Great Lakes Downs

Muskegon Construction Company partnered with Hooker/DeJong Architects and Engineers in the design and construction of facilities at the thoroughbred racetrack that serves as a prototype for other Magna Entertainment tracks.

To meet the aggressive schedule, many components were custom-built. Weekly progress meetings were conducted through telephone conferences and progress photographs were delivered electronically.

Features

• Groomsmen’s quarters is a two-story masonry and pre-cast concrete building with

44 housing units, a laundry and a lounge area.

• Jockey’s quarters is a 1-story masonry building equipped with showers, whirlpools,

saunas and a physical therapy facility.

Summary

Size:

Groomsmen’s quarters 17,000 sf

Jockey’s quarters 3,400 sf

Cost:

$2.0 million

Schedule:

Mar. 2001 – Sept. 2001