Industrial: Gestamp Solar Steel

GESTAMP SOLAR STEEL

General contractor: Mortenson Construction
Architect: SmithGroup
Location: Peoria Ave. and Dysart Rd., on Solar Canyon Way, Surprise
Size: 75,000 SF manufacturing; 6,000 SF office ground floor with vacant 6,000 SF on second floor for expansion

The first phase of the $6M project is 75,000 SF of high bay manufacturing space, with a 12,000 SF office. The first phase is master planned to allow expansion of future 75,000 SF bays to an estimated growth close to 500,000 SF for the production of steel for a range of solar power plants destined for the Southwest. Subcontractors include W.W. Smith Construction and Blount Contracting. Construction to begin 2Q 2011.