2014 Laid Bare: Part 2 // Featuring Pierce The Veil, Architects, Tonight Alive, Mallory Knox + More!
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Boyce Thompson's book features the Home for the New Economy and its adaptable suite on the first floor.
Boyce Thompson, 59, spent 17 years working with builders and architects to create concept homes for Builder magazine, using ideas that builders could put to use in their own projects. Thompson, former editorial director of Builder and a writer and lecturer on the building industry, is the author of "The New New Home" (Taunton Press, $27). He spoke with The Record recently about new home technologies, how home buyers and builders changed after the housing bust, and what might surprise you about his own home. An edited transcript:
Q. What are some of the ideas that you used in the concept homes that are now in wider use?
Virtually all the homes had an energy agenda. Right from the beginning, we realized that was a way for new homes to stand out in the marketplace.
When we first started building the houses, open floor plans weren't nearly as prevalent as they are today. We extended that trend to the max.
The designs almost always integrated the back yard with the house; they typically had back porches, whether screened or not.
One big trend we used is the disappearing glass wall a wall of windows that opens up. They used to cost $40,000; now you can get a reasonable facsimile for about $5,000. You can have these beautiful spaces living rooms, dining rooms, great rooms with window walls that open onto porch spaces and create the feeling that it's all one big space.
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This "live work" project was built on an urban infill site in Atlanta, and it has prospered.
I did a net zero house [which produces as much energy as it uses] before net zero was cool; we built our first one in 2005. We realized that you have to first build the most energy-efficient structure you can. Then after you've made it real tight, you figure out how many photovoltaics to put on the roof.
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A 5,000 square foot warehouse on the state nursery on Highway 12 is undergoing transformation.
Still mostly empty, the warehouse has a few work spaces partitioned by recycled lumber and some power tools resting in the open. But given a few more weeks, Matt Forbes envisions the space becoming Helenas next epicenter for creative manufacturing.
The idea is anything you can dream of fabricating from metal or wood we can potentially make happen here, Forbes said.
The Means of Production or M.O.P. Shop is something Forbes has been mulling over for a few years.
It can be hard for an artist just starting out to accumulate the necessary tools or find a space to work. The idea behind the M.O.P. Shop is for everyone to split the cost of space and have access to a spread of community tools, Forbes said.
Eventually, hes imagining 10 to 12 individual work spaces, each eight feet by 12 feet. Renters in those spaces would have 24 hour access and dedicated storage.
People who dont need their own space can rent one of multiple oversized lockers. Theyll have a large table to share and use of community tools, but limited access.
Forbes vision also includes some sort of dedicated retail space at the front of the shop, in which full-fledged members would each be allocated space to sell their goods.
A construction worker by trade, Forbes tinkers and refurbishes old furniture as a hobby. He even made his own tiny house, a meticulously built abode no larger than 200 square feet.
When he found the warehouse in Helena and decided to try and make it into the M.O.P. Shop, he parked his home out back and spent lots of time tooling around the space envisioning the end result.
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The expansion of Festival Supermall in Alabang and the soft launch of four other projects will bring the real estate developers gross leasable area to 219,195 sq.m. next year.
The company had said in November it wants to increase its gross leasable area to around 995,000 sq.m. within five years.
Festival Supermall, the companys flagship mall located in Alabang and managed by its wholly owned subsidiary Festival Supermalls, Inc., will add 46,705 sq.m. in 2015 to the current 134,090 sq.m. of leasable space, Filinvest Land Corporate Communications Manager Christine A. Gaylican said in a mobile phone reply on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the developers retail and commercial centers in Cebu and Laguna will be operational in 2015, according to Filinvest Land Senior Vice-President for Commercial Center and Retail Management Joy Polloso.
Construction is ongoing for Il Corso, the companys lifestyle, retail and dining strips in Cebu. The project will have 11 connected buildings with a gross floor area of 55,000 sq.m. and a gross leasable area of 36,000 sq.m.
The Central Piazza where the main entrance and amphitheater are located will be ready to welcome guests early next year, Ms. Polloso said.
