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BY: KATHRYN HARDISON, REPORTER khardison@sbj.net
Owner/developer: Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Co.
General contractor: Ross Construction Group LLC
Architect: Buxton Kubik Dodd Design Collective
Engineers: Anderson Engineering Inc., civil; Miller Engineering PC, structural; and Buxton Kubik Dodd Design Collective, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 432,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $15 million, per building permits
Lender: WND
Estimated completion: October, Phase I; and early 2021, Phase II
Project description: Seasonal rain has altered the construction timeline for Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Co.’s warehouse expansion. Ross Construction Group President David Ross said rain delays have created two phases to the project comprising 175,000 square feet that’s on track to be complete in October, with the remainder nearing completion in early 2021. The expansion of an existing 125,000 square feet will consolidate staff and operations to a centralized campus from a leased warehouse space near Partnership Industrial Center, according to past Springfield Business Journal reporting. The addition also replaces warehousing in the production facility to allow for the expansion of a new bottling line. Ozarks Coca-Cola Vice President Sally Hargis declined to comment on the project.