General contractor: Wehr Construction LLC Architect: Place Makers LLC Engineers: Place Makers LLC, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing Estimated cost: $500,000
Staffing agency Penmac LLC’s two-story corporate office is on pace for completion Sept. 1, according to founder Patti Penny. The facility, owned by Pen Real LLC, will eliminate Penmac’s need for leased space on the seventh floor of the downtown Great Southern office building and accommodate 90 percent of Penmac’s corporate personnel. There also will be room to house the company’s information technology department. The exterior of the building will blend a traditional brick storefront with postmodern bright metal features and an open atrium, according to previous Springfield Business Journal coverage.[[In-content Ad]]
Plaza Shopping Center gained an arcade with the March 1 opening of The Flying Lap LLC; the repurposing of space operated by Burrell Behavioral Health resulted in the March 18 opening of the company’s second autism center; and a group of downtown business owners teamed up to reopen J.O.B. Public House.