Press Releases

Stellar, an integrated design-build firm, is excited to announce its commitment to employee well-being with a substantial investment in revitalizing its Jacksonville campus. The headquarters renovations underscore the company’s commitment to providing its employees with state-of-the-art work environments and an on-campus nutrition, fitness, and wellness center.

JBS Prepared Foods - Principe in Columbia, Missouri, has been awarded the prestigious title of 2024 Food Plant of the Year by Food Engineering Magazine. 

Stellar, a member of the Florida First Coast Chapter, is a certified Accredited Quality Contractor for the year 2023.

Stellar is pleased to announce the grand opening of Fire Station 64, a state-of-the-art facility in Jacksonville, FL.

Stellar is thrilled to announce its outstanding recognition in the 2023 Engineering News-Record (ENR) Midwest Best Projects Awards and its inclusion in ENR's Top 400 Contractors category in the United States.

Stellar awarded with National Award of Merit in the Industrial, Process, and/or Research Category 

Stellar's achievements continue to shine as the firm announced its seventh consecutive victory at the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) – Florida First Coast Chapter Awards for Excellence in Construction (EIC). This year marks an unbroken winning streak since 2017.

Stellar is proud to announce the completion of an innovative Italian meats and charcuterie production facility for Swift Prepared Foods, a subsidiary of JBS USA, and its Principe Italia brand. The $200-million, state-of-the-art facility in Columbia, Missouri, leans on cutting-edge automation technology, a one-of-a-kind curing process and more than 100 employees to produce millions of pounds annually of a variety of high-quality dry-cured meats, including salami, pepperoni, prosciutto, pancetta and coppa.

Stellar has completed its design-build renovation for Crown Bakeries in Smyrna, Georgia. The nearly $5 million project expanded manufacturing floorspace at the processing facility, tripled the research and development center by adding an innovation lab, and expanded employee welfare, offices and café facilities.

Associated Builders and Contractors has recognized Stellar with a 2022 National Safety Excellence Award. Neil Ross, Vice President of Safety, and Zach Mitchell, Assistant Corporate Safety Manager, accepted the award on behalf of Stellar’s Safety Team at the 33rd annual Excellence in Construction Awards March 16, 2023, in Kissimmee, Florida.

Stellar has reached major milestones in the construction of multiple new fire stations for the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD).

Stellar’s Industrial Solutions group is ushering in a new era of leadership.