From the Ground Up: O'Reilly Automotive Inc. headquarters

Owner/developer: O'Reilly Automotive Inc.

General contractor: Crossland Construction Co. Inc. (Kansas) and Jones Development Co. LLC (Kansas City)

Architect: Buddy Webb & Co.

Engineers: Anderson Engineering Inc., civil; JS Smith Consulting Engineers PC (Joplin), structural; Malone Finkle Eckhardt & Collins Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing

Size: 115,819 square feet

Estimated cost: $8.9 million

Lender: None

Estimated completion date: April

Project description: The publicly traded aftermarket auto parts retailer (Nasdaq: ORLY) is building a new headquarters on 10 acres adjacent to its existing corporate offices. When complete, it will house about 600 O'Reilly Automotive employees and consolidate all 800 Springfield corporate staff members on one campus. The project is financed by working capital, said O'Reilly spokesman Mark Merz. The land is leased from OGS Properties Inc., a company registered to Jared Enterprises President Jerry Jared, and O'Reilly will own the building, said Sara Lucas, construction administration manager in O'Reilly's real estate division.[[In-content Ad]]Springfield Business Journal brings you new projects each week. Send project info by e-mail to sbj@sbj.net or by fax to (417) 799-0603.