From the Ground Up: Gallery Eleven

General contractor: Howard Bailey Co.

Architect: Baron Design & Associates LLC

Engineers: Colvin Jones Davis LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing; Silverhill Co. LLC, structural

Size: 33,800 square feet

Estimated cost: $2 million

Lender: Liberty Bank

Estimated completion date: April 1

Project description: Co-owner John Haik is serving as his own listing agent for this retail strip center, which has 21 units. Lease rates are $17 per square foot to $20 per square foot, triple net. Gallery Eleven already has three potential tenants – a maternity shop, pizzeria and a piano bar. Haik and his wife, Lee, are relocating one of their businesses, Ozark Adventures, to the center. The Haiks also own James Décor and the James River Place strip center where it’s located. John Haik said James Décor will expand into the space vacated by Ozark Adventures.

Reporter Cory Smith brings you new projects each week. He may be reached by e-mail, by fax at (417) 799-0603 or by phone at (417) 831-3238.