Commission prioritizes courts remodel, jail kitchen Three Rivers Commercial-News CENTREVILLE The St. Joseph County Commission has decided that besides roads, its priorities are remodeling of the courts building and of the jail kitchen. As such, county administrator Pat Yoder will direct his efforts into researching those matters. |
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) Raleigh firefighters battled the largest fire the city has seen in almost 100 years Thursday night.
The fire was first reported shortly after 10 p.m. and five alarms were quickly sounded. It took crews until 1:10 a.m. to get the fire under control, officials said.
The biggest concern at this point is rekindling, officials said. Three buildings were cleared by Friday morning.
Fire officials told CBS North Carolina the fire started in an apartment building under construction at the intersection of Jones and Harrington streets.
The total loss of that building is estimated at more than $12 million, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. A number of other buildings were also damaged.
The building was last inspected Monday and was completely compliant, Raleigh Fire Chief John McGrath said Friday morning.
The construction had been inspected 50 times but was at an extremely vulnerable state before a sprinkler system was installed.
Officials said the fire started on the third floor of the building and spread quickly because it was a wood construction and had many flammable construction materials inside.
The main building involved in the fire spread to four other buildings, according to Raleigh fire officials. Overall, 10 buildings were damaged five severely, said Raleigh Fire Division Chief John Fanning.
This was the largest fire in the city of Raleigh since the 1920s, according to McGrath.
Some of the buildings damaged included an office building and a residential building. The office building had windows blown out on one side and the apartment building suffered heavy smoke damage and also had windows blown out.
A few hundred people lost power in the immediate area and a construction crane collapsed.
Around 130 firefighters battled the flames with crews working in 90 minute to 2-hour shifts. In addition to the firefighters, 25 apparatus helped work the fire. Fanning said it was one of the worst fires hes seen.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, McGrath said. It will take until at least Friday evening for crews to get inside the remains.
One first responder suffered a puncture wound due to falling glass but his injuries are non-life threatening and he should be released from the hospital soon, Fanning said.
According to Raleigh police, Harrington Street and West Street are closed from Edenton Street to North Street. Lane Street is closed from Harrington Street to Dawson Street and Jones Street is closed from Glenwood Avenue to Dawson Street. Motorists are advised to avoid the area.
Fanning advised that people stay away from downtown Raleigh, if possible. At the very least, people should avoid the area of the fire. Smoke will most likely hang around downtown for at least another day.
An investigation into the fire hasnt begun yet, Fanning said. Investigators are expected to arrive at the site and begin working around lunchtime.
The company behind the structures construction issued the following statement:
We thank the heroic firefighters and all first responders who risked their lives to contain this fire and that no loss of life occurred. While the cause of the fire has not yet been determined, we are working closely with authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and review of the incident.
To our neighbors and to the surrounding community, we are saddened by this unfortunate situation and ask for your patience as the investigation continues and as we begin the process of site clean up.
At least one local business is helping feed first responders and the Raleigh Chamber is offering up their building for local businesses to continue working.
Barrys Cafe went to the area of the fire around 12:30 a.m. Friday to feed first responders and they plan to come back later today to feed more and are already prepping food.
The Raleigh Chamber tweeted that their office is available from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to displaced business owners and business leaders who need a downtown base of operations with WiFi, copiers and coffee. For more information, call the Chamber at (919) 664-7000.
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However, New York NY Settles Back After Robust 2015
NEW YORK February 8, 2017 Most of the leading U.S. metropolitan areas for commercial and multifamily construction starts showed substantial gains in 2016 compared to the previous year, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. However, New York NY, the top metropolitan market by dollar amount, pulled back 15% to $29.8 billion following its 67% surge to $35.2 billion in 2015. Eight of the next nine metropolitan areas in the top 10 were able to register double-digit gains during 2016. For the top 20 metropolitan areas, 16 were able to show double-digit gains compared to 2015. At the U.S. level, commercial and multifamily construction starts in 2016 were reported at $186.3 billion, up 7% from 2015.
