PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Here are some recent projects
and opportunities reported by
Florida Construction News online
and in our weekly eletter. You can
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news.com. Summit has built 36 charter
schools in Florida, South Carolina
and Michigan. the two-storey,
70,000 sq. ft. structure will be fol-
lowed by a future development
phase, including a 14,000 sq. ft.
gymnasium. Work begins on $106
million Miami
redevelopment Related Group and Miami-Dade
County have broken ground on
Three Round Towers B&C/Brisas del
Este in the Allapattah neighbor-
hood. The 383-unit project involves the
rehabilitation of two existing towers
and the creation of an adjacent new
construction building, reports Multi-
Housing News Online.
The existing Three Round Towers
development was built in 1970 on a
roughly 7-acre site at 2920 NW 18th
Ave. For the $106 million affordable
housing redevelopment project,
Miami-Dade County partnered with
Related Urban Development Group,
the affordable housing arm of de-
veloper Related Group.
Summit Construction to
start work on $20 million
North Naples charter
school Construction will start soon on a
new $20 million charter school in
North Naples.
Summit Construction Manage-
ment Group will build the Naples
Classical Academy (NCA) at 10270
Immokalee Rd., just east of Collier
Boulevard in North Naples. The proj-
ect is currently in the permitting
stage, Naples Florida Weekly has
reported. 10 – FALL 2020 — Florida Construction News
The 17-acre property is the cur-
rent location of Fogg’s Nursery,
which is relocating. The site was se-
lected for its proximity to the high-
growth intersection of Immokalee
Road and Collier Boulevard, which
includes Founders Square, a 55-
acre mixed-use development that is
currently under construction.
“We’re thrilled to launch Naples
Classical Academy in North Naples,
an area that is experiencing strong
residential and commercial growth,”
said Erika Donalds, president and
founder of The Optima Foundation,
the nonprofit charter management
organization that is helping estab-
lish and manage NCA. “This new tu-
ition-free public charter school’s
location offers the opportunity for
families in the surrounding areas to
choose a high-quality classical edu-
cation for their children.”
FDOT buying land for $40
million I-95 exit at Oslo
Road State officials are trying to ac-
quire 122 acres of property for a
new $40 million Interstate 95 exit at
Oslo Rd., reports TCPalm.
The Florida Department of Trans-
portation wants to begin construc-
tion in 2025 and has a budget of
about $11.5 million to buy about
122 acres of right of way adjacent
to I-95 for the project.
The project includes building a
new I-95 exit 5.5 miles north of the
Indrio Rd. exit and 3.8 miles south
of the I-95 exit south of State Rd.
60. Construction has been budgeted
for the 2025-2026 budget year, and
will take about three years.
Planning underway on
surfing complex and
mixed-use project in Fort
Pierce Developers are planning to build
a multi-million surfing complex and
a mixed-use development project in
the city of Fort Pierce.
Willow Lakes is a 200-acre com-
munity development that will in-
clude at least 800 residential
homes, 600 hotel rooms, 400,000
sq. ft. of retail space and 125,000
sq. ft. of office space, reports
Inman. The project is anticipated to cre-
ate about 3,400 jobs during the con-
struction phase. The first phase will
feature the WaveGarden simulated
surfing park, food and beverage fa-
cilities, and possibly a 150-room
hotel. Ash Grove to upgrade
cement import terminal in
Florida Cement supplier Ash Grove, a
CRH company, (formerly Suwannee
American Cement in Florida), says it
is undertaking a major transforma-
tion project at its Port Manatee
deep water import terminal. The
company says the project will im-
prove Ash Grove’s capacity to im-
port cement, cement slag and
flyash to meet the existing and fu-
ture needs of customers in the
Florida and South Georgia markets.
The upgrade project includes the
addition of a high capacity FLS/Ko-
vako ship unloader at the terminal,