A mixed-use project is being proposed for the former site of a Super Save gas station on the northwest corner of Hastings Street and Madison Avenue.

Citimark-Omicron Madison Project Ltd. is seeking a rezoning to redevelop the vacant lot at 4295 Hastings St. to include retail space at ground level with three-and-a-half storeys of apartments above.

The design approach will be similar to one used in the Vancity development on the southeast corner of the intersection, said a city staff report.

In that case, it looks like a four-storey building from Hastings with a double-height commercial space at ground level below three levels of residential.

But from the rear lane, it appears as a five-storey structure, with four levels of residential above one level of commercial.

Meanwhile, the developers of a project at the southeast corner of Hastings and Gamma Avenue are applying for a second rezoning on its site.

Back in October 2012, Burnaby council gave final approvals to a rezoning of 418 Gamma Ave. to allow construction of a four-storey, mixed-use project. The building, on a triangular-shaped lot, was to include retail on the ground level, offices on the second floor and apartments on the third and fourth floors.

But Epta Properties has not built the project "due in large part to the difficulties the developer has had leasing or selling the office space in the previously approved development form," said a city staff report. "The office component is further challenged by the sites' irregular geometry."

Epta now wants to redesign the building to remove the office component, and go instead with one floor of retail underneath three storeys of residential.

The city's planning and building department will work with the applications to prepare development plans suitable for presentation to public hearings in the future.

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FORMER Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono has denied claims by a Cabinet minister and Zanu PF politburo member that he tried to block the appointment of John Mangudya as his replacement.

The minister told NewZimbabwe.com that Gono actively lobbied President Robert Mugabe against appointing Mangudya and urged the Zanu PF leader to promote his former deputy, Charity Dhliwayo, instead.

Gono and Mangudya bitterly fell-out over the accounts of the First Family's dairy business at CBZ bank, the minister added.

Gono however dismissed the allegations as lies.

Mangudya, currently chief executive of CBZ Holdings, was confirmed as the new central bank head by Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa at the weekend, replacing Gono who retired last November after ten years at the helm of the apex bank.

Gono, who worked with Mangudya at CBZ before moving to the central bank in 2003, congratulated his former protg saying: He (Mangudya) is one man I know will be equal to the task and challenges ahead.

He obviously will find both deputy governors Dr Charity Dhliwayo and Dr Kupukile Mlambo incredible pillars of support technically and experience wise, together with the dedicated team of professionals I left behind.

I join all my predecessors in welcoming Dr Mangudya aboard the community of governors.

However, the Cabinet minister, who asked not to be named, said Gonos apparent delight for Mangudya was just smoke and mirrors and an attempt to cover his deep disappointment with the development.

Gono, who has been nominated for the Senate by Zanu PFs Manicaland province, is said to be eyeing the Finance Ministry, supposedly banking on his reputed close ties to Mugabe as a former banker and financial advisor to the First Family.

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he did not seek the approval of his Cabinet or his party room before announcing his surprise decision to reinstate knights and dames honours in Australia.

Outgoing Governor-General Quentin Bryce is the first dame to be announced and her replacement Peter Cosgrove will be the first knight under the revived system.

Labor MPs are ridiculing the Prime Minister's decision as a "back to the future" step and the Prime Minister's own parliamentary secretary agrees it is not a "hot button issue" with voters.

Mr Abbott says he consulted some "senior colleagues" but not his backbench before making the announcement.

"I consulted with a number of senior colleagues.I took some soundings in the community but in the end it was my recommendation to the Queen which she graciously accepted," Mr Abbott told Fairfax Radio.

"I've had some amusing texts from a particular Cabinet minister."

In a blog post, the Liberals' most prominent republican in Cabinet, Malcolm Turnbull, says supporters of a republic should not lose too much sleep because of the announcement because many countries which have knighthoods are not constitutional monarchies.

Liberal MP Russell Broadbent says Mr Abbott did not take the idea to his colleagues despite the Government party room meeting yesterday morning.

"It's most interesting, it's quite a surprise... an interesting surprise," Mr Broadbent said on his way into Parliament.

The Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary Josh Frydenberg said Mr Abbott was not obliged to tell his colleagues first.

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Earlier this month, website marketing agency FocusMX launched creoremodeling.com, a custom website that details the talents and services of Creo Remodeling, a home improvement contractor based out of the Bucks County area in Pennsylvania. The site was designed to provide users with a comprehensive overview of their home improvement services through detailed case studies and images. The new website also features a before-and-after gallery that exhibits their ability to dramatically improve the appearance and functionality of any room.

Founder and owner of Creo Remodeling, Paul Gilliland, needed a fresh and easy-to-use site that would enable him to give potential clients an overview of his services, while also providing them with a visual reference that shows the results of past projects. The site was developed with these standards in mind, and contains a gallery that can be used to display his new projects as he completes them.

Through their unique blend of contracting expertise and knowledge of design principles, Creo Remodeling works with their clients to develop customized solutions that are aesthetically pleasing and highly functional. The site describes the process that Creo undertakes with each of their clients to develop these solutions, and offers a contact form that enables homeowners to contact Creo for more information.