Rounding out the top five metropolitan areas in 2016, with their percent change from 2015, were the following Los Angeles CA, $9.8 billion, up 44%; Chicago IL, $8.3 billion, up 34%; Washington DC, $8.1 billion, up 35%; and Dallas-Ft. Worth TX, $8.0 billion, up 16%. Metropolitan areas ranked 6 through 10 were Miami FL, $7.5 billion, up 14%; Boston MA, $7.1 billion, up 50%; San Francisco CA, $5.0 billion, up 96%; Atlanta GA, $4.8 billion, up 60%; and Seattle WA, $4.3 billion, down 4%.
The commercial and multifamily total is comprised of office buildings, stores, hotels, warehouses, commercial garages, and multifamily housing. At the U.S. level, the 7% increase for the commercial and multifamily total in 2016 was the result of an 11% advance for commercial building and a 3% gain for multifamily housing. Compared to its 7% rise in 2015, commercial building at the U.S. level was able to pick up the pace in 2016, while multifamily housing witnessed substantially slower growth compared to its 22% jump in 2015. A primary reason for the smaller 2016 increase for multifamily housing at the U.S. level was a downturn by multifamily construction starts in the New York NY metropolitan area, which retreated 28% following its exceptionally strong amount in 2015. Excluding the New York NY metropolitan area, multifamily housing for the nation in 2016 would be up 13%, about the same as the corresponding 14% increase in 2015.
What stands out about 2016 is that growth for commercial and multifamily construction starts became broader geographically, stated Robert A. Murray, chief economist for Dodge Data & Analytics. Back in 2015, the New York NY metropolitan area led the upturn by soaring 67%, while the next 9 markets combined grew 8%. In 2016, the 15% downturn in the New York NY market was countered by a 33% hike for the next 9 markets. As a result, the New York NY share of the U.S. total for commercial and multifamily construction starts settled back from 20% in 2015 to 16% in 2016, which was still relatively high compared to the 13% share during the 2010-2014 period.
Both commercial building and multifamily housing have benefitted from a number of positive factors in recent years, Murray continued. These included declining vacancies, rising rents, low interest rates, and some easing of bank lending standards for commercial real estate loans. That supportive environment began to shift during 2016, with vacancies leveling off, interest rates edging up at years end, and bank lending standards for commercial real estate loans beginning to tighten, especially for multifamily projects. Yet, aside from multifamily housing, the levels of construction remain generally low given the hesitant nature of the upturn to date, meaning theres yet to be any widespread signs of overbuilding that typically show up five years into an expansion. While market fundamentals may not be quite as supportive in 2017, its still expected that commercial building will be able to register moderate growth, led by offices and warehouses. As for multifamily housing, the geographically broader participation by metropolitan area that emerged during 2016 is expected to continue this year, which should help the national total stay close to the elevated activity reported during 2015 and 2016. Other factors that could affect commercial and multifamily construction starts in 2017 would be two items proposed by the Trump Administration the reduction in business tax rates to spur investment and the easing of the Dodd-Frank regulations on the banking sector.
The 15% commercial and multifamily decline for the New York NY metropolitan area in 2016 was due to the 28% slide by multifamily housing after its 53% hike in 2015. At the same time, the commercial building categories as a group grew an additional 4% in 2016, which followed a 95% surge in 2015. Multifamily housing in New York City had been supported by the 421-a program, which provided tax incentives to developers who included affordable housing in their developments. During 2015, the pending expiration of the 421-a program contributed to developers moving up the start date for projects, while the expiration of the program in January 2016 removed the incentives. (In late 2016, an agreement was reached to renew the 421-a program, which still awaits the approval by the New York State legislature.) The New York NY metropolitan area in 2015 had featured 44 multifamily projects valued each at $100 million or more, including five at $500 million or more, led by the $575 million 15 Hudson Yards apartment building. In 2016, the number of multifamily projects valued at $100 million or more was 38, still substantial yet smaller than what took place 2015, and there were no projects in the $500 million plus range. The top three multifamily projects in 2016 were the following the $453 multifamily portion of a $475 million high-rise in Jersey City NJ, a $407 million multifamily high-rise on Manhattans East Side, and the $345 million multifamily portion of a $500 million high-rise near the Hudson River in lower Manhattan.
