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Plans For Hartford Stadium, New Municipal Offices Revealed

- August 7, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

HARTFORD Two bidders have submitted broad plans for developing land north of the city's downtown, which include a minor league baseball stadium and a municipal office building.

A group led by New York-based LeylandAlliance and Middletown-based Centerplan has proposed building a ballpark, more than 210,000 square feet of municipal office space, more than 600 residential units, and retail space that features a grocery store.

Boston-based CV Properties LLC submitted a plan that includes a new municipal office building, a ballpark and a garage. The company, which called the proposal a "catalytic project," said it would partner with other interested developers "to advance the housing and retail components of the project."

A third proposal was submitted by Bloomfield-based Thomas Hooker Brewing Company. Its owner, Curt Cameron, has said he intends to build a 50,000-square-foot brewery, restaurant and beer garden on North Main Street, across from the proposed stadium.

The total cost of his plan is estimated to be $10 million to $15 million. Cameron said he expects that his beers would be among those sold in the ballpark.

"The entrance to the brewery's tasting and event room is directly across the street from the entrance to the proposed new ballpark, creating a dynamic and active corner," Cameron said in his proposal to the city.

The overall development could cost $500 million or more, officials have said. The city on Wednesday disclosed portions of the proposals. City officials did not reveal financial details of the plans, and declined to discuss how much the developers or the city would contribute. .

"We want to thoroughly vet the proposals and have a clear understand[ing] of all aspects of the proposed deal," Thomas Deller, the city's director of development services, said in a text message Wednesday. "This will take us a few weeks."

Hartford officials said they received four bids for the project, but only three met the criteria of the city's request for proposals.

Deller said Wednesday that his staff would begin evaluating the proposals with a goal of interviewing bidders the week of Aug. 18. A "selected development approach" will be submitted to the city council in late August or early September, he said, which could include one or more of the development plans.

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Vancleave school construction project falls behind schedule

- August 7, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

VANCLEAVE, MS (WLOX) -

The first day of school at Vancleave Upper Elementary was filled with excitement and a bit of disappointment. Students and teachers expected the new administration building at the school to open Wednesday, but the front of the campus still looks like a construction zone.

Librarian Rhonda High didn't expect to be distributing textbooks in a cramped space at Vancleave Upper Elementary. She had planned on working out of the new administration building on the first day of school.

"I'm so excited. I'm so anxious. I wish it was ready today," said High.

The building is weeks away from being ready, and the front of the campus is still a mess.

"I was a little disappointed, but I know the fact that we're getting a new library, and it's not that much longer. It's going to be worth the wait," said High. "It's going to be much larger than what we have now, and we're going to have all new furniture in the library. We're going to have new technology for the students to use. It's more up-to-date, and it's something the kids can be really proud of."

The building will serve as the main entrance to the school. It will house administrative offices, the media center, counselor's office, Title I office and two computer labs.

The building was supposed to be ready over the summer, but weather, soil and drainage issues pushed the project back.

"We did have some offices completely pack up, ready to move, during the summer into the new building and to come back and realize that we are delayed, there won't be a move, it was disappointing," said Principal Karen Glass.

Computer lab teacher Cindy Jones has been watching the construction progress since the project started a year ago.

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"Mock" Groundbreaking Puts Campaign Spotlight on Senate Building

- August 7, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

Updated: 08/07/2014 6:28 PM Created: 08/07/2014 6:14 PM KSTP.com By: Tom Hauser

You might find some minor and even significant differences between the GOP candidates in the Minnesota governor's race. However, there's one issue where there's complete unity: opposition to spending $77 million on a new Senate office building.

On Thursday, Jeff Johnson took the issue up a notch by conducting a "mock" groundbreaking for the building, noting the absence of an official event to mark the beginning of construction.

"Whenever government spends a bunch of money on a project we always have a ceremony of groundbreaking where the governor and legislative leaders who supported it come out with their golden shovels and break ground and say how proud they are of this project," Johnson said in a mocking tone. "For some reason they didn't schedule that for this one."

Johnson has also sent direct mail campaign ads criticizing the "luxury" office building and leaving the impression the building will include a "fitness room" and "reflecting pool."

Wayne Waslaski of the state Department of Administration says there will be no fitness room or reflecting pool, although they were suggested in early planning meetings.

"They were open meetings and so people were throwing out ideas," Waslaski said. "Those ideas were never carried forward into the design."

A spokesman for the Department of Administration says no groundbreaking was scheduled, because there's such a tight construction timetable.

A KSTP/SurveyUSA poll from June indicated 68 percent of Minnesotans oppose spending $77 million on the building. The total cost of the building is about $90 million, but $13 million will come from parking fees in a ramp beneath the new building.

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Tishman Building is reborn with a fresh blend

- August 7, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

After years of vacancy and neglect, life is returning to the Tishman Building in downtown Buffalo, as its new owner, the Hamister Group, took occupancy of the top three floors last month and apartment residents move in during the next several days.

The tall, dark metal-and-glass edifice at Lafayette Square and Main Street has undergone months of overhaul and renovation by the Hamister Group hospitality firm, with most of the buildings 20 floors gutted and rebuilt from the inside. The longtime office building looks the same on the exterior, where historic preservation requirements prevented any substantive changes to the facade, but its interior purpose is now radically different. Its 18th, 19th and 20th floors now house the headquarters for President and CEO Mark E. Hamisters corporation, with a reception area on the 19th floor. The company has 40 employees there.

The next three floors down contain 18 high-end luxury apartments, with a mixture of one- and two-bedroom units in six different configurations because of the layout of the building. Already, 10 of the 18 are rented, with another rental expected by weeks end, and the first tenant moved in July 31, with the rest expected to take their places by next Friday, said Hamister spokeswoman Andrea M. Czopp.

The bulk of the 140,000- square-foot building will be a new Hilton Garden Inn, with 124 rooms on floors 4 through 14, plus the lobby, restaurant, meeting rooms and a pool on the remaining levels. Work by contractor R&P Oak Hill is continuing on that portion of the project, with the hotel scheduled to open by Oct. 10.

We began this process four years ago before many of the cranes that we now see in downtown existed. We are pleased to be part of the momentum that is transformational to Buffalo, Mark Hamister said. This is an example of adaptive reuse that the city and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership have been promoting for the past several years for the city.

With the conversion and reopening of Rocco R. Terminis Hotel @ The Lafayette just down the street and Benderson Development Co.s Courtyard by Marriott at One Canalside, plus the pending completion by next spring of the Marriott Buffalo HarborCenter by the Buffalo Sabres, downtown Buffalo will have gained several hundred new hotel rooms in a short time.

The new hotels sales staff has been working with local businesses for several months to reserve rooms, so the hotel already is doing well with bookings, Czopp said. Interest is definitely growing.

The $42 million redevelopment of the Tishman Building almost hidden from view because the bulk of the work was inside represents the latest example of the real estate revival hitting downtown Buffalo from the waterfront to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, and even beyond.

In the last few years, several billion dollars of public and private investment has been poured into the city for new construction, historic renovation and adaptive reuse projects that are taking derelict urban properties and putting them back to active duty. At the same time, the availability of new loft and luxury apartments, redesigned office space, hotel rooms and entertainment are drawing people back into the city and spurring new excitement and confidence among residents and workers.

The momentum in downtown is continuing to build upon itself, and we are seeing wave upon wave of new projects in various stages of development, said Christian Campos, chief financial officer of TM Montante Development. All of that activity is giving downtown Buffalo an entirely new identity, which is attracting peoples interests.

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