A Texas general contractor with offices in Dallas and Austin, Rogers-O’Brien has reinforced its commitment to Southeast Texas by opening a Houston office led by Regional Vice President Gregg Lynch. <!—more—>Lynch’s 27 years of experience managing teams, offices and regions for a national contractor includes 10 years in Houston, where he expanded a $40-million Houston office into a regional practice with Dallas and Austin offices while approaching $400 million in annual revenues. Projects successfully delivered under his watch covered a broad spectrum of hospital, higher education, corporate, municipal, high-rise residential and hotel facilities. Prior to relocating to Houston, he … Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Williams Company Southeast recently broke ground for The Crosslands at Osceola Corporate Center, a $30-million, 427,000-square-foot shopping center by Tupperware Brands Corp., New York-based O”Connor Capital Partners and West Palm Beach, Florida-based businessman Peter Bergner. Williams also commenced fast-track construction on the 56,000-square-foot Hobby Lobby at The Crosslands at 711 Centerview Boulevard, slated to open October 2014, and started work on the 35,500-square-foot Havertys at The Crosslands, set for completion this November. Located at Osceola Parkway and Orange Blossom Trail, The Crosslands is Central Florida’s largest retail center to break ground in years, and is expected to … Read more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Overall work on the HUB-Robeson Center expansion project at Penn State is continuing on schedule, according to members of the project executive committee. The project includes more than 106,000 square feet of improvements — encompassing about 54,800 square feet of new space and 52,000 square feet of renovated space. The project will enhance opportunities for the nearly 1,000 student organizations at University Park, even as it improves accessibility and architecture of the building from the east and HUB Lawn sides. Erection of the 500 tons of steel for the project continues as the new addition is … Read more