Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan, second from right, shakes hands with Vice President Gary Karl of Pacific Retail during the ribbon cutting for the opening of Monroe Street and the groundbreaking of a high-rise residential building in Sandy, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014.

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SANDY After years of planning, Sandy city officials kicked off construction for a new development where they hope people will enjoy living, working and playing.

The development is called The Cairns. A cairn is a man-made pile of stones indicating someone is headed in the right direction, city officials said.

Developers say the 1,100-acre project from 9000 South to 11400 South and I-15 to near State Street will connect mountain adventures with urban living.

The Cairns will feature thousands of new apartments and condominiums, dozens of restaurants, office space, new retail space and a multimillion dollar South Towne Center shopping mall renovation.

We spent probably close to $2 million on this planning process over the last 3 years to get it right, Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan said. We have to get it right because it is the future of our community.

On Monday, city officials broke ground on The Prestige, a 25-story residential high-rise on the northwest corner of Centennial Parkway and Sego Lily Drive (10000 South). Dolan said density is a necessity.

We can no longer spread out and sprawl, the mayor said. We have to go up. Thats not just Sandy city, but thats the entire Wasatch Front, as we have more and more land thats chewed up and very little land left.

The Cairns also has The East Village, which will become the states largest transit-oriented development, city officials said.

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Demand for new retail space in Calgary has reached arecord high, says a new report by Colliers International.

In response to that demand, 50 projects comprising slightly more than 12.1 million square feet are in the planning, permitting or construction stage, according to the Calgary Retail Market Report Fall 2014.

Alberta, and Calgary in particular, has become the poster child market for affluence, consumer spending, employment growth, nation-leading incomes and abundant population growth all the necessary ingredients for a healthy and robust retail economy, said the report.

The continued demand for new high-quality retailers in Calgary is clearly demonstrated by the recent openings of two new large format retailers in the past six months.

Nordstrom opened at Chinook Centre while Marshalls opened in Kingsland Plaza.

The report said the overall vacancy rate of 1.81 per cent for retail shopping centres is driven by significant demand to target the high-earning Alberta population. Overall vacancy has dropped minimally by 0.11 per cent from last fall. Over the past five years, overall vacancy in Calgary has fluctuated by no more than 0.6 per cent.

As a result of the high demand, Calgary is experiencing citywide growth of mixed-use developments in all quadrants, said the report. The low vacancy rate is expected to continue as long as the economic prosperity continues.

Calgary will continue to be a bright light on the Canadian retail scene, while national and international retailers will continue to actively pursue locations and gain market share. Demand by major retailers for prime suburban and inner-city locations will exceed supply resulting in a highly competitive environment.

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The future of Gainesvilles retail landscape is one step closer to completion.

Butler Enterprises broke ground on Butler North early Friday morning a project that expects to bring more than 1,500 construction jobs to the city.

The $186-million shopping complex expansion will also create more than 3,500 retail jobs once its sites are open, wrote Kristin Mamula, a Butler Enterprises spokeswoman, in an email.

The sites are expected to have a direct economic impact of $300 million annually.

That helps us retain people in the region, said Susan Davenport, vice president of economic development for the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce. This is something that everyone that visits Gainesville would like to see here.

Butler Enterprises hired Gainesville-based OSteen Brothers to clear the land and do the expansions earthwork, according to a press release. Ocala-based Hamlet Construction did the underground construction, including sewage and storm water drainage.

Most of what will be Butler North has been cleared for construction, but Mamula said both Wal-Mart and Sams Club sites have not yet been cleared.

Davenport said the projects, along with multi-use project Celebration Pointe slated for a fall 2016 opening contribute to the chambers five-year economic development strategy to improve Gainesvilles business culture.

She said the new opportunities for employment and investment will make people want to live here and make this a higher quality of life for people that live here.

About 300 people attended the shopping complexs expansion celebration Friday, hosted in an open field overlooking the Butler North site. When complete, Southwest 24th Avenue will border the property to the north, while 34th Street will border the east, Interstate Highway 75 to the west and Archer Road to the south.

