Wind Capital Group is planning construction of a renewable wind energy facility in Belle Glade, Palm Beach County. The project has been submitted for conditional use approval. The owner hopes to start construction of the project, estimated at $250 million, by late 2012. Robin Saiz, Wind Capital Group, 1430 Washington Ave., #300, St. Louis, Mo., 63103. DR#11-435618.

Greenhouse Holdings is in preliminary planning for its Carlstrom National Security Training Center project. The firm, acting as developer for the military-style training center, has not chosen a site for the project, which has an estimated value of $151 million. Officials are considering sites in Polk, Charlotte, Desoto, Glades, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Okechobee and Orange counties. Billy Jones, Greenhouse Holdings, 5171 Santa Fe St., Suite 1, San Diego, Calif., 28530. DR#11-524317.

Jacoby Development is interviewing potential architects for Porsche’s new North American Headquarters at Aerotropolis, near the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The project, estimated at $100 million, could start construction by late 2011. The project will seek LEED certification. Jim Jacoby, Jacoby Development, 1000 Abernathy Rd. NE, Suite 1800, Atlanta, 30328. DR#07-916375.

Contracts/Bids/Proposals

Gables Residential Services hired Facchina Construction of Florida to build 4585 Ponce, a multifamily development in Coral Gables, Fla., consisting of two 10-story towers with 250 residential units. The project, estimated at $35 million, includes a 643-space parking deck, 30,000 sq ft of ground-floor retail and 1,776 sq ft of office space. Facchina Construction of Florida, 6600 N. Andrews Ave., Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 33309. DR#06-742238.

THE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has hired McCarthy Building Cos. to oversee renovation and expansion of the Winn Army Hospital at Fort Stewart. Designed by Leo A. Daly, the project includes a 65,000-sq-ft addition and 1,000 sq ft of renovation work. The $23-million fixed-price contract, slated to start construction in July, will seek LEED Silver certification. McCarthy Building Cos., 2859 Paces Ferry Rd., Suite 1400, Atlanta, 30339. DR#08-858096.

Oliver McMillan Inc. has started pre-leasing activities for portions of its Buckhead Atlanta mixed-used development in Atlanta. Balfour Beatty Construction is the contractor for the estimated $300-million project, which includes 300,000 sq ft of restaurant and retail space, two apartment buildings and 40,000 sq ft of office space. Construction on a parking garage and retail portion could resume by late 2011. Oliver McMillan Inc., 733 8th Ave., San Diego, Calif., 92101. DR#06-904763.

Georgia Southern University is planning a July start of construction for its new Biology Building on the school’s Statesboro campus. Brasfield & Gorrie is the construction manager for the $37-million, three-story project. The 155,934-sq-ft building will include laboratory space, a 250-seat auditorium, classrooms and offices. Georgia Southern Facilities Design & Construction, P.O. Box 8012, Statesboro, Ga., 30460 DR#07-927308.

Watkins Associated Developers is finalizing land acquisition and hopes to start construction by late 2011 on its LakePoint Sporting Community and Town Center project in Emerson. The project will include 16 baseball fields, 12 tournament soccer and lacrosse fields, a 20,000-seat stadium, headquarters buildings for several associations, a 90,000-sq-ft training facility, retail and hotels. Brasfield & Gorrie is the contractor. Jeffrey Abrams, Watkins Associated Developers, 1946 Monroe Dr. NE, Atlanta, 30324. DR#10-722187.

The North Carolina Dept. of Transportation received six bids for its grading/bridge/paving project on State Road 1415 in Flat Rock, Cumberland County. Zachry Construction submitted the low bid of $64.4 million, followed by estimates from Barnhill Contracting and T.J. Lambrecht Construction. Randy Garris, NC Dept. of Transportation, Design Services Unit, 1020 Birch Ridge Dr., Raleigh, N.C., 27610. DR#08-797121.

NAVFAC Southeast hired Hensel Phelps Construction to build a 101,794-sq-ft Training and Simulator Facility at Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort, S.C., valued at $70.3 million. Hensel Phelps Construction Co., 6557 Hazeltine National Drive, #1, Orlando, Fla., 32822. DR#10-431489.

Clemson University Restoration Institute has awarded a $22-million contract to Choate Construction Co. for construction management of the world’s largest wind turbine drivetrain testing facility, to be located in a 82,264-sq-ft former Navy warehouse in North Charleston, S.C. Choate Construction Co., 1671 Belle Isle Ave., Suite 100, Mount Pleasant, S.C., 29464. DR#11-410220.

Bid of the Week

Reservoir Repair, Expansion In June, Tampa Bay Water, Clearwater, Fla., approved contract negotiations with Kiewit Infrastructure Group for the firm’s $162.4-million proposal to repair the utility’s cracking Tampa reservoir and expand it by 3 billion gallons. Kiewit proposes removal and reclamation of the reservoir’s existing flat-plate soil cement and soil wedge and the geomembrane layer, and adding embankment fill and drainage. The proposal covers maintenance and monitoring as well as renewal and replacement costs for a 50-year span.