“They completely changed my life,” Smith explained, “including teaching me about finances and how to carry myself like a man. I could not be happier.”
Each morning, Baltimore City resident Ronald Smith III wakes up at 5:30 am to prepare for his day working as a Project Engineer at a construction job site undertaken by L.F. Jennings, Inc. After concluding his shift at approximately 4 p.m., Smith makes his way home to spend a quiet evening at his West Baltimore residence. He says a prayer and smiles with the realization that his life has taken a dramatic 180-degree turn from four years ago, when he was engaged with the Baltimore City Department of Juvenile Services Evening Report Center (ERC) program and generally felt lost and adrift with a bleak future.
A Baltimore organization is changing lives through mentorship and job training. Ronald Smith III never imagined himself on the site of a full-time job as a project engineer with L.F. Jennings Inc.
As excitement builds around the arrival of a Trader Joe’s grocery store in Brookland, Andrew Mitchell, a proud 2019 graduate with a bachelor of science in civil engineering, is at the helm of this much-anticipated project, just two blocks from his alma mater.
“It’s great to be back in the area,” Mitchell said, reflecting on the significance of working so close to campus. As the superintendent representing L.F. Jennings, a construction company based in Falls Church, Virginia, Mitchell oversees all schedule coordination to ensure the job site runs smoothly.
Construction crews are popping up on Carnation Street in Richmond’s South-Central District.
What’s now a patch of dust and dirt down the road from Chippenham Hospital will eventually be one of the city’s newest affordable housing projects: Beaufont Oaks Community.
Bon Secours is further expanding its Manchester-area presence with a $3 million clinic aimed at uninsured patients.
Dubbed the Bon Secours Community Health Clinic Manchester at the Center for Healthy Living, the upcoming facility will occupy an 8,000-square-foot, two-story space at 2301 Everett St.
The clinic will be situated within the headquarters of social services nonprofit CARITAS (Congregations Around Richmond Involved to Assure Shelter) near the intersection of Richmond Highway and Maury Street.
The clinic is planned to feature primary care, behavioral health and chronic disease management, among other services for children and adults. The facility will be a permanent outpost and headquarters of Care-A-Van, the Bon Secours mobile health program for the uninsured.
The clinic is expected to open in early 2023. Bon Secours expects to spend $3 million to establish the clinic, according to a spokeswoman.
The renovation project team consists of L.F. Jennings (general contractor), ENV (architect), CMTA (construction engineering) and Draper Aden Associates (civil engineering).
All of the office space in The Sauer Center’s first phase has now been spoken for, with a firm that’s closely familiar with the project snapping up its last bit.
L.F. Jennings has signed a lease to move its local headquarters to The Sauer Center, the Whole Foods-anchored development from Sauer Properties across Broad Street from the Fan.
Richmond, Va. — A joint venture between Elevation Real Estate Group, Auerbach Funds and Beechmont Acquisitions has begun redevelopment at Parc Place at Short Pump Town Center, an 82,968-square-foot shopping center in the Richmond suburb of Short Pump. Renovations will include an upgrade to the center’s façade; the addition of new lighting; parking lot repairs and re-striping; upgraded landscaping; and a new marquee sign and logo.
MidCity recently broke ground on a 108-unit multifamily apartment building at 1400 Montana Avenue NE, in Washington, DC. Located in the Brentwood census tract, a designated Opportunity Zone, the $33 million project is financed with Opportunity Fund equity and a construction loan from Sandy Spring Bank. L.F. Jennings is the general contractor.
The 2020 ENR MidAtlantic Best Projects winners include a diverse set of projects from across the region.
Two panels of industry judges reviewed more than 80 projects located throughout the region, including Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
The judges were divided into two groups and assigned a group of categories. Projects were evaluated on the ability of the project team to overcome challenges, contribution to the industry and community, safety and construction and design quality. Due to the large number of entries, we can only honor a fraction of the projects that are submitted each year, so if your project didn’t win this year, please be sure to submit next year. Judges could select any combination of Best Project-level category winners and Award of Merit honorees.
This year’s 2020 ENR MidAtlantic Best Projects winners are:
Best Project Level Winners:
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The St James: Sports, Wellness And Entertainment Complex
The new YMCA opened its doors inside the SunTrust building. It replaces the old location at the James Center, which ended operations on June 29.
Compared to the previous site, the new location will be less than half the size of that, at 12,000 square feet. Even if it sounds small, it still packs a mean punch.
