Mayo Clinic Chooses Discovery Square Developer

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic will collaborate with M.A. Mortenson Company, a real estate development firm for Destination Medical Center’s Discovery Square in Rochester, Minnesota. Discovery Square will serve as a point where physicians and scientists will come together with businesses and entrepreneurs to accelerate advancements in medical research and technology for critical advances in patient care. Mortenson will spearhead the Mayo development on the portion of the six-block DMC sub-district that will house the bioscience research, education and medical innovation campus. The launch of Discovery Square, which will include Mayo and other private businesses, is a key milestone for … Read more

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700 Penn Reaches Project Milestone

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A year after breaking ground on the 700 Penn development, Clark Construction has completed concrete operations on two of the three buildings that will make up the 415,000-square-foot, mixed-use development located in the Eastern Market neighborhood in Washington, D.C. To reach this milestone, the project team planned and placed 30,000 cubic yards of concrete, 115,000 linear feet of conduit, 3,500 sleeves in decks and 50,000 square feet of below-grade waterproofing. When complete, the 700 Penn development will feature two residential buildings with 128 units, all situated on top of a multi-level, below-grade garage. The seven-story office building … Read more

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Sundt-Yates Breaks Ground on Harrah’s Ak-chin Casino

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AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz. – The Ak-Chin Indian Community and Sundt-Yates, a joint venture between Sundt Construction, Inc. and Yates Construction, recently broke ground on a multi-million dollar expansion at Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino in the Ak-Chin Indian Community near Maricopa, Arizona. Designed by TBE Architects, the expansion will include a spa, a conference center with multi-use ballroom space, a parking garage, additional restaurants and more than 200 guest rooms. According to Robert Livingston, general manager of Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, this expansion will not only increase room availability and accommodate additional hotel guests, but will also afford the property the opportunity … Read more

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Gilbane Awarded Design-Build of Rountree Rehab Facility

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Gilbane Building Company has been selected by Santa Cruz County for the Design-Build of the Rountree Rehabilitation & Re-Entry facility expansion. This expansion will provide approximately 29,300 square feet of new housing and a program which includes 64 minimum security beds, a dayroom, a visitation area, administrative facilities, an intake/release area and facility support space. Renovations to the existing structure will provide an educational/vocational program area, an interview and counseling room, group rooms, indoor recreation, administrative support space, an officer workstation, video visitation stations, restrooms and a new laundry facility. This important project represents the embodiment of the sheriff department’s … Read more

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Skanska Builds New Pensacola Bay Bridge

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Skanska has signed a contract with the Florida Department of Transportation to construct the Pensacola Bay Bridge in Florida. The contract is worth $399 million. The Design-Build contract is to replace the existing bridge over Pensacola Bay with two new, three-lane bridges, connecting the cities of Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. Each new bridge will have a length of just over three miles. The total project length is 3.7 miles, including the roadway approaches on each end of the bridges. Construction is scheduled to begin in the third quarter 2016 and the project is slated for completion in August 2020.

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