LEWISTON – A commercial complex on Spring Street will sport a new look, but underneath it will be some old bones.

Floyd Jenkins, a local drywall contractor, submitted plans for city review to build a new warehouse and office building between 165 and 179 Spring St. The property was once home to Curran Bean Sprout Co., which burned in a fire in 2006, and is adjacent to property already owned by Jenkins.

He plans to build a new 19,000-square-foot warehouse and accompanying 1,500-square-foot office space on the Curran footprint, using steel he recycled from the remains of another Lewiston building: the Schemengee Billiards hall.

“It’s a substantial savings,” said Jenkins of his recycling plan. “In the neighborhood of $50,000.”

The roof decking alone will save him $18,000, since the material has both insulating and structural value.

The structural steel and bar joists salvaged from the Lincoln Street work by Roland’s Demolition are in good shape and stockpiled at the new site, waiting for construction to begin. Jenkins said he hopes to build this spring and have the site ready for occupancy by August.

“I think it’s unique,” said Jenkins, who’s done the drywall work on projects as varied as the new Best Buy in Topsham and the Howard Johnson’s in Westbrook.

Jenkins will use a stucco material on both buildings at the new site, and refurbish two other buildings he already owns next door with the same. The unifying exteriors will pull the buildings together visually and make the complex more attractive, he said.

He expects the recycled steel will mean some revisions to the engineering plans to accommodate its specific structural capacity.

“Everything will be engineered to carry the appropriate load and support,” he said.

The warehouse will likely be used for cold storage and made entirely of nonflammable materials so there’s no possibility of repeating the Curran fire.

He’s negotiating now with prospective tenants: a professional services company for the office space and a small manufacturing operation for the warehouse space.

“The footprint and slabs are already there,” Jenkins said. “That’s another huge savings for us. As soon as the spring breaks, we’ll get to work.”