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A rendering of Akridge's planned 190K SF office building at 2100 L St. NW

Thetrophy office building planned at the corner of 21st and L streets NW will not deliver for at least two years, buta major tenant is already in talks to lease its top four floors.

Law firm Morrison & Foersteris in negotiationsto anchor2100 L St. NW, the 190K SF building being developed by Akridge, COPT and Argos Group, according to a CBRE market report.

The lease continues a trend of law firms flocking to the top of trophy office buildings, leaving the lower floors vacant. Of seven office buildings currently or soon-to-be under construction in D.C.'s core submarket, 1.5M SF has been leased in the top stack of the building, with 1.1M SF still available on the lower floors, according to CBRE.

Goodwin Procter is movingto the top three floors of JBG Smith's 1900 N development, as the developer looks to lease the bottom six floors. That project, also in the Golden Triangle BID, broke ground in April once the lease was signed and is also slated for a late 2019 delivery.

Clearly Gottlieb is set to take the top five floorsof Skanska's 2112 Pennsylvania Ave. NW when it delivers next year, as the bottom five floors remain available.

Most of these are law firms, and it's a matter of status and branding that they have a tendency to go to the highest-quality building in the best space, CBRE research manager Wei Xie said. Some of them have been in their previous space for years, so this is a chance to upgrade to the latest and greatest space with the best view and branding opportunities.

Tenants looking to lease the lower floors of these buildings can see up to a 10% discount from the top-floor rent, according to CBRE. But law firms typically don't want to share a building with another law firm, Xie said, so the lower floors of new buildings tend to attract nonprofits, creative companies or co-working tenants.

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Remodeling a home is no easy feat. Many times, however, its unnecessary to do a full home remodel when a room addition can give a client what he or she is really seeking.

Designers like Jill Worobec at Mosby Building Arts help clients achieve their dream home without having to leave the one theyre in. Mosby handles ground floor additions, adding a story to the home, family room, breakfast room additions, sunroom and more. Mosbys professionals can even help clients add a new wing to their home or simply assist with space planning.

When a previous Mosby client came to Worobec looking to add a master suite and deck to her home, Worobec figured out how to best implement the vision to the University City ranch home.

For the master suite, the client planned to expand her house into her backyard. She wanted to take her current master bedroom location, flip it with the location of the guest bedroom and push the back wall out. This would enable her to have a large master bathroom with new closets. For the existing master bedroom, she sought to make it a secondary master bedroom when family came to visit.

Worobec got to work and made her clients dream a reality all while keeping with the homes existing theme.

She and the Mosby staff pushed the master bedroom out 3 feet and put in a new cedar deck to create a nice outdoor living area.

The client also wanted to vault her ceiling, so we were able to do that and install a chandelier, Worobec says.

In the master bath, the client had a lot of fun shopping, Worobec says. She was very open to not having a shower door, so we did an open shower with a rain head and handheld. We put in a half-wall and double vanity, too. It was a very confined space, but we were able to maximize it.

One key component to maximizing the space was elevating the vanities. Worobec says they sit about 9 inches off the floor to make the space appear bigger.

We think things through very thoroughly at Mosby, Worobec says. Even in the earliest stages, were planning how to achieve what the clients want to do. We work as a team to make sure the final outcome is exactly what the clients were expecting.

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This is the time of year when homeowners revel in indoor-outdoor continuum. The more the home provides a window, a perch, a platform intertwined with green vistas, pretty flowers and bright sun light, the better it is.

Of course, it's the architectural appropriateness of this critical juncture that determines what is distinguished and enduring, and what is merely to be endured.

If the goal is to marrying the house and its setting effectively, you got to start with accurately assessing your home's fundamental architecture, says Craig Durosko, founder and chairman of Sun Design Remodeling. Nothing that is seminal to the basic look of the property as a whole can be regarded as out-of-the-picture.

Durosko should know. His firm has been helping homeowners find distinctive ways to open-up the house to its setting for 29 years, and his seasoned staff of designers is among the nation's most lauded by peer groups, other professionals and the home and garden press.

But it all begins with a sensitive reading of what's already there, the remodeler contends.

Three recent projects illustrate the point.

On Lake Barcroft

Owners of a circa-1950s Eichler-style ranch house in Lake Barcroft were seeking big changes within a budget, so the Sun Design team focused on well-integrated incremental solutions: an upgraded kitchen visually linked to main rooms; a remade foyer; interior rooms reconfigured as a master suite; an artfully redesigned powder room.

