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Posted on: 3:56 pm, May 14, 2014, by Laura Langemo, updated on: 07:46pm, May 14, 2014
WAUWATOSA (WITI) The kitchen is the heart of the home and thats certainly the case for Bev and Bob Gross.
I didn`t really realize how much more cooking and how much more at ease I could be, said Bev.
But thats a recent sentiment as they just had a kitchen make-over.
Bev and Bob decided to make the upgrades after attending last years Nari Tour of Remodeled Homes.
I think Bob and I went to about 12 places or so that day and you just meet the contractor, you get a feel for their personality, and what they like to work on, said Bev.
The tour includes more than 20 homes and gives those attending a chance to get an up-close look at the craftsmanship, instead of just seeing pictures.
You get that opportunity to go into the homes and you can see how the kitchen was remodeled, you can touch and feel the cabinetry, or the flooring, or the countertops, you can see with an addition how well it blends in with the rest of the home, said NARI Spokesperson Dave Amoroso.
Bev and Bob met the contractor they hired at the Tour of Remodeled Homes, who then turned their small kitchen into a high-tech functional space.
More storage, more countertops, new appliances, new flooring, and we did amazing lighting, LED lights, said Allen Kitchen and Bath Owner Laree Allen.
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Houston, TX (PRWEB) May 15, 2014
On April 1, the Texas Association of REALTORS released its Texas Remodel Valuation Report, revealing that home remodeling projects are growing in both profitability and popularity in all of Texass major cities. The report further found that projects that improved the homes functionality and sustainability were actually more profitable than less-practical luxury remodeling projects.
As these trends continue into 2014, high quality contractors are in higher demand by homeowners who aim to maximize the profitability of their home investments. Luckily, in the very heart of the Houston housing boom, locally-owned companies like Everhart Construction are taking the lead in meeting the demands of the growing industry.
In the past four years alone, Everhart Construction completed 800 remodeling projects ranging from $3,000.00 repairs to $600,000.00 custom remodeled homes, serving the diverse needs of their clients. The Houston-based firm has been dedicated to outstanding customer satisfaction for more than twenty years, and the current and specific housing trends of 2014 simply provide the arena for the small company to shine brighter.
Dan Hatfield, Chairman of the Texas Association of REALTORS commented, As demand for Texas homes continues to rise, homeowners and sellers can significantly contribute to their homes resale value through small projects and smart additions.
With more than 83 years of combined successful remodeling experience and specializing in the basics kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, small residential repairs Everhart Construction has already helped hundreds of homeowners realize their dreams and increase the value of their homes at the same time.
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SCHERERVILLE | A new owner recently completed an extensive renovation of the Crossings of Schererville office building.
LM Value Investors LLC overhauled the prominent 115,443-square-foot office tower at the southwest corner of U.S. 30 and Indianapolis Boulevard. The company, which is adivision of the Chicago area development and construction firm Lagestee Mulder Inc., renovated both the inside and outside of the building after buying it out of foreclosure in December 2012.
Occupancy has shot up while LM Value Investors hasmodernized the office's mechanical system and added new aesthetic features, including a glass atrium that connects two four-story office sections. The office had been about 59 percent full at the beginning of the project, and now it is 90 percent occupied.
"These renovations have brought new life to this premier building in one of Schererville's most active business corridors," said Don Price, senior vice president with Lagestee Mulder Inc. "The success of the project illustrates the strength of the Northwest Indiana market and its ability to continue to attract businesses."
The building's lobby, atrium and main entrance received significant upgrades. The roof was replaced.
New carpeting, art and lighting were added inside to create a more cohesive look between the two office sections, since one was built in the 1970s and the other was construction in the 1980s.
Amenities were added, including a gym with locker rooms and a completely renovated conference center.
New marquee signs will be installed along both U.S. 30 and Indianapolis Boulevard this summer.
The improvements have helped lure more tenants. Tenants that recently moved in or expanded includeO'Neill McFadden & Willett LLP, Clifton-Larson-Allen LLP, Honeywell, Core Construction, Knight Hoppe, Help at Home Inc. and Northwest Indiana Immediate Care.
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CARPENTERSVILLE District 300 officials will spend about $960,000 less than anticipated on a new administration building, as uncertainty clouds their lobbying effort to have lawmakers relinquish overdue construction money that would fund the project.
District board members earlier this week approved the final bids for the new administration building that crews already have started building near Jacobs High School.
The move puts the $3.91 million project about $960,000 under budget and might help appease some community critics who have questioned the need for the project, Chief Financial Officer Susan Harkin said.
"We are certainly happy where the bids came in," Harkin said. "We are taking a lot of heat on this project. ... Having the bids lower for the school district is definitely good."
