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Stellar Wins Three ABC Excellence in Construction Awards
August 8, 2022
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Stellar Designs, Builds State-of-the-Art Organic Chicken Harvesting Facility for Bell & Evans
August 2, 2022
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Stellar to Build Expansion of Jack Link’s Distribution Facility
May 18, 2022
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Stellar Launches Redesigned 'Food for Thought' Blog
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Stellar Breaks Ground on New Fire Station for the City of Jacksonville
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Packaged Refrigeration Systems: 7 Key Advantages
Packaged refrigeration systems flip the script: Prefabricating components in a controlled environment speeds up your project timeline and improves the…

Tru by Hilton approved for 106-room hotel in Mandarin
Stellar Group Inc. is the contractor for the almost 48,300-square-foot hotel on 2.08 acres at San Jose Boulevard and Interstate 295.

PTC Powers Stellar’s Digital Transformation Journey
“As the construction and industrial refrigeration industries continue to evolve, it is imperative to have the right technology partner in place to ens…

Stellar Completes Construction of Lineage Refrigerated Distribution Facilities
Stellar, a fully integrated firm focused on design, engineering, construction and mechanical services worldwide, has completed construction of two ref…

Food processors must be proactive in sanitary and hygienic design
Joseph Bove, vice president of business development at Stellar, an integrated design, engineering, construction and mechanical services firm, says, “I…

Three ways to leverage predictive analytics in your processing facility
Food and beverage manufacturing has been one of the slower industries to adopt new technology like predictive analytics. While machine learning and ar…

Meet the 2019 Technology Leaders of the Year honorees
As Jacksonville’s tech sector grows, we think it’s important for those who are helping shape it to be properly recognized.

Jacksonville University Construction of Healthcare Sciences Center
A new three-story, 104,000-square-foot Healthcare Sciences Academic Center is quickly taking shape at the north end of the Jacksonville University (JU…

Food Engineering's 2019 Plant Construction Survey shows tax cuts spur investment
Federal tax cuts have encouraged upgrades to existing food plants and construction of new plants, but finding qualified labor remains a sticking point…

Stellar Completes Expansion of Starbucks Augusta Plant
“Our biggest design improvement was implementing a unique flexibility layout and process that allows Starbucks to transfer product from any one of the…

Royal Cup Coffee and Tea creates a bridge to its future
The complex, multiphase project cuts labor in half and doubles production capacity with bridges that create one interconnected facility instead of thr…

Design-build flexibility
Design-build allows Royal Cup Coffee and Tea to keep its plant operating during its renovation.

Project Doubles Size of Starbucks Coffee Facility
Stellar completed an expansion to the Starbucks Soluble Coffee Facility in Augusta, Ga. The $121 million design-build project added 150,000 SF to the …

Stellar starts $2.8 M Dayspring Academy daycare
Stellar recently began construction an 8,700-square-foot building at 5654 Dunn Ave. that will house a new daycare center and early learning programs f…

The Best Multifamily Contractors in Jacksonville, Florida
Multi-Housing News recently described Jacksonville as Florida’s “Rising Superstar” because of the city’s steadily expanding multifamily market. In the…

Tom Bush Volkswagen celebrates completion of totally renovated dealership
The Volkswagen project is the fourth phase of recent efforts by Stellar, an award-winning construction management firm, to modernize the Tom Bush Fami…

Stellar expands 2 refrigeration parts & compressor shops
Stellar, Jacksonville, Fla., relocated and re-opened its industrial refrigeration parts and compressor shops in Jacksonville and Fort Worth, Texas, to…

Hilton brand hotel planned for Mandarin
A 106-room Hilton brand hotel is planned in the Mandarin area on Hartley Road at the northwest corner of San Jose Blvd. and I-295, according to docume…

Starbucks facility expansion complete
Stellar, a fully integrated firm focused on design, engineering, construction and mechanical services worldwide, designed and constructed the original…

Dairy Production Facility Coming to Arizona
Stellar is designing and building a new facility for Fairlife LLC, a producer of nutritious milk beverages. The 300,000 ft2 production and distributio…

What Can IIoT Sensors Measure and Monitor in a Food Processing Facility?
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is revolutionizing how food manufacturing facilities operate, from processing to building maintenance and eve…

Stellar Constructing New Production Facility for fairlife
Stellar, a fully integrated firm focused on design, engineering, construction and mechanical services worldwide, is designing and building a new facil…

Big-picture planning, high-level collaboration
Sanitation, automation, operational visibility and existing infrastructure are just a few of the factors that must be addressed when conducting a succ…

Four areas where the IIoT is revolutionizing the food and beverage industry
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is revolutionizing the food and beverage industry. We’re seeing more connected sensors, motors and controller…