Panzica selected to build Rec Center

Today, the news broke that Panzica Construction was awarded the contract to build the new Recreation Center on Lakeshore Boulevard. We are now one step closer to having this wonderful jewel complete one more step of the Lakeshore Plan!

Panzica Construction wins $9.9 million contract for rec center in Collinwood

By JAY MILLER

As posted on the Crain’s Business Sight today
1:46 pm, March 3, 2010

Panzica Construction has won a $9.9 million contract to build a new recreation center in the city of Cleveland's Collinwood neighborhood.

It would be the first new recreation center in the city since 1997. The project is a major piece of a five-year capital improvements plan initiated by Mayor Frank Jackson shortly after he took office in 2006. It will be financed by general obligation bonds.

“It's a significant investment in Cleveland,” said Ken Silliman, Mayor Jackson's chief of staff. “It reflects our commitment to self-help.”

M. Rivera Construction and VIP Restoration, both of Cleveland, are among 14 subcontractors on the project.

The rec center is a redevelopment of a former big box discount store on Lakeshore Boulevard across from Euclid Beach State Park. The design by City Architecture includes a gymnasium, an indoor swimming pool and a fitness center.

Mr. Silliman and North Collinwood councilman Michael Polensek see the center as key to revitalizing an attractive middle-class city neighborhood.

“It's fulfilling a dream I've had for a very long time,” Mr. Polensek said.