Three construction companies would become team that builds new Red Wings arena

JOHN SULLIVAN

Three construction companies will become the construction team for the new arena for the Detroit Red Wings. It will be built on a site near Woodward Avenue and I-75.

The new $450 million arena for the Detroit Red Wings will be built by a consortium of three construction companies that was submitted for approval today by the citys Downtown Development Authority.

Newly formed Barton Malow-Hunt-White, organized as the projects general contractor, was submitted today to the DDA by arena developer Olympia Development of Michigan, which issued a statement today.

The authority is scheduled to vote on the submission when it meets at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

The three companies are Southfield-based Barton Malow Co., Detroit-based White Construction and Indianapolis-based Hunt Construction Group.

Details about the consortiums structure and information about financing were not disclosed.

Barton Malow and White were involved in construction of Comerica Park and Ford Field. White recently was hired as a subcontractor for the $137 million private-public M-1 Rail streetcar project along Woodward Avenue.

Hunt Construction has worked on major sports venues such as the Amway Center for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association, Barclays Center for the NBAs Brooklyn Nets and New York Islanders of the National Hockey League and Consol Energy Center for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL.

The DDA will own the 18,000-seat event center, to be built by 2017 west of Woodward at I-75 in Detroit.

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