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Springfield, MO
General contractor: R.E. Smith Construction Co.
Size: 57,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $21 million
Estimated completion: October 2022
Project description: Springfield Public Schools broke ground this summer on the new York Elementary School. Officials say the project timeline was moved up due to financial savings among the $168 million Proposition S bond projects. Paragon Architecture LLC and Sapp Design Associates Architects PC are the project architects. Engineers are Toth and Associates Inc., structural and civil; Interpres Building Solutions LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing; and Palmerton & Parrish Inc., geotechnical.
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.