Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP announced today that it plans to move its corporate headquarters from the far northwest side of the city of Milwaukee to the Fifth Ward area, located just south of the citys Historic Third Ward and near downtown.

The move will bring more than 60 employees into a neighborhood that has attracted several development and redevelopment projects lately.

We think there is a lot more action talent-wise in the downtown area and theres a lot more activities for our staff, said managing partner David Raysich said. Downtown is where it is happening.

Plunkett Raysich will lease a former warehouse space at 209 S. Water St. in the South Water Works complex. Renovation work on the space began recently and is being done by Berghammer Construction. The space was formerly a loading dock that has been vacant for years, Raysich said. Plunkett Raysich designed the new office space for itself.

The firm will occupy a building owned by LCM Funds LLC (which includes Scott Revolinski, David Winograd and Ramesh Kapur), which owns the entire South Water Works complex of buildings.

Plunkett Raysich plans to move to its new headquarters office on May 26.

The firm is currently located at 11000 W. Park Place on the far northwest side of the city and has been located in the Park Place complex for 22 years. The firm also has offices in Madison and Sarasota, Fla.

Plunkett Raysich is celebrating its 80th year as a Milwaukee business.

The move is a great opportunity to continue our legacy in Milwaukee and to showcase our design services in the vibrant, growing Fifth Ward community, Raysich said.

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Written by Daniel Offner Friday, 23 January 2015 00:00

Work is officially underway on the construction of The Lofta multi-million dollar transit-oriented development project in the heart of Farmingdales Main Streetthat will include 3,100 sq. ft. of retail space on the ground floor and 26 luxury apartments above.

One of two ongoing construction projects being developed by the Staller Associates, a Hauppauge-based company specializing in commercial and retail real estate, The Loft at 231

Main St. will include 17 one-bedroom apartments, 2 two-bedroom flats and 7 two-bedroom lofts for rent. In addition, the new development will feature 12 to 18 feet-high ceilings, LED lighting, custom cabinetry and polished concrete floors. Each of the apartment units will also come with a private balcony and a designated indoor parking space.

[The project] will be world-class construction, raising the bar of architecture in the village and offering luxury rentals, said Farmingdale Mayor Ralph Ekstrand. This project represents a multi-million dollar improvement to Downtown Main Street and we are all excited to see it come to life.

According to developers, the underground utilities and other infrastructure is virtually complete, new drainage has been installed and the parking lots have been regraded. With the first layer of asphalt in place, the lot will be reopen shortly with a final layer of asphalt to be installed when the weather improves.

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The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the rezoning of a 3.2-acre field near the Unionville intersection of Routes 522 and 20, from agricultural to commercial, at its Jan. 13 meeting.

This action allows JR Lex, LLC to build a Dollar General store in the area designated for village land use in the countys comprehensive plan.

The comprehensive plan states the village land uses purpose as, Retain small village and community living

and identity, with local services for convenience, and the definition as, Concentration of residential development with adjacent areas of commercial services for residents

and businesses near primary intersections.

The property, which is currently owned by the Orange Church of the Nazarene, lies on the left side of Rt. 20, heading east, just past the intersection with 522 and the west entrance of Narrow Gauge Road.

The property was donated to the congregation for the construction of a new church, but plans fell through and the church constructed a picnic shelter on the plot.

Josh Frederick, senior planner/acting planning and zoning director, spoke to the board on the latest proffers offered by the applicant. Frederick said transportation was one main concern of the planning commission when it recommended denying the rezoning request with a 3-1 vote in September.

He said a recently submitted proffer offers to install a left-hand turn lane, and he felt that proffer satisfies the planning commissions concerns.

Frederick said community members were concerned about truck traffic on Narrow Gauge Road, which runs behind the property. One of the proffers promises there will be no access from Narrow Gauge Road.

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COMING up to its 100th birthday, this home is a treat for the sights and senses, and dare to step through the front door and you will find it has been lovingly restored.

COMING up to its 100th birthday, this home is a treat for the sights and senses, and dare to step through the front door and you will find it has been lovingly restored.

Located in the Bathurst CBD at 202 Keppel Street, this home was built in the 1920s and over the years has played host to a number of families.

Current owners Arthur and Kathy ONeil have lived in the property since 2005, and say it didnt always look this picture perfect.

Time had worn away some of this splendour of the house, and when the ONeils moved in, they set about undertaking an extensive renovation.

We had scaffolding in the lounge room for well over two years, Mr ONeil said.

We tried to renovate it to look a little bit more modern.

Walk past the striking, low-maintenance garden, step through the front door and you will enter the propertys first living area.

Flooded with natural light, and shielded from traffic noise thanks to double-glazed windows, the room is Mrs ONeil favourite light and airy with a modern twist.

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Workers busily moved to and fro last week, climbing up and down scaffolding, hauling brick to be laid along the south face of a quaint, red-brick shed behind Marysvilles Koester House Museum.

Formerly used to store firewood and later coal by the Koester family in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the shed is undergoing a facelift by McKinley Masonry, Seneca.

Restoration at the museum started last year. It is paid through a Heritage Trust Fund grant from the Kansas Historical Society and matching private and city funds.

Brickmason Ben McKinley and his workers have removed the south face of the shed and salvaged as many of the 136-year-old bricks as possible. McKinley said they clean and line them up on pallets, ready for another century of wall support.

They came last week. On a cool, sunny morning, a large heater blasted warm air under a plastic sheath on the buildings south side. It warmed the space to 40 degrees, allowing the masonry to restart and the bustling began.

Working with McKinley are his brother, Mike McKinley, Seneca and Jeff James, Humboldt, Neb.

While removing the south face, they also dug up existing footing limestones under the shed and repoured a new foundation.

They then reused the limestone to complete the base and began to lay brick.

Were trying now to take advantage of the weather, McKinley said.

This week they are working on the buildings arched entryway and arched second-story opening, grinding out and replacing old mortar with new. They tuckpoint the brick, putting a bit of mortar on a long skinny trowel and filling in the space between bricks where mortar was removed with a grinder.

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