing the project through a $190 million tax-exempt fixedrate bonds underwritten by the specialty investment bank Ziegler. SFCS of Roanoke, Va., designed the project.
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SITE: a portion of U.S. 41 from State Road 951 to Greenway Road, Collier County
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $48.5 million
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $38 million
START DATE: Aug. 20, 2013
START DATE: November 2013
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: February 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Lee County, Fort Myers GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Manhattan Twins Joint Venture (a joint venture of Manhattan Construction, Chris-Tel Construction and Casey Construction), Fort Myers DETAILS: Lee County is contributing $42.5 million and the Minnesota Twins are spending another $6 million to vastly improve the Lee County Sports Complex and Hammond Stadium. The development calls for expanding the complex, which also is home to the Florida State League Fort Myers Miracle, from its current seating capacity of 8,000 to
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9,300, and includes upgrading the concourses, a new retail store, a 360-degree boardwalk with a new seating berm and new group seating areas. The project will also add a residential player development academy for players and staff, a new practice field, agility field and training area. The first phase of the project will focus on the academy building, clubhouse and boardwalk around the main stadium outfield. Phase two is the stadium renovations including new elevators, updates and upgrades to the stadium entrance. The project helped the county sign the Minnesota Twins to another 30-year lease. Populous Inc. is the architect for the project.
OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: State of Florida, Tallahassee GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Ajax Paving Industries of Florida LLC, Nokomis
northbound and southbound travel lanes. The project also includes a 10-foot multiuse pathway along the southbound travel lanes connecting to the existing trail at CollierSeminole State Park and a 6-foot sidewalk parallel to the northbound lanes. Median openings will be spaced throughout the project allow for left turns and U-turns. The construction also will replace the traffic signal at Manatee Road and relocate utilities and driving piles for the bridge over Henderson Creek.
DETAILS: The Florida Department of Transportation has hired a design/build team, Wantman Group Inc./Ajax Paving Industries of Florida LLC, to expand a section of Tamiami Trail. From S.R. 951 to Joseph Lane, this project will expand the road from two lanes to six lanes. From Joseph Lane to Greenway Road, crews will expand U.S. 41 from two lanes to four lanes. A 30-foot median will be created separating the
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6. Discovery Village at Naples SITE: 8417 Sierra Meadows Blvd., Naples ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: about $30 million START DATE: December 2013 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: January 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Discovery Senior Living, Bonita Springs GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND
CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Henning Construction Co., Johnston, Iowa DETAILS: Discovery Senior Living is developing a new rental senior-living facility on 6.9 acres across from the Physician’s Regional Medical Center-Collier Boulevard. The 120,000-squarefoot project calls for a threestory wing of 30 apartment units for independent living, a two-and three-story wing of 60
7. Channelside
SITE: 15031 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: just more than $28 million START DATE: February ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: January 2015 (first buildings certified for occupancy) and August 2015 (total completion) OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: McGregor 325 LLC (Aileron Holdings), Tampa GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Brooks & Freund LLC, Fort Myers DETAILS: Aileron Holdings is developing a 325-unit, marketrate apartment complex on a 28.9-acre site at the corner of Gladiolus Drive and McGregor
Boulevard. The project as designed would create a gated complex of five buildings and a clubhouse. Amenities will include a beach-access saline swimming pool, detached garages, fitness center, gaming and media center and a carcare/detailing center. The site will also feature three lakes. Aileron was offering financing in Fort Myers when it first came across the property. The company says Lee County’s demographics and rental statistics, which are some of the best in Florida, made building Channelside a fairly easy decision. One of its goals for the project is to be first to market. The developer plans to contract with SPM Property Management of Birmingham, Ala., to handle managing and leasing the apartment.
apartments for assisted living and a one-story wing of 30 memory care suites. Amenities will include a clubhouse building, fitness center, ice cream parlor, wellness center with indoor therapy pool, physician offices, a movie theater and two dining venues. The campus is being built to support keyless fob-based controlled access. The exterior of the building is being designed with several
cupolas to break up the structure. The developer says that when it was looking at the Naples market it found that less than 20% of seniors who wanted assistedliving services were being served. It was also attracted by the ability to locate on a site in the middle of the medical community, the company says. Bo Russ of Architectural Concepts Inc. of Largo designed the project.
8. Aster at Lely
SITE: 8120 Acacia St., Naples ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $24 million START DATE: July 23, 2013 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Oct. 30 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: 360 Residential, Atlanta GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Brooks & Freund LLC, Fort Myers DETAILS: The Aster at Lely is a 308-unit apartment complex being constructed at the southwest corner of Lely Cultural Parkway and Collier Boulevard next to the Lely Resort Golf and Country Club
and across from the Collier County Regional Medical Center. The development will create 11 residential buildings, another 11 freestanding garage buildings and a clubhouse. It will feature two fountains, a swimming pool with six shade structures, an outdoor kitchen and fire pits. The Aster at Lely site is located next to an existing wetland preserve so Brooks and Freund and its subcontractors had to take extra precautions to contain the construction and drainage from interfering with or damaging the preserve. Gary Coursey & Associates Architects designed the project.
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SITE: 9051 Thunder Road, Fort Myers ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $15 million START DATE: November 2013 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: October (phase 1) and fall 2015 (phase 2) OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Scott Fischer Enterprises, Fort Myers GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Chase-Builder Corp., Fort Myers DETAILS: Scott Fischer Enterprises is developing a motorcycle-themed commercial development on 16.5 acres near Interstate 75 and Daniels Parkway. It will feature a 54,000-square-
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foot Harley-Davidson retail location, riding academy and test ride track, an event center for more than 5,000 people and commercial space. In phase one, the project will create the Harley-Davidson store, Riding Academy, Top Rocker Field and Plaza. Phase two calls for more than 35,000 square feet of mixed-use commercial space in two buildings. The new Harley-Davidson store will replace the existing location on Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers. The six bends name refers to the bends in a motorcycle’s handlebar, a part often customized on a motorcycle. RG Architects PA and CC+M Architecture Group LLC designed the project.
SITE: 1285 Creekside Blvd. E., Naples ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE: $14.5 million START DATE: April 15 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: August 2015 OWNER AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Landmark Hospitals, Cape Girardeau, Mo. GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CITY OF HEADQUARTERS: Stevens Construction Inc., Fort Myers DETAILS: Landmark Hospitals is developing an 86,676-square-foot, 50-bed, long-term acute care facility. The three-story hospital will specialize in wound care, low-tolerance
rehabilitation, mechanical ventilation and treatments. Landmark Hospital will also offer programs for poststroke, -surgery and -cardiac patients. The first floor of Landmark Hospital will be shell space available for lease, while the second floor will accommodate operating rooms, conference rooms, CT Scan and administrative offices. The third floor will feature a 10-bed intensive care unit, 10-bed progressive care unit and 30 medical and surgical beds. The project is being built using three-story tilt wall concrete panels. HuntonBrady Architects of Orlando designed the new hospital.
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