For the commercial building categories in the New York NY metropolitan area, new office building starts retreated a slight 2% in 2016, staying very close to the robust dollar amount (up 138%) that was reported in 2015 which included the $1.9 billion office portion of the $2.5 billion 30 Hudson Yards office/retail project. The top office projects in 2016 were the $2.0 billion 3 Hudson Boulevard on Manhattans West Side, the $1.5 billion One Vanderbilt Tower near Grand Central Terminal, and the $682 million office portion of the $700 million Gotham Center in Long Island City. Hotel construction climbed 60%, helped by the start of the $205 million Marriott Moxy Hotel in Times Square, and warehouse construction advanced 55% with the lift coming from a $304 million warehouse on Staten Island and a $200 million warehouse in Cranbury NJ. Commercial garage starts increased 27% in 2016, but store construction starts dropped 28%.
The Los Angeles CA metropolitan area in 2016 registered a 44% increase, moving up to the nations second largest market for commercial and multifamily construction starts after ranking number three in 2015. Multifamily housing in 2016 soared 50% while commercial building advanced 36%. There were 14 multifamily projects valued at $100 million or more that reached groundbreaking in 2016, compared to 10 such projects in 2015. The three largest multifamily projects in 2016 were the $493 million multifamily portion of the $600 million Century Plaza mixed-use complex in Century City, the $344 million multifamily portion of the $375 million 1120 South Grand Avenue mixed-use building in Los Angeles, and the $275 million multifamily portion of the $300 million Omni mixed-use building in Los Angeles. Substantial percentage growth was reported for offices, up 67%, with the lift coming from the $178 million office portion of the $390 million Broadcom Research and Development Campus in Irvine. Hotel construction starts were also up considerably, rising 77%, with the lift coming from the $93 million hotel portion of the $135 million Edition hotel and condominiums in West Hollywood. Commercial garages increased 42% in 2016, while warehouses grew 9%. Store construction improved 7% on top of its 96% advance in 2015, boosted by the $500 million renovation of the Beverly Center in Los Angeles.
The 34% increase for Chicago IL in 2016 enabled this metropolitan area to move up to the nations third largest market for commercial and multifamily construction starts, after ranking number 5 in 2015. Multifamily housing jumped 82% in 2016 while commercial building held steady with its 2015 amount. The multifamily gain reflected two very large projects the $780 million multifamily portion of the $900 million Wanda Vista Tower and the $500 million One Bennett Park Tower. There were 10 multifamily projects valued at $100 million or more that reached groundbreaking in 2016, compared to 5 such projects in 2015. Office construction grew 22% in 2016, aided by the start of a $255 million data center in Aurora IL plus two Chicago projects the $250 million McDonalds headquarters and the $225 million CNA Financial headquarters. Warehouse construction increased 63%, boosted by the start of the $95 million M&M/Mars Wrigley Distribution Center in Joliet IL. On the negative side, declines in 2016 were reported for hotels, down 45%; commercial garages, down 34%; and stores, down 3%.
The Washington DC metropolitan area climbed 35% in 2016, with commercial building up 56% and multifamily housing up 20%. Much of the lift for commercial building came from an 87% jump for office construction, which featured 7 projects valued at $100 million or more, led by the $300 million 655 New York Avenue office building. the $220 million Four Constitution Square office building, and the $200 million addition to the Fannie Mae office building. The hotel category advanced 113%, helped by the $140 million CityCenter DC Conrad Hotel (phase 2) and the $106 million hotel portion of the $230 million Columbia Place hotel/multifamily complex. Garage construction rose 44% in 2016, but construction start declines were reported for stores, down 14%; and warehouses, down 41%. The 20% increase for multifamily housing featured 9 projects valued at $100 million or more, including $263 million for phase 1 of The Boro at Tysons in Tysons Corner VA and the $228 million Eisenhower East apartment development in Alexandria VA.
After soaring 56% in 2015, the Dallas-Ft. Worth TX metropolitan area registered an additional 16% gain for commercial and multifamily construction starts in 2016, with commercial building up 13% and multifamily housing up 22%. Office construction increased 31%, reflecting $293 million for the office portion of the $500 million Toyota Corporate Campus project in Plano, $194 million for the office portion of the $300 million JP Morgan Chase operations center in Plano, and $133 million for the office portion of a $300 million mixed-use development in Dallas. Hotel construction climbed 33%, helped by the $85 million Texas Live! convention center hotel, while garage construction advanced 37% with $106 million for the garage portion of the JP Morgan Chase operations center and $87 million for the garage portion of the Toyota Corporate Campus project. Store construction starts grew a moderate 6% in 2016, but warehouse starts fell 34%. As for multifamily housing, there were 5 projects valued at $100 million or more that reached groundbreaking in 2016, including the $160 million multifamily portion of the $240 million Drever mixed-use project in Dallas.