Among challenges, the existing residence featured a butterfly roof, a rare period detail that earlier remodeling projects had obscured.

Our plan called for restoring the original sense of the house, Durosko recalls. This is fundamentally a mid-20th century style that relies on clean lines, so it made sense to pare back extraneous elements and to create more visual continuum.

Greater cohesion also being an owner priority, designers transformed a dated, closed-in set of main-level rooms into interactive activity zones perfectly configured for graceful socializing.

One of our core decisions was to enhance the connectivity between the kitchen and the living room, Durosko recalls. When this house was built, custom called for hiding the kitchen, which meant blocking the view of a lakeside wooded setting. Today we are well-practiced in applying techniques that discretely incorporate the kitchen into a homes primary socializing areas.

By implementing a handful of structural changes and developing a less obtrusive kitchen interior, the plan achieved a balanced spatial integration, and established sightlines to nearby Lake Barcroft.

The original kitchens drop-down soffit was replaced by a ceiling-flush horizontal beam supported by a single column. This innovation enabled the designer to eliminate a small window-sized pass-through and to introduce a well-defined open plan that includes a black granite bar top/serving counter replete with the stools.

Espresso-colored maple cabinet facings and textured travertine backsplashes tone down the existing kitchens utilitarian ambiance. A sculpturally eye-catching stainless steel cook top vent is both functional and a focal point in an effectively neutral canvas.

Recessed ceiling lights in both the kitchen and the living room reinforce the understated unity. A small adjacent home office was also upgraded and visually re-incorporated into a more open floor plan. Replacing its small hopper window with 54-by-66 glazing turns a dark corner into a favored, sunny nook.

Meanwhile in the front of the house, a seldom-used guest bedroom was reconfigured into square footage now allocated for the new master bedroom suite. The hall was converted into the suites new foyer. The re-designed footprint provides space for a dedicated luxury master bath and an adjacent walk-in closet. A new wall surface created by eliminating the door to the former bath allowed owners to reposition their bed, gaining a recumbent view of the lake.

The homes front foyer attains heightened aesthetics even while giving up a few feet of floor space for a first-level laundry. The original existing door and single sidelight have been replaced with a glass facing double door with retractable screen. Ivory travertine flooring (replacing quarry tile) segues to tasteful white oak that defines a processional from the front door.

The first level powder room inspired by colors in a framed poster art promotion of a Matisse exhibition is both playful and elegant.

Oak Hill idyll: Dining deck with glass-topped sunroom weathers all seasons

We think of an outdoor living plan as a creative response to an owner's personal requirements, says Bob Gallagher, Sun Design's president. The important point is not how much of it is open or enclosed, but how well the whole supports a lifestyle in which exposure to nature is the primary goal.

A recent dining deck plus sunroom solution in Oak Hill illustrates the point. After years of occupying a home custom-designed precisely to exploit a pretty wooded setting, the owners had decided they wanted a stronger link to the outdoors. Low-maintenance was an essential ingredient, but they initially envisioned an outdoor room, free from insects yet with dramatic visual continuum in all directions.

They had looked at screen porches, Gallagher explains. The idea was an enclosed space on the new dining deck, something of a place apart; A transitional footprint between house and open air.

As the conversation developed, extending the room's seasonal usefulness gradually became the rising aspiration.

If we could create a dramatic connectedness to nature and extend the room seasonally, we were heading to the right solution, Gallagher recalls.

At a glance, the resulting 10.5 '-by-12.5' sunroom is a neatly balanced space plan that seems neither closed nor overexposed to the elements. Floor-to-ceiling windows define the room on every elevation. Overhead, two skylights installed on a hipped roof allow 25 square feet of natural light. Ceramic tile flooring and other neutral finishes reinforce the natural, open ambiance which is visually linked to the welcoming dining deck.

To preserve generous views on the existing rear elevation, Gallagher and team placed the sunroom directly off the kitchen to the left of the family room. Built-ins and a fireplace comfortably integrate the space to the existing interior. The room is a favored spot to watch the trees, and is mostly opened-up for cross breezes on temperate days.

Since upkeep requirements were to be restricted to an annual pressure wash, even the sunroom's exterior paneling is low-maintenance. Hardiplank siding, Trex decking, aluminum balusters and vinyl-clad posts further articulate a decorative outdoor design scheme that is also easy to maintain.

