KBE Building Corporation Providing Preconstruction Phase Services for Two Senior Living Facilities

Online, December 18, 2012 (Newswire.com) - KBE Building Corporation (KBE) (www.kbebuilding.com) is providing Preconstruction Phase Services for two senior living facilities: the Jewish Home for the Elderly project in Bridgeport, CT and Fieldhome Senior Living in Cortlandt Manor, NY.

The Jewish Home for the Elderly project will replace an existing 360-bed skilled nursing center with a new 350,000 square-foot skilled nursing and assisted living facility that includes an adult daycare, a fitness center, and a childcare center. Project construction costs are estimated at $75 million, with an anticipated construction start in late 2013. The project is being designed by Perkins Eastman Architects.

The $58 million Fieldhome Senior Living project will include a 12,000 square-foot restoration of the original Georgian style residence and 238,000 square feet of new construction. Once construction is complete, the existing skilled nursing facility will be demolished. The project will provide 102 Independent Living Units and 96 Skilled Nursing beds with supporting common areas, a daycare facility, and garages. Construction is projected to start in early 2014. The project is being designed by AG Architects and SWBR.

About KBE Building Corporation

Regionally located in Farmington, Connecticut and Columbia, Maryland, KBE Building Corporation is a full-service, single-source commercial construction company strategically positioned to serve the Eastern and Mid-Atlantic U.S. Founded in 1959 and incorporated in 1966, the firm provides preconstruction, construction management, design-build, and general contracting services to clients in the senior living, educational, federal, corporate, hospitality, health care, institutional, and retail markets. KBE has managed more than $2.3 billion in construction volume over the last decade, and is ranked among Engineering News-Record magazine's top 400 construction companies nationally. Visit the company's Web site at www.kbebuilding.com.