The customized website was designed and developed by online marketing and design agency FocusMX. FocusMX offers complete web services to provide their clients with a professional and effective website design that drives real results. To learn more about Creo Remodeling, and to see their brand new custom website design, visit them online: http://www.creoremodeling.com.

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This recently designed Kosher kitchen by Ellyn Gutridge of Signature Kitchens Additions & Baths, features beautiful contemporary lines and artistic details. The homeowners, Deborah & Dov Zakheim are thrilled with the outcome and love entertaining in their new spacious yet cozy kitchen.

Deborah & Dov Zakheim Dov Zakheim is a former Pentagon official who worked in both the George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan Administrations. In 2011, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney named Zakheim as a member of his advisory team on foreign and defense policy.

What made this a Kosher kitchen? A Kosher kitchen is required to separate dairy chalay and meat basar in storage, preparation surfaces, serving dishes & utensils as well as the way those separate serving items are cleaned. Ellyn Gutridge a kitchen designer with Signature Kitchens Additions & Baths along with the homeowner Deborah Zakheim, a successful textile designer designed this contemporary kitchen with separate dishwashers, separate sinks and separate ovens for dairy and meat. Of course there is also ample separate storage for utensils, cutlery and preparation products such as skillets. Interpreting kosher law and how stringently you want to adhere to it is a personal decision. The best definition may be one that is arrived at individually with that homeowner's Rabbi.

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About Signature Kitchens Additions & Baths: Signature Kitchens Additions & Baths is a design build remodeling contractor in Rockville, MD 20850 serving homeowners in Montgomery, Howard & Anne Arundel County MD, Washington DC and Fairfax, Arlington & Alexandria VA. The company has four experienced designer, and twelve craftsmen ready to provide the best design and craftsmanship possible for each homeowners taste & budget. The company offers a 4,000 square foot show room for design inspiration & understanding. They represent and have on display cabinetry from Dura Supreme Cabinetry, Medallion Cabinetry and Jay Rambo cabinetry.

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For vandals on the prowl, Centennial Hills Center was just too tempting.

They smashed windows, sprayed graffiti and ripped out the copper from the abandoned medical-office project. As if to rub it in, they even set the elevator on fire.

Some investors now bet that the Las Vegas property, despite its trashed and troubled past, will prove a big money-maker.

Florida developer Malcolm Sina and his partners acquired the partially built, 24-acre project on Durango Drive near Centennial Parkway last fall. They are cleaning it, finishing construction and working to fill it with doctors, nurses and other health care workers.

Construction crews are on site, and Sina aims to have the eight-building first phase open for business by years end. If and when he sells or leases out that section, hell break ground on the 10-building second phase.

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, City Councilman Steve Ross and others will gather there Wednesday to celebrate the projects turnaround.

Its been sitting there as an eyesore, Sina said.

Sina is one of several developers in the past year or so who bought local, mothballed real estate developments victims of the recession in order to finish them. Buyers often scoop them up at steep discounts, but these bargains are far from risk-free in economically wobbly Las Vegas.

The local office market, for instance, is one of the worst in the country, with sky-high vacancy rates and minuscule asking rents. Health care buildings are faring a bit better than general office properties but still are limping along.

Its not as though medicals thriving out there, CBRE Group broker Carla Cole said.

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CoBank will become the anchor tenant in a new 11-story office tower to be developed in Greenwood Village.

Shea Properties said Tuesday that CoBank has executed a long-term lease in the 296,000-square-foot building, which will be named CoBank Center.

The building will be part of Shea Properties' Village Center Station development along Interstate 25 between Orchard and Arapahoe roads. Construction of the building will start in coming weeks with completion scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2015.

CoBank's current headquarters is at 5500 S. Quebec St. in Greenwood Village, a building it has occupied since the bank was formed in 1989.

"Colorado continues to see companies make capital investments in the state, which is not only helping our economy recover, but shows that it is picking up momentum," Gov. John Hickenlooper said in a statement.

Peter Culshaw, executive vice president of Shea Properties, said the developer is negotiating with prospective tenants for another new office building, the nine-story Village Station Center II. That building will mark the completion of the office and retail development.

Davis Partnership has been the architect for each of the three phases of Village Center Station. Adolfson & Peterson Construction will be the general contractor for new construction. CoBank was represented by Barry Dorfman and Billy Byrne of Jones Lang LaSalle and Shea Properties was represented by Tim Harrington and Tom Lee of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.

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More than 4,000 black granite slabs had to be removed and reattached to the Workers Compensation Board's 54-year-old headquarters on Broadway.

The Workers Compensation Board has spent three years and $14 million to ensure its downtown office building looks precisely the same as it did before.

To heritage advocates, this is a victory.

More than 4,000 black granite slabs have been re-affixed to the WCB's 54-year-old headquarters on Broadway as part of an effort to solve a problem common to other stone-clad structures built in Winnipeg from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.

During this era, the architects who designed some of Winnipeg's best-known modernist buildings were not aware of the effect freeze-thaw cycles would have on stone cladding.

Over the course of decades, water and ice got behind the stones on the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Public Safety Building, convention centre and Centennial Concert Hall, cracking or rusting away the braces that hold the stones in place.

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