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In a verdant spot thats seriously away from itall in Redding, CT, this 3,484-square-foot contemporary homeand 3,000-square-foot heated barnontwo acres is asking just $899,000. A veritable country estate for less than $1M, the property also features an Olympic-sized pool, a solarium, and a winery. The main house has been renovated with new flooring throughout.

The interior of the main houseis framed byvaulted, beamed ceilings, new hardwood floors, and crisp white walls. The main living area is built around a huge great room wrapped by windows.

A big, airy open kitchen has cabinets galore and lots of counter space for cooking and casual dining. Adjacent is an open dining area that overlooks the grounds beyond.

The main bedroom features a deck overlooking the pool. An en-suite bath boastsdouble sinks, a walk-in shower, a free-standing soaking tub, and heated floors.

On the main floor is a gem of a sunroom with a hot tub. The homes lower level offers two bedrooms with sliding glass doors, afull bathroom, laundry, and garage access.

A heated gunite pool is Olympic swimming length on one side. Theresspace for less-serious swimmers, too.

The barn is a fabulous addition to the property, clad in modern black and ready for guests, celebrationsor a winery, which is its current use. Massive barn doors slide open for an indoor-outdoor experience.

The barns main floor spans 1,500 square feet, with another 1,500 upstairs. Theres a wood stove fireplace, a full bathroom, and a room thats currently being used as a gym.

The grounds are currently planted withgrapevines. You can continue the harvest or convert the land for whatever use you choose. The Redding train station is nearby,as are the towns of Bethel, Ridgefield, and Wilton.

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The Sand Castle Bed and Breakfast at 710 Bayview Ave. in Barnegat Light has changed hands after 22 years as owner Nancy Gallimore turned over the keys and her heralded scone recipe to capable hosts Audrey Cavaco-Raughter and her husband, Brian Raughter.

The couple will re-open the four-star luxury bayside inn April 1 for an extended season.

As innkeeper, Cavaco-Raughter is dedicated to continuing the detailed features that have distinguished The Sand Castle as a unique treasure. Yet she is excited to incorporate a few new touches of her own. A familiarity with Barnegat Lights appeal comes with the new innkeeper her mother and sister own property on Sixth Street.

After calling Barnegat Light their home away from home for years, the couple are in the process of moving here permanently from Pittsburgh. Cavaco-Raughter brings a careers worth of experience in customer and event service. Setting up and running toy fairs for Mattel is just one engaging example.

An open warmth was evident as guests met the new innkeeper one recent Saturday while friends of Gallimore said a heartfelt farewell to her. Cavaco-Raughter pledges that it will be my pleasure to offer hospitality.

I like taking care of people, and I love to make people happy, the new innkeeper told this reporter during a break. I think Im the type of person who would rather buy a present and see you open it than receive a present. So I think Im going to enjoy interacting with the guests.

The couple are past guests of The Sand Castle themselves, along with favorite places in Maine and on Block Island, so they understand the combination of amenities and relaxation that guests are looking for.

The new welcome introduction on the website describes The Sand Castle this way: Consider it a mini-resort with private room entrances and dining areas, a rooftop deck for lounging or watching the sun rise and set and a large swimming pool in the courtyard. Upscale accommodations along with complementary (sic) beach passes, chairs, towels and bikes make for a seamless transition from your hectic schedule to life on Long Beach Island.

We plan on opening April first of next year, because I still have to move here, Cavaco-Raughter outlined a few weeks ago, and we hope to stay open through Thanksgiving of next year. We hope to do a New Years package between Christmas and New Years; were definitely going to do a Valentines package, and my husband is Irish, so well do a St. Patty package.

Gallimore is turning over what her successor called a well-oiled machine. Cavaco-Raughter added, I want to keep her standard of cleanliness, good food at breakfast, hospitality.

Its bittersweet, declared Gallimore on one of her final days at the helm, because over 22 years, I have made so many friends that have stayed here and enjoyed themselves so much. A world-traveling wildlife photographer by hobby, Gallimore hosted guests who became friends, such as a woman who accompanied her to Rwanda. Others invited her and her husband to their wedding.

As guests on her final Saturday were gathering upstairs around the grand piano and the long dining table, and spilling into the sunroom, Gallimore took a few minutes in her office first to reflect on the accommodation she created (with help of dear friends) by transforming a spacious neo-Victorian residence in 1999.

