You probably won’t see a jackhammer at the sites of many South Florida condominium towers anytime soon, but a number of new residential development sites are going up — with a common theme: they’re funded by universities. South Florida is seeing a mini-boom in university real estate, with higher education institutions both adding new space and expanding beyond their walls. Last week, Moss Construction announced it had been awarded a $14 million contract to build a new dorm at Barry University in Miami Shores.
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A dozen contractors are competing to build parking at the new Miami
Marlins stadium, and have submitted formal bids for the project.
Bidders for the $94 million, 6,000-square foot project include Des
Moines, IA-based Weitz Company; Boston-based Suffolk Construction;
Birmingham, Ala.-based Brasfield & Gorrie; Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Hunt
Construction teamed with Fort Lauderdale-based Moss Construction;
Miami-based KM/Plaza; Dallas, Tex.-based Balfour Beatty Construction
teamed with Fort Lauderdale-based James A. Cummings Inc.; Miami-based
Coastal Construction; New York-based Turner teamed with Miami-based
MCM; Parsippany, NJ-based Skanska; Dallas, Tex.-based Austin Industries;
Fort Lauderdale-based Facchina Construction of Florida; and Miami-based
JCON Group teamed with Hollywood-based John Moriarty and Associates of
Florida.