WINTER PARK, FL, Oct. 25, 2010 — The commercial division of Palmer Electric Company has secured a $3.5 million contract with general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie LLC for The Continuum (top left rendering), a new University of Florida student-housing complex in Gainesville, Fla.
Under its scope of services, Palmer Electric is providing site and building electrical contracting along with low voltage systems that include fire alarm systems and voice/data cabling.
Composed of three, five-story buildings that total 533,000-square-feet, the complex is composed of 465 units of one- and two-bedroom rental residences for graduate and professional students as well as 50,000-square-feet of ground level retail/ commercial space.
According to Palmer Electric’s Vice President of Commercial Division, Robert Vaughn (middle left photo), “This is a fast track project due for completion in the end of July 2011.”
Baton Rouge, La.-based nonprofit Provident Resources Group owns the 5.2-acre site that is located on West University Avenue just four miles from the University’s main campus. In a first for the University of Florida, the $68 million project will be developed and managed by an outside entity, Capstone Development/DJG, Inc. of Birmingham, Ala.
Design Collective of Baltimore, Md., is the architect. Another Birmingham firm, CRS Engineering & Design Consultants is providing mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering.
Contact: Elaine Ingra, 407 384-1344, elainei@pr-works.com
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