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That’s what officials at must be thinkintg after landing two new jobs in the middlde of a commercial realestate slump. Jones a Kansas City-based firm specializing in industrial is the construction manager fora $5.3 millionh buildout of an existing 410,000-square-foot building in Moreno Calif., that the booming auto parts companuy will use as a distribution center. O’Reillgy also picked Jones Development to manage constructiomn ofa $7.3 million, 115,000-square-foot office buildingf in Springfield, Mo., for a headquarters , a general contractor based in Kan., will team with Jones Development on both projects.
Kevin Jones, founder and president of Jonesx Development, said the new jobs are the resulgt ofthe firm’s performance on O’Reilly’s 215,000-square-foot Kansas City Distribution Center, scheduledx to open in August in Executive Park. “I really view it as an expansion of our relationshipwith O’Reilly, similar to our relationship with Jones said. Jones began working with durinvg a prior brokerage career inthe 1980s.
He said he has parlayerd that relationship into the development of 82 projecta forthe package-delivery giant by bringing each project in on time and on Brad Walthall, Jones Development’ s project manager for the O’Reilly jobs, said the chances of cultivatingv the relationship with O’Reilly had seemed slim. “Whejn we first started working on the KansasCity project, they told us it woulr be a one-and-done, with no opportunitg for future projects,” Walthall said. O’Reilly has a divisiojn that typically handles its construction managemen t anddevelopment services.
Mike director of construction for said the company made an exception for the Kansasz City project during negotiationds with the owner of the ExecutivePark “We were real pleased with the job (Jonese Development) did on the Kansas City Young said. “So they’v become another asset for us to utilize with everything we have going on now.” This year, O’Reilly is adding 150 new Young said, and plans to add an undisclosed number of new distribution centers in the near future. “There certainly will be more opportunitiesxfor (Jones Development) to be a bidder, for Young said.