From the Ground Up: Jack Heitz Center

Owner/developer: Big Brothers Big Sisters

General contractor: MoDoCo Inc.

Architect: Butler, Rosenbury & Partners Inc.

Engineer: Malone, Finkle, Eckhardt & Collins

Size: 3,000 square feet

Estimated cost: $350,000

Lender: Great Southern Bank

Estimated completion date: end of October

Project description: This new facility will replace Big Brothers Big Sisters’ current location, 1675 E. Seminole. Lisa Slavens, BBBS executive director, said the new building will offer nearly double the space of the group’s current headquarters. “It has so much space, we’ll really be able to grow,” Slavens said. The new space will be used for administrative purposes, as well as for matching potential mentors with area youth and providing space for facilitating the organization’s at-risk youth programs.