Ive lived on this corner for 47 years, and it is definitely going to be a change to not have these views and live in the wonderful town I love, she said. But I love my grandchildren more.

An overdue visit with a particular 6-year-old turned the tide. Staffing challenges that are almost universal sealed the appeal to retire, even though the past year has been busier than ever.

I had not seen my grandson for 18 months, and in April I spent two weeks. That was the catalyst this little fella who plays piano duets with me, who loves bird watching. I saw him when he was 4, and I didnt see him again until he was 6. I had this wonderful two weeks with him. and I came back to the B&B. Nobody wants to work the way we need to work, and I said, Im tired of this; I want to spend time with my grandchildren.

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Unbelievably, considering excellent reviews, Gallimore recalls not knowing the first thing about bed and breakfast

vacations until the idea arose as a way to make income from the stunning house after a divorce. She flew herself south in her own plane for a learning tour.

I was divorced, and this house was my principle asset. I needed it to either be sold or make money for me. The second option won out.

Benee Scola, who had my house listed, is the one who came up with the idea. She was showing people the house, trying to figure out the best use. It could be mother-daughter, it could be office and store, or it could be converted to a bed and breakfast.

I jumped in the plane and flew to Florida, but instead of camping under the wing of the plane, I stayed at bed and breakfasts to do my research to see what it was all about.

After experiencing quirks in some B&Bs that she pledged not to emulate, the realization was that maybe I could do this, Gallimore recalled. I went to the bank to see if they would lend me the money, because I was single. They had known me for 25 years; it was Bay State Bank at that time.

It helped to have a good name in the community. For one example of involvement, she was at the time the financial manager for Our Gang Players community theater (her service ended after the B&B was established, and the nonprofit disbanded during the pandemic).

Architect Jay Madden rendered her Neo-Victorian-Shore Contemporary vision to paper, and they took it to the town planning board. Gallimore added with a smile, I was chairman of the planning board, so I knew how to submit a perfect plan. Mayor Kirk Larson and other officials welcomed what was received as a nice addition to the town.

I started to work that fall in 1999 and did as much as I could myself because what I had was limited. But I had a plumber and an electrician who did all my work for cost; they were my best friends, Wayne Johnson and George Warr. Theyre both deceased now. And I had a builder, James Tallent, who told me what was needed when and helped transform my home into the Sand Castle.

In April of 2000 I opened, and I was biting my fingers saying, Oh my gosh; what if nobody comes? Now Ive got to pay this debt.

Her retirement letter went out this fall to past guests. Ive gotten over 500 responses from people wishing me well and reminiscing.

I think the number one comment that I hear is the absolute cleanliness of the place is one of the most important things, and number two is the scones. Theyre all worried, Oh, no, we wont get your scones anymore. But Im passing the recipe on my secret scone recipe.

And many people are saying, But it wont be you whos here. I keep telling them this new person has a lot of energy; she reminds myself of me when I was younger and had more energy to handle this. Gallimore is 70.

I had thought Id work this bed and breakfast until I was 80, she added, but theres another part of this equation. Five years ago I reunited with my first love in life, and here we are.

She and Joe Rutchauskas were college sweethearts. We were so in love, but 18 and 21 is a big difference. He was ready to settle down and got a job teaching. I was ready to go to Europe with my backpack.

They met up again through a guest who stayed at her bed and breakfast many years later. Theyll be going together on more adventures in Gallimores retirement.

I love wildlife photography, birding and wild places. Joe and I just went to Borneo. Its the last trip we were able to make before COVID.

Ive been to Antarctica three times. Ive been to the Arctic a couple times, Africa numerous times. Some of the travels Ive done I probably couldnt do again. I went to Rwanda to climb the hills up there to see the silverback apes and mountain gorillas.

Theres not a single mountain gorilla in a zoo in the world because they cant live in a zoo. They have to be at that altitude. I got to walk five different treks up to see different families of gorillas. I actually got grabbed by a gorilla; a guide friend said, Nancy, he was just looking for another wife.

In fact, a guest from The Sand Castle went with me on that trip. She said, Ive always wanted to go. It wasnt much more than a year and a half to two years later her sister called me; she was real sorry to tell me she had an aneurysm in her brain, and went like that. She thanked me for encouraging her to take this trip. We never know.

Gallimore has taken care to make guests stays as safe as possible during the pandemic, and the new innkeepers will continue extensive procedures. The website describes extraordinary disinfectant fogging between guests and a meticulous sanitation plan for the entire property.

