From the Ground Up: Beacon Suites

Owner/developer: Beacon Suites LLC
General contractor: Build LLC
Architect: Buxton Kubik Dodd Creative
Engineers: Lee Engineering & Associates LLC, civil; J&M Engineering LLC, structural; and Buxton Kubik Dodd Creative, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 100,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $8.56 million, per city building permit
Lender: TCF National Bank (Wayzata, Minn.)
Estimated completion date: July 15
Project description: Through Beacon Suites LLC, Denver-based developer Beacon Student Housing is building a 201-bed student housing complex catering to Springfield college students. The developers, including local partner and commercial real estate agent Tim Roth, are fully furnishing the units with flat screen televisions and washers and dryers. Roth said rents per unit would range from $565 to $700 per month with shared amenities such as a fitness center, study rooms and a community room with a coffee bar and game station.

Send project info to bbrown@sbj.net.