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MIDDLETOWN The common council has approved a tax incentive plan to allow a developer to build a six-story, 89-unit apartment building at the corner of Broad and College streets.
Massachusetts-based Hajjar Management Co. has proposed a combination of market-rate studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments with commercial space on the first floor. The new apartments will be built on the vacant portion of the MiddleOak office tower property, which Hajjar owns.
The council Tuesday night unanimously approved the incentive plan, which freezes taxes at the current level for 7 years and caps building permit fees at $142,600.
In exchange, Hajjar will rent to the city 175 parking spaces in the office tower's garage for $20 each during the construction of a new parking garage behind the Superior Court building.
Officials said the parking agreement gives the city a place for employees to park to replace the several hundred parking spaces that will be unavailable while a new garage is being built.
Councilman Gerald Daley said the city has a duty to offer incentives when a project could bring huge benefits with it.
"That's just the reality of what we have to do and it's been a key to our success in the last 20 years," Daley said. "I can't overstate how excited I am about what this is going to do for the downtown."
Several business owners and other developers in the Main Street area spoke in favor of the project because of the new customers it would bring into the central core.
Peter Harding, the developer behind the Riverview Center and Liberty Commons projects, said having available residential units is vital to the success of the city.
"It is the need that has not been met yet," Harding said. "This project is a necessity."
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Two weeks after a fast-moving blaze nearly destroyed an Edgewater apartment complex, a bill introduced in the Assembly on Thursday calls for a moratorium on new multi-family developments using the same lightweight wood construction while the state evaluates its safety.
The measure by Assemblyman Scott Rumana, R-Wayne, would put a moratorium of up to two years on the approval and construction of multiple-unit dwellings using light frame construction.
This event in Edgewater, this catastrophe that just happened, is I think one of those moments in time where we have everybodys attention, Rumana said. Now is when you can hopefully get some positive change that results from a very negative event.
The five-alarm blaze at the Avalon at Edgewater destroyed more than half of the 408-unit complex, shut schools and roadways, displaced nearby residents and revived long-standing issues in the firefighting community about lightweight wood construction a cheaper, faster and legal style of building common in New Jersey and elsewhere.
This type of construction is of particular concern when fire breaks out because of the potential for collapse and for materials to burn quickly.
The bill calls for the commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs to evaluate the safety of light frame construction in multiple-unit dwellings, focusing on the hazards it poses in the event of a fire. Code would be revised based on the findings, prohibiting such construction in certain cases if appropriate.
Officials have said the Edgewater complex had lightweight construction with truss-style roof framing. The proposed legislation, in part, defines light frame construction as any building method using metal-plate connected wood trusses or composite wood joists as floor or roof system structural elements.
Theres not going to be an immediate revision to the code moratoriums can be put in place rapidly, Rumana said. Its something that allows for us to stop any further expansion of what we all believe is a dangerous method of construction in multi-dwelling structures.
Rumana said he put the moratorium at two years so as not to leave it open-ended. He said if all interested parties come together trade unions, code officials, fire bureau officials, developers it could be wrapped up, on the outside, in six months.
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By Pat Reavy
February 5th, 2015 @ 6:50pm
OREM An apartment complex under construction and a Provo police car both burned within 15 minutes of each other early Thursday.
Investigators were still trying to determine if both fires were related, but were calling both incidents "suspicious."
The fires were the latest in a series of incidents believed to be arson-related that have plagued the Provo and Orem area since last spring.
About 2:45 a.m. a marked Provo police patrol car in the area of 400 South and west of State Street, that was parked on the street in front of the officer's house, caught fire. The fire started in the engine compartment and was contained to that area, according to Orem police.
About 15 minutes later, at 420 S. State, a large fire was reported at an apartment complex under construction. The complex was destroyed as well as a vacant building nearby. Total damage was estimated at $1.5 million, according to the Orem Fire Department.
Firefighters were able to protect occupied businesses nearby. No injuries were reported. At one point, about 30 firefighters from Orem and Provo were working the incident.
A power pole also caught fire. Power was shut off for the protection of firefighters as they battled the inferno. At one point, approximately 5,000 residents in the area were without power.
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CINCINNATI -- Leaded clear and delicately stained glass windows. Timbered ceilings. Oak paneled doors and random-width floors with walnut pegs. Plastered arches. Window seats. Carved limestone fireplace. Stone and half-timber architecture.
