PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
ballpark available at the beginning
of 2020, and therefore available for
play that season, this period of ris-
ing construction prices has required
additional time to finalize the de-
sign, and has caused us to adjust
our timeline by a few months.”
The baseball park and the ongo-
ing $15 million renovation to soft-
ball's Katie Seashole Pressly
Stadium, along with renovations to
the Gators' track and tennis facili-
ties, are Phase II of the University
Athletics Association's (UAA) Facili-
ties Master Plan. The work at Katie
Seashole Pressly Stadium is nearing
completion, with a ribbon cutting
ceremony scheduled Feb. 12.
The UAA says in its news release
that design work and planning also
continues on the Football Training
Complex, which is Phase III of the
Facilities Master Plan. This transfor-
mational project, which is going on
the site currently occupied by base-
ball's McKethan Stadium, will break
ground as soon as the site is avail-
able following the Gators' 2020
baseball season, with a completion
goal before the end of 2021. In ad-
dition, the UAA is moving forward
with plans for significant upgrades
to the current football locker room
in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, which
will serve as the game day locker
room once the new complex is
built. Funding for Phases I-III of the
UAA Facility Master Plan, which
total $285 million, includes a target
of $155 million in private support.
To date, Gator Boosters, Inc. has re-
ceived nearly $86 million in private
gift commitments, marking
progress at 55 percent of the nec-
essary philanthropic support for
these phases.
Zoi House to be Orlando's
tallest structure
Orlando has approved construc-
tion of what will be the city's tallest
building, says its architect.
Wayne Dunkelberger said Zoi
House will include retail, office and
apartments. “Zoi' means 'life' in
Greek, so at the very top is going to
be a pool and pool deck that looks
over the city of Orlando, 300 apart-
ments, underneath that will be 6
floors of office, and below that,
parking deck.”
Miami-based MEC Development
Associates and architects Baker
Barrios have refined the 41-story
structure with a gentle, sweeping
curve at the building’s most promi-
nent corner at Orange Avenue and
Livingston Street, The Orlando Sen-
tinel reports.
The developers say 467-ft. tall
Zoi House will be taller than the Or-
ange County Courthouse, as well as
the SunTrust Center. "The Court-
house is around 419 feet, and Sun-
Trust around 427," Dunkelberger
said. TRX Investments taps
PREMIER for 163,000 sq.
ft. industrial project in
Hialeah Gardens
dens into a class A, 163,000 sq. ft.
distribution facility. The building has
a flexible design and can accommo-
date tenants from 9,000 sq. ft. The
project is owned jointly by TRX and
by Everwest Real Estate Partners.
“TRX has been great to work
with,” says PREMIER project man-
ager Yoan Aedo. “Our teams are in
close communication to ensure
everything stays on track for com-
pletion.” The building has all of the mod-
ern features that today’s tenants
need, such as a 120’ deep truck
court and a 32’ clear height.
TRX/Everwest will speculatively
construct offices in a number of
bays allowing for immediate occu-
pancy. The building will be constructed
of tilt-up concrete slab and struc-
tural steel and will include an im-
pact-resistant aluminum storefront
system with tinted glass. The sin-
gle-ply TPO roofing system will fea-
ture an ESFR fire suppression
system, and 277/480 volt 3-phase,
4-wire electrical service will ensure
ample power for commercial opera-
tions. Aedo and Omar Lopez, PRE-
MIER's director of project develop-
ment, Southeast market leader, are
overseeing the project, and RLC Ar-
chitects is providing architectural
services. Engineering services are
being provided by DDA Engineers,
P.A. (structural); Puga and Associ-
ates (mechanical, plumbing and
electrical); and Thomas Engineering
Group (civil).
The building will be delivered in
May 2019 and Devin White, senior
vice-president of CBRE, is the ex-
clusive leasing agent.
U.S.-based real estate developer
TRX Investments has tapped PRE-
MIER Design + Build Group, LLC to
transform a truck stop on about
8.42 acres of land in Hialeah Gar-
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