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Business invests more than $2 million to renovate historic property with the support of Downtown Revitalization Initiative

OLEAN Empire State Development (ESD) on Monday announced the substantial completion of renovations on the Old Library Restaurant and event center in Olean, creating a unique regional destination for visitors. The project also includes the future expansion of a day spa in an adjacent Victorian era home, which currently serves as an inn. The $2 million-plus investment is expected to result in the addition of up to 65 employees.

Our Downtown Revitalization Initiative is creating new opportunities across New York transforming communities, creating jobs, and bringing back a sense of hope and pride, said Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. With support from the DRI, Olean is reimagining its future, bringing back historic buildings, and investing in the downtown streetscape to improve safety and walkability for pedestrians and bicyclists. The renovated Old Library Restaurant and Event Center will help to draw more visitors to Olean to support continued economic growth in Cattaraugus County and Western New York.

For more than 100 years the Old Library has been a gathering place for residents, said Daniel and Kathryn DeCerbo, Old Library Restaurant and Inn owners. It will be our pleasure to extend this tradition and attract new visitors to Olean. We are thankful for the support of New York States Downtown Revitalization Initiative, which helped make our unique and inviting renovations possible.

Extensive improvements have been made to the interior and exterior of the former Carnegie Library, an architecturally significant landmark located at 116 South Union Street. The Beaux-Arts style library, listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, was built in 1909 with $40,000 provided by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The interior features a grand stairway and entrance, large rooms and a central atrium. Renovation of the current Old Library Restaurant and adjacent Inn includes improvements to the exterior and interior of restaurant which encompass, but are not limited to, lighting, flooring, atrium, bar/lounge, dining, mezzanine, kitchen and bathroom areas. Exterior improvements include landscaping of both properties and additional renovation of the Inn at 120 South Union to include a future expansion of a float spa.

The success of The Old Library project will be measured by increased bookings of events, banquets, overnight stays and return on investment. In addition to providing jobs, the owners are supporting the local economy by featuring local artists and musicians and purchasing produce and meat from local farms.

Empire State Development Acting Commissioner and President & CEO-designate Eric Gertler said, The Old Librarys new chapter, made possible by the DRI, will contribute to Oleans goal of a vibrant downtown that will make residents proud and introduce visitors to all the region has to offer.

Secretary of State Rossana Rosado said, The completion of the Old Library Project exemplifies how Olean is capitalizing on the Governors DRI program to create a thriving downtown community for residents and visitors to enjoy.

The Old Library received a $719,500 DRI capital grant to expand its business, create jobs and increase tourism to the Olean area. The project supports the following DRI strategies:

Promotes the restoration and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings to accommodate new and expanding businesses.

Establishes a destination restaurant, event center and boutique inn in the heart of the downtown to better support tourism and visitation.

Complements and leverages the planned improvements to Lincoln Park, which is directly across Union Street, and reinforces the area around the Union Street/State Street intersection as the civic and cultural heart of downtown.

Creates up to 65 new employment opportunities in the downtown district.

Leverages adjacent DRI-proposed projects including South Union Streetscape.

Elevates the importance and momentum of downtowns renewal and resurgence and signals this to other potential downtown investors.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo launched the Downtown Revitalization Initiative in 2016, a $100 million effort to improve the vitality of urban centers across New York State. Downtown Olean was selected as a Round Two DRI winner for Western New York, receiving $10 million based on the strength of its vision for downtown renewal. Oleans vision is to make the city vibrant and residents optimistic about opportunities to work, to learn and to thrive in Olean, with a special emphasis on retaining younger and college-educated residents. A renewed commitment by the city and numerous public and private partners to revitalize Olean has resulted in key investments downtown, including the redevelopment of the historic Manny Hanny Building and several other major mixed-use buildings.

WNY Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair and Buffalo State College President Dr. Katherine Conway-Turner said, The REDC recognizes the vital importance of our Downtown districts to the continued growth and future development of the entire region. Projects such as the Old Library are helping to reinvigorate the heart of Olean. By investing in the character and authenticity of Oleans downtown the DRI is helping the community capitalize on its assets and enhance the urban opportunities for businesses, residents and visitors.

Senator George Borrello said, Today marks another milestone in realizing the transformation of downtown Olean into a thriving cultural destination and economic engine for the region. The states investment of DRI funds, combined with the DeCerbos incredible vision and determination, have given new life to the Old Library a historic gem that was a beloved gathering place for generations. As a restaurant and event center, this beautiful building will bring residents and visitors to the heart of Olean, stimulating the economy and adding a new chapter to the legacy of this proud landmark.

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio said, This is the kind of project that energizes a community, and we look forward to all of the good things that are going to happen as a result. Innovative ideas like this are a key to success for communities. It is wonderful to witness the repurposing of the historic Carnegie Library, which has been a center of activity since it was built in 1909.

