Development
Christian Science Church Revitalization of Boston HQ to Include Addition of 950,000 SF
Surrounded by Boston’s Back Bay, Prudential, South End and Fenway neighborhoods, the Plaza encompasses 14.5 acres and offers 10 acres of open space that is accessible to the public. Among the property’s seven existing buildings are two centerpiece structures, the iconic Original Mother Church, built in 1894 and the Extension church, which was developed in 1906. As per the proposal, all existing buildings will remain intact.
$687M in Financing Closes for Development of Government-Leased Research Complex in Kansas City
All told, the entire complex will cost the U.S. General Services Administration, the federal government’s real estate division, nearly $4.8 billion in completion and long-term occupancy costs.
Trammell Tapped to Develop 146,971 SF N.J. MOB
The project will break ground in October and is slated for completion in May 2012. It will be physically connected to the new hospital structure and is owned by Partners Health Trust, Inc., a joint venture of Trammell and a public pension fund advised by Kennedy Associates.
VA Breaks Ground on New Orleans Hospital Designed for Future Katrinas
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still reeling from the devastation wrought by the disaster, but a massive federal project aims to make a major contribution to the recovery.
NeoCon 2010: Overcoming Barriers to Green Building
All too often green building is impeded by finger-pointing and adversarial relationships between building owners and their tenants.
Feds Continue Construction Frenzy, Selecting CDM for $500M Design-Build Contract
CDM will have its hands full over the next several years. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract calls for the firm to supply design-build services for a variety of development endeavors to both USCG and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Online Service Documents Construction Process
Seeing is believing. That’s why Scott Yahraus created ConstructionPhotoDocs, an online system that documents each step of the building process.
Balfour Beatty Tapped to Build 330,000-SF NPR Headquarters in D.C.
The new NPR headquarters will be located at 1111 North Capitol St., N.E., in the city’s burgeoning NoMa neighborhood, on a site that was home to a 165,000-square-foot warehouse when the company acquired the property in 2008.
Skanska Tapped for $115M Seattle Road Construction
The Swedish development and construction firm will build the $115 million Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, a 0.8-mile stretch on the southern section of the Alaskan Way on the State Route 99 bypass in downtown Seattle.
Turner Tapped for $31M Renovation of Portland’s PGE Park
The company will be responsible for overseeing the construction of a training facility, club seating with a full-service restaurant, grandstands with concessions, a roof structure to cover the stands and a new playing field.