Skanska, the Swedish construction firm with a local office, will begin demolition and reconstruction of a Stewart Middle Magnet School in Tampa this month.<\/p>\n
The $77 million project will create a shared campus for Stewart and the neighboring Just Elementary. According to the firm, when finished there will be nearly 135,000 square feet of educational space.<\/p>\n
The Stewart portion of the campus will have more than 1,000 student stations and Just Elementary will house about 530 students, Skanska says in a statement. The two schools will share a cafeteria and media center on the property. A gym at the original Stewart Middle will remain with new lighting and code upgrades.<\/p>\n
Work, Skanska says, is expected to be completed in early 2028.<\/p>\n
In a letter to parents in early January, Hillsborough County Public Schools told parents the middle school is being transformed \u201cinto a state-of-the-art STEM school\u201d and students would relocate to Just Jan. 26.<\/p>\n
Stewart is on Spruce Street near the Hillsborough River, on the opposite bank from Armature Works near the city\u2019s downtown.<\/p>\n
Skanska Group is one largest construction and project development companies in the world with 2024 revenue totaling 177 billion in Swedish Krona (currently about $19.8 billion).<\/p>\n
Skanska USA was founded in 1971 and employs more than 6,300. Its revenue in 2024 was $8.2 billion. It has 28 offices nationwide, including in Tampa, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n
Among its local projects are the St. Petersburg Pier; Coachman Park in downtown Clearwater; the University of South Florida Health\u2019s Morsani College of Medicine & Heart Institute at Water Street Tampa; and the renovation and expansion of the Tampa Convention Center.<\/p>\n
It has also worked on projects for Hillsborough schools in the past, including on the $47 million campus conversion of Collins PK-8 in Riverview and a $12 million upgrade to Chamberlain High School\u2019s athletic complex.<\/p>\n
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