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Jeff Stickel, owner and practitioner at Stickel Chiropractic Clinic P.C., has moved his office three times within the Ingersoll Avenue area, and said he plans to move for the fourth and final time once construction is complete on the Adio Building at 2925 Ingersoll Ave.

Stickel said he started drafting plans for the building nearly three years ago and initially planned a five-story structure with residential space on the top floors. However, once the economy started heading downward and he couldn’t secure any residential tenants, Stickel decided on a three-story building instead.

“We wanted five stories, but we couldn’t get anyone to commit to that, so we switched it about a year and a half ago,” he said.

Williamson Construction has begun work on the building, and Stickel has secured Cafe Su as the tenant on the first floor. The Chinese restaurant will feature inside dining as well as an outside patio. Stickel’s practice will occupy the second floor, and the third floor remains vacant. However, Stickel said he is open to discuss both residential and commercial leasing agreements for the top floor.

“It’s still open and vacant, and I’m open to both (commercial and residential),” or one or the other, he said, noting the space can still be divided accordingly.

Yet Stickel said because he doesn’t have any tenants for the floor, he is thinking about claiming 1,000 square feet to devote to massage therapists for the chiropractic clinic.

Each floor will enclose approximately 4,500 square feet except for the first floor, which is slightly smaller due to the patio overhang. Additionally, the $1.7 million building will feature a glass facade and 10-foot ceilings with exposed ductwork and will be constructed using concrete foam blocks, which reduce heating and cooling costs by more than 50 percent.

Stickel also said the building, designed by David Laugerman Architect and Associates of West Des Moines, will be the first in Iowa to incorporate Speedfloor, which is a lightweight, suspended concrete flooring system.

Once complete, Stickel said, the project will have cost him more than $2 million, which includes the building, the parking lot and demolition of the two houses that formerly stood on the property.

“I knew I had a really good area of town, and I wanted to help the area, too,” he said. “The lot used to be two old run-down houses – one was practically falling down – and so it was kind of an eyesore.”

Stickel said construction on the building should be complete by the end of May and he hopes to move in by June 1.