GATES Awarded Children’s Museum Expansion, Breaks Ground on Two New Projects

GATES Construction has been awarded the Make Space addition to the Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples.

Located at 15080 Livingston Road, the new space will include a two-story glass wall that will allow visitors to view activities in the learning area and new mezzanine loft, and a display wall for children’s projects. Also, the existing classrooms will be repurposed as a collaborative workspace for hands-on learning, creating and problem solving. Hlevel is designing the project, which is expected to begin construction this summer.

Also in Naples, GATES has been selected for two new construction projects.

At press time, the company was poised to begin construction on a new animal hospital at Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens. Named the Glass Animal Hospital in honor of its primary benefactors, Denny and Tanya Glass, the one-story, 9,144sf facility will feature a surgical suite, treatment room, hospitalization rooms, necropsy room, diagnostic lab, pharmacy, ICU and hospitalization holding areas, outdoor run area and administrative rooms.

Also, GATES has begun work on Carl’s White Glove Personal Storage & Wine Vault, a three-story, 90,972sf climate-controlled building at 11201 Tamiami Trail East, across from Treviso Bay. Approximately 3,000sf of the building will be dedicated to wine storage. As such, it will be fully equipped with emergency back-up power to maintain temperature and humidity during any power outage.

MHK Architecture & Planning designed the facility, which is slated for completion later this year.

For more information, please call 239- 593-3777 or visit www.GATESinc.com.