I bought a fogger, which was very difficult to get in the early days of COVID, and to this day we still fog every room between guests. Its water-based; its not a chemical. It purifies the air. I had gone online and seen that the airlines were using it; thats where I got the idea.

The fogging equipment will stay with the property when the new owners.

Dinette sets were added to the rooms last year so guests could eat breakfast in their rooms if they didnt want to be among other guests, Gallimore said. They dont have to meet another person, because the rooms have private entrances from the outside.

Added Cavaco-Raughter in her own guide now on the website, Our delicious breakfast will still be served by your choice: delivered to your door at a pre-arranged time, or by reservation for seating in our dining area. You can eat in-room or al fresco such as a breakfast picnic at the Lighthouse, at a table by our pool, or on the roof deck picnic tables.

After over a year of living in this unprecedented time of pandemic chaos, people are again eager to plan an escape to a place that refreshes their soul and nourishes their body and mind, she said.

Cavaco-Raughter, looking around the property and bayside setting in view of the lighthouse, described all as gorgeous.

Each room is so unique. I just want to maintain that, and I want you to have the feelin, Im staying at my sisters beach house: airy, beachy, she said. We are hoping at some point soon to fit in some gym equipment a bicycle and an elliptical.

During your stay make sure to catch a sunrise, soak in a sunset, and leave your footprints in the sand, the website advises.

More details about amenities and anything a potential guest might need to know can be found through the website sandcastlelbi.com, by phone at 609-494-6555 or by email to info@sandcastlelbi.com.

mariascandale@thesandpaper.net

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Located on approximately 350 acres in Bentonville, Ark., the new Walmart Home Office Campus will comprise more than 30 buildings, including office buildings, service buildings, parking decks, and amenity buildings.

The campus was designed to honor Walmarts heritage and will support the growth happening in the area by utilizing 1.7 million cubic feet of regionally-sourced lumber for the structures, making it the largest mass timber campus project in the United States.

The buildings will all provide ample natural light and incorporate sustainable design strategies. These strategies include energy-efficient lighting and HVAC systems and over 10 acres of lakes for stormwater collection, which will be used for smart irrigation and rainwater reuse. The campus will also feature thousands of trees, shrubs, and grasses to provide habitat for wildlife, shade paths, bike trails, and to reconnect associates with nature. The project was designed and is being built with the goal of creating zero waste, operating with 100% renewable energy, and using sustainable resources and products.

Additionally, the campus will feature expanded food offerings, convenient parking, fitness and wellness options, and a childcare facility.

Gensler is the design architect for the office buildings and is the executive architect for the overall campus design. Walter P Moore is handling the civil engineering, traffic, ITS, and transportation planning, transportation engineering, and water resources engineering.

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The Lakeview Office Building has been designed to be sustainable. Credit: Adam Hunter / LMN Architects.

LMN Architects has completed the construction of the Lakeview Office Building located at the intersection of Lakeview Drive and Lake Washington Boulevard in Kirkland, Washington, US.

The 46,000ftbuilding is said to be the first large-scale mass timber office development east of Greater Seattle.

Designed to be sustainable, the building features a living roof, two levels of office space and two levels of underground parking.

The buildings two first-floor outdoor areas, as well as a landscaped roof-top common room with a deck, offer a west-facing vista of the Olympic Mountains and Lake Washington.

LMN Architects said that the roof, rain gardens and terraces of the development are designed to reduce water run-off and are inspired by the forested hillsides.

Commenting on the development, LMN Architects partner Pamela Trevithick said: Working in close collaboration with our client at Cascade Management and our team of consultants, we set out to design and build the first large-scale mass timber office development in Kirkland.

The building not only meets modern sustainability standards but also creates a new sense of place in the neighbourhood and celebrates the use of wood.

The project features an all-glass curtainwall exterior with operable windows, with textured punched windows and metal panels accentuating the north and east facade.

For the project, LMN Architects partnered with HEWITT on the living roof and with StructureCraft, Sierra Construction and Coughlin Porter Lundeen on the mass timber structure.

LMN Architects partner John Chau said: The design of the building was informed by the contemporary demands of a sustainable modern office building, the nature around the site and our curiosity for construction innovation.