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Architect Frank Gehry, internationally recognized for his swashbuckling designs, has turned his talents on a comparatively demure new office building under construction in El Segundo.
The designer of Walt Disney Concert Hall has conceived a one-story office structure reminiscent of former industrial buildings common in El Segundo that are increasingly being repurposed as offices for businesses in creative fields.
So-called creative office buildings, usually created by upgrading old structures that have outlived their original purpose such as manufacturing, are the darlings of todays real estate market and often command higher rents than glitzy skyscrapers do.
The $50-million building in El Segundo with one big floor containing 80,000 square feet is intentionally unassuming, the architect said in a videotaped interview.
Its not architectural in the sense that you are making an architectural statement, Gehry said. It is really creating an environment that energizes and promotes interactivity in a less formal way.
Ascend, as the building is known, is the first that Gehry has designed for his longtime friend Larry Field, the founder of Beverly Hills real estate development company NSB Associates Inc.
The men have been close for more than 40 years, when both were starting their careers in Venice and Santa Monica, said Anthony OCarroll, vice president of NSB.
NSB is erecting Ascend at the intersection of Utah and Douglas avenues, where it will be the sixth building in a creative office complex NSB fashioned among former Xerox research and development facilities.
NSB considered trying to renovate two old buildings on the site, but knocked them down when the famous architect entered the picture.
When we had the opportunity to work with Frank Gehry, we decided to pursue ground-up construction, OCarroll said.
While Ascend will share some traits such as high ceilings with other open-plan offices in the neighborhood, it will have some striking differences.
Commonly such buildings are like islands surrounded by parking lots. Ascend will effectively be on stilts, standing over 280 ground-level parking spaces and nearly filling the boundaries of its lot.
It will open onto 16,000 square feet of outdoor balcony patios and be illuminated by multiple windows and skylights.
We had the freedom to break from a traditional warehouse in the sense that theyre pretty much boxes with no windows, said Gehrys son Sam Gehry, an architect who is also working on the project. He spoke in a videotaped interview.
The firm Gehry Partners is based in what used to be such a traditional warehouse, a former industrial BMW facility in Playa Vista that Frank Gehry and Field bought together about 15 years ago.
Gehry redesigned the building and created a wide-open workplace under a cavernous ceiling that would become a model for creative offices. He said he got the idea for open offices from artist friends who made studios out of former industrial buildings.
Of course they were only one or two people but, when you bring a group of 20 or 30 people in, it changes the equation, Frank Gehry said. It does create some new ideas that just happen serendipitously.
Gehry also designed the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif., that was heralded as having the the largest open-floor-plan office in the world when it opened in 2015.
He has two major projects for different developers yet to start construction in Los Angeles: the massive Grand Avenue Project of condominiums, apartments, shops, restaurants and a hotel on Bunker Hill downtown, and a residential and retail complex called 8150 Sunset at the corner of Crescent Heights and Sunset boulevards in Hollywood.
El Segundo, which suffered from high office vacancies when the aerospace-defense industries concentrated there contracted after the end of the Cold War, has emerged as a creative hub in recent years.
The city is also home to numerous corporate headquarters such as Mattel, DirecTV and media company Internet Brands, said real estate broker Mike McRoskey of JLL, who will lease Ascend for NSB.
Rent has yet to be determined, he said, but recently renovated creative buildings in El Segundo typically lease for about $3.25 per square foot a month. Ascend is to be completed by the end of the year.
NSB owns or manages about 2.5 million square feet of commercial space, mostly on the Westside, OCarroll said. Among its tenants is Google, which rents four NSB buildings in Venice.
El Segundo now stands to attract more high-profile firms, he said. This project is a kind of a vote of confidence in that town.
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Low interest rates, strong job growth and a dearth of construction have combined to create a prolific market for office building investments in South Florida over the past five years.
