Humane Society of the Treasure Coast begins major shelter renovation

4/28/2025: The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast is entering a transformative phase with a state-of-the-art shelter renovation project that will focus on upgrading its adoption center and customer services areas. The humane society broke ground on Monday, April 28, and estimates the project will be completed within 16 months.

Animal Arts Design Studios of Colorado conceived the new design concept and Team Parks, Inc., a locally based construction and development firm, has been selected as the project’s general contractor.

The purpose of renovating the shelter’s adoption center for dogs, cats and small animals is to update and improve the homeless pets’ temporary living environment. In this phase of the renovation project, the focus will be on designing living areas concerning the animals’ physical health, mental well-being and overall enrichment.

The lobby will also feature a new design that will create a friendlier, more interactive environment for potential adopters with an emphasis on reducing the animals’ stress.

Some of the improvements in the dog space will include larger kennel sizes, upgraded living spaces and new and improved soundproofing. In addition, the current living quarters of the cat and critter space will be repurposed and redesigned to include free-roaming rooms, indoor/outdoor “catios” and cat condos.

The back of the shelter will be renovated to create a new public interface dedicated to the humane society’s public programs that include spay/neuter, foster, owner surrender, and owner requested euthanasia. This new space will give easier and closer access to the clinical areas while allowing faster animal evaluations to be completed.

The shelter renovation project will ultimately provide improved quality of care to shelter and public pets, increase the number of adoptions, and improve the outcomes for the pets in the shelter. With an intentional design, the reimagined adoption center and customer service areas will offer features that support the healthiest environment for animal care.

Stay tuned... this website will be updated monthly with new project happenings! To learn more about this project or to support the renovation with a one-time or continuing gift, please contact Ashton Sorrentino, Development Manager, at (772) 600-3216 or email ASorrentino@hstc1.org.

CLICK HERE to view renovation updates from 2019-2020 which includes the Mildred & Frank Savastano Dog Play Area and the Jane & Shirley Wurz Training Center.