Completion of Freedom Center Adds to South Huntsville Revitalization Efforts

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Turner Construction Company has completed the Freedom Center in southeast Huntsville, Alabama. Freedom Real Estate and Capital developed the Freedom Center using previously acquired properties at 4090 South Memorial Parkway and 4035 Chris Drive as the cornerstones. The project is part of an effort to revitalize South Huntsville. The city of Huntsville has been working to reclaim, modernize and upgrade Memorial Parkway to encourage investment and redevelopment in the area. The Freedom Center, which is now home to Torch Technologies, Inc., will serve as a hub for business close to Redstone Arsenal. The project was broken up into three phases. … Read more

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Turner Hosts Panel on Lean, Prefabrication and Modularization

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Turner’s office in New York recently hosted its inaugural Innovation Series panel discussion titled Lean Construction: Prefabrication and Modularization. More than 200 business partners and industry thought leaders attended the event at the Whitney Museum of American Art – a Turner project, and a striking architectural setting for a conversation among construction professionals. Charlie Whitney, vice president and general manager of Turner’s office in New York, offered introductory remarks. Then, following a cocktail reception during which guests were invited to tour the museum, the formal program began with a screening of a short documentary film on Turner’s Niarchos Foundation-David Rockefeller … Read more

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Renovations Complete on Baylor University’s Hankamer Cashion Complex

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HOUSTON, Texas – Linbeck Group has recently completed the 164,000-square-foot renovation of the Hankamer Cashion Complex at Baylor University in Houston, Texas. It is Linbeck’s third project on the Baylor Campus. The $26-million Baylor University Hankamer Cashion project is comprised of the former Hankamer School of Business, a three-story building originally built in 1960 and Cashion Academic Center, five stories that were built the in late 1980s. Linbeck addressed a variety of existing floor elevation changes inherent in the Hankamer Cashion Complex, as well as the installation of a complete fire sprinkler system and updated ADA-compliant elevator systems. With many … Read more

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Balfour Beatty Construction to Build High-rise Residential Tower in Midtown Atlanta

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ATLANTA, Ga. – The Related Group has selected Balfour Beatty Construction to build its new luxury, mixed-use residential tower in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Located at West Peachtree and 14th St.,, the 39-story tower will become the tallest residential tower project built in Atlanta since 2009. The Related Group’s Midtown Atlanta project will feature 390 luxury apartments with 6,500 square feet of retail space. The property will feature a pool terrace with clubroom amenities and a fire pit terrace on the 39th floor. Ideally situated in the gateway to Atlanta’s Arts District, Piedmont Park and the Midtown business … Read more

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