But some real estate analysts predict the frenzy will fade in 2017, derailed by economics and a sense of inevitability.
Since the commercial sector started to rebound in 2012, institutional investors have made close to 300 deals for Class A office buildings in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, according to figures from Real Capital Analytics compiled by Colliers International South Florida.
The firm tracked buildings worth more than $2.5 million and bigger than 75,000 square feet.
In 2016, investors spent $1.9 billion on 23 towers in Miami-Dade, while 19 Broward buildings sold for $984 million, the data show. Both dollar amounts are the highest of any year during the recovery, and some of the regions most prestigious towers have traded hands in the period.
The 1.1 million-square-foot Southeast Financial Center in Miami sold in November for $516.6 million, while the 408,079-square-foot Las Olas City Centre in downtown Fort Lauderdale fetched $220 million in September.
Palm Beach Countys signature sale happened in 2015 when the 423,323-square-foot Phillips Point complex commanded a $245.5 million price tag.
Tom Capocefalo, senior managing director for the Savills Studley brokerage in Miami, said the economic bounce-back led to business expansions that required more office space.
Broward ended 2016 with office vacancies at 11.1 percent, the lowest in eight years, according to Colliers. Among the newly signed leases: Liberty Power Corp. and State Farm Insurance combined for 56,000 square feet at the 185,000-square-foot Hotwire Technology Center in Fort Lauderdale.
Shrinking vacancies eventually pushed rents higher -- along with building values.
As real estate and the economy have improved, theres been a demand for office space, and theres very little of it being developed, Capocefalo said. Landlords are saying, This is an attractive time to sell and take my profits.
No significant office construction occurred in South Florida during the recession. What little available land is left will go toward housing, Capocefalo said, making it unlikely that the region will see many new office buildings in the coming years.
While that scenario bodes well for existing landlords, other factors threaten to undermine the office sales sector, market observers say.
Alex Zylberglait, a managing director for Marcus & Millichap, said rising interest rates in recent months will soften the market. Higher borrowing costs boost capitalization rates, putting a damper on pricing, he said.
Scott ODonnell, an executive director for investment sales at Cushman & Wakefield, said hes already noticed a change in the buying landscape.
As the market becomes stronger, and the absorption fills up the vacant spaces, there are fewer buyers across the spectrum, he said. Its a more difficult marketing process.
As the end of the first quarter of 2017 approaches, the Colliers data show all three South Florida counties are on pace to fall short of last years sales prices.
Miami-Dades two sales so far have totaled just $39.6 million, while four buildings in Palm Beach County have sold for $65.1 million. Broward has one sale for $86.75 million.
You cant have this run-up forever, said Jonathan Kingsley, an executive vice president at Colliers. At some point, it has to slow.
Still, Christian Lee, of the CBRE firm, said he remains bullish on the investment sales market because few major metropolitan areas nationwide have so little office construction compared to projected absorption as South Florida.
Lee said he has more listings now than he did a year ago, and higher interest rates have made the cost of borrowing only marginally higher.
He said major institutional investors surveyed at a recent capital markets symposium in Phoenix indicated that acquisitions remain a major part of their strategy.
I think the market is poised for a strong year on the investment side, he said.
Powers@Sun-Sentinel.com, 561-243-6529 or Twitter @PaulOwers
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Clark Construction started work on the 460,000-square-foot Frost Tower project earlier this month, and developer Weston Urban said it plans more future building in the downtown area.
San Antonio officials have previously said that they hope projects like Frost Tower will jumpstart development downtown, and they are not alone.Cities across the country are looking away from the suburbs and toward their cores, providing an incoming flow of residents with increasing live-work-play options.
This is particularly true for many baby boomers, whose children have left the nest and who are now ready to move downtown for a vibrant, urban retirement. Millennials, however, are the main draw for large companies who want to capitalize on that group's skills and their desire to live in a walkable city environment close to where they work.
San Antonio can certainly look to Chicago for inspiration. That city's affordability, along with cultural activities and opportunities for socialization, have drawn corporations like Caterpillar, McDonald's, Kraft Heinz and ConAgra, all ready to capitalize on the millennials graduating from area universities and colleges and O'Hare International Airport, which provides global access to clients.