Old English Country charm is everywhere in this 6,043-square-foot, six-bedroom Hyde Park house just off GrandinRoad, which is currently on the market for $2.75 million.
Theres been a lot of respect given to the character of this house and the tranquility of it, said listing agent Gail Coughlin of Coldwell Banker West Shell. The current owners, along with the previous ones, have maintained the houses refined charm while upgrading it for modern living, she said.
Recent improvements include kitchen and lower-level lounge remodels. Other luxuries are a second-floor laundry room and two-level, four-car garage.
Then theres the park-like setting 1.76 wooded acres, pond, grilling patio under a pergola and a large play area. The yard is a strong selling point, Coughlin said, as are its neighborhood features.
I think whats most special is that youre in the heart of it all, she said, pointing to Hyde Park Square, the Cincinnati Country Club and Summit Country Day School. "You can get anywhere in 10 minutes, yet theres all this privacy.
The architectural firm of H.W. Cordes designed the house sometime around 1930 for bank vice president Henry Pfeister and his wife, Ella. Cordes and Sons packed a ton of English charm dark wood, textured walls, beamed ceilings into the house that smacks guests right there at the front door.
The dark oak doors leaded glass window features a centered piece of stained glass that depicts a dancing (or passant guardant) golden lion. It is the family crest of King Henry III (1207-72), and the motif is repeated on the living rooms fireplace screen.
Visitors walk through that door into a grand 20-foot by-16-foot entry hall. Straight ahead in the oak-beamed and coffered-ceiling room are two finely leaded glass doors that open onto a covered porch that hangs above the backyard below.
Wide arches open to the living room on the right and dining room on the left.
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Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) plans to pay for all of the "Downton Abbey"-inspired redecorating recently done in his Capitol Hill office suite, he said on Wednesday.
The congressman has been dogged by questions about the costs ever since The Washington Post revealed on Monday how an interior decorator from Illinois had been allowed to adorn parts of his Rayburn Office Building suite in a dark red color with a bust of Abraham Lincoln and massive arrangements of pheasant feathers.
But on Wednesday, Schock told ABC News that he planned to pay decorator Annie Brahler for her work when she sends an invoice.
"Shes working on the office, so once its done, Im sure Ill get an invoice, and Ill pay her," he told ABC's Jeff Zeleny.
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The decor in Schock's office -- inspired by the hit PBS drama about an English aristocratic family and its hired help adjusting to life in the early 20th century -- has been the subject of widespread chatter on television and in the halls of Congress.
Schock told ABC that he's never seen an episode of the show and claimed he was unaware that Brahler was picking the show as a theme.
"Ive never seen an episode of Downton Abbey," he said.
Schock defended his decision to ABC, saying it reflects his more youthful approach to legislating.
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Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) is dealing with more drama due to his Downton Abbey-inspired office decorations.
A government watchdog is calling on ethics officials to investigate the Illinois Republican for allegedly accepting free services from an Illinois interior decorator and paying for new furniture including a gold sconce, drippy crystal chandelier and large arrangements of pheasant feathers with campaign funds.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, also known as CREW, filed the complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics on Tuesday, after a story in The Washington Post described the ornate renovation in Schocks Rayburn House building office.
Interior designer Annie Brahler reportedly volunteered her services and pulled ideas from the popular PBS British drama series Downton Abbey. She had also decorated his previous office in the Cannon House Office Building, where USA Today reported that taxpayers picked up the tab for tens of thousands of dollars for office renovations.
House ethics rules bar members from accepting free gifts or services, or using campaign funds to pay for furniture in their offices.
CREW interim Executive Director Anne L. Weismann called on the ethics office to investigate Schocks actions and forward the matter to the House Ethics Committee, writing that gifts to members create an appearance of impropriety that may undermine the publics faith in government, and may provide the opportunity for improperly influencing members.
Perhaps its not totally surprising that the same congressman who spent campaign money on P90X workout DVDs wanted to create a more picturesque setting in which to be photographed, but the rules clearly require him to pay for those renovations himself, Weismann said in a statement.
Again and again, Rep. Schocks seeming obsession with his image impedes his ability to conduct himself in ethical manner.
A Schock spokesman did not respond to a phone call and email seeking comment.
The decorations flap is a rare stumble for Schock, 33, a fast-rising GOP star and fitness freak whose chiseled abs landed him on the cover of Mens Health magazine in 2011.
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