The companys 4.4-hectare project in Laguna, The Village Front, is planned to be the commercial area for the Brentville International community in Bian.
Fora, Filinvest Lands mixed-use development at the Tagaytay Rotunda, will be complete by 2016 and will house 32,000 sq.m. of retail and mall space.
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The reopening of The Edgewater Hotel marked one of the biggest stories of 2014 but it also was a year that saw additions in the grocery market and expansions in retail.
The Edgewater Hotel: After years of debate, two years of construction and a $100 million renovation and expansion, owner Robert Dunn reopened The Edgewater Hotel on Lake Mendotas east shore and on the west end of Wisconsin Avenue.
The 202-room property, with 356,220 square feet of space, includes four restaurants, a ballroom, private roof-top event spaces, a spa and a digital gallery that celebrates Madison. Construction began in November 2012 and included closing the hotel, building a 15-story tower and removing parts of the 1970s addition and renovating what remained of the original structure that opened in 1948. This spring, construction will begin on a 150-foot permanent pier that will include two floating piers with 38 boat slips.
Grocers continue to expand: One of the most competitive grocery markets in the Midwest continued to add aisles, although one long-time grocery store closed its doors.
Shortly after Roundys opened its 58,000-square-foot Metro Market at 6010 Cottage Grove Road in June, Tammy and Joe Wirag announced they would close their 25,000-square-foot Sentry store just blocks away after 40 years in business.
Willy Street Co-op completed a $4 million renovation to its flagship store at 1221 Williamson St. The project added higher shelving, an expanded courtyard, a pizza oven and storage. The co-op could announce this year a site for a third store.
Other new grocery store openings in 2014 included a Hy-Vee in Fitchburg, the $7 million Lake Mills Market in Lake Mills and, for the college students, a Kwik Trip store but without gas pumps on the ground level of Varsity Quarters, a six-story, 129-bed apartment building at 1423 Monroe St. In the 800 block of East Washington Avenue, Gebhardt Development of Madison broke ground on a $65 million multi-use development that will include a 75,000-square-foot grocery store from Onalaska-based Skogen Festival Foods
Retail happenings: To the relief of businesses, homeowners and commuters, the reconstruction of East Johnson Street was finalized this fall while the Verona Road project continued on schedule but still has two years of work remaining. Hilldale Shopping Center in September began a $15 million redevelopment that covers 53,000 square feet. The project, scheduled for completion this spring, is designed to create more open spaces and revitalize the backside of the mall.
The Shoppes at Prairie Lakes in Sun Prairie continues to expand. Major projects underway at the 110-acre development include the construction of an 86,000-square-foot Cabelas that began in June and a 100,000-square-foot, 12-screen cinema by Marcus Theatres that broke ground in May.
The Habitat ReStore East moved to a larger space at 4207 Monona Drive; Webers Bakery in Lodi closed in March after 92 years in business and Robert Blain, president, CEO and co-owner of Blain Supply and Blains Farm & Fleet, announced in June his retirement from the Janesville-based company. His sister, Jane Blain Gilbertson, has assumed his role.
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The new year should bring some new businesses to Skibo Road.
But what will they be? For the most part, that remains to be seen.
There's lots of activity at different locations along the busy commercial corridor, including the continuing makeover of Marketfair Mall and clearing work at three sites along the road.
Marketfair Mall reps haven't announced who's slated to join Carmike Cinemas, Gander Mountain and HH Gregg in the shopping center once its redevelopment is complete. But a few of the future tenants have indicated their plans to come. They include hardwood flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators, the sandwich shop chain Which Wich, and Planet Fitness.
South of Marketfair, the land between Verizon Wireless and Casual Jack's restaurant has been cleared. Charlotte-based Providence Group has been marketing the site for months as a future shopping center. A flier at Providence Group's website shows a plan for a strip center with eight units containing nearly 19,000 square feet with some named tenants - McAlister's Deli, Wing Stop, Mission BBQ, Total Nutrition, MOD Pizza and World of Beer. But are they coming there for sure? All are mum for now on the subject although McAlister's Deli has said it definitely plans to open a store in Fayetteville.