Administrators from the Carpentersville-based school district unveiled plans in February to build the two-story administrative building shortly after announcing a plan to renovate their current office building for students at the alternative Oak Ridge School to use.
The Oak Ridge renovation is already underway, with crews working to finish the project by the summer.
The combined projects now total $5.08 million, nearly $2 million less than officials originally expected to spend on the building moves.
As construction unfolds, district officials will try and up the pressure on state lawmakers to release overdue capital construction grants that would pay for the projects.
The district already has sent emails to Gov. Pat Quinn, General Assembly members and state education organizations about its 10-year wait to receive construction money originally awarded in 2004.
But state lawmakers may take months to answer District 300's concerns.
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The city approved changes Wednesday to the CentrePointe development, including the addition of five floors to a proposed apartment building to bring its total to 12. RABUNRASCHERECTORREECEANDCMMI
A city panel gave the green light Wednesday to another round of changes to the long-anticipated CentrePointe development; the changes include five additional floors in a proposed apartment building for a second hotel.
The Courthouse Area Design Review Board also approved other changes to the exterior of the office building and hotel.
The board voted 3-1 to approve the changes. Architect and board member Graham Pohl was the sole member to vote against the new designs. Pohl said the overall designs for the downtown project have greatly improved, but he said he was concerned about the scale of the now 12-story apartment building on Main Street. Pohl had recommended bumping out the lower five stories of the building to reduce the appearance of the size of the building.
The price tag for the entire CentrePointe project, which is bounded by South Limestone and Vine, Main and Upper streets, is estimated at $393.9 million, including financing costs. The project has been controversial since 2008, when an entire block of historic buildings was razed. Construction on the development began in late December.
The project has been before the courthouse area design review board four times since May 2012.
The apartment building, which will face Main Street, was originally slated to be seven stories; it is now 12.
The apartment building will have an extended-stay Marriott hotel on the first five stories, developers said Wednesday. Marriott has also signed on to the 18-floor hotel building. That building will have 11 floors of hotel space and seven floors of condominiums. The exterior of the hotel now includes a terrace for the condominiums and will likely include two penthouse suites on the top, said Joseph Rabun of Rabun, Rasche Rector Reece of Atlanta. The firm is one of the premier hotel architects in the country.
Tweaks were also made to the exterior of the office tower, which is mainly glass. The 10-story office tower will be the future home of Stantec, an engineering firm. Kevin Atkins, a Courthouse Area Design Review Board member, asked during Wednesday's meeting whether Stantec had approved the designs.
Dudley Webb, the CentrePointe developer, said the firm has approved the changes. The office building will also likely be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certified, which Stantec has requested, Webb said.
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New 50-story tower project last week will be second-tallest buildingin Seattle. (University of Washington)
The new 50-story office tower planned for thesite of Rainier Square in downtown Seattlehas all the makings ofan instant icon maybe the onlyoffice towerever built to look like a Nancy Sinatra go-go boot.
It is a wild design for one of the most prominent sites in downtown, a building that makes the exuberant public library look downright tame. At a construction cost of a half-billion dollars or more, it will be a demonstration of the citys economic vigor. But one of the best things about it is that it shows architecture cancorrect past mistakes. The new building will wipe out the shopping arcade at the base of the Rainier Tower something thathas been a long time coming.
Few today probably remember the building that once stood on the site, the White-Henry-Stuart, or the public controversy that attended its demolition 40 years ago. I personally remember seeing the building only a few times, craning my neck out the car window as my parents took the family on our annual pilgrimage from Spokane to the Space Needle. But the building lives on in photos, and what a majestic thing it was.
White-Henry-Stuart Building. (Photo by Seattle Times)
It stood 10 or 11 stories, depending on street elevation actually three office buildings joined by a unified brick and terra-cotta faaderunning the length of FourthAvenue between Union and University. Designed to the highest standard of 1908, the ornate White-Henry-Stuart was a signature buildingfor a boomingtime in the city part of a grand, never-finished scheme for a harmonious set of commercial buildings on the 11-acre downtown tract owned by the University of Washington. We can get an idea of what it looked like from the near-mirror-image Cobb Building, still standing across the street at Fourthand University. The Cobb and its twin seemingly formed a gateway on FourthAvenue to the center of town and it certainly made an impression on this kid every visit to the city.
The last remnants of the White-Henry-Stuart Building are cleared from the site in 1977 to make way for Rainier Square. RainierTowertoleft, Cobb Building in background.(Photo bySeattle Times)
The entire block was leveled starting in 1974, after a year-long battle between university regents and arts-and-culture organizations sensitivity toward historic preservation was something new. To be fair, the Rainier Tower that went up at the southeast corner of the block is one of themost memorable Seattle buildings of the period, because of the tapered brandy-snifter base that seems to pop up out of its plaza.
