PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
together with the upgrade of exist-
ing material transfer and electrical
systems, and the addition of self-
loading capabilities. Construction is
scheduled to begin in early 2021,
with the improved facility in full op-
eration by the end of that year.
“The infrastructure improve-
ments and new technology will also
increase efficiency and improve en-
vironmental performance at the
strategically located Port Manatee
terminal, leveraging its existing silo
capacity and complementing the
capabilities of Ash Grove’s cement
plants in Sumterville and Branford,”
the statement says.
“The underlying fundamentals in
the Florida market are positive with
good population and employment
growth. The upgrade of the Port
Manatee import terminal will ex-
pand our capabilities and
strengthen our ability to meet grow-
ing demand in the region,” said Ash
Grove regional president, Monica
Manolas. CanAm Enterprises invests
$50 million in Hialeah
warehouse park
CanAm Enterprises has invested
in a Hialeah warehouse project.
The EB-5 investment firm in-
vested $50 million into the County-
line Corporate Park project in
August. The money will fund con-
struction of 1.2 million sq. ft. of
warehouse space, reports the
Miami Herald.
Flagler Global Logistics is devel-
oping the 8.4 million-sq.-ft. indus-
trial park running from Northwest
154th to 170th streets and North-
west 97th to 107th avenues in
Hialeah. CanAm is expected to invest an-
other $125 million before the sum-
mer 2021.
prenticeship opportunities in con-
struction and technologies in the
Upper Keys.
Ground broken for 167-
room hotel near Tampa
Daniel Corporation begins
work on high-rise near
Tampa Bay’s massive
Water Street project
Moss Construction says it has
broken ground on J.W. Marriott
Clearwater Beach, a 167-room
beachfront hotel that will also fea-
ture 31 residential units in Clearwa-
ter. The 391,059-sq.-ft. building will
have a pool, bar, spa, meeting
rooms, ballrooms, fitness center, a
beachfront restaurant and about
250 feet of private beach.
Designed by Baker Barrios, the
project is situated on Clearwater
Beach at 691 S. Gulfview Blvd. The
developer is Kiran Patel.
A timeline for completion of the
project was not disclosed.
Construction begins on
new college building in
Upper Keys
Construction is underway on a
new building at the College of the
Florida Keys in the Upper Keys.
The new Category 5 facility build-
ing will allow the college to expand
programs in the Upper Keys that in-
clude nursing, emergency medical
technician, marine environmental
technology and public safety, re-
ports Keys Weekly.
The building is expected to be
completed in August 2021.
With a grant from the state De-
partment of Economic Opportunity,
the college is also expanding ap-
Birmingham, Alabama.-based
Daniel Corporation has purchased
land in Tampa Bay for a new resi-
dential development near the city’s
expansive Water Street project.
The 324-unit rental high rise
begin construction in the next few
weeks, with work to be completed
by the fall of 2022, the developer
said in a news release reported by
the Tampa Bay Times.
The project’s site is land at the
corner of E. Twiggs Street and
Channelside. The project is separate from the
Water Street project, a joint venture
of Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff
Vinik and Microsoft founder Bill
Gates, that is expected to be com-
pleted in 2026 or 2027 and is the
biggest real estate project in the
city’s history, the newspaper re-
ported. “With pedestrian access to
some of Tampa’s most exciting new
developments — including Water
Street Tampa ... we are thrilled to
have the opportunity to transform
Tampa’s most desirable undevel-
oped block,” the developer’s execu-
tive vice-president Justin Weintraub
said in a statement.
Daniel spokeswoman Burgoyne
McClendon told the newspaper that
the company will name the project
and launch a website with more in-
formation in the next few months.
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