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Construction of The Metropolitan a proposed large, mixed-use building at the intersection of College Avenue and Atherton Street could begin toward the summer of this year, Ara Kervandjian managing director of PennTrust Properties, LLC, said via email.

The project is now in the final design and submitting phase with various governing bodies, Kervandjian said. PennTrust Properties, LLC is responsible for developing the building.

The building will be built at 106 S. Atherton Street, formerly an Arbys restaurant, and will also take up neighboring lots at 412 and 418 W. College Ave., according to State College senior Planner and Zoning Officer Anne Messner. The building is proposed to have 12 floors with a height of 145 feet, Messner said.

We hope that the project will redefine downtown State College as a destination for apartment living, retail and dining, Kervandjian said.

The ground floor will contain a mix of retail and restaurant space, with office space on the second and rooftop levels, Kervandjian said.

The building will also include a sky deck on the penthouse level, a terrace area on the third floor and nine floors of residential housing, Kervandjian said.

Seven of the residential floors will be student housing while the remaining two will be market rate housing for non-students, Messner said. The number of apartments is still being determined, according to Matt Lee , project director for The Metropolitan for Niles Bolton Associates.

Lee also said construction could start this summer for a fall 2016 opening.

Niles Bolton Associates, an Atlanta-based firm, is the architect for The Metropolitan, Kervandjian said.

The residential units will not have balconies based on the design presented to the borough, although the zoning code does allow for balconies, State College Borough Manager Tom Fountaine said.

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A drawing shows a conceptual site plan at Blue Springs Crossing in Island City. The 38 units at the development would add to the approximately 210 units the Northeast Oregon Housing Authority owns and manages in Union, Wallowa and Baker counties. (Myhre Group Architects illustration)

We fully expect to begin construction (in 2014), said J. Daniel Steffey of Guardian Real Estate Services.

Steffey is the senior vice president for development with Guardian Real Estate, a Portland firm set to oversee the construction of the 38-unit Blue Springs Crossing apartment complex that would be located on Walton Road.

Guardian Real Estate may submit a development plan to the City of Island City later this month.

We hope to submit the development plan to Island City by the end of January, said Jessy Olson, the development project project manager for Guardian Real Estate Services.

Dale De Long, the mayorof Island City, said that once the development plan is submitted, the city will determine if its plans conform with all zoning ordinances and codes.

We will look extensively to make sure there are no development code violations, De Long said.

Should any portion of the plan not meet requirements of the development code the city would have to grant variances before the building project could proceed. Steffey anticipates that the plan submitted will meet all requirements of Island Citys building code.

That is fully our intent, Steffey said.

Should Guardian Real Estates development plan be approved the firm would then be able to apply for building permits from the city.

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They may be inanimate bricks and mortar to the rest of us but buildings speak to designer Eve Waldron. They tell the stories of the people who built them, the people whove worked on them, and the people who live in them now, she explains.

The interior of a home should reveal the personality and history of the inhabitant; the most warm and interesting rooms are those which contain not just beautiful objects, but objects that have meaning. . . Something from a memorable trip, something inherited, something given by a friend.

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