PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
West Palm Beach:
Kravis Center to undergo
$50M expansion
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for
the Performing Arts, a West Palm
Beach landmark known for hosting
world-class musical, dance, and
dramatic performances, is getting
ready for a $50 million expansion
project designed by architecture,
engineering, and interior design
firm LEO A DALY.
Contractors win $57 million
FDOT Miami multimodal
project The Florida Department of Trans-
portation (FDOT) has awarded the
contract for the $56 million Golden
Glades Multimodal Transportation
Facility in Miami-Dade County to
LEAD Engineering and Construction
and partner Kaufman Lynn (KL) Con-
struction. The iconic theater, originally de-
signed by Eberhard Zeidler with
LEO A DALY as associate architect,
will receive a number of upgrades.
These include increasing the size of
the Dreyfoos Hall Lobby, imple-
menting new technology through-
out, creating a pedestrian-friendly
plaza, adding a new valet parking
garage, building a new
entrance/exit ramp to the existing
garage and improving traffic flow
on and around the campus.
“Over the next 22 months, the
Kravis Center will begin to trans-
form into an even brighter beacon
for Palm Beach County,” Judith
Mitchell, CEO for the Kravis Center,
said in a statement. “The Kravis
Center welcomes more than
500,000 guests every year, and this
expansion will accommodate a
growing base of customers with ex-
panded ease of accessibility to
enjoy our schedule of perform-
ances.” Weitz Co. will serve as the gen-
eral contractor, while Wantman
Group will provide landscape de-
sign. Construction is expected to be
completed in 2020.
tionality of the interchange, and will
more efficiently accommodate
pedestrians and travelers of all ages
and abilities. The completed project
will include 10,450 sq. ft. of retail
space, a 4,500 sq. ft. transit hub,
over 1,700 parking spots and 53
truck spaces, maintenance facility,
truck wash, bicycle parking and
lockers. “The LEAD team looks forward
to working with FDOT, Miami-Dade
Transportation and Public Works,
Kaufman Lynn Construction and all
other stakeholders on this exciting
project to deliver a state-of-the-art
multimodal transportation facility
with all the required infrastructure
and systems to service our commu-
nity at its gateway, the Golden
Glades Interchange,” Mauricio Gon-
zalez, president and CEO of LEAD
Engineering Contractors, said in a
statement. Construction underway
on $400M mixed-use
development in Ocoee
The state-of-the-art park-and-ride
hub will act as a gateway to Miami-
Dade County and will unite several
modes of transportation, including
bicycles, cars, buses and the Tri-
Rail. “Kaufman Lynn Construction is
ready to deliver a state-of-the-art fa-
cility with all the required infrastruc-
ture and systems,” says KL's chief
operating officer Chris Long.
“Our plan is focused around en-
suring a positive and safe user ex-
perience whether it is by car, bus,
taxi, carpool, Uber/Lyft or Tri-Rail.
We also understand the challenges
of keeping the facility operational
during construction and Kaufman
Lynn is committed to working with
LEAD and all the stakeholders for
the successful completion of this
important FDOT project.”
The new multimodal facility will
upgrade the aesthetics and func-
Park Development Corp. is build-
ing the $400 million City Center
West Orange project near State Rd.
429 and State Rd. 408 in Ocoee.
The project will include retail
shops, condominiums, restaurants,
hotel and offices. It is being devel-
oped on 100 acres of lakeside prop-
erty facing West Colonial Dr. near
the junctions of SR 429, SR 408 and
the Florida Turnpike.
Planning includes approximately
500 condominium homes, a con-
vention center, hotel, recreational
trails and more than 500,000 sq. ft.
of retail and commercial space.
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