Planning
Mississippi Continental Tires the Americas LLC is planning to build a tire manufacturing plant in Clinton. The 5-million-sq-ft plant will produce tires for commercial vehicles. Site development is underway, with plant construction expected to begin in 2018. The project is valued at $1.4 billion. Continental Tires the Americas LLC, Attn: Mike Worthington, Real Estate, 1830 MacMillan Park Dr., Indian Land, S.C. 29707. DR#16-00432297.
New Mexico Bernalillo County is planning to rehabilitate the La Vida Nueva housing complex in Albuquerque. The 361-unit complex is located at 1200 Dickerson Dr. The project’s value has been estimated at $18 million. Bernalillo County, Attn: Jacqueline Little, One Civic Plaza, Albuquerque, 87102. DR#16-00653643.
Oregon The City of Seaside is planning to renovate and expand the Seaside Civic and Convention Center. The project involves renovating and reconfiguring the existing space, adding 10,000 sq ft of new space to the existing 62,000-sq-ft facility and constructing a new parking structure. The project has been valued at $14.6 million. Contact the owner’s agent. Seaside Civic and Convention Center, Attn: Russell Vandenberg, General Manager, 415 First Ave., Seaside, 97138. DR#08-00809580.
Pennsylvania Involta LLC is planning to build a data center at Northpointe Business Park in Freeport. The 40,000-sq-ft building will house a data center, mechanical and electrical infrastructure, and office space for client and business continuity use. Involta is the designer of the project, and Rinderknecht Associates Inc. has been selected as the general contractor. The project’s value has been estimated at $16 million. Involta LLC, Attn: Bruce Lehrman, CEO, P.O. Box 198, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406. DR#16-00705591.
Virginia The Fairfax County Dept. of Public Works & Environmental Services is planning to construct the Huntington Flood Control Levee & Pumping Station in Alexandria. The project entails constructing 2,900 ft of 10- to 15-ft-high earthen and I-wall levee and drainage modifications to convey stormwater via gravity flow to dedicated high- and low-flow pump stations for discharge overtop the levee system into Cameron Run. Arcadis U.S. Inc. is the designer of the project, and the owner currently is evaluating three competing bids. The project is valued at $27.8 million. Fairfax County Dept. of Public Works & Environmental Services, Attn: Carey Needham, Director of Building Design, 12000 Government Center Pkwy., Fairfax, 22035. DR#12-00673426.
Wisconsin Alexander Co. Inc., a developer, is planning to convert the former F. Mayer Boot and Shoe Co. building, now known as the Milwaukee Fortress building, into a mixed-use project. Erected in 1892, the six-story, 194,000-sq-ft brick building in the Brewers Hill neighborhood will be converted into 132 apartments and 25,000 sq ft of office space. It also will include a community room, a fitness room, a courtyard and a roof deck. The project has been valued at $43 million. Alexander Co. Inc., Attn: Randy Alexander, CEO, 345 W. Washington St., Madison, 53713. DR#16-00657129.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
Arkansas The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Dept. has awarded a highway paving project to Johnsville Co. LLC. The project will widen 5.33 miles of Highway 82 in Crossett to five lanes from two. It also will entail grading, an aggregate base course, an asphaltic concrete hot-mix surface-course binder and surface courses. The project is valued at $24.7 million. Johnsville Co. LLC, 281 Bradley 56, Hermitage, 71647. DR#15-00442073.
Oklahoma Cowen Construction has begun to erect a six-story building as part of the existing Tiffany Apartment complex. Located at 5505 N. Brookline Ave. in Oklahoma City, the building will contain 126 units, a fitness center and an outdoor swimming pool. Maxum + Mint is the designer of the project, which has been valued at $15 million. Cowen Construction, Attn: Scott Six, 2200 S. Utica Ave., Tulsa, 74114. DR#12-00603325.
Bid, Proposal Dates
Iowa 1/10 Community Living Solutions, serving as both developer and construction manager, is seeking subcontractor bidders to build the Hawkeye Assisted-Living and Skilled-Nursing facility in Asbury. The single-story, 86,000-sq-ft facility will contain 100 beds. The project has been valued at between $10 million and $15 million. Community Living Solutions, Attn: Jessie Llewellyn, Project Manager, 2801 E. Enterprise Ave., Appleton, Wis. 54913. DR#16-00699666.
New York 1/19 Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. is requesting design-build proposals from firms interested in carrying out the replacement of the Prospect Hill Road bridge, located in the town of Southeast in Putnam County. Currently closed for vehicular traffic, the four-span bridge carries Prospect Hill Road over Metro-North’s Brewster Yard. Two of the spans are each 30 ft long, and two spans are each 105.5 ft long. The project’s value has been estimated at between $5 million and $10 million. Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co., Attn: James Berlangero, Project Manager, 420 Lexington Ave., New York City, 10017. DR#16-00550927.
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