Boasting 1,600 locations in 41 states, Caliber Collision is bringing a local auto body shop to life on the city’s south side, with a building taking shape on Republic Road, east of Kansas Expressway and behind a Break Time convenience store.

Plans for the Finley Ridge apartment complex in the growing community of Ozark call for four buildings, four stories apiece, with 48 units each for a total of 192, as well as a 1,500-square-foot shared community and fitness room.

An addition and 70,000-square-foot renovation project will expand the early childhood development program housed in the Reeds Spring Primary School building while upgrading the overall facility.

An O’Reilly Auto Parts hub store is under construction at the intersection of Cox and Battlefield roads, just west of Kansas Expressway.

An automatic tunnel-style car wash is being built at the southeast intersection of Glenstone Avenue and Cherry Street, a site formerly home to a Bear State Bank and, prior to that, a First National Bank.

The centerpiece of Evangel University’s Here. Now. capital campaign, which has raised $18 million toward its $22 million goal for new construction on campus, the Valor Center, is starting to rise on the west side of the university’s grounds.

Nordic Landing, a 41-unit apartment complex, is taking shape just west of the Grant Avenue Parkway on Catalpa Street.

Springfield-based Baptist Bible Fellowship International is developing a 30-acre campus west of the Sunshine Street and West Bypass intersection.

Moreno Group Commercial Realty is bringing to market a building its commercial real estate adviser, Tyler Ray, describes as a freestanding Class A retail center.

U-Haul Co. of Missouri is constructing two buildings visible to travelers on U.S. Highway 65 in Ozark.

Serving the east side of Springfield, a new fire station is rising on Sunshine Street, east of Glenstone Avenue.

An expansion of the central Springfield location of A-1 Custom Car Care at the corner of Fort Avenue and Sunshine Street is underway.

The project is funded by voter-approved bonds, passed in 2015 and 2020, as part of the district’s Operation Eagle Pride long-range plan, adopted in 2014.

Coming this fall on South Campbell Avenue from the Walker Hospitality Group family of hotels, owner of La Quinta Inn South next door, is a mixed-use development to feature commercial tenant space with drive-thru and restaurant availability.

An addition of 8,200 square feet will augment an existing 6,100 square feet being renovated at the Springfield laboratory of Merieux NutriSciences, a global food science corporation with a network of more than 100 laboratories across five continents.

The Logan Estates Retail project in Rogersville is almost ready.

The iTooth Family Dentistry facility under development in south Springfield is centered on patient care.

The multipurpose arena rising at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds & Event Center is planned to include 6,600 seats.

Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) operates more than 19,000 stores in 47 states, according to its website, and its newest one will soon be opening in Battlefield.