Kraus-Anderson completes 100,000-square-foot expansion at St. Louis Park Middle School
September 7, 2021
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. – (September 2021) – Kraus-Anderson (KA) has completed a $31.4 million addition and renovation at St. Louis Park Middle School, located at 2025 Texas Ave. S. in St. Louis Park, Minn.
Designed by Cuningham Group Architecture, the 100,000–square foot, two-story expansion includes 46,243 square feet of additions and 44,732 square feet of renovations.
The extensive project features a new auditorium with front offices for senior staff, and a remodeled kitchen addition and new cafeteria with space to accommodate student growth. New classrooms fitted for next-century learning were added and the Media Center was remodeled. Additions also included new student gathering spaces and a second-floor hallway that links the existing east and west hallways.
St. Louis Park Middle School is one of dozens of major K-12 construction projects KA will work on this year during its “Summer Sprint,” a critical, concentrated time during the summer months when school is not in session and when crews can perform work that ranges from new school construction to upgrades to deferred maintenance projects.
KA continues to lead the field of regional education construction projects and is currently ranked 12th in the nation in the construction of K-12 facilities by Building Design and Construction magazine. Over the past five years, KA has completed over $1 billion in K-12 projects. KA’s comprehensive school construction services include facility analysis and budget approaches, leading to informed and successful referendum initiatives.
COVID-19: KRAUS-ANDERSON’S COMMITMENT TO JOB SAFETY
As the world continues to deal with and adapt to the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kraus-Anderson’s top priority remains safety. The company has implemented stringent social distancing practices and other elevated safety protocol on construction job sites, details of which can be found at KA’s COVID-19 Response Page.
About Kraus-Anderson
Established in 1897, Kraus-Anderson is an integrated construction management and real estate development enterprise working independently and in collaboration with a family of companies, including insurance, mortgage and realty operations. Kraus-Anderson, an EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability employer, is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and has regional offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wis., Bismarck, N.D., and Duluth, Bemidji and Rochester Minn.