Clark Construction Expanding Affordable Housing in Sarasota
June 12, 2008
SARASOTA, Fla. – Janie Poe Associates, LLC, of Sarasota, Fla., has awarded Clark Construction Group an $11.3 million contract for the Janie Poe Neighborhood Phase I project. The project is part of the Newtown Redevelopment Project in Sarasota.
The scope of the contract calls for demolition and reconstruction of portions of the 35-year-old Janie Poe neighborhood. When complete, Clark will have expanded the neighborhood’s Section 8 housing capacity from 52 units to a mixture of 86 affordable and market-rate one- to four-bedroom apartment homes in 14 buildings. The new complex will also feature green elements.
The 109,000 square-foot development plans include picnic pavilions, a playground, benches, bike racks, and a clubhouse designed to achieve LEED® Certification.
Janie Poe Neighborhood Phase I is the first stage in the Newtown Redevelopment Program, a $17 million revitalization effort sponsored by Sarasota Housing Authority.
When all the other phases are completed, the Newtown Redevelopment Program will include more than 800 units of market-rate, public and affordable housing, as well as an elderly facility, homeownership component, and retail space.
Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc. of Silver Spring, Md., is the project architect. Other project partners include King Engineering Associates, Inc. of Sarasota, Fla., civil engineer; Carlson Studio Architecture of Sarasota, Fla., property management resident services building architect; Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin of Orlando, Fla., landscape architect; and The Walter Fedy Group, Inc. of Lakeland, Fla., structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers.
Construction on the Janie Poe Neighborhood Phase I project began in April 2008 and completion is scheduled for December 2009.