YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
General contractor: DeWitt & Associates Inc.
Size: 8,400 square feet
Estimated cost: $4.7 million
Estimated completion: March 2024
Project description: The government office addition includes an emergency call center on the first floor with tornado shelter protection meeting International Code Council 500 design and construction standards, as well as a front desk, project officials say. The second floor will feature a conference room and offices, while the project also calls for replacing the center’s plaza. Paragon Architecture LLC is the project architect, and engineers are Toth and Associates Inc., civil and structural, and RTM Engineering Consultants LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing.
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.