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New Wal-Mart on the way in Valley Stream, LI. (Retail New York).


B.R. Fries & Associates has been selected to convert a vacant store into a new Wal-Mart retail facility in Valley Stream.

The 120,000-SF store in the Green Acres Mall Green Acres Mall is an indoor shopping mall located in Valley Stream, New York, off of Sunrise Highway in Nassau County right off the border of New York City. The mall has a gross leasable area (GLA) of 1,635,000 square feet (152,000 m²).  had previously been a Kmart but had been unoccupied for some time. B. R. Fries president Norman Rijo said the multi-million dollar project, which is being fast-tracked for completion in August, includes building a new entrance that conforms to Wal-Mart standards, with new steel, concrete, footings and foundation work.

Fries will also remove the existing roof and replace it with a PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride.
PVC
 in full polyvinyl chloride

Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide.
 roof system, integrating a new MEP MEP maximum expiratory pressure.
MEP,
n muscle energy procedure; diagnostic and therapeutic technique. Pulsed muscle energy techniques (MET) and integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique (INIT) are two examples.
 system with 21 HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free  units. Modifications will be made to the loading dock, with reconfigured truck bays incorporating new footings, foundation, steel and temporary shoring throughout the demolition phase.

The parking lots will be upgraded and new landscaping will be installed. Architect for the project is Perry L. Butcher & Associates.

The Valley Stream store is the third Long Island project B. R. Fries has done Wal-Mart. Earlier this year, the construction firm completed new stores in East Setauket and Islandia. Fries last year completed other retail construction projects on Long Island, including renovations of Pathmark stores in Baldwin, Islip and Jericho, and is currently building a new Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.

Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box
 store in Shirley.
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Publication:Real Estate Weekly
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Date:Jun 18, 2003
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