City of Olean Mayor William J. Aiello said, We thank Governor Cuomo for selecting Olean as a DRI recipient. We are pleased to attend the ribbon cutting for one of our most dynamic DRI projects. Thanks to the remarkable renovations, this great old building will serve the community as a unique restaurant for years to come.

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Submitted by: Northwest Straits Foundation, written by Kenneth Clarkson

This past August, myself and a few othervolunteers headed out to do our part to help not only our Southern ResidentKiller Whales (SRKWs), but all denizens of the Salish Sea. We were attendingthe Sucia Island Beach Cleanup. The beach cleanup, orchestrated by the Whatcom Marine ResourcesCommittee and NorthwestStraits Foundation, is just one example of collectiveaction being taken by a broad coalition of organizations, agencies andindividuals in order to protect and restore the Salish Sea.

Getting involved with organizationscompleting boots-on-the-ground restoration work is one of the most importantthings you can do to encourage the survival of our SRKWs. Organizations such asthe Northwest Straits Foundation partner with a variety of private and publicinterests to successfully implement restoration projects throughout theseven-county region of the Northwest Straits.

The work of the Northwest StraitsFoundation includes removing derelict fishing gear that harm and entrap marinelife, restoring shoreline areas to create suitable habitat for forage fish(species our salmon eat), installing rain gardens that prevent the flow ofcontaminants into the Salish Sea, monitoring water quality, mapping habitatsuch as kelp forests and eelgrass beds and more.

To learn more about the Northwest Straits Foundation, including their volunteer opportunities, you can attend the Northwest Straits Foundation Holiday Fundraiser at The Firefly Lounge in Bellingham on Thursday, December 12 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The event will feature live music by theFolk/Americana band Whiskey River Mudflats and presentations by NorthwestStraits Foundation staff. This event is 21+ and there is a $10 cover charge toattend. The $10 cover includes your first drink.

One thing youre certain to hear about arethe successful beach cleanups on Sucia and Lummi Islands. Because of thevolunteer opportunity Northwest Straits Foundation provided, we got to meetsome unsuspecting visitors.

We were almost to Sucia Island when we sawthem. Three majestic orca whales swimming swiftly, looking for food.

Earlier that day, as we boarded the boat,I told the crew I had a good feeling about our orca-sighting chances. Littledid I know, said good feeling would become reality. Id called the Puget Soundhome for seven years and had never seen an orca. I was aware of their plight,privy to their situation and intrigued by their paramountcy within the PacificNorthwest.

But when you see one, it all makes sense.You understand why the restoration and protection of orca habitat and foodsources is critical for the survival of a species not only an indicator of thehealth of an entire ecosystem, but of the collective moral of a region.

We left Squalicum Harbor at 8:00 a.m. onthe dot, seven sleepy volunteers and our captain whos used to the earlymornings. In just a few hours we would meet up with the other half of our beachcleanup crew. Two members of our volunteer team had kayaked over the nightbefore, the rest were taking a boat from San Juan Island. For the heartyadventurer, Sucia Island is a good four to five-hour paddle.

It was a dreary day out on the Salish Sea.We all know dreariness is common in the Pacific Northwest, but in August youhope for better weather. Regardless, we were out on the water, and when youreout on the water even the darkest days feel freeing and full of possibility.

Our core group of volunteers was made upof community members, and staff from the Whatcom Marine Resources Committee, SurfriderFoundation and Northwest Straits Foundation. Forsome it was their first time volunteering. Getting to go to one of the mostremote San Juan Islands only accessible by boat? Not a bad firstvolunteer-experience at all.

We headed West toward Sucia Island andpassed a plethora of harbor seals, a few porpoises and a couple sea lions.Underwater forests of bull kelp flanked both sides of the boat. As the cloudsbegan to lift, we could make out houses situated on the sides of the islandsthat surrounded us. The day had rounded a corner, it wasnt going to be rainingas we picked up pounds of trash after all.

Lummi Island now behind us, we inchedcloser and closer to our destination. Thats when it happened. Perhaps it wasbecause I was intent on finding one, but whatever the reason, out in thedistance I saw my first glimpse of an orca. The orca was far away from us,quite close to the Sucia Island shoreline, but sure enough it was there, fromour vantage point I could make out a large black dorsal fin sticking up out ofthe water. I alerted my fellow volunteers and my claims checked out, they toosaw the orca, but that wasnt all, a good 400 feet or so to its left wasanother black dorsal fin bobbing up and down as it fished the waters South ofthe Sucia Island coast.

We pressed on toward our destination, thedock at Fossil Bay. On the way to the dock you must pass through a narrowchannel. From the helm the captain called out and told us to look to our right.I glanced over and there she was, the third orca of the day, the captain saidshe was a younger female. The juvenile was swimming close to the cliffs thatencompassed Fossil Bay, no doubt on her way out to the more open waters of theSalish Sea, a good idea because if she swam any closer toward the island shedbe in the harbor.

