BY: CHRISTINE TEMPLE, FEATURES EDITOR ctemple@sbj.net
General contractor: Ross Construction Group LLC
Size: 23,500 square feet
Estimated cost: $1 million, per city permit
Estimated completion: September
Project description: Phase II of the estimated 150,000-square-foot Springfield Plaza retail center near West Bypass and Sunshine Street is underway, with national discount store chain Five Below Inc. signed on as a tenant. Co-developer Tom Rankin of Rankin Development LLC has said Five Below will fill about 9,000 square feet out of 23,500 square feet on the development’s west end next to Burlington Coat Factory. Buxton Kubik Dodd Design Collective is the project architect and is providing mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering work. Additional engineering work is provided by Lee Engineering and Associates LLC, civil; and Miller Engineering PC, structural.