The office building segment is expected to stand out this year, as Dodge Data & Analytics predicted the office sector will see the strongest surge in starts of any other segment of commercial construction this year.
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Wood houses rock, say Sally and Brooks Ricca.
The two houses where we raised our children? Both are wooden, and I found them, Brooks says. We have an affinity for wood homes.
One of those houses is at 267 Dunbar Road, which the Riccas have owned for 29 years. Before that, they lived in a wood-frame home in West Palm Beach.
When they were looking for a home in Palm Beach home, Brooks put his oldest daughter, Copley, on the back of his bike and cycled around.
I came upon Dr. Adil Sokmensuers Monterrey-style home. I loved it its all cypress, but at the time, it had eight coats of paint on it. That was a drawback, Brooks says, noting that the flaking paint job wasnt very attractive.
My daughter said, Are we going to live in this chip house?
His wife picks up the story: And the name stuck. We actually use Chip House as a logo.
Built in the late 1920s by architect Bruce Kitchell, their house was a stop on home tour sponsored by the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach a few years ago, Sally says, and they told us that Kitchell designed other houses on the island and had (earned) great respect.
As it turned out, both Copley, who is married with a family of her own now, and her younger sister, Chessy, today at college, both loved growing up in the Chip House and they still adore it, which endears the house to us even more, Sally says.
But its time to move, Im ready for change, she says.
So their four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom house with 5,236 square feet of living space, inside and out is for sale. Agent Chris Deitz of The Fite Group has it listed for $6.725 million.
Over the years, the Riccas have carried out a lot of renovations, and theyve expanded the house, adding a sunroom downstairs and a master bedroom upstairs.
As older homes tend to do, this one required a certain amount of concentrated attention, Brooks says.
On the outside, for example, its all three-quarter-inch cypress shingles. They only make one-half inch now, so for some replacements, we had to get two and press them together, he explains.
A dozen years ago, we had the house scraped and painted. My goal was always to have the entire house stripped, to take it back to its natural cypress. It literally had to be done by hand and took three months to do, but it was worth it.
Inside, the floors throughout are oak and Dade County Pine, but cypress can be found just about everywhere else.
East of the foyer and stair hall are the living room and sunroom. The living room walls and ceiling are covered in cypress, as is the mantelpiece. For the sunroom, the Riccas had the living room ceiling copied.
Where it was needed, they replaced missing paneling and moldings with custom cypress woodwork and paneling from Blumer & Stanton. The cypress frames of all the original double-hung windows were stripped and the glass was reglazed, then the windows were reassembled and put back in place.
Straight off the stair hall are a wet bar and the library, which has a cypress-beamed ceiling as well as built-in bookcases. The kitchen, dining room and two-car garage are to the west.
The dining room is completely paneled in cypress thanks to the Riccas. Previous owners had covered up the cypress tray ceiling in plaster, which the Riccas painstakingly removed.
In the kitchen, floors are covered in Dade County Pine unearthed under three other floors during the renovation, Sally says. The cabinets are cypress, the appliances are stainless steel, the countertops are black granite and the backsplash is glass tile. At a peninsula is pull-up seating.
Upstairs, the master suite takes up the east side of the house, with their master bedroom addition opening to a large sundeck that overlooks the back yard. When they built the new master bedroom, they reconfigured the original to become closets, a dressing room and a marble-appointed bathroom. French doors from the dressing room open to the front balcony.
A study is off the stairway to the north, and to the west are two guest bedroom suites, with one paneled in you guessed it cypress.
The bedroom in the northwest part of the house was once two bedrooms.
We gutted (them), raised the roof and made it one big bedroom, Brooks says.
Other highlights: A second staircase rises from the kitchen. And from a guest bedroom, another staircase leads one to a widows walk on the roof, where a seating area offers views of the Intracoastal Waterway and neighborhood rooftops.
Thats one of the charms of this house, Sally says. I served Brooks a Valentines dinner up there one year, and he complains that I only did that once.
Outside are a pool, patio, covered loggias and porches.
Weve had great parties and big crowds on the patio around the pool,
Sally says. Its a great house for entertaining.
Brooks also likes the outdoor spaces. There are two big fans on the loggia, and we have a big TV out there, where we love to sit and watch football games and movies, he says.