Seeing the orcas was a good omen. Not onlythat, but it was a moment none of us on the boat would forget. That memorywouldnt only last during our brief time on Sucia Island, it would stick withus forever.

The unfortunate reality is moments such asthese will become scarcer if we dont make a change. Southern Resident KillerWhales (SRKWs) throughout the Salish Sea are losing both habitat and food, andto ensure their survival and success we need to work together. As inhabitantsof the Salish Sea region its our duty to protect and restore these waters fornot only the orca, but salmon, Dungeness crab and other marine organisms too.

Attend the Northwest Straits Foundation Holiday Party on Dec. 12 at The Firefly Lounge to learn more about how you can help contribute to local marine conservation efforts in Whatcom County.

Featured photo by Abbie Kunch

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The number of Sussex County residents without power continues to slowly be restored, from nearly 33,000 on Tuesday evening, to just below 16,000 on Wednesday evening.

According to JCP&L, the restoration estimate for the majority of JCP&L customers, 11:30 p.m. today; and Sussex Rural Electric, today and Friday.

During the daytime Wednesday, the number of individuals with and without power alternatively fell and climbed back up, then fell again, according to JCP&L outage figures. On Wednesday afternoon, the total number of JCP&L and Sussex Rural Electric customers without power hovered at approximately 23,000.

On Wednesday, Sussex Rural Electric described its process as slow but positive; with some of the largest outage areas of groups of 200 to 300 residents, the priorities.

Part of the trend of the rise and fall in power outages was contributed to newly-fallen trees, even 36 hours after the snow had stopped. Within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, National Park Service employees are working to clear trees and plow roads in much of the park south of Layton. Old Mine Road from Route 80 North is essentially closed from fallen trees. A park official said that because the ground is not frozen, the weight of the storms snow and ice is causing many more trees to uproot.

Sussex County

Throughout the day Wednesday, Office of Emergency Management representatives, continued to monitor conditions around-the-clock at both the county and municipal levels.

Additionally local and county officials mobilized shelters and charging and warming stations, which will continue to be open as needed today, maintained in conjunction between the Sussex County Sheriffs Office and American Red Cross. The overnight shelter in the Sussex County Technical Schools McNeice Auditorium became a pet-friendly facility on Wednesday, with pets outside of service animals permitted in designated areas.

We want people to know were here for them, said Diane Concannon, American Red Cross communications director.

Concannon said the Red Cross would be serving breakfast for guests, as well as those without power who would like a meal, after 8 a.m. this morning.

The overnight shelter and meals at designated locations will continue today if needed. Concannon also said those who are in need of warmth, coffee, snacks and to charge their devices are invited to come to the McNeice Auditorium.

On Tuesday night, the overnight shelter hosted eight guests; and Concannon anticipated more on Wednesday night.

A shelter in Vernons Senior Center at 21 Church Street, also remained open Wednesday and will continue to be maintained, until no longer necessary.

Andover Borough

With many of the residents without power since 4:30 p.m. Monday, as of Wednesday evening, approximately 25 percent of the borough was without power.

The borough opened its Andover Borough Park/Community Center/Senior Center building located on 8 Tranquility Road as a charging and warming station for area residents, which will remain open as needed.

Andover Township

With more than 83 percent of its residents without power as of Wednesday evening, Andover Township maintained the Hillside House in Hillside Park, across from the Andover Township Police Department on Lake Iliff Road as a warming station. This location will be open as needed. Access is available from Limecrest Road to Lake Iliff Road.

The Andover Township Municipal Building will also remain available as a warming and charging station as needed, during regular business hours at 134 Newton Sparta Road.

Clean up continues on roadways, such as Goodale Road, which was littered with fallen tree limbs and sticks, as well as trees sitting on power lines.

In lieu of a warming station at the Andover Township Firehouse as originally planned, Danielson said Tuesday the municipal building, as well as the Hillside House, were set up as warming locations. Andover Boroughs Senior Center became another warming location that Andover Township residents could also use.

Branchville

Four percent of Branchville residents were without power, according to JCP&L, on Wednesday evening, one of the municipalities with the fewest number of residents left without power.

Byram

The Byram Township Municipal Building meeting room will remain open around the clock as a warming and charging station, until it is no longer needed, according to a Nixle alert sent by the township on Wednesday afternoon.

The township has remained in constant communications with the residents via Nixle, with updates.

Byram dropped to 3 percent of its residents without power, as of Wednesday evening.

Frankford

Slightly more than 10 percent of Frankford residents who are JCP&L customers, were without power on Wednesday evening. This is a decline from Tuesday night when the municipality was at 22 percent. Frankford Township shared on its Facebook Page on Wednesday afternoon that Longbridge Road was the only one that remained closed as of Wednesday and commended the efforts of its DPW.