Itwas as if therest of the block, where the striking White-Henry-Stuart once stood, was designed to make Rainier Towerseem more interesting by being so deliberately nondescript.The low-rise Rainier Squareranksamong the dullest, blandest, least-imaginative urban shopping arcades ever built. On the inside it is a rather quiet three-story galleria stroll the corridors at midday and beat the crowds. Several stores sit vacant. Seattle traded the White-Henry-Stuart for this?
Rainier Tower will survive the redesign whileRainier Squarewill gothe way of an obsolete strip mall. The new 50-story tower that will take its place may strike some as outr, the same way the Rainier Tower startled Seattle in the 70s. The building that will rise next door is even more irregular, with a convex curve toward Fifth Avenue that suggests a foot, a divot at the corner of Fourth and University that suggests a heel, and subtle sculpting of the glass walls that suggest this boot was made for walking.
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Editor: Lately Im reminded of the old Joni Mitchell song, Big Yellow Taxi: Dont it always seem to go, that you dont know what youve got till its gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
As a candidate for Langley Township council in this falls municipal election, I find myself in the middle of a vigorous debate about tree cutting. On one side is a vocal and active group whose members are outraged at what they see as the rampant destruction of local trees by residential developers and other landowners. On the other side of the argument are a growing number of equally upset homeowners who see proposed restrictions on tree cutting as a threat to their fundamental rights.
Of course, theres one thing we can all agree on, and thats a shared, passionate interest in preserving the natural beauty of this great community. Luckily, past political leaders have respected that interest. Back in 1979, Township council adopted the Langley Official Community Plan, which has evolved since then to include detailed development guidelines and provisions for protecting wildlife habitat. For example, all new development proposals must include tree protection plans that consist of tree retention, protection and replacement details acceptable to the Township.
On private lands, protection of wildlife habitat shall be encouraged through land stewardship, education, incentives or other means.
Thats as far as the policy goes, and where the current controversy begins. As our community continues to grow, we have finally reached a point where we need to consider other means to protect the natural beauty we all value. Its time for a new Township bylaw that lays out rules related to cutting trees.
I am not in favour of pocket bylaws, especially any that are created on the fly. They are too important and affect every resident. The Township of Langley is a large community and our council needs to create bylaws that are thoughtful, practical and concise, and are equally applied to everyone in the community, not just one neighbourhood.
I sympathize with residents who fear that large-scale tree removal threatens the unique character of their neighbourhoods and impacts their quality of life. I also agree with homeowners who want to extend a deck, build a shed or cut down a tree in their own yard without having to take out a permit or hire an arbourist before getting approval to do so.
Most of our surrounding cities and municipalities have tree bylaws, some more stringent than others. Our council needs to look to them as examples and seek advice and input before creating the right bylaw for our community. We also have to make sure we have a sound, affordable process to enforce the bylaw in a way thats consistent and fair.
No one wants to pave paradise. And no one needs poorly thought-out rules and senseless bureaucracy. The question is, how can we protect the unique character of our neighbourhoods without placing an excessive burden on the people who live there?
For me, the answer is clear. We need to involve and engage our community in an informed, inclusive, thorough discussion that leads to an appropriate tree bylaw for the Township of Langley. That bylaw, if its done right, will be a set of common-sense rules that everyone can understand and abide by. I look forward to playing an active role in that process, and I encourage everyone who has a stake in the outcome to do the same.
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When the tile and stone industry gathered together to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Coverings, I was blown away by the latest introductions from more than 900 exhibitors representing more than 35 countries. Coverings offers an in-depth view of tile and stone that is truly impressive, and just when I thought I saw all the trends and new products for kitchens and baths there was more to see
Fusion
Tile manufacturers are fusing natural inspirations to create distinctively unique expressions for designers and homeowners. According to Colorker, The phenomenon of fusion has become the identifying signal of our time. We see it in music, fashion, architecture, technology, art and in ceramic design. Colorker, which won a Coverings Best Booth award (shown above), presented the Fusion series in which cement, wood and stone are strewn together to offer a graphic richness united by a single color range.
Vintage, Lived In
One of the hottest trends right now is the idea of vintage or lived-in looks. Companies like Tile of Spains Grespania have the skill to make these looks authentic and warm in its new Amazonia collection of wood-look ceramic tiles that boast a stylish relief and a gently timeworn appearance.
Grespania's Amazonia collection
Textiles
Inspired by traditional textiles from around the world, the Cape Town collection from AlysEdwards Tile & Stone brings ethnic flair in soft, muted colors that enable it to be incorporated into a variety of design styles. Cape Town is hand made in Tunisia, using ancient stone artistry that gives every piece a one-of-a-kind look and is available in eight fabulous patterns and six subtle color ways.
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