Renovations of a midtown shopping center are underway.
Upgrades to El Campo Center, on the southwest corner of , are expected to be complete this summer.
An initial $25,000 permit was issued for the former El Campo Tire Store. A 10,823-square-foot retail space will be developed and Metro PCS by Sprint has signed a lease for one of the spots.
The adjacent Food City will also be remodeled.
Steve Shell is the project’s architect; MW Morrissey Construction is the general contractor and the project’s real estate broker is Craig Finfrock, with Commercial Retail Advisors LLC.
Other construction activity around town includes:
- A $19.7 million permit was issued for the new Northwest Hospital at .
- A new Plasma Donation Center at is under construction with a $2.5 million permit.
- Hilton El Conquistador is getting a new, $2.4 million spa building at .
- Tohono Chul Park received a $1.3 million permit for a pavilion at .
- A $1.2 million permit was issued to Round 1 Bowling for improvements to the former Sears store at Park Place, .
- Cortaro Ranch is building a $1 million retail shell building at .
- A shell building at Marana Main Gate is under construction with a $826,830 permit at .
- Continental Ranch Retail Center, , got a $581,645 permit for a shell building.
- A $540,633 permit was issued for a new Denny’s restaurant at .
Information on building permits courtesy of Ginger Kneup, ginger@orangereports.com, owner of Bright Future Real Estate Research. Contact reporter Gabriela Rico at grico@tucson.com. On Facebook: .