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“ Before 2020, I undertook another residential development for which we built most of the houses. It was a beautiful 30-acre pastoral setting with spacious lots and a sizeable community garden. I was particularly interested in the creative side of land planning, a passion that led to my biggest project to date: the Belhaven Town Center. I purchased two city blocks from Baptist Hospital in the historic Belhaven neighborhood, and we have been developing them over the past six years. Turner constructed most of the buildings, including five restaurants, an ice cream shop, the Tri-County’ s only brewery, as well as loft apartments and offices.” The development’ s success is evident: it now houses two of Mississippi’ s four Michelinrecognized restaurants and Jackson’ s only James Beard Award finalist, transforming a previously blighted area into one of the state’ s premier destinations.“ This project required extensive creative land use planning, and since we own the real estate, it integrated both our development and construction expertise,” he expresses.
One of Turner’ s latest projects exemplifies its creativity and commitment to unique builds: a Spanish Mediterranean-style home in Mississippi. This project stands out not only because it is an exceptional house, but also because it represents the largest and most expensive design-build that David has ever completed.“ I love to showcase the design-build aspect of this project because I find the creative work more fulfilling than just construction. Starting only with a client’ s dream and vision, drawing it for them, and then bringing it to life is my ideal project,” David comments.
Its deep-rooted passion for design truly makes Turner a unique builder, and this stems from David’ s own enthusiasm. When tackling
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