The new Total Dental will be located adjacent to where the former site burned down on Johnson Ave. Construction is expected to cost $1.9 million.
BRIDGEPORT — About $60 million of construction is ongoing in Bridgeport, according to city officials.
The development includes large-scale, multimillion dollar projects, including the new Dominion Resources headquarters and the UHC Orthopedic and Spine Center, as well as other healthcare providers, pharmacies and a new restaurant.
Construction always ramps up with the coming of spring and better weather, according to Randy Spellman, Bridgeport director of community development.
“Traditionally, projects either try to be out of the ground and framed in before winter so that work can be done inside, or they wait until spring to break ground to take advantage of the warmer and hopefully drier weather,” he said.
The UHC Orthopedic and Spine Center has broken ground on the UHC complex.
The $13.6 million project is expected to take about one year to complete, according to Spellman.
Site preparation work valued at $1.4 million has begun for the Dominion Resources headquarters at White Oaks.
Total construction is expected to cost more than $30 million, according to Spellman.
Both the Comfort Suites Hotel, with a $5 million construction value, and the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, with an $8 million construction value, are nearing completion at White Oaks.
Shaner Investments, the company that will own the Courtyard by Marriott, expects an opening date in May, according to Matt Shaner, CEO and owner.
“The worst winter in about a hundred years slowed things down a little bit,” he said. “It is a few months past schedule.”
Shaner listed several reasons demand for hotels is up in Harrison County, including the booming oil and gas industry and new business growth…
