TOP PROJECTS - 22-36

22) The Vue
Cost: $143.5 million

Key Facts
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Owner: The Vue North Carolina LLC
Contractor: R.J. Griffin & Co., Charlotte
Architect: FS Architecture, St. Louis, Mo.
Start Date: December 2007
Completion Date: January 2011

A 53-story, 409-unit condominium measuring 1 million sq ft; eight-story parking structure; amenity deck with swimming pool on top level of parking structure.

23) North Beach Plantation
Cost: $143 million

Key Facts
Location: Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Owner: Winchester North Beach Towers LLC
Contractor: Dargan Construction, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Architect: Pegram Associates
Start Date: January 2007
Completion Date: January 2009

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Consists of two 19-story condominium towers, a six level parking garage and two elevated connectors between the buildings that will house two restaurants and a 5,000-sq-ft penthouse unit. The complex has a total of 337 condominium units.

24) St. Joseph’s Hospital – North
Cost: $142 million

Key Facts
Location: Lutz, Fla.
Owner: St. Joseph’s Hospital
Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease, Tampa
Architect: Ranon & Partners, Tampa
Start Date: August 2007
Completion Date: October 2009

Consists of a total of 382,000 sq ft of new construction. It will include 108 patient beds, emergency department, five operating rooms, two CT rooms, MRI room, three radiology rooms, two C-section rooms and four labor and delivery rooms.

25) 1450 Brickell
Cost: $140 million

Key Facts
Location: Miami
Owner: 1450 Brickell LLC
Contractor: Coastal Construction, Miami
Developer: Rilea Group
Architect: Nichols, Brosch, Wurst, Wolfe and Associates
Start Date: Fall 2007
Completion Date: Winter 2009

A Class A, 500-ft-tall, 35-story angular glass office tower in the Brickell business district. The 585,000 leasable sq-ft building offers floor plates ranging from 21,000 - 25,000 sq ft, 9,300 sq ft of retail space on the ground floor, and an 11-story parking garage.

26) The Atlantic
Cost: $136.6 million

Key Facts
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Owner: Novare Group, Atlanta
Contractor: R.J. Griffin & Co., Charlotte
Architect: Smallwood Reynolds Stewart Stewart & Associates, Atlanta
Start Date: February 2007
Completion Date: September 2009

The Atlantic is a 50-story, 401-unit condominium building atop a 1,264-space, eight-level parking deck in the Atlantic Station area of downtown Atlanta.

27) NASCAR Hall of Fame
Cost: $131.6 million

Key Facts
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Owner: City of Charlotte
Contractor: Turner BE&K Davis - A Joint Venture
Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners / Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
Start Date: March 2007
Completion Date: March 2010

The 180,000-square-foot NASCAR Hall of Fame is expected to include a Great Hall, a Hall of Honor, interactive entertainment restaurants, retail outlets and a media center.

28) Ethanol Processing Plant
Cost: $130.5 million

Key Facts
Location: Pelham, Ga.
Owner: First United Ethanol LLC (FUEL)
Contractor: Fagen Inc., Granite Falls, Minn.
Start Date: January 2007
Completion Date: October 2008

Fagen of Granite Fall, Minn., received the $125.9 million design-build contract in November 2006. The company can earn $20,000 per day up to $1 million for early Completion. The project includes seven structural-steel buildings on reinforced-concrete foundations, all of which are built; a four-cell cooling tower; piping; instrumentation; and electrical work.

29) 3630 Peachtree
Cost: $126 million

Key Facts
Location: Atlanta
Owner: Novare Group
Developer: 3630 Peachtree Holdings
Contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie, Atlanta
Architect: Smallwood Reynolds Stewart Stewart & Associates
Start Date: July 2007
Completion Date: July 2009

The project includes one-, two- and three-bedroom and penthouse homes, all with views of downtown, midtown and Buckhead. It also includes street-level office and retail space, as well as residences.

30) Palmetto Parkway, Phase II
Cost: $125.9 million

Key Facts
Location: North Augusta, S.C.
Owner: South Carolina Department of Transportation
Contractor: United Contractors, Florence, S.C.
Start Date: January 2007
Completion Date: July 2009

The I-520 Phase II of the Palmetto Parkway consists of the Completion of I-520 from US Route 1 to I-20 along this new Location for approximately 6.5 miles. The project is a controlled-access, four-lane divided interstate facility including three interchanges and 13 bridges.

31) Interstate 95 Widening, Glynn and McIntosh counties, Ga.
Cost: $119.7 million

Key Facts
Location: near Brunswick, Ga.
Owner/Engineer: Georgia Department of Transportation
Contractor: APAC-Southeast
Start Date: 2007
Completion Date: December 2009

This project involves 9.243 miles of widening for additional lanes and roadway reconstruction on Interstate 95/S.R. 405, beginning south of S.R. 25 Spur and extending north of the McIntosh county line.

32) Parker H. Petit Science Center
Cost: $115 million

Key Facts
Location: Georgia State University, Atlanta
Owner: Georgia State University
Contractor: McCarthy Building Cos., Atlanta
Architect: CUH2A, Atlanta
Start Date: December 2007
Completion Date: 2010

The 350,000-sq-ft, 10-story facility will include laboratories and classrooms in a new university science park. It will house teaching and research facilities for nearly 6,000 students.

33) Solid Waste-to-Energy Facility
Cost: $115 million

Key Facts
Location: Tampa, Fla.
Owner: Covanta Energy Corp.
Designer/Builder/Owner/Operator: Covanta Hillsborough
Start Date: May 2007
Completion Date: Summer 2009

Covanta Energy Corp. is designing and constructing a 50% capacity expansion of the Hillsborough County Solid Waste-to-Energy Facility near Brandon. The 600 ton-per-day capacity expansion to the existing county-owned 1,200 TPD waste-to-energy facility will be built and operated by Covanta Hillsborough, an operating subsidiary of Covanta Energy Corporation.

34) State Route 414/John Land Apopka Expressway
Cost: $105.6 million

Key Facts
Location: Orlando
Owner: Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, Orlando
Contractor: Ranger Construction Industries, div. of The Vecellio Group
Engineer: Bowyer-Singleton & Associates
Start Date: March 2007
Completion Date: June 2009

Consists of constructing a 2.9-mi, elevated six-lane section of limited access roadway to connect Interstate 4 in Orlando and the Western Beltway (S.R. 429) in northwestern Orange County.

35) U.S. Highway 311
Cost: $104.3 million

Key Facts
Location: Archdale, N.C.
Owner: North Carolina Department of Transportation
Contractor: Blythe Construction, Charlotte, N.C.
Start Date: May 2007
Completion Date:

This 7-mi-long project will include 3.8 million cu yds of earthwork; 298,000 tons of asphalt and 15 bridges. The project has 72 individual sensitive site areas that are maintained for erosion control.

36) Interstate 275 Reconstruction
Cost: $103.7 million

Key Facts
Location: Tampa, Fla.
Owner: Florida Department of Transportation, District 7
Contractor: PCL Civil Constructors, Tampa
Architect: PBS&J, Tampa
Engineers: HNTB, PBS&J, PB Americas and KCA
Start Date: August 2007
Completion Date: August 2009

This 1.64-mi I-275 project consists of replacing the existing lanes, with three to four lanes located to the outside of the existing interstate facility. It will include landscaping and Architectural elements to enhance aesthetics.