Vienna by the pond

A remodel in Vienna points to how a screened-in porch can be thoroughly mainstreamed yet visually thrust into an intimate relationship with varied landscaping.

Initially conceived as a rear elevation addition that would replace a small deck outside the existing breakfast room, after studying the plans for a while the homeowner decided a porch would be more useful. Still, Sun Design's team made adroit use of the earlier drawings, incorporating fine exterior trim detailing into the new porch.

Architectural appropriateness is always critical in an improvement of this caliber, Durosko explains. We decided early on that the best way to rationalize the re-made exterior elevation was to match the pyramid-shaped roof over the breakfast room. By contrast, the entrance from porch to patio was designed as a hyphen between two clearly defined enclosed spaces. This approach enabled us to avoid too much massing on the rear of the house, and to keeps the scale accessible and comfortable. Overall, the new exterior presents a very appealing rhythm.

To further conjoin house and garden, the porch design calls for a ground level course of local quarry stone that matches those used in the existing patio. The new elevation is architecturally sympathetic, and the fine exterior trim work has been constructed from wood.

Taken as a whole, the owner's program concentrated on several specifics: a bug-free family outdoor play area near the existing patio barbecue; generously unencumbered zones for dining, cooking and conversation; open sightlines to the well-developed Koi pond and lovely backyard landscaping beyond.

Given the emphasis on sightlines, one of our early decisions was to bring the footprint for the new porch further into the backyard so that the pond would be a focal point from the sitting area, Durokso explains. That said, the porch is much more a product of specific use requirements than a traditional L-shaped wraparound porch would have allowed.

Sun Design Remodeling frequently sponsors tours of recently remodeled homes as well as workshops on home remodeling topics. Headquartered in Burke, the firm has a second office in McLean. For information, call (703) 425-5588 or visit

http://www.SunDesignInc.com

John Byrd has been writing about home improvement for 30 years. He can be reached at (703) 715-8006, http://www.HomeFrontsNews.com or byrdmatx@gmail.com

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13 Kings Park Lane, Conway

2,993 square feet

4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 1 half bath

Tami McConnell, Coldwell Banker RPM Group-Conway, 501-269-3757

Luxury living at its finest can be found in this amazing home in northwest Conways Kings Park neighborhood.

Offered for sale through Coldwell Banker RPM Group-Conway, this home at 13 Kings Park Lane is on a large corner lot that has lovely custom landscaping. The home features 2,993 square feet of living space in a traditional, two-story design that families love. The inside includes four bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths, with a large open floor plan that features built-ins in the dining room, living room and kitchen. The master suite is downstairs, along with an office/sunroom. Two more bedrooms are upstairs, along with what could be your kids favorite room a large bonus space.

The main living area of the home is inviting and bright. The main features include neutral wall colors, lovely hardwood flooring, the use of columns to further delineate living spaces, and custom crown molding accents. In the living room, a comfortable vibe is on display, featuring a massive brick fireplace flanked by two tall windows, and a deep tray ceiling design. The room is big enough to allow for the creation of separate seating areas.

The kitchen has a granite countertops, a large island, and a small computer/work area. The kitchen has an adjacent combination dining space, in addition to a four-seat breakfast bar on the outside of the island. The formal dining room, located directly off the front door, is designed to be used for holiday gatherings or family meals. It has some elegant details throughout, such as the built-in storage cabinet with glass-front doors. A chair-rail design and custom chandelier are also featured.

Youll love the master suite! The bedroom itself has plenty of space for a separate seating area, and the bathroom is spa-like. It features double vanities, custom lighting, and a hot tub. All four bedrooms have walk-in closets.

Other features include:

Sprinkler system and fenced backyard.

Roof is Presidential TL shingled room with a lifetime material warranty.

New downstairs air conditioning unit in April 2017.

Patio.

Fully wood-fenced yard.

Separate, large laundry room.

Security system.

Floored attic.

Two-car, side-entry garage.

This executive-style home wont last long on the market, so call your real estate agent today. The asking price is $299,500. For more information or to arrange for your private visit, please contact Tami McConnell of Coldwell Banker RPM Group-Conway at 501-269-3757.