Awnings over the sundeck and off the kitchen door shelter the spaces below. The awnings frames were recently repainted and the fabric replaced.
And no only do they like their wood house, but the Riccas are smitten with Dunbar Road on the near North End.
We believe its one of the best streets in Palm Beach because of its location and amenities, Brooks says. We have great access to the Lake Trail, the ocean, and town. And theres no traffic.
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Muss & Turners is almost ready for its East Cobb debut. Located in the space formerly home to Common Quarter, at 1205 Johnson Ferry Road, this is the first time the Muss & Turners concept is being duplicated since its inception 12 years ago. Founders Todd Mussman and Ryan Turner decided to abandon Common Quarter after partner Chris Talley left the restaurant, saying it was his brainchild. Now, theyre excited to bring an adapted version of their original Smyrna restaurant to a new audience.
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Expect a similar menu to what folks in Smyrna would call our lunch menu, with the addition of some new items, Turner says. Led by chef de cuisine Dirk Wessley from Muss & TurnersSmyrna, the sandwich-heavy menu will be served all day. New items include:
Papa Max House-kippered Skuna Bay salmon, cream cheese, boiled egg, red onion, capers, pickled green tomato, baby greens, and red wine vinaigrette on a toasted onion bagel
Baja Trout Buttermilk fried trout filet with pickled jalapeno remoulade, cabbage, cilantro, and red onion dressed in fresh lime juice on a bun
Wild Caught Shrimp Salad Domestic shrimp tossed in remoulade, with lemon-dressed arugula on ahoagie
Tasty China Roasted Cox Farm pork loin shaved thin, tossed in Szechuan garlic mud, cabbage, and cilantro on ciabatta
Bubby Muss Matzo Ball Soup Homemade chicken stock, celery, carrots, and schmaltzy matzo balls
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The drink menu will be full of classics, called M&T Go-Tos. Think Manhattans, negronis, margaritas, martinis, and something called Mamas Milk made with vodka or gin, elderflower liquor, tonic or soda water, and lime. There will be three seasonal cocktails, six local drafts, and twenty bottled or canned beers, as well as 23 wines.
Were going back to our roots when I first opened and ran the wine program and tried to find wines guests dont know about that were great deals, Turner says. We want to be the place people go to find their next favorite wine to drink at home.
Since the East Cobb audience is full of families, Muss & Turners will also offer kiddie cocktails (mocktails) like the Tirley Semple (pomegranate, grenadine, and Mexican Sprite).
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Like the menu, the East Cobb space will have a personality of its own. A giant chalkboard displays the entire menu (with pictures!) Theres a black and white mural of a tattooed, apron-wearing cow and a funky chicken on the wall, an open kitchen, and glassed-in sunroom. And for the first time, Muss & Turners is allowing TVs in the restaurant. The ten TVs will show music videos dating back to 1976-1996, designed to stoke your nostalgia, Turner says.
Looking for something ITP? Turner hinted that the team has something unique in the works near Local Three.
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By: Erika Fernandez March 16, 2017
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -- A local roofing company received recognition Thursday for a good deed. Capital City Roofing and Sheet Metal Association fixed the roof of a local veteran all for free.
Retired and on disability, local veteran, Joyce McMillian reached out for help when her living situation became unbearable. The weather and time of 24 years had done enough damage to her home.
When McMillain was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, they didnt know how they would afford to fix their home. But then, there was a saving grace.
"Sigh of relief that it's an added expenditure that we don't have to brave or try to scamp and scrape to have done or have fixed," McMillian said.
Rusty McKeithen and his company stepped up to help local veterans. They completed the $7,000 job all for free.
"Weve done it for low income people, that needed a roof and didn't have the money in the past, and we've decided to do, not only that, but to do it for the veterans, too," said McKeithen of Capital City Roofing and Sheet Metal Association.
They received donated materials from Gulf Coast Supply and manufacturing and proved you can never go wrong with doing the right thing.
"Our company is filled with veterans from different eras and so we were definitely happy to donate when Rusty contacted our company," said Jon Jackson of Gulf Coast Supply and Manufacturing.
The roofing company does these projects twice a year. This one took them only one day to complete.
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Local roofing company fixes roof of disabled veteran for free - WCTV
