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Springfield, MO
General contractor: DeWitt & Associates Inc.
Architect: Paragon Architecture LLC
Engineers: Olsson Inc., civil; J&M Engineering LLC, structural; and Interpres Building Solutions LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 12,000 square feet
Cost: $4.1 million
Estimated completion: July
Description: On the Jordan Valley Innovation Center campus, Missouri State University is developing a preengineered building to support a research grant. The facility will include offices, a conference room, training lab and large composite laboratory, according to project officials. This will be the sixth building on the JVIC campus, adding to 75,000 square feet of space for research by faculty, students and private companies.
Plaza Shopping Center gained an arcade with the March 1 opening of The Flying Lap LLC; the repurposing of space operated by Burrell Behavioral Health resulted in the March 18 opening of the company’s second autism center; and a group of downtown business owners teamed up to reopen J.O.B. Public House.