Tower’s alternative
Posted on November 18, 2009 at 4:49 pmThe largest property owner in the footprint of the planned Music City Center has unveiled its plans for integrating a hotel and office space into the $585 million project.
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Psych Solutions adding to Texas site
Posted on November 17, 2009 at 11:19 amThe Franklin-based operator of behavioral health facilities has launched a 39-bed expansion of its Kingwood Pines center north of Houston. Kingwood Pines is one of 10 hospitals Psych Solutions (Ticker: PSYS) runs in the Lone Star State.
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Nossi set to grow
Posted on at 9:29 amOfficials at Nossi College of Art will break ground Wednesday on their new building that is scheduled to open late next summer. The $6.5 million campus, which is being constructed by Solomon Builders, will include state-of-the-art design and TV studios along with a Frisbee golf course, yoga studio and other amenities.
‘Boro developer planning Chattanooga apartments
Posted on November 16, 2009 at 11:19 am
The arrival of Volkswagen and Wacker Chemie in the Chattanooga area has Tim Keach optimistic about the city’s growth path. His TDK Construction will build a 199-unit luxury apartment complex there worth about $16 million.
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The future is here – well, in Clarksville anyway
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 8:04 amHemlock Semiconductor has officially started construction of a $1.2 billion solar panel manufacturing plant in Montgomery County. We couldn’t find any renderings, but here are some dandy stats to mix into your weekend conversations.
Total construction time for the entire project is estimated to be nearly three years. The site will contain over 150,000 cubic yards of concrete, 20,000 tons of structural steel, and more than one million feet of piping, which equates to 1.3 miles of piping installed per week.
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HCA gets modest in Jacksonville
Posted on November 12, 2009 at 9:09 amRather than the 150 beds they had originally envisioned at their third Jacksonville hospital, HCA officials have dialed back their plans to about $130 million. But that doesn’t appear to have persuaded Ascension Health’s area execs to drop their opposition to HCA’s intentions.
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Hayes Pipe Supply buys new branch facility
Posted on November 11, 2009 at 7:29 amFrom the Real Estate Channel:
Josh Tarkow, associate, negotiated the purchase of three industrial buildings totaling 12,731sf on a 6.3 acre site in Tampa for $1.213 Million.Tarkow negotiated the on behalf Nashville-based Hayes Pipe Supply who purchased the property at 9416 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. for its new branch facility. Hayes has eight locations in the US. Rockdale Pipeline of Conyers, Ga. is the seller.
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Longtime Swensson VP passes away
Posted on November 10, 2009 at 2:00 pmRay Pratt, vice president of Nashville’s oldest architectural firm, died Sunday. He was 79. Pratt was a principal and VP of construction at Earl Swensson, a firm he joined in 1966, six years after its founding.
“Ray’s favorite saying, with regard to construction, was ‘Never assume anything. Always prove it.’ He was a hands-on construction problem solver with an excellent mathematical mind and technical ability,” ESA Chairman Earl Swensson said. “We were so fortunate to have him on our team. He was well respected throughout the construction industry around the country. His contributions to our firm are many, but, above all, I considered him a brother.”
The company’s president, Richard L. Miller, said Pratt’s four-plus decades with ESA produced a legacy of mentoring.
“Ray was a leader and a mentor to countless young people in the industry. He, in fact, continued to mentor until the day he died. He had an uncanny ability to look at situations and then come from different directions with solutions. He taught all of us so much,” Miller said.
While at ESA, he led the firm’s construction administration of numerous healthcare, commercial and education design projects.
Pratt is survived by his wife Sharon; his sons Craig (Donna), Tim (Derenda), and Philip (Natalie Bottoms); his daughter Ashley; and four grandchildren Keith, Alex, Robyn and Izaak Pratt.
Visitation is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home and Memorial Park, 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville. Funeral services are at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday.
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Home builder agrees to EPA settlement
Posted on at 8:36 amAfter being charged with Clean Water Act violations, John Wieland Homes will pay $350,000 and implement a far-reaching stormwater management plan at its construction sites. The EPA says its deal with John Wieland will keep 37 million pounds of sediment per year out of various waterways.
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Vanderbilt opens $169M critical care tower
Posted on November 5, 2009 at 9:42 am
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is cutting the ribbon on its 11-story critical care tower today. The $169 million building has 141 new acute-care inpatient rooms and 12 surgical rooms will immediately house VUMC’s surgical intensive care, neurological intensive care and medical intensive care units.
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No green shoots for developers
Posted on October 30, 2009 at 12:12 pmMarty Heflin of M2H Group says the mood is just plain sour.
“Heaven in 2011?” I am not so sure. In conversations with fellow developers, lenders and investors primarily in the Southeast region, I am not hearing a lot of talk about “green shoots.” I am seeing a lot of downcast faces and concern. The central problem continues to be two-fold: a) the land sellers and asset holders that are distressed haven’t gotten the memo yet and b) the credit markets remain shut tighter than the back of a Swiss watch.
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This is how the housing inventory will be whittled down
Posted on at 9:14 am
Numbers from MTSU’s BERC show the value of Nashville-area building permits the past three months was only about a third of the volume from the boom years. Check out the raw numbers and other regional stats here.
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Virginia contract for Infrastructure Corp.
Posted on October 23, 2009 at 10:51 amBrentwood-based Infrastructure Corp. of America has been awarded a $9 million job to repair about 20 bridges in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
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State’s construction job losses among worst in country
Posted on October 22, 2009 at 10:08 am
Tennessee is 48th on an Associated General Contractors list that tallies the number of construction jobs lost in the 12 months to September. Only the hard hat job markets in Michigan, Arizona and Nevada fared worse.
“These figures should serve as a sobering reminder that public investments alone are not going to turn around a trillion dollar construction industry,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association’s chief executive officer. “The three most important issues in Washington ought to be jobs, jobs and jobs, which is why we need pro-growth measures like those we outlined in our blueprint for recovery.”
SEE ALSO: Our recent print story on the possibility of a construction labor shortage
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Another franchisor targets Nashville
Posted on October 19, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Glass Doctor, which markets various residential and commercial glass services from almost 400 stores around the country, says Nashville is on its wish list for franchising. The average franchised store rings up about $850,000 in annual revenues.
SEE ALSO: A snapshot of other franchisors who have cast their eye on Music City
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