As of Wednesday evening, there were 65 Sussex Rural Electric members from Frankford without power, which was a slight increase from 63 on Tuesday evening.

The Sussex County Main Library was open as a charging and warming station, as well as an internet location on Wednesday, at 125 Morris Turnpike. The library hours today are from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Franklin

Franklin has experienced a drop from more than 42 percent without power on Tuesday night, to slightly less than 15 percent on Wednesday evening.

Franklins library was originally set as a warming station on Wednesday, but was without power. The Franklin Fire Department at 137 Buckwheat Road is open as needed for a warming and charging location, where individuals can call ahead if they need a place to warm up.

Fredon

As of Wednesday evening, slightly over 36 percent of Fredons residents were without power - a drop from Tuesday night when 81 percent of the 1,352 residents were without power.

On Wednesday, the township reminded residents on its website and via email blast that if a power line detaches from a pole, JCP&L will repair it, but if the line detaches from a home, it is up to a resident to have an electrician repair the line, before power can be restored.

Fredons school was open on Wednesday for families to warm up, charge their devices, use the guest Wi-Fi and for children to enjoy a movie.

The school called a two-hour delay on Wednesday evening.

Green

After the majority of Green was without power on Tuesday evening, that number dropped to slightly over 37 percent on Wednesday evening.

Earlier in the day, OEM Coordinator Mike Rose said that the efforts were directed to working on restoring power at the Green Hills School, which was without power and has no back-up generator system.

Rose said Wednesday evening that the power in the school was restored in the afternoon, though it was lost again for three hours, but then was back on. He said that it would take approximately eight hours to re-heat the building.

Dependent on directives from interim superintendent Lydia Furnari and if the power is maintained, Rose said the school may or may not be reopened today.

It will also be dependent on road closures, though many of the main roadways have been reopened, he said. While Route 517 between Kennedy Road and Old Hackettstown Road is still closed due to a downed pole; and between Airport Road and Lakeview Terrace because of multiple wires, Rose said the clean-up is moving quickly.

Rose said it is yet to be determined if the warming and charging center will be re-opened today at the Green Township Fire Department, though he said he believes it will be unlikely, based on the amount of power restorations.

Hamburg

As of Wednesday evening, the majority of Hamburg JCP&L customers were restored, with slightly over 7 percent without power. On Tuesday evening, over 50 percent of the residents were without electricity.

Hampton

The restoration process continued in Hampton, with slightly over 17 percent of the residents without power on Wednesday evening, versus 55 percent on Tuesday.

Hardyston

There were two warming stations in Hardyston on Wednesday, which will be maintained if needed. The first was at the Sussex County YMCA at 15 Wits End Road - those who enter over the age of 18, will be required to provide government-issued identification.

The other warming station was the Hardyston Township Municipal Building at 149 Wheatsworth Road which will be open until 4:30 p.m. as a warming and charging location, if needed.

Hardyston residents without power has declined from 34 percent on Tuesday evening to 12 percent on Wednesday evening. There were 135 Sussex Rural Electric members still without power in Hardyston on Wednesday evening.

Hopatcong

Only 28 residents of the close to 6,700 in Hopatcong remain without power, with expected full restoration by 6 p.m. today, according to JCP&L Wednesday evening.

For residents who needed heat and device charging, as well as internet, the The E. Louise Childs Library on 21 Stanhope Sparta Road was open. The location will reopen today from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Lafayette

Close to half of Lafayettes JCP&L customers were without power, including Lafayettes Municipal Building as of Wednesday night. According to Township Committeeman Rick Hughes, JCP&L incorrectly identified the building as having its power restored on Wednesday.

If power is restored overnight, Hughes said the building will reopen today. On Wednesday, Hughes said employees were in the building for a brief period; and temporary heaters were set up in the building.

Hughes also said he was on the phone with the townships JCP&L representative with a priority medical need with a resident, who was without power; and cannot stay in a shelter.

Beaver Run Road and the end of Morris Farm Road by Route 94 were still closed as of Wednesday evening, Hughes said.

In Lafayette, 220 Sussex Rural Electric members were without power on Wednesday evening.

Montague

Montague experienced a dramatic rise in power restoration, with less than 7 percent of customers requiring restoration on Wednesday night. On Tuesday night, close to all of the JCP&L customers were without power.

Only one Sussex Rural Electric member remained without power on Wednesday evening.

Newton

Slightly over 17 percent of Newton residents were remaining without power on Wednesday night.

The Newton Town Hall at 39 Trinity St. will be open today until 5 p.m. as a warming and charging location; and individuals can additionally use the buildings WiFi. The town hall and Dennis Library, which has remained a warming station, were also used on Wednesday. The library, located at 101 Main Street, will be open again from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Ogdensburg

Ogdensburg made strides in power restoration on Wednesday evening, with over 53 percent of residents without power. On Tuesday, there were 99 percent of the residents.

