S.R. Clarke Construction / Real Estate Development / Architecture / Engineering Blog: Apr 26, 2007






Thursday, April 26, 2007

Heath Construction Scores Colorado & Wyoming School Projects

http://home.businesswire.com/

"Heath Construction, which has constructed or remodeled nearly 40 educational facilities in Colorado and surrounding states in the last decade, recently was named general contractor for two school projects in Colorado and Wyoming.

Thompson School District R2J selected Heath to build a $6.4 million addition to Mountain View High School in Loveland. Laramie School District 1 chose Heath as general contractor for the $2.75 million remodel of Anderson Elementary School in Cheyenne, Wyo.

“We take pride in building schools because we believe quality learning environments contribute to student success,” said Randy DeMario, president, Heath Construction. “Heath’s team has solid experience with educational facility projects, and we welcome the challenges associated with them.” "

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Washington State Lodge Tops Off

http://www.hotelmotel.com

"Sitting on a 250-foot bluff with jaw-dropping views, the 380,000 square foot, six-story Lodge at Suncadia is scheduled to open in April 2008. Located on 12 acres overlooking the Cle Elum River Valley and Tumble Creek, with a backdrop of Mount Baldy, Domerie Peak, and the Cascades Range, The Lodge will feature 223 guest rooms, a destination restaurant with indoor and outdoor dining, a bar and den. It will also house a 20,000-square foot state-of-the-art conference center, including grand (6,000 sq. ft.) and junior (2,800 sq. ft.) ballrooms, multiple meeting and banquet rooms, a board room, breakout rooms, and large mountain meadows for outdoor gatherings."

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Large Chandler Arizona Apartment Sale

http://www.multi-housingnews.com/

"CB Richard Ellis’ San Diego central office have announced that its Multi-Housing Group has arranged the purchase of Laguna Villas Apartments in the Ocotillo area of Chandler, Ariz., for $38.5 million.

Valle West Tennis Club Apartments, doing business as Water’s Edge at Ocotillo Inc., purchased the 272-unit apartment complex from LV Sunvest Development LLC. The new owners of Laguna Villas Apartments plan on changing the name of the complex to Water Side at Ocotillo and, at this time, does not have any plans to convert the community into condos.

Located at 4800 South Alma School Rd., the apartment complex was built in 1999 and was renovated in 2006. The community is comprised of 15 two- and three-story buildings on 17 acres, totaling approximately 257,000 rentable square feet. "

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Turner Construction Leases Space In Baltimore's Iconic Office

http://www.globest.com/

"Turner Construction has picked up 6,657 sf in Baltimore’s iconic office building, 250 W. Pratt St. According to a spokeswoman for Cushman & Wakefield, the new lease brings the occupancy up to 91%.

The building’s owner, Addison, Texas-based Behringer Harvard Funds, opted to sign a new leasing agreement with C&W at the beginning of the month. After CB Richard Ellis acquired Trammell Crow last year and the leasing agents that were handling its building left the firm, it had the option of either finding a new brokerage firm, remaining with CBRE, or following the team that had been handling leasing for the 368,194-sf tower for the last three years. "

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MGM Mirage To Invest In "The M Resort"

http://www.prnewswire.com/

"MGM MIRAGE announced today that it will invest in The M Resort, an 80-acre mixed-use
development, currently being developed by Anthony A. Marnell III. The
project is located on the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and St.
Rose Parkway, approximately 10 miles south of Bellagio.
The M Resort will be developed in multiple phases, with the first phase
located on approximately 40 acres consisting of an Italian contemporary
designed resort, spa and casino. The development integrates a customized
collection of amenities including an outdoor canyon pool and entertainment
venue, oversized guest rooms, panoramic suites, a top-of-the-t"

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Las Vegas Turnberry Town Square To Open In Late 2007

http://www.globest.com/

"Turnberry’s Town Square development is in an open-air, main street-themed design that will have 150 retail shops and at least one dozen restaurants. Amenities include a 9,000-sf children’s park at the heart of the development that will include a hedge maze, a 25-foot tall tree house, a staging area for children’s performances and an interactive, two-level miniature replica of the center.

Anchor retail tenants include Rave Motion Pictures, Robb & Stucky, Borders and 24-Hour Fitness. Fry’s Electronics adjacent to the site was acquired by Turnberry and Centra and will be incorporated as a Town Square anchor. Restaurants opening their first store in Las Vegas at Town Square will include Tommy Bahama’s Tropical Café and Emporium, Yard House, The Grape and Texas de Brazil. Bar Louie, Brio and Claim Jumper also will open restaurants within Town Square.

Town Square is located at the south end of The Strip, at the junction of I-15 and the 215 Beltway. Las Vegas-based Marnell Corrao Associates and Baltimore-based Development Design Group Inc. are the architects of record for Town Square. "

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Kimco Buys Miami Shopping Center

http://www.costar.com/

"Principal Financial Group of Des Moines, IA, has sold Flagler Park Plaza, a 350,000-square-foot shopping center at 8221-8373 W. Flagler St. and 211 NW 82nd Ave. in Miami. The buyer, New York-based retail REIT Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM), paid $95 million -- a new record for an outdoor shopping center in South Florida -- or about $271 per square foot.

The main building was constructed in 1990 and includes national tenants Publix, Office Depot, Linens N' Things, JoAnn Fabrics, Michael's, PetSmart, Big Lots, and Walgreens. A 22,078-square-foot building housing Pep Boys Auto was added in 1991, and a 5,474-square-foot Regions Bank branch was added in 1992. "

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Turner Construction Building Henry Ford Hospital

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/

"Designed to resemble a lodge up north, Henry Ford Health System has incorporated woods, wetlands and WEST water into the design of its new West Bloomfield Township hospital.

The Detroit-based health system is halfway through construction of its 700,000-square-foot addition to the West Maple Road medical center.

Many of the hospital's 300 private rooms will overlook nature, while the rest will overlook landscaped atriums. "

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Hotel Proposed For Singer Island, Florida

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/

"Just weeks ago, voters thwarted builder Dan Catalfumo's $280 million plan to build shops, restaurants and a 28-story condo/hotel at the Ocean Mall by limiting buildings on the public beach to five stories. Villari now wants to tear down the Sands and build a 24-story time-share/hotel across the street from the Ocean Mall, where the height restriction does not apply.

"The difference here is that I own the property," said Villari, who owns a host of martial arts studios across the country. "What I want to do adds value to the Ocean Mall and it cleans up the area."

Villari's plan, which he's been shopping around city hall and the community redevelopment agency, will change the clientele and draw a more affluent crowd, he said. He and his partners, who make up the Singer Island Redevelopment Group, are serious about the project despite the message voters sent Catalfumo on March 13."

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Merchants Announts For New Kingsport Mall

http://www.timesnews.net

"Matt Lukas, vice president of Merchants Holding Co., which is developing the site, said after the meeting that Shoe Carnival will have 8,000 square feet in the Kingsport Pavilion.

Other confirmed tenants of Kingsport Pavilion so far are Target, Kohl's and Old Navy, Lukas told more than 150 people at the breakfast, which was a fund-raiser for the Kingsport Office of Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship,

After the breakfast meeting, Dixon Greenwood of Ball Realty and Auction said Talbots has committed to a 4,000-square-foot space in Reedy Creek Terrace, just off North Eastman Road across Reedy Creek from Golden Corral."

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