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Gilbane Building Co. and the New York Mets are one step closer to reaching home plate on a new training facility in Florida.

The contractor, alongside Mets officials, celebrated the topping out of the franchise’s Player Development Complex at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida, according to a July 8 announcement. The cost of the project is $60 million, according to MLB.com, and is being paid for by Mets owner Steve Cohen.

The project team, made up of Gilbane and designer HKS, placed the final structural steel beam on the site to mark the completion of the 55,000-square-foot complex’s structural framework, per the announcement. The project broke ground in February, accoding to an MLB.com release.

Once complete, the facility will contain a 7,000-square-foot weight room with a cardio mezzanine; a 5,000-square-foot clubhouse with 180 lockers; hydrotherapy and sports medicine areas; dining and multipurpose spaces; covered batting cages and a synthetic turf field.

Gilbane used drone technology on the project to monitor progress and aid coordination, Ryan Snow, project executive for Gilbane Building Co., told Construction Dive via email.

Construction remains on schedule to open in time for spring training in 2027, the news release said.

Baseball builds are in Gilbane’s wheelhouse. In 2024, the Providence, Rhode Island-based firm won a contract for a minor league baseball stadium in Richmond, Virginia, which cost $110 million to build, local news outlets reported. The Richmond Flying Squirrels, an affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, celebrated the park’s opening in the spring, according to a city of Richmond news release.

But perhaps its flagship sports venue project is the new $2.1 billion stadium for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. Along with JV partner Turner Construction, Gilbane handed over the keys to the 1.6 billion-square-foot stadium to owners in June.