According to the boroughs Facebook Page on Wednesday night, some power outages may occur again, as power is continually restored.

Sandyston

Sandyston has additionally experienced progress with only 54 percent of the residents remaining without power on Wednesday evening, versus nearly all of the residents on Tuesday evening.

Sparta

As the power restorations climbed and then fell again, about 37 percent of Sparta residents were still without power as of Wednesday night.

Sparta maintained its warming centers into the night on Wednesday at the Police Department, as well as the library and Senior Center. Sparta High School also opened a warming center with showers available, as well as microwaves, to residents.

The shelter set up by the Red Cross and Sussex County Sheriffs Office is at the Sussex County Technical School in Sparta, located at 105 North Church Road.

Further updates will be made available on the Sparta Police Facebook Page at: http://www.facebook.com/sparta.police/ and Sparta Municipal Facebook Page at: http://www.facebook.com/SpartaTownship/.

Stanhope

Less than five Stanhope residents remained without power on Wednesday night.

Stillwater

Stillwater made progress in its power restoration, with approximately 39 percent of the residents without power on Wednesday evening, versus more than 93 percent on Tuesday.

The Stillwater School announced a delayed opening for Thursday morning.

Sussex

Sussex Borough had a slight increase in residents without power on Wednesday evening, at over 12 percent, versus slightly more than 7 percent on Tuesday night.

Vernon

Vernon Township has made strides in its power restoration, with 465 JCP&L customers left on Wednesday evening, versus 995 on Tuesday. There were 2,215 Sussex Rural Electric members on Wednesday evening, versus 4,519 on Tuesday.

In addition to the shelter at the Senior Center on Wednesday, Mayor Harry Shortway said a water buffalo is in place behind the municipal building, available 24 around the clock for residents.

Walpack

Nearly 95 percent of Walpack has remained without power, with full restoration expected by 11:30 tonight.

Wantage

Wantage had 17 percent of its JCP&L customers without power on Wednesday evening and 884 from Sussex Rural Electric.

Sussex-Wantage Regional Schools announced on Wednesday evening it would have a delayed opening.

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SOUTH BEND, Ind.Construction is continuing on a new mixed-use building on South Bends East Bank even as winter arrives.

Developer and Founder of Matthews LLC, David Matthews, said that the crews of mostly local carpenters will continue working through cold and wet weather, though on windy days the crane is not able to operate.

Theyre laying between 40 to 60 yards of concrete per day, Matthews said.

The $45 million development project at 300 E. LaSalle Ave. is not slated for completion until spring of 2021 but Matthews is already sharing his big plans for the space.

Its a mid-rise development in downtown South Bend with a grocery store, a parking garage, some Class A office space and 144 apartments, Matthews said.

The 144 apartments will be a mix of one, two and three bedroom units. Most units will feature a balcony with gas hookups for grills.

On the first floor of the 10-story building, 15,000-20,000 square feet of retail space will be primarily occupied by a grocery store. Unused retail space left following the grocery stores construction process will open up the opportunity for additional retail establishments.

A couple of hundred parking spots will be available in the buildings parking garage and about a hundred more spots will be included in a surface lot.

Matthews said the decision to build the development on LaSalle was simple.

Were trying to build up downtown South Bend, Matthews said. In order to have more customers for shops, for parks, for restaurants, we need more people living downtown in walking distance.

Multiple city parks are within a 20 minute walking distance from the new development, including the newly renovated Howard Park.

Matthews has not shared what grocery store will live in the building, but he did say that the development will be more than just a place for the community to shop and live.

Its not just giving the people who live here a spot to go. Its helping reinforce the urban fabric of downtown so when you visit or take a stroll along the East Race, theres more people, theres more restaurants, theres more activity that makes downtown South Bend feel like a city we want to visit, Matthews said.

Next door to 300 E. LaSalle, in the Atrium of the Commerce Center, another project of Matthews is headed to fruition.

Weve had a lot of people who visit and say I want to open a restaurant but they lack the financial means to do a restaurant buildout, Matthews said. How do you take someone who is driven and competent but doesnt have the financial backing yet or the reputation to do a full fledge restaurant? Our approach is weve created three of these small restaurant incubators.

Comparing it to the new ramen noodle bar inside of the Emporium building, Matthews explained that the three completed stalls will serve as venues of experimentation for those who want to give their culinary business ideas a test-run with month-to-month leases.

The idea is that within two years, or even sooner, the pop-up restaurants will have evolved to where they can afford and attain their own, more permanent, spaces, Matthews explained.

Were just trying to create that pathway for people to have a shot, Matthews said.

One of the stalls is waiting for the first pop-up restaurant operator to set up shop while the other two await completion.

Down the hallway from the restaurant incubator, the local farmer-owned River Valley Farmers Market, which opened to the public in October, is already making big expansion plans.

