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Springfield, MO
General contractor: Rich Kramer Construction Inc.
Architect: R. E. Werner Architect LLC
Engineers: Own Inc., civil; Edelman Engineering, structural; and Schober Engineering LLC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 9,375 square feet
Cost: Would not disclose
Estimated completion: June
Description: In Strafford’s Southwest Missouri Rail and Business Park, 417 Express Delivery LLC is expanding its facility, bringing the freight business to 25,000 square feet. The project will add a dock door and includes an office for a potential tenant, project officials say. 417 Express was the second building completed at the business park near Interstate 44 and State Highway 125.
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.