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Contemporary Kitchen Design Townhouse Remodel Honored with Chrysalis Team Award

- August 28, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

The challenge: transform a tiny townhouse kitchen into a contemporary and functional family headquarters. The result: a 2014 Regional Chrysalis Team Award for team leader Chris Donatelli, founder and president of Donatelli Builders in Wayne, Gail Drury, CMKBD and president of Drury Design in Glen Ellyn and Vicki Ovitt, an interior designer based in Wheaton.

Were always honored to partner with leaders like Donatelli Builders and Vicki Ovitt. We admire their work and enjoy creating client projects as a team. Congrats go out to Chris, Vicki, and the homeowners on the Chrysalis award, said Gail Drury.

Chris Donatelli said, For this kitchen, I felt that Gail Drury of Drury Design would be a great fit. Gail went right to work by carefully reviewing the wish list and walking the clients through a 10-page questionnaire to fine-tune their familys needs. She then developed four preliminary floor plans with completely different ideas in each. After some brainstorming with the team, a combination of the four plans was chosen, incorporating different elements that were most important to the owners.

The purpose of the remodel was to transform a very small kitchen into the functional hub of a 2,500-square-foot townhouse. Although the space was sizable, like many townhouse units, the original builders plans did not capitalize on the townhouses full potential. Both avid cooks, the couple wanted to create a fully functional space for their young, active family and their guests.

To maximize the townhouses livability and fulfill the clients wish list, design plans called for improving the kitchen design layout, upgrading appliances including a Wolf professional six burner range with dual fuel oven, and creating a distinctive eating area with a built-in granite table.

By relocating the laundry area to another level of the townhouse, removing the wall between the spaces, and expanding the range wall by removing a broom closet, additional space was created for the kitchen. Also added was a new mudroom area with plenty of storage and a message center. Contemporary cabinetry and other aesthetics were included to update the look to create a modern European feel with coordinated finishes and colors including glass tiles.

Contemporary Townhouse Kitchen Remodel Details Builder: Chris Donatelli, Donatelli Builders in Wayne, Illinois Kitchen Design: Gail Drury, CMKBD, Drury Design Kitchen & Bath Studio in Glen Ellyn, Illinois Interior Design: Vicki Oviitt, Wheaton, Illinois Cabinetry: Ovation Range: Wolf range Dishwasher: Miele dishwasher Hardware: Hafele Tile: Bliss Mosaic Refrigeration: GE Monogram refrigerator and freezer with custom door panels

About The Chrysalis Awards Since 1993, the Chrysalis Awards have honored the finest remodeling projects in the country. Our goal is to provide consumers, remodelers, designers, architects and editors with a resource for remodeling ideas and to identify those companies that produce award-winning work. All remodelers presented are recipients of the prestigious Chrysalis Award, which honors the talent, creativity and professionalism within the remodeling industry.

About Donatelli Builders Recognized as a consummate professional, Chris Donatelli brings an innovative approach to custom home building, renovation and remodeling. As president of Donatelli Builders, Chris and his team of hand-picked tradespersons embrace each project with the meticulous attention to detail that the luxury and upper-middle home market demands.

About Gail Drury, CMKBD As the president of Drury Design, Gail is nationally recognized in the kitchen and bath industry. A former National Kitchen and Bath Association [NKBA] instructor, Gail holds the industrys highest professional design designation: CMKBD, certified master kitchen and bath designer.

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3 years after Irene, new office complex rising

- August 28, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

WATERBURY, Vt. Three years after flooding from Tropical Storm Irene made most of the state office complex in Waterbury unusable, its replacement is rising out of what was a sodden mess that reeked of the nearby Winooski River.

An 86,000-square-foot office building is being constructed above the level of any expected flooding, and many of the historic buildings that are being preserved are being flood-proofed by filling in what had been their lowest levels.

The $125 million project, the largest state building project in Vermont history, is on track for completion at the end of 2015, when the first of 800 Agency of Human Services employees who will work there are scheduled to move in. It will take about four months to move everyone in, state project manager Mike Stevens said.

"The progress on-site is everything that we expected and then some," Stevens said. "The project is progressing at a very rapid rate."

Besides the new office building taking shape on the river side of the complex, a 20,000-square-foot central plant is being built. Most of the historic buildings, about a quarter of a mile from the river, are being completely renovated.

Flooding from Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. 28, 2011, was the greatest natural disaster to hit Vermont in almost a century. The storm killed six people and did hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to roads, bridges and public and private buildings, including homes.

Much progress has been made in the recovery. Last year, on the storm's second anniversary, Gov. Peter Shumlin marked the unofficial end to the recovery, but he made clear much remained to be done.

And part of that unfinished business was reconstructing the Waterbury complex, which had more than a dozen buildings.

While the buildings stood after the Irene floodwaters receded, much of the complex was made unusable. The only building substantially unchanged since the flood and still in use is the Public Safety building.

The complex had been home to the Vermont State Hospital. The patients were moved to other facilities during the flooding.

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Northwestern Mutual kicks off tower construction

- August 28, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. hosted a celebration this morning to mark the end of demolition work and the start of construction work for the $450 million, 32-story, 1.1 million-square-foot Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons office building on its downtown Milwaukee campus.

The new building will replace a 16-story, 452,000-square-foot office building on the campus that has been demolished. The demolition work began in December.

Planning for the new building began about four years ago.

Im so glad this day is finally here, said Northwestern Mutual Chief Executive Officer John Schlifske. All of the years of planning and demolition work is over. This is not a groundbreaking, because we broke ground long ago. But now were going to see something rise out of the ground.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett thanked Schlifske and the companys board for investing in the city.

(Schlifske) could have made the decision to build this anywhere, Barrett said. I believe that they decided to build here because they believe in this city. You have to have people that believe.

Northwestern Mutual has committed to have at least 40 percent of the workers on the project be city residents and is supporting worker training efforts for construction workers for this and other future construction projects in the area. The project will employ about 1,000 construction workers.

A lot of the work is going to be done by people that live in this city, Barrett said. A lot of people are critical of people in this city, but I have to tell you, they want to work.

The city is providing $54 million in tax incremental financing for the project.

We decided this partnership is critical to the future of the city of Milwaukee, Barrett said.

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Telereal Trillium Sells Sony Building to Karlin Real Estate

- August 28, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

LONDON, August 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Telereal Trillium has sold the Sony Building, Liverpool, to investment firm Karlin Real Estate for 4.396m, representing a Net Initial Yield of 10.75%.

The three storey purpose built office building comprises 50,655 sq ft of office accommodation on 3.07 acres of land and is situated in the highly successful Wavertree Business Park in close proximity to Liverpool city centre. It is let in its entirety to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd for a passing rent of 500k per annum.

Telereal Trillium completed a newly regeared 10 year lease with Sony in May 2014. Sony has been in full occupation of the building since construction in 1997.

Commenting on the sale, Mark Kelly, Director of Disposals & Development at Telereal Trillium said: "This deal shows the value of a committed tenant. The recent lease renewal we negotiated with Sony meant we could offer the Sony Building as a strong investment in a buoyant market."

Finn and Company acted on behalf of Telereal Trillium.

About Telereal Trillium

We are experts in managing large, complex property portfolios and ensuring that accommodation supports transformational business change.

We have long-term partnerships with some of the UK's largest occupiers, such as BT and the Department for Work and Pensions, and own a 5.5bn property investment portfolio, including over 8,000 properties nationwide.

We focus on understanding our customers' business and property requirements and delivering them through excellent service, active asset management and innovation.

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