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LOWER HEIDELBERG TWP., Pa. -
While investigators search for clues in the Legacy at Papermill arson, construction crews are working to rebuild.
The apartment building, an over-55 community in the area of Calming Drive and Legacy Boulevard in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, burned to the ground Feb. 25, 2014.
"This whole building was engulfed. It was 3-4 stories high. It was the most incredible sight. The heat, the sound of the crackling wood," said Marlies Leid, a neighbor.
It is an image that many neighbors cannot erase from their minds.
For Cynthia and Ray Bickley, who live across the street, the trauma the fire caused was even more substantial.
"The glass started cracking as I was calling 911, so it was really scary," said Cynthia Bickley.
The heat of the fire was so intense that it actually spread across the street and started melting the siding off the Bickleys' home.
"We had all the siding replaced. We had all the windows replaced. The back porch was all warped, PVC plastic, had that whole thing replaced," said Bickley.
Now a year later, the developer said the new apartment building is about 50 percent complete, and three quarters of the units have already been leased, but with police not being any closer to catching the arsonist, neighbors said they are sleeping with one eye open, afraid it could happen again.
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The first-ever Biggby Coffee store, which is located in East Lansing, will not be torn down for an apartment complex project, as originally planned by DTN Management.
CEO Bob Fish founded the company in 1995 as Beaners Coffee. The original store was opened at the Grand River Avenue location March 15, 1995. The franchise now has more than 200 locations in the U.S.
The Gateway construction project, first proposed in 2013, required demolishing the coffee shop to make space for a six-story apartment building. The plan has since changed to a four-story building as the proposed project would have cut off public views to Valley Court Park.
Cost estimates for the Gateway project are down significantly after the design changes from $22 million to $9 million. In addition, the number of apartment units has been cut from the proposed 160.
Gateway will now focus on a vacant lot across from Delta Street. The complex will feature underground parking, a bank with a drive-thru, available space for retail stores on the first floor and a total of 39 two-bedroom apartments on upper floors.
The original plan had also included a rebuilt Biggby coffee on the first floor, which will no longer be necessary.
The Biggby location at 270 W. Grand River Ave. provides a valuable resource to MSU students as it is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
This is a great location, close to campus, said political science junior Keith Davis. And I can easily access somewhere to study.
Students also appreciate the quiet late-night atmosphere, as opposed to the sometimes raucous Main Library.
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Collins House will feature floor-to-ceiling windows. Photo: Supplied
Melbourne is about to sprout one of the world's skinniest residential towers at the historic Makers Mark site at 466 Collins Street.
Golden Age Group announced on Wednesday a $200-million plan to build a 195-metre tower only 12 metres wide.
The 57-level building project designed by architects Bates Smart will accommodate 263 apartments and include plans to restore the facade of the historic Makers Mark building at its base.
Developers hope Collins House will appeal to local buyers. Photo: Supplied
Slender skyscrapers might be uncommon in Australian city skylines, but they are not entirely new. In the world's skyscraper capital of New York, the scarcity of land for new developments has inspired a trend towards pencil-thin buildings.
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A 396-metre apartment building only 18.2 metres wide is planned for 111 West 57thStreet in Manhattan.
Perhaps the most famous slender building is the triangular Flatiron building in New York built in 1902 that is only two metres wide at the vertex.
Collins House will be an unusually slim tower. Photo: Supplied
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Oceanside City Council will vote Wednesday on an ordinance that will ban smoking on restaurant and bar outdoor patios.
Mayor Jim Wood said 90 percent of Californians are nonsmokers, and a city regulation helps restaurant owners say no to smokers. Oceanside is the last North County coastal city to consider such a ban.
That helps the people who dont want the smoke in their face or secondhand smoke, along with the owners of the business and the employees, to be able to say you cant smoke here theres an ordinance," Wood said. " I think its the right thing to do.
In June of 2013, Wood and Councilmen Jack Feller and Gary Felien voted against a limited smoking ban. That proposed ordinance would have outlawed smoking on restaurant patios adjacent to public streets, but allowed smoking on patios next to private streets or on second floors. The law satisfied some, but Wood saw it as providing an unfair loophole.
Oceanside business owners who opposed the measure said they had benefited from being the only place on San Diegos north coast to allow smoking on outdoor patios.
Kimberly Marrs, owner of Tremont Street Bar and Grill in downtown Oceanside, and others asked the City Council in 2013 to allow restaurant owners to make the call.
I want to make my business thrive, Marrs said. After Carlsbad passed its ban on smoking a lot of business came to Oceanside. Smoking is not an illegal activity. Let us make the call, especially coming out of an economic downfall.
Some restaurant owners still oppose the measure, but a number of other restaurant owners have signed a support letter in favor of the new ordinance,
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NEW YORK (MainStreet) Home improvements are seldom easy to accomplish and rarely inexpensive, but with a little judicious decision-making, the average homeowner can not only make his house more livable and sellable but also receive an excellent return on investment.
While very few jobs will generate a full ROI, almost any improvement will recoup more than half of the job's cost when it comes time to value a home for resale, according to a report issued by the National Association of Retailers 2015 Remodeling Cost vs. Value Report, which was compiled in collaboration with Remodeling Magazine. That's why it's important for consumers to choose their project carefully. Since appearance plays a crucial role in forming a positive opinion of a home, it is no surprise that the projects with the highest ROI all center on a home's exterior.
"Realtors know what buyers are looking for during their search, and curb appeal is and always will be important," said NAR president Chris Polychron. "That explains why Realtors once again rated exterior projects as some of the most attractive and valuable for homeowners."
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The project that will give homeowners the biggest bang for their buck is also the least expensive to implement. Replacing a fiberglass or wooden front-entry door with one made of steel. The report states that the national average price for this task is $1,230, but it adds $1,252 of value to a home for a 101.8% return. The report found that using a fiberglass replacement door costs almost $3,000, with a much lower return of just 72%. These prices vary depending upon where the house is located, but in all cases, this project has the highest pay off. It certainly can help grease the wheels for a sale.
Another door is the next best project -- garage doors. Replacing a garage door averages about $1,595 to complete, but it generates an 88.4% return on investment.
For people looking to spend even less, certain simple changes can have a huge impact.
"Put on new, inexpensive shutters or repaint the old ones," said Sheryl Grider Whitehurst, NAR regional vice president and a Realtor in Peoria, Ill. "Many people will do a drive by before the make an appointment to see a house and you need to have the house look nice."
Taking the exterior makeover to the next level by redoing the siding is also a great place to spend home improvement funds, the report stated. New vinyl siding generally costs around $12,013, but 80.7% will be recouped upon sale. For those folks looking to step it up a notch, replacing the lower third of a home's siding with a manufactured stone veneer offers an even higher return at 92.2% on an investment of around $7,150.
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