Theyll be tripling in size in the beginning of 2020, Matthews said.

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Construction has wrapped up on 80 East 10th Street, a 26,000-square-foot mixed-use building in the East Village. The ten-story mixed-use building is designed by NAVA Companiesand developed by Parametric Development Group. Brown Harris Stevens Development Marketing is responsible for sales of the 12 condominiums, which include a five-bedroom spread. Each home averages 2,000 square feet and range from $4.15 to $8.25 million. Cushman & Wakefieldis marketing the ground-floor retail space, which has yet to find a tenant.

Photos show the main entrance with the address illuminated next to the main lobby. The letters and numbers are formed from a pattern of circles that reflect the design of the pitted metal panels between the buildings floor-to-ceiling curtain wall.

80 East 10th Street. Photo by Michael Young

80 East 10th Street. Photo by Michael Young

80 East 10th Street. Photo by Michael Young

80 East 10th Street. Photo by Michael Young

The main entrance and sign for 80 East 10th Street. Photo by Michael Young

The ground-floor retail space is broken up into two parts measuring 850 and 1,450 square feet, for a total leasable area of 2,300 square feet. A majority of the frontage is along the wider northern elevation on East 10th Street. The basement measures 600 square feet, while the egress corridors and elevator are on the southern perimeter of the property.

Amenities for residents include a shared rooftop terrace, a package room, private cellar storage, and a bicycle room. 80 East 10th Street is located on the corner of East 10th Street and Fourth Avenue, four blocks away from Union Square Park and a short walk to Astor Place. The closest subways include the 6 train at the Astor Place station and the R and W trains at the 8th Street-NYU station.

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In well over a decade, Richmond hasnt seen a single new hotel project in city limits, Lina Velasco, the citys Director of Planning and Building Services told City Council at its Nov. 19 meeting.

But Richmonds ongoing development boom has the city currently reviewing not one, but two hotel projects: one in Marina Bay, and the other in Hilltop.

On Wednesday, Dec. 11, the citys Design Review Board is set to review proposed designs for a four-story, 102-room Home2 Suites Hotel by Hilton in a vacant lot at 2121 Meeker Ave., adjacent to the CVS store and across from Armistice Brewing Company.

A fitness center, indoor pool and 134-stall parking lot are included in the hotel design, according to city planning officials. The site is designed to accommodate two future commercial pad building locations, and the project also features a civic space along Meeker Avenue.

Also in the works is a 104-room Marriott Residence Inn proposed to locate in the parking lot adjacent to Macys at the Shops at Hilltop, which is undergoing a significant transformation that includes proposals for two hotels, 3,500 residential units, office and retail on a re-imagined mall property.

They are just two of many recently completed, under construction, and under review projects providing a growth spurt in Richmond. As of October, there were 434 residential units under construction, 1,023 residential units approved and 745 under review, Velasco told City Council at the Nov. 19 meeting. Also, over 120,000 square feet of warehouse/logistical space were recently completed, while an additional 417,500 square feet are under construction and another 446,000 square feet are under review.

The largest single project under review in Richmond is the controversial Point Molate Mixed-Use Project, a proposal that includes 1,500 residential units and 624,000 square feet of flex space that could include commercial and/or additional residential. That square footage includes rehabbing the existing historic buildings and incorporating at least 40,000 square feet of retail space, city staff said.

What follows is recently completed, under construction and under review projects in the city as of Nov. 19.

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A team of real estate investors are planning a $5 million project on the citys West Side.

Leonard Street Partners unveiled plans today for a mixed-use building at the corner of Leonard Street NW and Broadway Avenue NW.

The new three-story, 24,000-square-foot building with two floors of office space and ground-floor retail space would help anchor the West Leonard Business District and serve as a gateway project for the business corridor.

The development project, which will break ground in January 2020, came together through a collaborative effort of investors, including the father-son duo of Johnny Brann Jr., owner of Kitchen67, Branns Restaurants and Interphase Interiors, and Johnny Brann Sr., owner of Branns Steakhouse.

My dads long-standing commitment to the West Side has been a part of our family for almost 50 years, Brann Jr. said. This project will help inspire exciting change this corridor of the city for the next 50 years.

Brann Sr. added that his family has a legacy of providing jobs and serving the community and the families who live here.

We are proud to be part of an investment team that seeks to provide opportunities for future generations of entrepreneurs, Brann Sr. said.

Other partners include Mike Houseman, president of Wolverine Building Group, Dan Henrickson, president of Henrickson Architects & Planning, and Bill Hadlock, CEO of Paradigm Design

First Ward Commissioner Kurt Reppart said theproject was important to the growth of the West Side.

The projects architect, Paradigm Design, also announced its planto be the building'slead tenant.

Paradigm Design would occupy the second and third floors of the building.