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Industry leader adds bathroom remodel business to its portfolio

Chino Hills, CA (PRWEB) June 30, 2017

Jacuzzi Brands LLC is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of BathWraps, the leading supplier of one-day bathroom transformation services. BathWraps, previously doing business as Liners Direct, brings two decades of professional experience and innovative products sold through premiere remodeling dealers in the U.S.

"We are extremely excited about the addition of BathWraps to our bath business," says Bob Rowan, CEO Jacuzzi Brands LLC. "The company is complementary to our core business and is led by an exceptional management team, which will remain in place and continue to operate independently."

BathWraps, that transforms acrylic wetspace walls, tubs and showers in just one day, changed its brand name to from Liners Direct in January of this year to make room for a massive rebrand focused on manufacturing and installing custom showers and bathtubs. The brand was established in 1997 in Itasca, Illinois, specializing in custom bath and showers designed for the remodeling market. Jeff Conner, who will continue in his role as President, acquired the company in 2004, having since led the company through a period of tremendous growth.

"By joining the Jacuzzi family, BathWraps will be positioned to continue our rapid growth by providing world-class products and support through our outstanding network of remodeling dealers," states Jeff Conner, President of BathWraps, "Additionally, we will be able to take advantage of many new opportunities by combining forces with Jacuzzi, along with our continued commitment to the success of our dealers. We also extend a special thank you to our employees, as we maintain our focus on industry-leading performance."

Now, BathWraps is focused on expanding its network of local dealers to help accommodate for the demand the brand is seeing. Business owners who sign on as BathWraps dealers will have the opportunity to not only bring the quick and easy bathroom transformation services to new markets nationwide, but they'll now be backed by both BathWraps and Jacuzzi. BathWraps dealers are typically business owners within other segments of the home improvement industry, including window, siding and sunroom companies and contractors, who are looking for ways to grow their current business.

"This transaction provides excellent opportunities to leverage growth from the combined strengths of Jacuzzi and BathWraps," stated Rowan. "None of this would be possible without the continued support of our employees, customers and suppliers, who continue to believe in the strength of our brands and our tremendous growth potential."

Jacuzzi was advised by Sphaeris Capital Management LLC, a specialist in middle market mergers and acquisitions, add-on acquisitions programs, and proprietary investments internationally.

About Jacuzzi Brands LLC Jacuzzi Brands LLC, through its subsidiaries, is a global manufacturer and distributor of branded bath and spa products. These include whirlpool baths, spas and spa accessories, showers, saunas, bathtubs, water care supplies and other plumbing products. Our products are marketed under a portfolio of brand names, including JACUZZI, SUNDANCE, THERMOSPAS, DIMENSION ONE SPAS, HYDROPOOL and BATHWRAPS. For more information about Jacuzzi, visit http://www.jacuzzi.com or call 1-800-288-4002.

About BathWraps Backed by 20 years of experience transforming people's homes, BathWraps is a leading force in the bathtub and shower manufacturing industries. Originally founded as Liners Direct in 1997, the brand creates and installs custom fixtures that are long lasting, easy to maintain, safe to use and simple to install. Its commitment to quality and innovation in the segment stand out among consumers and dealers alike, fueling BathWraps' ongoing expansion initiatives. With a network of 120-plus dealers currently operating across the country, the brand plans to continue growing in key communities across the country throughout 2017. For more information on BathWraps' services and to inquire about becoming a dealer, please visit https://www.bathwraps.com/.

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Harley-Davidson Museum's Motor restaurant undergoing renovations Milwaukee Business Journal As part of the remodel, the Can Room will also see the addition of a garage door so that the room can be opened up to the outdoors during the summer, a spokeswoman said. Garage doors had previously been installed throughout Motor Bar & Restaurant.

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After 40 years of serving up square hamburgers, French fries and milkshakes among many other sundry culinary delights Wendys in Keene has undergone a major remodel inside and out, and is now open for business.

Its being called image activation by the co-owner of the Wendys at 329 Winchester St., and took nearly 10 days to complete, start to finish.

Weve been here for 40 years, Jennifer Zullo, co-franchise operator, said Wednesday afternoon. We are putting the final touches on the remodel, and we should be open tonight.

In fact, Wendys reopened Wednesday afternoon, and as of 3:30 p.m., hungry customers were pouring in, Zullo said.

The major remodel started June 19, but preparation for the work began a week before that, she said. A new roof was installed, along with an air-conditioning unit, according to Zullo.

