PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Here is a sampling of projects
and opportunities starting through-
out Florida as reported by Florida
Construction News in the past two
months. Miami Dolphins breaks
ground on $135 million
training complex
coast. The new structure replacing the
CapTrust building on the Southwest
corner of Ashley Drive and Whiting
Street will be 53 stories tall, with
the title, Riverwalk Place. It has an
estimated $350 million construction
cost. The Miami Dolphins has teamed
up with Baptist Health to construct
a state-of-the-art training complex
and sports performance clinic in
Miami Gardens.
The $135-million project called
Baptist Health Training Complex is
set to complete in spring 2021.
The 217,200 sq. ft. complex will
feature an innovation hub for new
technology, spatial computing and a
walkthrough space, a hydrotherapy
area, fuel bar, recovery area includ-
ing cryotherapy and isolation tanks,
an athletic training room with ex-
pansive rehabilitation space, meet-
ing rooms, a two-story weight
room, locker rooms, equipment
space, dining hall, auditorium, an
outdoor practice area with two full
natural grass fields, full indoor prac-
tice facility, a lobby with a grand
staircase, office area, press area,
fan amenities and a broadcast area.
The complex will consist of
125,000 sq. ft. training facility and
92,200 sq. ft. indoor field.
CapTrust Building
demolition makes way for
$350 million Riverwalk
Place: Tallest structure on
Florida’s west coast
The demolition of a six-story
building in Tampa marks the start of
work on a mixed-use condominium
project that developers say will be
the tallest building on Florida’s west
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Feldman Equities, Inc. and Two
Roads Development are the
owner/developer. Gensler designed
the structure, while Adache Group
is referenced as the Architect of
Record. “We are thrilled to show these
designs to the Tampa community
and are excited for Riverwalk Place
to become an icon that Tampa will
present to the world,” Gensler archi-
tect Shamim Ahmadzadegan said in
a statement last year. “From the
outset, our goal was to do more
than just design another tall build-
ing. We wanted the project to acti-
vate the Riverwalk and contribute to
the urban landscape of downtown
Tampa.” The building’s ground floor will
be merged with the neighboring
MacDill Park, complete with a 137-
m (450-ft) promenade, featuring
restaurants and shops, designed to
encourage pedestrian connectivity
and engagement.
Tutor Perini to win $260
million-plus Miami-Dade
County courthouse project
Tutor Perini says that its team
has been selected as the preferred
proponent for the Miami-Dade
County New Civil and Probate
Courthouse in Miami.
The construction value is in ex-
cess of $260 million and the project
will be executed under a public-pri-
vate partnership delivery model,
which will provide for the design,
construction, financing, operations
and maintenance of the courthouse
under a single contractual agree-
ment. Tutor Perini is the design-build
contractor and is teamed on this
project with Plenary Group, the de-
veloper and financial sponsor; HOK,
the architect/designer; and Johnson
Controls, the operations and main-
tenance partner.
The new courthouse facility will
provide more than 600,000 sq.-ft. of
space and services related to Civil
and Probate Divisions of the
Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida,
the Clerk of Courts and other re-
lated court partners and agencies.
The project will include construc-
tion of 46 jury courtrooms and shell
space for an additional four jury
courtrooms; a parking area with se-
cure parking for 59 vehicles; site
development, including necessary
utilities and utility improvements to
support the facility; hardscape/land-
scape; and road and traffic control
improvements. Work is expected to begin in Jan-
uary of 2020 with completion antici-
pated in early 2024.
Jacksonville issues $35.55
million permit for Presidium
at Town Center
apartments Jacksonville has issued a $35.55
million building permit to Land-
South Construction LLC to con-
struct the 370-unit Presidium at
Town Center apartments.