Florida Marlins Negotiating Construction Management Contract With Hunt/Moss, A Joint Venture
Miami, Florida, June 13, 2008
The Florida Marlins are negotiating with Hunt/Moss, a Joint Venture, on a construction management contract for the Major League Baseball club’s new ballpark on the site of the Orange Bowl near downtown Miami. Claude Delorme, Marlins senior vice president of stadium development, made the announcement June 10 following a unanimous vote in favor of Hunt/Moss by the team’s Construction Manager Selection Committee.
“The Marlins are extremely pleased to enter this stage with Hunt/Moss as we prepare our plans to open a first-class, retractable-roofed ballpark in Miami,” said Delorme. “Hunt’s extensive experience in retractable-roof stadium projects and Moss’ strong local presence, along with their knowledge of this market, make them an excellent team.”
Hunt/Moss is a joint venture consisting of Hunt Construction Group, the nation’s leading sports builder and Moss & Associates, a Fort Lauderdale-based construction management company with extensive experience in complex commercial projects.
Hunt and members of Moss’ executive team previously joined together to construct BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, home of the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers. In all the Hunt/Moss team has completed more than $1 billion worth of projects in the South Florida region.
The Marlins said negotiations with the joint venture will start immediately, while the club moves forward with stadium design documents. The Hunt/Moss team will work with architects H.O.K. Sport on the state-of-the-art facility. H.O.K. Senior Principal Earl Santee, who has worked on more than 15 Major League Baseball stadiums, has been assigned to the Marlins’ project.
Hunt Construction Group was established in 1944 and is ranked by Engineering News-Record as one of the nation’s top commercial construction firms and ranks #1 in sports. In 2007, Hunt completed $2 billion worth of work across the United States of which $537 million was on sports venues alone. Hunt’s sports portfolio includes 16 Major League Baseball stadiums, as well as five retractable roof stadiums. For more information visit www.huntconstructiongroup.com.
Moss & Associates is a privately held construction company that is ranked among the nation’s top 100 building contractors and 2nd largest in the State of Florida with annual revenues exceeding $649 million in fiscal year 2007. Through its headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, and regional offices in Miami and Ocala, the firm provides design-build, general construction, construction management and preconstruction consulting services for projects ranging in both size and complexity being developed throughout the United States, Bahamas and Caribbean.
The firm’s financial stability, market reputation and long-term executive relationships have provided them the opportunity to construct some of the area’s most unique and logistically challenging projects – from major landmark mixed-use urban developments and high-rise structures to luxury hotels, commercial office buildings, schools, retail establishments, health care and life sciences facilities, government buildings, and correctional facilities, among others.
In the past four years alone, Moss has been involved with more than $1.3 billion of construction assignments in Miami-Dade County specifically. Among their most notable projects are the University of Miami’s $133 million Biomedical Research Center, Garage and Central Energy Plant located at the Jackson Memorial Hospital campus; the $158 million Downtown Dadeland and $98 million Colonnades mixed use developments near the Dadeland Mall; the $233 million Ivy and Mint Condominium Towers located along the Miami River in downtown Miami; and the $34 million Plaza San Remo Medical Office, Garage and Retail Center across from Sunset Place. For more information about Moss, please contact www.mosscm.com.