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Springfield, MO
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Springfield, MO
Owner/developer: Springfield Public Schools
General contractor: Crossland Construction Co. Inc.
Architect: H Design Group LLC and The Hollis & Miller Group Inc. (Kansas City)
Engineers: Olsson Inc., civil; The Hollis & Miller Group Inc., structural; and CJD Engineering LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 66,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $23.8 million
Lender: None
Estimated completion: August
Project description: Up to 350 students will attend the new Delaware Elementary school that’s slated to open before the fall semester, said Springfield Public Schools spokeswoman Teresa Bledsoe. Plans call for a gymnasium that acts as a safe room, 14 classrooms, a library, art room, cafeteria and secured entrances, according to SPS planning documents. It also calls for nine special education classrooms. The project off of East Bennett Street is part of the $168 million Proposition S bond issue voters approved in April 2019. The previous elementary school was demolished at the site last summer, and students were relocated last year to the former Sherwood Elementary School.
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.
