<p>The Durrant Group, Inc., recently celebrated the official groundbreaking for &ldquo;The Streets of St. Charles,&rdquo; a 1.2 million square foot mixed-use development on former site of Noah&rsquo;s Ark restaurant and motel. The &lsquo;new urbanism&rsquo; mixed-use development, located just south of I-70 at Fifth Street, will contain 170,000 square feet of retail space, 280,000 square feet of office space, 540 residential units, two hotels and a theatre. Phase I of the development is estimated to be completed in 2010.<br /><br />Durrant is the architect and engineer of record. Cullinan Properties, Ltd., is the developer. Brinkmann Constructors is the general contractor.</p>