She said the new look is an attempt to modernize the interior and exterior of the Keene Wendys.

Between company restaurants and franchises, there are more than 6,500 Wendys in the United States and in 29 other countries and U.S. territories, The Wendys Co. reports. It is the third largest fast-food restaurant selling hamburgers in the nation, behind McDonalds (first) and Burger King (second), according to QSR Magazine. QSR is an acronym for quick-service restaurant, and the category is reserved for fast-food restaurants that specialize in hamburgers.

Several emails and telephone calls to Wendys headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, went unanswered. Wendys began in 1969 when founder Dave Thomas opened his first restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, according to its website.

We have a fresh new approach, and people should come look, see for themselves, Zullo said. Weve added a fireplace, restaurant seating, new menu; the entire place has changed.

Although the remodel actually reduced space from about 2,700 square feet to 2,500 a reconfigured eating area allows for the fireplace, and restaurant-style seating that affords more room at each table, among other changes.

The facade has new colors, new lettering and a minimal approach to the logo, making it appear sleeker and more modern.

The Wendys Co.s website indicates locations are being similarly revamped throughout the country, and touts the transformation of the Wendys brand through contemporary Image Activation restaurants.

Not only do these restaurants deliver a striking street appearance, they are designed to greatly enhance the customer experience, the website says. Prominent features include fireplaces; a variety of inviting seating options, including lounge chairs and booths; Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs; digital menuboards and more.

The site highlights similar overhauls at Wendys restaurants in several states and Canada.

All great brands evolve to remain fresh and relevant to consumers, according to a company video on the topic, which cites Apple, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart and Starbucks as examples. Were moving forward in multiple dimensions.

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The public was invited to catch a glimpse of the remodeled Blair Clinic on Tuesday.

Residents tour the treatment rooms at the renovated Blair Clinic on Tuesday afternoon. The project included a remodeled registration area to provide more privacy; the addition of "sick" and "well" sides of the waiting room; and expanded treatment rooms and offices.

Started in February, construction is wrapped up on renovations of the waiting room and registration area, exam rooms and offices.

Some changes are similar to the Fort Calhoun Clinic, which has "sick" and "well" sides of its waiting room.

Patient chairs and divider walls were added to the registration desk to allow patients more privacy.

Three exam rooms and a provider office were also added. The call center was moved to a room with a large window.

The Blair Clinic's main entrance was scheduled for reopening Friday, June 23.

The remodeling project is partially funded by a $50,000 donation from the Memorial Community Hospital Foundation. It contributed $250,000 for facility improvements in late 2016; the remaining $200,000 will go toward the building of a new clinic in Tekamah.

Blair Clinic has seven providers specializing in family medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics and sports medicine, as well as six certified physicians assistants.

The Blair Clinic's registration area has been remodeled with divider walls to allow more privacy for patients.

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BMC Stock Holdings (NASDAQ: BMCH) and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitabiliy, risk, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for BMC Stock Holdings and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, as provided by MarketBeat.

BMC Stock Holdings presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.36%. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.61%. Given BMC Stock Holdings stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BMC Stock Holdings is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific Corporation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BMC Stock Holdings and Louisiana-Pacific Corporations revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has higher revenue, but lower earnings than BMC Stock Holdings. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BMC Stock Holdings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares BMC Stock Holdings and Louisiana-Pacific Corporations net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Risk & Volatility

BMC Stock Holdings has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.0% of BMC Stock Holdings shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of BMC Stock Holdings shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BMC Stock Holdings beats Louisiana-Pacific Corporation on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

BMC Stock Holdings Company Profile

BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. is a provider of building products and services in the United States residential construction market. The Companys segments include Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Texas, Intermountain, Western and Mountain West divisions. Its product offerings include lumber and lumber sheet goods and an array of products, including millwork, doors, windows, structural components, floor and roof trusses and wall panels. Its whole-house framing solution is Ready-Frame. It also offers its customers services, such as design, product specification, installation and installation management. It manufactures floor trusses, roof trusses, wall panels, stairs, specialty millwork, windows and pre-hung doors. It also provides a range of installation services and special order products. The Company groups its building products and services into four product categories: structural components; lumber & lumber sheet goods; millwork, doors & windows, and other building products & services.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation Company Profile

