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Springfield, MO
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Springfield, MO
Sapp Design Associates Architects Inc.
Architect: Sapp Design Associates Architects Inc.
Engineers: Olsson Inc., civil and landscape; Toth and Associates Inc., structural; and Interpres Building Solutions LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
General contractor: DeWitt & Associates Inc.
Cost: $39.7 million
Estimated completion: April 15, 2026
Description: In April 2023, voters approved a $220 million bond issue to fund school improvements and projects across the Springfield Public Schools district, including a new facility for Reed Academy. The project includes the demolition of the existing school, completed in November 2023, and reconstruction on the same site for a 128,900-square-foot middle school, project officials say. The building will house a typical SPS middle school program with the addition of an immersive fine arts program to include band, orchestra, choir, art, dance, theater and media broadcasting, clustered around a central multipurpose auditorium and safe room.
Plaza Shopping Center gained an arcade with the March 1 opening of The Flying Lap LLC; the repurposing of space operated by Burrell Behavioral Health resulted in the March 18 opening of the company’s second autism center; and a group of downtown business owners teamed up to reopen J.O.B. Public House.