From the Ground Up: Ingram Enterprises Inc.

General contractor: Wirt Construction Co. Inc.

Architect: Butler, Rosenbury & Partners Inc.

Engineers: Malone Finkle Eckhardt & Collins Inc., mechanical, electrical, plumbing and structural; Olsson Associates, site work and grading

Size: 103,500 square feet

Estimated cost: $4 million, per Greene County building permit

Lender: The Signature Bank

Estimated completion date: Dec. 1, for the warehouse; March 1, for the offices and showroom

Project description: Ingram Enterprises Inc. is moving its headquarters after 28 years in a 24,000-square-foot facility at 6597 W. Independence Drive. Fireworks Over America, a subsidiary of Ingram Enterprises, will package and sell fireworks from the new location. President Mike Ingram said he’s moving because he needs more space for his companies, which include project developer MO-SC Columbia LLC. Ingram will keep his current fireworks showroom open, giving him 14 fireworks retail sites nationally. The development is part of Ingram’s 29-acre warehousing and light manufacturing development. Ten undeveloped lots are available through R.B. Murray Co. for $3 a square foot.

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.