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Orlando, Magic Pick Turner, Hunt for Arena Team
By Debra Wood
The city of Orlando’s plans for new civic venues moved forward with Turner Construction of Orlando tapped to serve as program manager for the $380 million Orlando Events Center, future home of the Orlando Magic and the Orlando Predators arena football team.
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Turner expects to break ground this summer on the 18,500-seat arena and complete the project in the third quarter of 2010. Hunt Construction Group of Indianapolis, in association with local minority firms Rey Group, R.L. Burns, HZ Construction and Albu & Associates, will serve as construction manager.
“We’ve partnered with the Magic to manage the overall development of the center,” says Scott Skidelsky, vice president and general manager of Turner’s Orlando office.
HOK Sport of Kansas City, Mo., designed the 800,000-sq-ft, seven-level arena, in conjunction with C.T. Hsu + Associates and Baker Barrios Architects, both of Orlando. The team aims for a LEED-certified building with energy- and water-efficient features. The glass and metal-clad building features a 120-ft tall tower that will serve as a beacon in the downtown neighborhood.
The Magic will develop the events center and the city will operate it. The project is part of a downtown civic-enhancement program that includes a performing arts center and renovation to the Citrus Bowl Stadium.
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