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A public hearing regarding the mixed use redevelopment proposal for 1700 S. Pacific Coast Highway, scheduled for today,Thursday, Nov. 20, has been indefinitely postponed. According to Legado spokesperson Heather Lee, the meeting was postponed since there wasnt a quorum of planning commissioners slated to attend. The meeting will be rescheduled with proper 10-day notice.

The 4.275 acre Legato project site is currently developed with a 110-room hotel (Palos Verdes Inn) and 28,354 square feet (SF) of retail space, including a 21,130 SF former Bristol Farms grocery store and 7,224 SF of other retail space. The project calls for the demolition of all on-site retail space, the construction of a mixed use (residential/commercial) development and renovation of the existing hotel. The mixed-use development consists of 180 residential apartment units including affordable nine units for very low-income qualified residents. The applicant (Legado Redondo, LLC) has requested a density bonus, which includes a waiver of development standards (height and stories) and parking standards.

Lee said in October only one of the buildings in the proposal would be four stories and it will be placed farthest from the street frontage. Two other buildings will be three stories.

These buildings are all residential and will be equipped with flat solar panels on the roofs to make the units energy efficient, she said.

As currently planned, the commercial component will consist of approximately 37,600 SF of neighborhood-serving commercial development. A total of 614 parking spaces, all of which will be underground, will be provided, with 552 spaces in a parking structure, and the remaining 62 spaces in a surface parking lot.

There will be no above ground or additional parking structures. The residences have been designed for three and four stories to accommodate the public open space. This will be one of the greenest mixed use projects of its kind, Lee said.

The project includes 30,599 square feet of public open space and 49,506 square feet of private open space for residents of the community.

We will create the highest and best uses of this 4.275-acre project site by efficiently integrating high-quality residences, a beautiful, inviting public space and desirable retail services using a design and scale that will blend well with the surrounding neighborhood and will preserve the charm of the Redondo Beach community, she said.

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The future of the long-vacant remaining portion of Foster Citys 15-acre site is taking shape as two new developers have come on board to construct the retail and for-sale residential components of the multi-million dollar senior housing project.

Adjacent to City Hall, the city sold its last remaining piece of undeveloped land, that was once considered for a high school when it was 30 acres, for $30 million in November 2013 to the blanket developer The New Home Company. The site off Foster City Boulevard is already starting to bustle with streets being laid. Construction of the very first building will begin Dec. 8, said Community Development Director Curtis Banks.

The council has had a vision for this project for a number of years and its exciting to see that coming to fruition, Banks said. The community is excited to see the vision of the property coming about and you can see now the construction activity has started with the construction of infrastructure and in the near future you can see the start of construction of those buildings.

The entire site is slated to host 155 assisted living units, 66 affordable units, 200 for-sale condominiums, a community plaza and approximately 35,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. With the site being made up of differing housing categories, the New Home Company planned to piecemeal the construction to developers with varying specialties.

On Monday night, the City Council approved allowing Lennar Homes of California to construct the 200 for-sale units and for BHVCP Centerstreet Properties to own and manage the retail component below the affordable and assisted living units, according to city staff reports.

Foster City-based MidPen Housing was assigned the affordable housing component, which served as the linchpin for the entire site since the citys development agreement required the low-income units be constructed first. Atria Senior Living was chosen earlier in the year to develop the assisted living portion of the project.

What Im most pleased with is that [The New Home Company] has selected three outstanding and, as far as Im concerned, the best in their field, Councilman Steve Okamoto said. I think were in pretty good hands.

The New Home Company originally planed to construct the for-sale units, however, it opted to transfer its rights to Lennar instead. Banks said he couldnt speak to the rationale behind the change of plans and The New Home Company did not return a request for comment.

Lennars 200 for-sale units will be made up of two-, three- and four-bedroom units spread between several buildings. The 60-year-old development company is one of the nations largest home builders, boasts a market capitalization of over $8 billion, has constructed more than 750,000 homes in the United States and has experience in senior living arrangements, according to staff reports.

