Hoar Construction gets Jonesboro mall project

Hoar Construction LLC of Birmingham, Ala., was awarded a contract to build a $31 million mall in Jonesboro, Ark.

The project, The Mall at Turtle Creek, owned by David Hocker and Associates and Belz Burrow Development Group, will include 342,000 sq. ft. of retail space. JC Penney, Dillard's and Target will anchor the one-level mall. The project, which includes sitework, will require the relocation of an existing creek.

CMH Architects will design the project.

Hoar Construction has been recognized as one of the top 200 U. S. contractors for more than 30 years and is ranked 68th in the country in construction management by Engineering News-Record.

Rogers hospital begins construction

Ground was recently broken on a $140 million medical campus in Rogers, Ark., owned by the Mercy Health Care System of Northwest Arkansas.

Once finished in June 2007, the medical campus will consist of a 350,000-sq.-ft. medical center and 150,000-sq.-ft. medical office building. The campus will be located on a 75-acre site and will replace St. Mary's Hospital.

Quanex plans Arkansas plant expansion

Quanex Corp. of Houston recently announced plans for the $20 million expansion of its Ft. Smith, Ark., manufacturing plant.

The company makes components for the automotive and building industries. The project will raise the Ft. Smith plant's total shipping capacity to 1.3 million tons.

Products manufactured by the plant are sold to automotive plants for further development into gears and crankshafts.

First Baptist Church Springdale begins $25 million worship center

A new $25 million, 2,500-seat worship center for First Baptist Church of Springdale recently broke ground in west Rogers.

Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. of Rogers is the general contractor and Tucker Sadler Noble Castro Architects of San Diego, Calif., is the project architect. The building will measure 167,000 sq. ft. once completed.

The project will also include office space, a bookstore, a meeting space and separate preschool, children's and adult learning areas.

The church's existing Springdale campus will also get a $5 million, 26,000-sq.-ft. addition that will include an adult learning space, children's building and athletic fields.

Construction began in October.