Our firm has been growing and expanding into new markets, and we are excited to bring 45 professionals to this new space and continue to create success for all of our clients, said Joe Greco, president, Paradigm Design.

Paradigm also has offices in Grand Rapids, Traverse City and Phoenix.

Brann Jr. said Leonard Street Partners should have information on the ground-floor space in the coming weeks. There is about 7,500 square feet that could be used by one or two retail tenants.

Construction is expected to wrap up in September 2020.

Wolverine Building Group is the general contractor on the project.

Financing is through Mercantile Bank of Michigan.

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On the corner of Sixth Street and Fourth Avenue, the ruins of the Flycatcher stand surrounded by fencing. Now a construction site, the space is the future home of a multi-unit residential complex. Initially marred in controversy, the proposed building was met with neighborhood resistance and speculation about its zoning designation and purpose. The Union on 6th development appears to be on a set track to becoming another high-rise housing complex.

Despite comments by developers Greystar Real Estate Partners, who worked on the District on 5th building, fears are still present that the Fourth Avenue development will end up as another student housing development for Tucson. With only a designation for local businesses to have priority for the ground-level retail space put in place, the development has taken little into account for the surrounding community and only business interests have won, albeit minor. Like many other new high-rises in town, it is targeted towards a young adult crowd. It is in all facets another case of gentrification, now present on the Historic Fourth Avenue.

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After the demolition of the Flycatcher ended, in an effort to fill in the void and brighten the community, an event was set up. PaintStick, a celebration of Woodstocks 50th anniversary, was created to invite artists to collaborate on various murals for the space. Some of these murals were hung up on chain link fences, essentially barring view into the construction site. In-between the hand painted panels hangs an advertisement for the future building, a sleek design amidst the historic street.

Since the event, seven of the murals have been stolen and another business, the 4th Avenue Delicatessen has announced theyre closing their doors. Cut from the chain-link fence, the most recently stolen mural vanished and left a gap in the fence, revealing the construction sites interior. While intentions of beautifying may come from a good place, the efforts to cover up reality push away the issue and give destruction an easier entry. Distracting from the eyesore that is a construction site softens the view of the impact that construction has. The site of gentrification is turned into a community location in transition covered up by murals and reconfigured as a community space until the building is complete. In this process, gentrification gains a helping hand as resistance is converted to a false sense of community that turns the bare walls into places of art too pretty to be harmful.

While its hard to resist the temptation to revitalize a space producing a void in the community, spaces of construction and gentrification arent dormant. Theyre active sites of conflict that cant be concealed. Bones of buildings toppled over and replaced still lay in the site, and whether pleasant or not, they are an active reminder of the communitys destruction. Without it, gentrification is given an inconspicuous entry painted over by murals. Murals should not act as an attempt to beautify the destruction of a community. It gives developers an easy means for transition.

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Developers are given the opportunity to claim they compromised with the community, and in the end, the art is repurposed as a tool and weapon of gentrification. Where murals do exist in spaces of gentrification, they should be active voices of resistance, something not possible when they are raised in partnership with the gentrifiers.

Neighborhoods arent about aesthetics, theyre built from communities. Sites of destruction should not be painted away only to soften the blow of gentrification. Art made to beautify in the place of active upheaval only turns eyes away from the change being undergone. It gives gentrification a soft spot and fills it with murals so the passerby doesnt have to interact with it or acknowledge its destruction. With businesses continuously being pushed out, like the recent announcement from the 4th Avenue Delicatessen, who cited construction as a main detriment for business, the plan of action has to be resistance and not concealment of the active gentrification at hand. Seeing a community being actively torn apart is difficult, but covering the wounds until theyve been replaced only helps those tearing it apart in search of profit.

Nathan Gosnell is a senior majoring in East Asian studies: Japanese language and minoring in political science

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A Twin Cities hotelier prolific throughout the metro area over the past few years will now be one of the first in to build on Edinas Pentagon Park redevelopment site.

Bloomington-based JR Hospitality, along with Iowa development partner Hawkeye Hotels, plans to start construction next spring on a dual-branded Marriott hotel in the southern half of the site, named Pentagon Village. The five-story, 235-unit hotel will be the largest JR Hospitality has built in the Twin Cities and is part of the hoteliers 1,000-plus room pipeline of metro-area hotel projects currently in development.

An entity related to Hawkeye paid $3.45 million for the 1.8 acre site at 4931 77th St. W., according to a certificate of real estate value made public late last week. The property is in the northeast quadrant of Interstate 494 and Highway 100. The deal, which closed on Sept. 13, works out to $1.9 million per acre.

Work is expected to start next February or March, said JR Hospitality principal Jay Bhakta. The hotel will contain two hotel brands, a Towne Place Suites and a Fairfield Inn and Suites. The two hotels will be in the same building. Construction will take up to 16 months, Bhakta said in a Wednesday interview.

