UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Student housing going up in Columbia

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Under Construction is a roundup of some of the recent and ongoing commercial construction projects going on across South Carolina. Architects, contractors, engineers and other players in the construction industry are welcome to submit projects with photos to SC Biz News.

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Gateway 737

737 Gadsden Street

Columbia

Owner: USC Development Foundation, Columbia

Developer: Holder Properties

Architects: Cooper Carry & Associates, Atlanta

General contractor: New South Construction, Atlanta

Engineers: MMSA Inc. Greenville (structural); RMF Engineering, Charleston (MEP and fire protection); SSOE, Columbia (civil); Water Technology Inc., Beaver Dam, Wis. (pool consultant)

Project manager: Metromont LLC, Greenville

Estimated completion date: July 2025

Estimated total cost of project: $172 million

Project description: The USC Foundation Student Housing project “Gadsden + Greene” is a 750,000-square-foot total precast concrete mixed-use student housing project scheduled to open in the fall of 2025. The 11-story structure will provide 940 beds for USC’s 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-year students. The precast development includes a 580-car parking deck, as well as 42,000 square feet of student meeting space and 12,000 square feet of restaurant/retail space. Metromont’s Greenville and Spartanburg plants produced 750,000 square feet of precast for the project.

Palmetto Logistics

Palmetto Commerce Parkway

North Charleston

Developer/owner: Dalfen Industrial, Dallas

Architects: LS3P Associates, Charleston

General contractor: Choate Construction, Mount Pleasant

Engineers: Meha Engineering, Norcross (MEP); SeamonWhiteside, Mount Pleasant (civil); WGPM, Charlotte (structural)

Estimated completion date: Spring 2024

Project description: Dalfen Industrial partnered with Choate Construction and LS3P Associates for the design-build delivery of the largest speculative industrial building to date in the Charleston market. Measuring 1.3 million square feet, the new facility is intended to help support strategic growth at the ports by delivering warehouse and distribution space.

Publix at Nexton

1274 Nexton Pkwy.

Summerville

Developer/owner: Branch Properties, Atlanta; Crosland Southeast, Charlotte

Architects: Hiscutt & Associates, Alpharetta

Estimated completion date: Fall 2024

Project description: An 80,437-square-foot Publix grocery store is coming to Nexton, in Summerville, serving as the anchor of the new One Nexton mixed-use community. The community’s first phase, expected to be completed this fall, features 37,500 square feet of retail space as well as a corner outparcel and 351 Class-A apartments.

RXO Upfit, Suite 250

2155 Eagle Drive, Suite 250

North Charleston

Developer/owner: RXO Capacity Solutions, Charlotte

Architects: Loyal Architects, North Charleston

General contractor: J. Musselman Construction, Charleston

Engineers: HG Consultant Engineers, Charleston (MEP)

Estimated completion date: April 2024

Project description: This project is an interior upfit of office space on the second floor of an existing building. The new floor plan, designed to be contemporary and efficient, includes space for offices, conference room, break room, print room, huddle room, and storage areas, with new walls, flooring, casework, glass, lighting and paint. Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire alarm and fire sprinkler trades are also included.

The Warehouse on Miller

1104 Miller Ave.

Columbia

Developer/owner: MGN Development Group, Columbia

Architects: Phase One, Columbia

General contractor: CNC Contracting

Project manager: Massey Engineering, Columbia

Engineers: Massey Engineering, Columbia (MEP, civil and structural)

Estimated completion date: March 2024

Project description: This project revitalizes an existing block-and-steel building utilizing a modernized identity and functional floor plan. A new ADA bathroom and office addition will allow for the placement of the required elements to run a business while maintaining the expansive openness that the building’s engineered steel frame allows. The exterior and lot include new paving, parking, and landscaping; an adjacent laydown yard behind fence also is accessible to the interior via a side garage door.