PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
CENTRAL Construction underway for
massive Ellenton industrial
park Benderson Development is build-
ing a massive industrial park in Man-
atee County.
Located on the northwest corner
of the intersection of Interstate 75
and U.S. 301, the 2,000,000-sq.-ft.
park, called Florida International
Trade Port, will be completed in
phases. Construction is underway on the
first two buildings. The developer
plans to finish the 500,000-sq.-ft.
first phase within 12 months.
The 132-acre industrial park will
be one the biggest in the state. It
will be bigger than the Mall at Uni-
versity Town Center, which is
880,000 sq. ft.
Lane Construction wins
$253 million contract to
build Seminole County
parkway Lane Construction Corp. says it
has won a $253 million design-build
contract to construct the Wekiva
Parkway (Section 8) in Seminole
County. The contract supports Lane’s re-
cently renewed strategy, which is
focused on building large-scale,
complex infrastructure, the com-
pany said in a news release. Lane
has a long history in the state of
Florida with other large infrastruc-
ture works including the I-4 Ultimate
Improvement Project in Orlando;
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Osceola County Line to the Beach-
line Expressway/S.R. 528; and the
Suncoast Parkway 2 leading north of
Tampa. The Section 8 contract will de-
sign 2.63 miles of limited access toll
road from Orange Blvd. to east of
Rinehart Rd. The project will include
the new Wekiva Pkwy interchange
at I-4 that will connect with S.R. 417,
completing the beltway around Cen-
tral Florida. Construction is expected
to begin in early 2019 and be com-
pleted in 2022.
"The project has been recognized
for its environmentally friendly fea-
tures that will help foster the sensi-
tive wildlife it will encroach upon:
3,400 acres of conservation land,
numerous wildlife bridges, and
largely elevated roadways to reduce
accidents between vehicles and
wildlife," the news release asserted.
NORTHEAST GLDD wins $113 million
contract for Jacksonville’s
harbor deepening project
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.
(GLDD) has received a $113-million
contract from the Jacksonville Dis-
trict Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) for the Jacksonville’s har-
bor deepening project.
tiple construction contracts designed
to deepen the existing Federal navi-
gation channel from its current au-
thorized depth of 40 ft. to 47 ft.
Contract work will also widen spe-
cific areas for two-way traffic and
turning, and also provide some ad-
vance channel maintenance.
The second contract includes
dredging roughly 5.7 million cubic
yards of material from River Mile 3
near the Naval Station Mayport run-
way, westerly to Mile 8 at the east
tip of La Baron Island. The work
does not involve blasting. The con-
tractor will transport excavated ma-
terial and place it in the Jacksonville
Ocean Dredged Material Disposal
Site located about six miles south-
east of the entrance channel jetties.
The contract includes the base,
Mayport runway to Buck Island, and
Option A from Buck Island to La
Baron Island, according to the Corps
of Engineers.
GLDD says the work is expected
to commence in the fourth quarter
of 2018, with completion of both
base contract and expected options
in the second quarter of 2021.
Venus Fashion to begin $9
million Jacksonville HQ
renovation Venus Fashion plans to invest $9
million to renovate its headquarters
at 11711 Marco Beach Dr. in Jack-
sonville. GLDD expects the USACE to
award additional option work items
on the contract by mid-2019 with a
value of $97 million, resulting in a
total contract value of $210 million.
According to the USACE, this
second contract calls for deepening
approximately five miles of the St.
Johns River in addition to the ongo-
ing deepening of the first contract,
which covers approximately three
miles from the entranceway inland.
The contact is the second of mul-
The renovation work will be com-
pleted in four phases. The city ap-
proved a permit for a $1.14-million
renovation of 18,342-sq.-ft. of space
on the second floor of the two-story
building. It will include interior walls,
paint, flooring, ceramic tile, plumb-
ing, HVAC, doors and hardware, JAX
Daily Record reported.
PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
The permit covers the first phase
of converting distribution space into
a call center. The exterior work will
include landscaping.
The contractor is Haskew Com-
pany & Associates. Work is ex-
pected to be completed by the end
of 2019.
