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Springfield, MO
Owner/developer: K-MAC Holdings Corp. (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
General contractor: TMG Construction Management Inc. (Noblesville, Indiana)
Architect: Drawing Department LLC (Cincinnati)
Engineers: Advantage Group Engineering Inc. (Cincinnati), structural; Weihe Engineers Inc. (Indianapolis), civil; and Marque Engineering (Cincinnati), mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 2,300 square feet
Estimated cost: $700,000, per city permit
Lender: WND
Estimated completion: February
Project description: Fort Smith, Arkansas-based K-MAC Holdings is adding to its southwest Missouri properties with a second Taco Bell store in Ozark. The franchisee operates over 300 Taco Bell locations, along with several Golden Coral stores, said Brian Hubbard, an operations director for K-MAC. The Ozark store is designed with Taco Bell’s new exterior look and will have two drive-thru lanes, he said, the second designated for mobile orders and delivery service drivers. Hubbard said the fast-food chain is increasing digital components in its operations, pointing to new point-of-sale systems and kitchen technologies. On the consumer-facing side, he said the Ozark store would have a half-dozen ordering kiosks and “bellhops” taking drive-thru orders with tablets. “It’s one of the very first in the entire country,” Hubbard said, noting Taco Bell is beginning to roll out the new concepts and K-MAC opened its first of the kind in Ponca, Oklahoma. K-MAC has 11 Taco Bell stores in Springfield, according to past Springfield Business Journal reporting.
Missouri State University’s science building, built in 1971 and formerly called Temple Hall, is being reconstructed and updated.