These are all companies that are in the top in their field and it was designed this way because it was a better and easier way to finance the [entire] development, Mayor Charlie Bronitsky said. Therere several different kinds of care and facility types and to be able to bring in those with expertise in that particular kind of development gives us the best of both worlds.

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Almost 50 new jobs will be created if expansion plans at Silverlink Shopping Park are given the go ahead.

Property firm The Crown Estate has unveiled intentions to extend the North Tyneside retail park in a 29m redevelopment scheme that will see a host of high street names join the existing line-up of shops and restaurants.

The company which owns the sovereigns land and properties also plans to create new jobs as part of the scheme, which could begin early next year.

The plans come four months after The Crown Estate took back the area leased to Silverlink Travelodge, saying it was considering options for the future of the site.

Now those options have come clear through a planning application submitted to North Tyneside Council, revealing major expansion plans at its Silverlink Shopping Park one of 16 it owns across the UK.

The application details how the former Travelodge site opposite the park will be converted into a new retail scheme.

The proposal would see the old hotel replaced with 102,000sq ft of new retail space split into four units, the largest of which would be earmarked for a flagship Next Home and Garden store.

Part of the plans would also see The Crown Estate work in partnership with North Tyneside Council to deliver two training packages, creating almost 50 new construction jobs for young people, as well as seeing the firm providing funding for improvements to roads and footpaths around the site.

Improved footpaths linking the site to Coast Road bus stops and the creation of a new lane for the A19 to improve access for motorists, have also been put forward.

Potential roadworks would coincide with the Highways Agencys proposal to sink the A19 under the Coast Road, which is due to begin in 2016.

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BENNINGTON >> Catamount Glassware Inc., is in the process of an expansion and renovation of its County Street factory, that will bring a new retail operation to town this spring.

Adam Volpi, vice president of operations at Catamount Glassware, 309 County St., said that the new retail store and 16-handle beer and soda taproom will be finished before March for a soft opening in mud season.

Catamount had a retail shop in the 90s, but closed it soon thereafter. This store will be different. Once finished, the new 900-square-foot space will be more than just a store, but also a space to sit down, have a beer and take a growler to go. Beverages from local breweries and soda makers will be served out the very of the custom glassware that Catamount makes for them.

To round out the new store as something for everyone, the store will sell Catamount's labware and cookware, beer and wine paraphernalia, as well as gift sets and apparel from various local breweries. Volpi also said he would eventually like to get involved with craft demonstrations, and sell accompanying beer and soda-making kits.

Catamount Glassware was established in 1979, and moved to County Street in 1984. The company designs glassware, and specializes in screen printing its own products, as well as the custom glassware requested by all of its clients. Everything from Catamount's patented glass popcorn popper and specialized glass kitchen products that it sells to retailers like William-Sonoma, to the growlers and pint glasses it screenprints for various breweries, will be available in the new space.

"Because of our facilities, we are going to be able to bring in glass from all over the world. I've been doing this for 42 years, so I know where to find everything. It's not just going to just be a place to sit down in and have a beer either," said artist, sculptor and Catamount Glassware Founder Alain Karyo.

Karyo said the retail space could eventually allow the company to sell other Vermont products that pair well with Catamount's glassware, as well.

"The biggest seller in the company is our popcorn popper. We've sold over a million of them. Now, we want to sell popcorn made in Vermont. See, we want local products. We've made coffee makers, so now we can sell local coffees."

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More retail and housing plans are in the works for the area near Jefferson Academy Charter School.

City Council on Tuesday narrowly approved a plan to develop a 35-acre property on the northwest corner of Main Street and West 112th Avenue. The land, which was originally zoned for industrial and office use, will now include areas of retail development and possible housing units, as well as six acres of open lands.

The growing area is a key location for adding more retail and office opportunities for families and students, said Jim Hill, owner of Baseline Engineering Corp.