SOUTH PREMIER leading 467,832
sq. ft. distribution and
manufacturing project in
Pompano Beach
PREMIER Design + Build Group,
LLC has been selected by Bridge
Development Partners to build a
nearly half-million sq. ft. industrial fa-
cility on Powerline Rd. in Pompano
Beach. Composed of three buildings
on 40.41 acres, the project will
serve as a coastal hub for South
Florida distributors and manufactur-
ers. “The city of Pompano Beach has
been great to work with,” says PRE-
MIER senior project manager Ytiel
Lopez. “We’re always glad when
we’re given the opportunity to work
on projects that will bring more jobs
to the local community.”
All three buildings will be con-
structed of tilt-up concrete slab,
with 32 ft. clear heights, and will in-
clude exposed steel beam and
storefront-glazed entrances with alu-
minum canopies and integrated gut-
ters. The open-web steel girder and
joist roof structure will feature a
TPO roofing system with R-11 insu-
lation and an ESFR fire suppression
system. Sixteen hundred amp main
electrical service will ensure ample
power for industrial operations.
Outside, the combination asphalt
and concrete parking lot will offer
431 total parking spaces, as well as
multiple dock positions at each
building. Of the 138 total dock
doors, 12 will be motorized (four per
building). Buildings 1 and 2 will each
comprise of 172,927 sq. ft. and 52
dock doors; Building 3 will comprise
of 121,978 sq. ft. and 34 dock
doors. PREMIER has also been selected
to manage the interior buildout for
Building 1 for the project’s first ten-
ant. The approximately 17,200 sq. ft.
buildout includes ten mechanical
dock levelers and provisions for 14
forklift battery charging stations and
a conveyor system. Buildings 2 and
3 are designed to accommodate six
and four tenants, respectively.
Lopez is overseeing the project
for PREMIER along with project su-
perintendent Dominic DiGrado.
Bridge Development Partners is the
developer. The Corrales Group Ar-
chitects is providing architectural
services. Engineering services are
being provided by Nutting Engineers
(geotechnical engineering), DDA En-
gineers (structural engineering),
KAMM Consulting (mechanical,
plumbing and electrical engineering)
and Sun-Tech Engineering (civil engi-
neering). Craven Thompson & Associates
are providing landscaping and irriga-
tion services, including the develop-
ment of two dry retention areas
totaling two acres and one large 6.5
acre wet retention/lake/wetland
area. The project is expected to be
completed by July 2019.
ZOM Senior Living selects
Balfour Beatty to build
$180-million Wellington
senior housing community
ZOM Senior Living says it has
contracted Balfour Beatty as con-
struction manager for the first phase
of Wellington Green Senior Living, a
$180-million mixed-use senior hous-
ing community in Palm Beach
County. The 46-acre lakefront project is a
venture between ZOM and Liberty
Senior Living.
Construction is scheduled to
commence in the first quarter of
2019. LS3P Architects and MSA Ar-
chitects are providing design and ar-
chitectural services.
There will be a variety of rental
housing formats, including single-
story villas with attached garages,
three-story garden flats, and resi-
dences within a six-story building,
attached directly to the main
amenity building. The project also
includes a 65,000 sq. ft. clubhouse
and amenity structure including mul-
tiple dining venues, indoor and out-
door swimming pools, spa, salon
and wellness center, billiards and
cards room, and a theater.
Designed to include 424 units at
full build-out, the first phase will in-
clude 267 independent living, as-
sisted living and memory care
residential units.
“ZOM Senior Living and Liberty
Senior Living are redefining the sen-
ior housing experience with this lux-
ury rental community at Wellington
Green, and Balfour Beatty is thrilled
to be their partner in bringing this vi-
sion to reality,” Scott Skidelsky,
president of Balfour Beatty’s build-
ings operations in Florida, said in a
statement. “We thrive on building unique,
market-leading assets for our clients
and Wellington Green will be a
‘crown jewel’ of senior living in Palm
Beach County. ZOM continues to be
a great partner to Balfour Beatty,
this being our second project with
ZOM in South Florida and our third
project nationally. We look forward
to pushing the boundaries of senior
living in Florida."
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