A little bit farther down the road, just past Cliffdale Road, the 48-acre site that used to be home to the Leisure Living mobile home park is now empty and awaiting its new fate. The land was rezoned commercial last spring and its owners have said a shopping center is planned. Warehouse club Costco has been said to be looking at the site but nothing's confirmed.
Down near Skibo's intersection with Raeford Road, behind the Hardee's, is another cleared patch of land destined for shopping. Owner Jurgen Stanley said it will be a small strip center with five units in about 6,500 square feet total. He said one tenant will be a mail-delivery business and another a sandwich shop. The other three tenants are still being lined up.
Stanley expects the center to be up and running by late spring.
Elsewhere in town, what's going to happen with the former Wynnsong cinema space at the Boone Trail shopping center?
Something.
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Weeks before his second term starts, Gov. John Hickenlooper's administration is far from complete.
The Democrat is missing a chief of staff and scrambling to fill five Cabinet positions in an administration that looks far different from the close-knit team that helped propel his first term.
Half of the Cabinet that took office with Hickenlooper in 2011 is gone, along with a number of key aides.
The transition of key officials between terms is not unusual, but the delays in filling the positions may prove problematic. Hickenlooper initially hoped to fill the significant hole left by the departure of Chief of Staff Roxane White by the first week in December, but the post remains open. Kevin Patterson, a longtime adviser, is currently serving as interim chief of staff.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper talks about the recent elections, and his second term from his office at the state capitol on Monday, November 24, 2014. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)
The void is troublesome for the governor ahead of a wild-card legislative session where budget questions, controversial issues such as fracking and split partisan control of the chamber will create complications.
"The start of the legislative session is not much more than two weeks away, and the governor's office is missing its key person," said Eric Sondermann, a Denver-based political analyst.
White, who was Hickenlooper's closest aide and a holdover from his Denver mayoral administration, announced her resignation in June and left in November.
Ben Davis, a Democratic consultant close to the administration, said White "had a direct impact on every accomplishment."
"She is the most hands-on chief of staff I've ever worked with," he said. "She was a huge, huge part of the first four years, and I think this change is significant."
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Megan McSally and her fiance, Joe Marino, had one very important reason for moving into their 4,800-square foot Colonial-style home on an acre in West Friendship the two have a combined seven children.
"It was important for all of the children to have their own space, and there are lots of spaces here," said McSally, a 39-year-old Realtor with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.
The Howard County home is within a 10-mile radius of shopping, dining, all the children's schools and their activities. And it wasn't just a matter of having enough space, but the right space for Marino's children (Joey, 13; Lindsay, 11; and Sammy, 8) and McSally's kids (Maddie, 14; Jack, 13; and 10-year-old twins Abigail and Katelin).
McSally, who owns the $877,000 home, began the renovations before she met Marino, a 46-year-old regional sales manager for ProBuild, a national building and construction material supplier. She wanted an open layout that was flowing and designed to accommodate the needs of a family.
On the ground level, there is a mudroom with designated cubbies for each person, a study room off the kitchen, a separate office, a sitting room and adjacent living room, and an expansive family room. The children sit down to dinner and homework at a long trestle table made of reclaimed and lacquered barn wood that seats eight in the kitchen.
Faith Home Remodeling Services Inc. built the new kitchen, which McSally calls her favorite room in the house.
"The copper sink, large range and hearth with hidden spice racks make it a wonderful place to prepare meals," she said. "However, any place that the children gather, whether it be for a quick snack after school [or] an impromptu high school gathering, that is where the true joy is. Our children range in ages from 8 to 14; no matter the age, they all come to the kitchen."
Counters are made of glazed maple while black granite countertops have been textured to look like soapstone. Travertine backsplashes are a warm backdrop for stainless-steel GE Monogram appliances.
Adjacent to the kitchen is the two-story family room, where a massive corner fireplace of stone with an arched hearth makes it a perfect place for family bonding. With a fire roaring, parents and children can watch TV or enjoy the view that backs up to preserved land seen out of the room's Palladian-like windows.
"I have all-new furniture [here] that is traditional and neutral in decor," McSally said.
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