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The second phase of the Bottleworks District project will include a red-brick triangular building at the corner of Massachusetts and College avenues (see right side of rendering) and then a multifacade office building that runs north along College Avenue (left side of rendering). (Rendering courtesy of Hendricks Commercial Properties)

The developer of the massive Bottleworks District along downtowns Mass Ave plans to break ground next summer on the nearly $100 million second phase of the project, with a larger focus on office space than originally planned.

The second phase, which was delayed due to the pandemic, will feature about 250,000 square feet of new leasable spacemost of it for office users. Initial plans for the phase called for about 60 apartment units, but those were converted to office space due to increased demand, according to Wisconsin-based developer Hendricks Commercial Properties.

Weve been pleasantly surprised with the amount of office interest weve hadits kind of been counterintuitive from the narrative thats out there more globally about what the workplace looks like post-pandemic, said Gavin Thomas, vice president of development for Hendricks.

I think a lot of these companies are looking at where they want to be long-term, and were fortunate that a lot of them are looking at Bottleworks, Thomas said.

Hendricks also began to question whether the 60 apartment units were financially feasible.

The second phase will include a six-story, 140,000-square-foot building at the northeast corner of College and Massachusetts avenues. Another 90,000-square foot, multi-facade building is planned for the southeast corner of Ninth Street and College Avenue. The buildings are expected to feature retailers at street level.

Hendricks also plans to double the size of the Bottleworks parking garage, from 274 spaces to about 550. Its expected to be tucked behind phase two and parts of the first phasethus out of view from outside the development.

No office leases have yet been finalized for either of the new buildings, but discussions are ongoing for each available space. Thomas said the first lease could be signed as early as Thanksgiving, with more expected to follow in December.

The smaller office building will have floor plates ranging from 1,800 square feet for the shorter portion of the structure to as much as 13,200 square feet on the upper end. The northernmost portion of the property will be about four stories, with five-story middle and southern sections. Floor plates on the bigger building at College and Massachusetts will be about 21,000 square feet.

Retail spaces on the structures will range from about 1,500 square feet to 5,400 square feet, with 10 openings on the infill property and seven on the corner building.

Hendricks on Wednesday will seek approval for its planned changes to Bottleworks phase two from the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission, largely focused on minor cosmetic changes and a height increase of about six inches to the infill building.

We dont want to anything for granted, but its almost like Wheres Waldo? with whats changed on this, Thomas said. It was more of a structural change where they had to put the steel in differently. So thats that was driving that change more than anything elsejust the practical buildout of office versus residential.

Thomas said the second phase alone is likely to take about three years to build, with construction commencing in mid-2022 at a tentative cost of nearly $100 million. The entirety of Bottleworks was originally expected to cost about $300 milliona figure he said Hendricks is already nearing with its investments in the first two phases.

Its going to bed pushing $100 million investment on [phase two], so were very close to $300 [million] already, meaning it will likely be more than that once we completely build up the site, he said. But full build-out will take another seven to 10 years.

The second phase will begin with the corner building, with work set for the infill buildings along College Avenue about one year later. The staggered approach allows for easier construction amid what Thomas described as challenges with the site pertaining to construction logistics.

Hendricks plans to begin building the residential component of Bottleworks with about 200 apartment units at about the same time that work continues on the latter part of phase two. The apartment buildings would be located north of phase two and west of the existing Garage Food Hall, south of 10th Street.

Eppstein Uhen Architects and Ratio are the architectural firms on the project.

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Text description provided by the architects. The Bamboo Farm Office is the new headquarters of a prototype farm in Korogwe, northern Tanzania, where different species of bamboo are being grown to assess their suitability for use as construction materials. The Farm Office building showcases different ways to utilise industrial bamboo, including bamboo corrugated roof sheets, doors,cladding and furniture. The project was designed by architects Jakob Knudsen, Hannah Wood and Otis Sloan Brittain, with consultancy from Salum Mshamu and Lorenz von Seidlein, and constructed by a team of builders headed by Kiondo Mgumi.

The project reconnects with the history of bamboo cultivation in Tanzania to explore the potential of this carbon-sequestering material for use in construction today. Bamboo can grow fifteen times the net weight of timber species such as pine over the same timespan and fares well in a hot, tropical climate. This makes bamboo-based construction products a viable alternative in a current construction market currently weighted towards cement, glass, plastic and unsustainably sourced timber.

Finding alternative material options is critical as according to UN projections, Tanzania's population is predicted to more than double over the next 30 years, which will involve significant material resources directed towards the expansion of the built environment. In addition, Tanzania was ranked fifth in the world for the greatest annual average net loss of forest area over the past decade, felling net421,000 hectares year on year.