Hill said the area is a southeastern gateway into Broomfield because of the 2013 completion of the Uptown Avenue bridge, and because of the area's location near the growing Jefferson Academy Charter School.

At its meeting Tuesday, council, in a 6-5 vote, approved the company's plans to change the area from light industrial use to retail, commercial and residential use, but members were skeptical of some aspects of the plan. Mayor Randy Ahrens, who only votes in the event of a tie, was the deciding vote that will allow developers to move forward with the plan.

There is no timeline for when developers will bring back a more detailed plan.

Some council members agreed retail and office buildings would fit well in an area that is anticipated to see more traffic and growth in the coming years, but most members disagreed with a suggestion to add up to 275 multi-family housing units to the site.

The site is just north of the newly realigned 112th Avenue, which was under construction in 2013 to put in the new Uptown Avenue bridge. The bridge goes over U.S. 36 to connect 112th Avenue to the Arista development west of the highway.

The property also is near Jefferson Academy and the Broomfield Industrial Park ball fields, and is on the border between Broomfield and Westminster.

The development proposal calls for building space for retail and places for office and child care businesses. Mike Anderson, Baseline's financial consultant, said the development could bring more than 360 jobs to Broomfield during the construction and when businesses and offices begin to open.

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November 18, 2014 6:50 PM

There are new plans for development in Quincy Center, after a $1.6 billion, 55-acre downtown redevelopment proposal fell apart earlier this year.

Ground broke last year on a block of Quincy Center called Merchants Rowa planned $120 million housing and commercial development. But within months, the project was put on hold by New York-based master developer Street-Works, and by March of 2014, the entire redevelopment plan had fallen apart. That left the Merchants Row space as an abandoned construction area.

A new $100 million plan for that area was unveiled Tuesday by project investor Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance, Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, and other officials, at an event announcing that a development team had filed for construction permits for the block. It is no longer going by the name Merchants Row.

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A six-story building with 169 housing units called West of Chestnut (in reference to Chestnut Street) would be built there, and would also include 12,000 square feet of retail space. Construction on that building is expected to start next year and end in the summer of 2016. Quincy Mutual has bought the land West of Chestnut will occupy.

A second phase for the project, a building called East of Chestnut, would have 220 additional housing units, but there is not a timeline for that building. The $100 million figure refers to the costs of both phases, according to The Patriot Ledgers Patrick Ronan.

Quincy Mutual is working with Boston-based developer Gate Residential on the project. Gate Residential is owned by Redgate Holdings, which is partnered with the city in strategizing about a broader Quincy Center plan. The development team for West of Chestnut also includes Sheskey Architects, Duffy Design Group, and retail investment company Graffito SP.

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November 18, 2014 6:50 PM

There are new plans for development in Quincy Center, after a $1.6 billion, 55-acre downtown redevelopment proposal fell apart earlier this year.

Ground broke last year on a block of Quincy Center called Merchants Rowa planned $120 million housing and commercial development. But within months, the project was put on hold by New York-based master developer Street-Works, and by March of 2014, the entire redevelopment plan had fallen apart. That left the Merchants Row space as an abandoned construction area.

A new $100 million plan for that area was unveiled Tuesday by project investor Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance, Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, and other officials, at an event announcing that a development team had filed for construction permits for the block. It is no longer going by the name Merchants Row.

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A six-story building with 169 housing units called West of Chestnut (in reference to Chestnut Street) would be built there, and would also include 12,000 square feet of retail space. Construction on that building is expected to start next year and end in the summer of 2016. Quincy Mutual has bought the land West of Chestnut will occupy.

A second phase for the project, a building called East of Chestnut, would have 220 additional housing units, but there is not a timeline for that building. The $100 million figure refers to the costs of both phases, according to The Patriot Ledgers Patrick Ronan.

Quincy Mutual is working with Boston-based developer Gate Residential on the project. Gate Residential is owned by Redgate Holdings, which is partnered with the city in strategizing about a broader Quincy Center plan. The development team for West of Chestnut also includes Sheskey Architects, Duffy Design Group, and retail investment company Graffito SP.

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