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Four commercial building projects have started or are ready to begin in Hagerstown, according to permits issued by the city.
The projects includes an expansion at Antraquip on Bowman Avenue, work at Pinnacle Foods on Frederick Street, renovation of the former Masonic Temple downtown and construction of storage buildings at Great Southern Wood Preserving off Maryland Avenue.
Karl Mitterndorfer, president and CEO of Antraquip at 758 Bowman Ave., said he hopes his project will be finished by late in the spring or early in the summer.
“With weather, you never know,” he said.
The company makes rock-cutting equipment and tunnel support systems. Mitterndorfer said Antraquip’s equipment can be found around the world, in countries from New Zealand and Chile to the United States, Europe and North Africa.
According to the building permit, the company plans to add a new pre-engineered building and a loading dock. The work is valued at $1.27 million, the permit states.
“It’s an expansion. ... We just ran out of space,” Mitterndorfer said.
“We’ll be hiring when the building is up. ... It’s difficult to say how many,” he added.
About 45 people work there now, he said.
The company was established in 1985. Its website bills Antraquip as the “worldwide leader in manufacturing hydraulic cutters, road headers, tunnel support systems, and other specialized machinery used in the tunneling, mining, and construction industries.”
Other permits worth noting:
• 1200 Frederick St., at the Pinnacle Foods operation. The company was issued a permit for a $16 million project that includes removing a concrete slab, modifying the underground piping and pouring concrete to turn approximately 15,000 square feet into future production space. The company did not return emails or phone calls.
• 54 S. Potomac St., at the former Masonic Temple in downtown Hagerstown. The Bowman Development Corp. plans to renovate the historic building into office space. The company has been issued a permit for new restrooms, an elevator, changes to the electrical and plumbing systems and other work, valued at $1.5 million, according to the permit. “We’ve not made a decision on when we will start,” said Bowman Development President Rob Ferree.
• 1201 Maryland Ave. Great Southern Wood of Maryland Inc. has been issued two permits, both for pre-engineered metal buildings for lumber storage. One measures 90-by-500-by-36.5-feet. The cost of that project is estimated at $1.05 million. The second measures 100-by-300-by-24.5 feet, with an estimated cost of $836,997.
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