The Bamboo Farm Office building utilises passive design principles inspired by traditional Asian and African architecture, where construction techniques have evolved for a hot, tropical climate. The timber frame creates large openings with low thermal mass to ensure the inside spaces remain cool throughout the day and night. Ancillary spaces, including a boot store and toilet on the ground floor, are enclosed with rendered locally produced bricks.

The ground floor shared office and first floor bedrooms are clad in agricultural shade net and wire mesh, with split bamboo screening on the upper floors for privacy. A bespoke kitchenette, furniture and doors were constructed locally, and include woven bamboo board facing produced by start-up Eco-Shelter. The roof is constructed using bamboo corrugated sheets fixed to a timber truss. The project is the first of its kind in Tanzania to be constructed from these novel bamboo products and hopes to highlight bamboos potential as a viable material for future buildings in the region.

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Minots new City Hall is taking shape after the city council approved plans and design for construction.

An old Wells Fargo building in downtown Minot will be repurposed for the new City Hall.

Officials said they hope the new building will help to alleviate cramped working conditions and scattered work locations.

But the biggest takeaway they hope will be to make it easier for Minot residents to interact with leaders and access services.

Public Information Officer Derek Hackett, who himself has no designated office space inside City Hall, talked about the need to centralize key services.

We have outgrown our current footprints, the police have outgrown their current footprints which is attached to this building, Hackett said.

He added the city will make good use of taxpayer dollars, good use out of federal funding and improve the work environment and the overall governing ability of the city of Minot.

With the design approval, construction firms will be able to bid for the project.

Officials are looking to begin advertising for bids by the end of this week.

City Engineer Lance Meyers told KX News moving City Hall is also about safety.

Our existing central dispatch area is located in a 100-year flood plain, Meyers explained that thats why there is a need to relocate that critical facility and make sure it is completely out of the flood plain and has no flood risk.

Meyers said people working in hallways and closets was also not conducive for good public business.

The citys estimated cost for the project is $13 million. About half of that amount is sourced from federal grants.

Construction is expected to begin early next year. It is estimated the building will be ready for use 12 months after that.

The Minot Police Department will take over the use of the current building when City Hall moves out of it, according to officials.

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) The Eastchester consignment store known as In Your Wildest Dreams is moving to F Street. Unremarkable news, to be sure. Funny, though, how one stores movement can set the dominoes into motion and change things all throughout downtown Bakersfield.

A couple of changes of address, or ownership, or purpose, can set imaginations, and business plans, on a dramatic new course when it comes to the personality of a citys downtown core.

In Your Wildest Dreams, the quaint little consignment shop on 19th Street which is in the process of moving, is an example. It soft-opens in a couple of weeks with the grand opening set for Dec. 3. Owner Dixie Brewer is jazzed.

Were all excited about the future, she said. All the new developers and stuff that are coming in are really building it up. Weve got some good money people coming in downtown creating some new retail downtown, some new breweries downtown. Weve built up F Street over here really really well. We have a solid, solid group over here, so Im extremely optimistic about downtown.

Shes been working closely with Bakersfield City Councilman Andrae Gonzales, who at Wednesdays council meeting was scheduled to ask the council to approve an Economic Opportunity Area Plan Business Incentives Grant Agreement for Wildest Dreams dollar amount not set that will help Brewers store meet some start-up expenses.

Wildest Dreams is changing addresses but not landlords. Property owner Tomas del Toro Diaz says the Eastchester dynamic is changing, in large part because of The Cue, an upscale apartment building nearing its May 2022 opening.

Were trying to kinda create something, a new vibe down here, he said. This was a blighted area and now its kind of up and coming. Its exciting, you know. 18th street has really transformed and my goal is to kind of transform 19th Street. Its really exciting.

Del Toro Diaz says hes considering dividing the old Wildest Dreams in two and among the possibilities is a brewpub.

I would like to see this become a district thats similar to, maybe, to the Funk Zone in Santa Barbara, he said. Something like that. You know? Everyone can come and enjoy themselves.

Hes bullish on downtown. So are the people at Sage properties, developers of the Cue and another project on the site of the old Sinaloa restaurant, also set to be apartments, opening in January 2023 and this 21,000 square foot office building at 20th and N streets, being marketed by Cushman and Wakefield.

Look for more dominoes to fall in the next month or two. Downtown Bakersfield is changing.

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