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation is a manufacturer of building products. The Companys products are used in home construction, repair and remodeling, and outdoor structures. The Company operates in four segments, which include North America Oriented Strand Board (OSB), Siding, Engineered Wood Products (EWP) and South America. The OSB segment manufactures and distributes OSB structural panel products. The Siding segment offers two categories of products, which include SmartSide siding products and related accessories, and CanExel siding and accessories and other related products. The Engineered Wood Products (EWP) segment manufactures and distributes laminated veneer lumber, I-Joists, laminated strand lumber and other related products. The South American segment manufactures and distributes OSB and siding products in South America and certain export markets. Its engineered I-joists are used in residential and commercial flooring, and roofing systems and other structural applications.

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The Sika SolaRoof system is a non-penetrating, integrated solar solution for thermoplastic roofs that goes above and beyond the traditional racking system.

Canton, Mass. (PRWEB) June 29, 2017

Sika, the worldwide market leader in thermoplastic roofing and waterproofing membranes, is pleased to partner with Sunwealth and Centroplan in announcing the installation of a brand new Sika SolaRoof park atop its headquarters in Canton, Mass.

The Sika SolaRoof system is a non-penetrating, integrated solar solution for thermoplastic roofs that goes above and beyond the traditional racking system. It incorporates the proven performance of a Sarnafil Roof System with the Sika SolarMount-1 - an innovative, non-penetrating, engineered solution for long-term securement of solar rooftop photovoltaic. Sika SolarMount-1 is a lightweight, aerodynamic mounting system for the installation of rigid PV panels on low slope Sarnafil thermoplastic roofs.

"The Sika SolaRoof system is one of the most innovative applications in the solar roofing arena in many years," said Bill Bellico, Director of Marketing for Sika Roofing. "Having a lightweight system without the need for hundreds of penetrations in the roof is a game changer for the industry. Now building owners no longer need to worry about the risk of damage from the shifting of traditional ballasted arrays or potential leak threats from all the penetrations of a fastened system."

The key component of the SolarMount-1 is the Sika SolarClick welding flange. The SolarClicks, which are made with the same formulation as Sarnafil membranes, are mounted to each support and hot-air welded to the Sarnafil membrane. They provide a large contact area, critical for uniform load distribution in order to reduce compression loads on the thermal insulation.

Since the SolarClicks are hot-air welded to the membrane, the weight of typical ballasted systems is not required, making the Sika SolaRoof system ideal for most lightweight roof structures. And because the SolarClicks are made from the same formulation as the membranes, compatibility issues are eliminated.

Sunwealth, a pioneering clean energy firm, has created a standardized, technology-enabled process by which commercial solar projects can be easily and economically financed, allowing developers to build valuable projects and investors to generate high-quality returns. Sunwealth's team is committed to harnessing the power of their proprietary platform to deliver meaningful investment returns and tangible social impact.

"We are honored to partner with Sika and Centroplan to finance this high-performance solar installation through our community of investors," said Ryan Dings, Chief Operating Officer at Sunwealth. "With this incredible project, we can demonstrate the power of commercial solar to building owners and investors alike. It will serve as a model of operational and financial performance for many projects to come."

Sika Roofing has partnered with Centroplan to enable its customers to access an "all-inclusive" solar system package. By combining the expertise of both companies, the roof and photovoltaics interface can be excluded in order to develop a solar roof that is tailored to your needs. The roof and PV material components are optimally coordinated in the process, allowing comprehensive warranty packages to be made available.

"In a market climate where collaboration between roof and solar companies is unusual, it is a testament to Centroplan's and Sika's commitment to developing a single, integral solar PV and roof system that solves the problems and risks seen at the interface between the solar system and the roofing system," said Mark Gies, Director of Sales and Product at Centroplan. "The Sika SolaRoof system achieves this with its unique features and design. Sika furthers its commitment and confidence by including the system in its roof warranty coverage. This is a big value to the building owner by reducing risk and providing peace of mind."

To learn more about the innovative Sika SolaRoof system, please click here or call 800-576-2358.

SIKA AG CORPORATE PROFILE Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing and protecting in the building sector and automotive industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 97 countries around the world and manufactures in over 190 factories. Its more than 17,000 employees generated annual sales of CHF 5.75 billion in 2016. For more information about Sika Corporation in the U.S. including Canton, Mass., visit http://usa.sarnafil.sika.com.

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