JR Hospitality and Hawkeye committed early this year to building on the site, he said. JR Hospitality recently opened a 209-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel a few blocks away at 4460 W. 78th St. Circle in Bloomington.

Pentagon Village is appealing as a location for the hotel due to its proximity to major highways, and for the amenities it will have at full buildout, Bhakta said. Those amenities will include park space and onsite retail and restaurants.

They want all those things within walking distance, Bhakta said of future hotel guests.

The bulk of the hotels rooms will likely be filled with business travelers most of the time, he said. But he also expects them to draw vacationers as well. The Fairfield will cater primarily to overnight guests, he said, while the extended-stay Towne Suites will likely accommodate people staying a minimum of four nights.

Prior to February, the hotel had been planned to be four stories tall and to have 193 rooms. The city approved a modification to the planned unit development plan for Pentagon Village to include the larger hotel at the request of Pentagon Park master developer Solomon Real Estate Group.

JR Hospitality and Hawkeye have not yet chosen a general contractor to build the new hotel. The project architect is Boca Raton, Florida-based Base 4.

JR Hospitality operates 887 hotel rooms in six Twin Cities properties, as well as a number of hotels outside Minnesota.

Construction is already underway on the 12.5 acre Pentagon Village site. A 423-stall parking structure is nearly complete, while work on two new retail buildings near the entrance to the site are out of the ground. Those buildings are planned to total 12,020 square feet of space, according to a city staff report.

Other buildings planned for the site include a 153-unit Waterwalk extended-stay hotel, an office building that could be as large as 215,000 square feet of space and an 18,000-square foot office and retail building.

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CINCINNATI A week after a building under construction partially collapsed at 4th and Race street, crews are scheduled to return to work at the site where one worker died and four others were injured.

According to a statement from Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC), Thornton Tomasetti, a structural engineering consulting firm, thoroughly reviewed the construction site at the corner of 4th and Race street and found work could continue in parts of the site.

Their review found levels one through five and the eastern parts of the sixth and seventh levels were safe for work to resume. Workers will set up barricades around the unsafe western portions of levels six and seven where the collapse happened.

Once the barricades are up, one crew will work to remove the remaining debris from the collapsed areas.

While this is happening, other crews will begin pouring concrete for four additional columns to help support the eighth level, as well as other prep work. No other concrete will be poured, however, until the Department of Buildings and Inspections and an independent third party have signed off on a new shoring plan.

"We did get permission to pour four concrete columns for the 8th flood," said Joe Rudemiller, vice president of marketing and communications for 3CDC. "However, no other concrete pours are permitted at this time until we have the city building inspections department, as well as independent third party come in and approve a new plan."

3CDC also wrote that project partners are still working to figure out why the collapse happened.

The building being constructed is a $44 million mixed-use development meant to include a parking garage, retail space and apartments when complete. 3CDC employed Turner Construction as a contractor and Turner Construction and Gateway Concrete Forming as sub-contractors to work on the site.

According to a statement from 3CDC, workers had been pouring concrete from the unfinished seventh floor to the sixth below when part of the structure gave out. Three were quickly transported to hospitals: Two to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and one to Christ Hospital.

A statement from Turner Construction said all three had been treated and released from various hospitals without incident. The statement also mentioned a fourth injured worker also treated and also released for the first time.

The search for the fifth worker lasted more than 30 hours before emergency crews pulled the body of 58-year-old Preston Todd Delph out of the rubble.

The heart of the City of Cincinnati goes out to the family and friends of the deceased, Cincinnati City Manager Patrick Duhaney wrote in an email to other members of City Council. I cannot imagine the grief this family must be going through at this time.

Delph, who worked for subcontractor Gateway Concrete Forming, had been checking for concrete seepage on the sixth floor of the Fourth and Race garage around 1:15 Monday afternoon, according to a spokesman from Turner Construction. When other workers began to pour concrete from the seventh floor to the sixth, the floor above him collapsed.

One resident has taken the struggle of the workers, including Delph's family, to heart and is working to raise money for everyone involved.

"When I found out, I was just really really moved by the situation," said Rachel Jackson, who has currently raised more than $1,000. "I've never been so close to something like that happening."

Jackson works near by, and felt she needed to do something to help. She said she hopes part of the money she's raising will go to the charity listed in Delph's obituary: The Alzheimer's Association. But the other part of the donation, she hopes, will go to buy the workers coffees and lunches to help take the stress off their days as they head back to work.

Gateway Concrete Forming officials released a statement mourning Delph and thanking the teams who spent the day searching for him.

"This is an extremely sorrowful time and our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and co-workers at this difficult time," a company spokesman wrote. "We want to thank the regions first responders, emergency service workers and the American Red Cross volunteers for their tireless and selfless efforts through this entire ordeal. We are encouraging workers to utilize the grief counseling services that are available to them in the difficult days and weeks ahead."

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