From the Ground Up: Independence Marketplace

Owner/developer: Glenngary LLC
General contractor: BP Builders LLC
Architect: Buxton Kubik Dodd Design Collective
Engineers: Buxton Kubik Dodd Design Collective, mechanical, electrical and plumbing; Toth and Associates Inc., structural and civil
Size: 10,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $1 million, per city permit
Estimated completion: October
Project description: Through Glenngary LLC, Keller Williams Greater Springfield real estate agents Rhett Smillie, Adam Graddy and Dan Holt are building a mixed-use center and targeting tenants in real estate services. The shell building has space for up to seven tenants. “We have several spaces designed and will begin infills soon,” Smillie said via email. “We have letters of intent signed with a title company, an attorney, an insurance company and a mortgage lender.” He declined to disclose the businesses. Plans for the complex originated because of Keller Williams’ new local headquarters that are nearby at 1619 E. Independence St.