Kohl’s Department Stores

Kohl’s Department Stores

Over the past ten years, S. M. Wilson & Co. has grown into one of the country’s largest builders of retail shell space, and leads the way in the metro St. Louis area. S. M. Wilson is well known in the retail industry for our ability to deliver a quality product on time, within budget and with no excuses. Based on this reputation, S. M. Wilson was selected by Kohl’s Department Store to build nine new stores located in Crestwood, Ellisville, Washington, Wentzville and Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Carbondale, Effingham and Alton (LEED Certified Store), Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky.

Each store is designed to maximize a satisfying, hassle free shopping experience. The store includes a men’s clothing department, women’s clothing department, juniors and children’s clothing department, houseware’s, shoes, jewelry and luggage department.

JCPenney

JCPenney Department Stores

In January 2006, S. M. Wilson & Co. was chosen by JCPenney Corporation to provide construction management services for their new retail store in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri. This project was the first new construction store that was completed by S. M. Wilson. The new 99,119 SF store opened with JCPenney’s new off-mall format. The off-mall format features stand alone stores with wider aisles, new lighting designs and concentrated customer service centers. Since the completion of the Dardenne Prairie store, S. M. Wilson has provided construction services for nine new JCPenney stores in Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Arizona and Ohio and has worked on several store renovations in Missouri, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

Cabela’s Outpost

Cabela’s Outpost

The 50,000 SF Cabela’s Outpost store in Bowling Green will be Cabela’s second store in Kentucky, joining the Louisville location constructed by S. M. Wilson.

The Cabela’s Outpost store features museum-quality wildlife displays, a gun counter, indoor archery range, archery tech room and handpainted murals, as well as a core-flex layout featuring innovative digital signage and seasonal product assortments. The project also features site work and an access road.

Cabela’s

Cabela’s Stores

S. M. Wilson was selected to provide construction management services for five new stores for the retailer – Hazelwood, Missouri; Columbus, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; Christiana, Delaware; and Bowling Green, Kentucky. Construction will start construction on a sixth store in West Chester, Ohio in October 2014.

Each Cabela’s facility features an aquarium stocked with fish native to the area. In addition, each store has a mountain replica with running waterfalls and streams, a gun library, general store, retail space and an indoor archery range. The high-end spaces also boast a sun-drenched atrium interior featuring authentic fieldstone accents and wood furnishings.

Burke & Brooks, LLC

River City Distributing

The project added a 40,000 SF expansion to the existing Controlled Temperature Warehouse (CTW) and included 30,000 SF in interior renovations to increase the size of their warehouse, draft cooler and sign shop point of sales area.

Significant earthwork and site improvements on an extremely tight site were part of the project, requiring elaborate phasing and coordination to minimize disruption to the Owner’s operation. Daily traffic for deliveries was managed through the construction site. Kingsolver/Pierce Elementary School

US Army Corps of Engineers

The AWA Wilson JV, a SBA 8(a) approved Mentor-Protégé joint venture, was awarded the construction of a new 115,000 SF elementary located in the Fort Knox Historic District.

The new facility, which replaces and consolidates two older elementary schools, is considered one of the Department of Defense Education Activity’s (DoDEA’s) first 21st Century Education schools and will accommodate 635 students from pre- kindergarten through fifth grade. The single-story complex will house: libraries, learning hubs with flexible studios/labs, a central commons area with performance stage, indoor and outdoor classrooms, a gymnasium, specialist rooms, music and art rooms, a learning impaired room, teacher work rooms, counseling areas, an information center, administrative areas, supply and storage areas and state-of-the-art kitchen and cafeteria.

Designed to achieve LEED Silver Certification, the facility will include high-efficiency building systems, renewable energy technologies and sustainable features such as: a geothermal heat pump system, solar water heaters, daylighting features, photovoltaic powered parking lots, energy monitoring systems/dashboard and a green roof.