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Britain's Architects of Air experience of Miracoco at Discovery Green on Friday, March 14. The luminarium Miracoco will be at the Jones Lawn at Discovery Green through March 23 in downtown Houston.

Alan Warren

Britain's Architects of Air experience of Miracoco at Britain's Architects of Air experience of Miracoco at Discovery Green on Friday, March 14. The stunning luminarium Miracoco will be at the Jones Lawn at Discovery Green through March 15-23 in downtown Houston.

Alan Warren

Britain's Architects of Air experience of Miracoco at Discovery Green on Friday, March 14. The stunning luminarium Miracoco will be at the Jones Lawn at Discovery Green through March 23 in downtown Houston.

Alan Warren

Britain's Architects of Air experience of Miracoco at Discovery Green on Friday, March 14. The stunning luminarium Miracoco will be at the Jones Lawn at Discovery Green through March 23 in downtown Houston.

Alan Warren

Britain's Architects of Air experience of Miracoco at Discovery Green on Friday, March 14. The stunning luminarium Miracoco will be at the Jones Lawn at Discovery Green through March 23 in downtown Houston.

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One of the main gateways into Arbutus is expected to undergo a major change if a project by Catonsville developer Steve Whalen gets underway.

The project, Arbutus Station, will bring two commercial buildings near the intersection of Sulphur Spring Road and Waelchli Avenue.

One building will be a 20,000-square-foot mixed-use commercial building with office space on the top floor and retail space on the first floor.

The other building will be an approximately 7,000-square-foot restaurant.

The project is expected to cost between $4.5 and $5 million, Whalen said.

"I can't remember how long it's been since anyone has invested that much into the Arbutus community," Whalen said.

Because there is a tenant on the property whose lease isn't up until December 2014, construction wouldn't begin until April 1, 2015, Whalen said.

Whalen said in an email that the community input meeting on the project had been held in December and the hearing officer's hearing for development plan approval could be scheduled within 90 days.

After that approval, it would take another three or four months to complete final construction plans and have the county issue building permits, according to his email.

The project is expected to take about nine months to complete, which means it wouldn't be finished until late 2015 or early 2016, he said.

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A $20 million development along Miss. Highway 12's frontage area will soon hold a seven-space retail center and a full-service, 117-bed Holiday Inn, Cotton Mill Marketplace Developer Mark Nicholas confirmed Tuesday to aldermen.

The project will transform the area next to the Mill at MSU development, which itself aims to transform the historic E.E. Cooley Building into a conference center and construct a hotel, and complement the project, Nicholas said. It, along with The Mill at MSU project, will completely redevelop the Russell Street-Miss. Highway 12 corridor, a tract of land officials call the front door to the university.

Construction is set to begin immediately. The retail space should be completed by late 2014, Nicholas said, while the hotel will take about a year to build.

Nicholas confirmed three chain restaurants, including Hungry Howie's Pizza, Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches and Salsarita's Fresh Cantina, have committed to the project. He stopped short of identifying other potential retailers but did say at least one boutique clothier would located within the Cotton Mill Marketplace development.

The project is still two retailers short of 100 percent occupancy, Nicholas said, but developers will continue to aggressively market the remaining openings.

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INDIANAPOLIS Construction could start in the coming months on a curved 28-story glass tower at the long-vacant site of the former Market Square Arena in downtown Indianapolis.

The Indianapolis City-County Council voted Monday night to approve providing up to $23 million in city financing for the estimated $81 million building with apartments and retail space.

The site on the eastern edge of downtown has been parking lots since the arena was demolished more than a dozen years ago. The tower is to have ground-floor retail space, 300 apartments and a 500-space parking garage.

The council's 18-9 vote to approve the subsidy came after several council members argued that the city had more important needs, such as hiring additional police officers.

"We are taking millions of taxpayers' dollars and handing it over to a developer," Democratic Councilwoman Angela Mansfield said. "If there is such a need for this (project), the market should be driving it."

The development would be backed by a combination of public and private money, with the city agreeing to contribute funding from a bond sale and land for the project appraised at $5.6 million.

Republican Mayor Greg Ballard said the project will help make the city a more attractive to place to live.

"I look forward to signing the proposal passed by the council and getting construction started on this project this summer," Ballard said in a statement.

Deron Kintner, the city's economic development director, said developer Flaherty and Collins would begin preparing for construction immediately.

"They would move as fast as possible, which means breaking ground in a couple months," Kintner said. "They would want to get it started this construction season."

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INDIANAPOLIS Construction could start in the coming months on a curved 28-story glass tower at the long-vacant site of the former Market Square Arena in downtown Indianapolis.

The Indianapolis City-County Council voted Monday night to approve providing up to $23 million in city financing for the estimated $81 million building with apartments and retail space.

The site on the eastern edge of downtown has been parking lots since the arena was demolished more than a dozen years ago. The tower is to have ground-floor retail space, 300 apartments and a 500-space parking garage.

The councils 18-9 vote to approve the subsidy came after several council members argued that the city had more important needs, such as hiring additional police officers.

We are taking millions of taxpayers dollars and handing it over to a developer, Democratic Councilwoman Angela Mansfield said. If there is such a need for this (project), the market should be driving it.

The development would be backed by a combination of public and private money, with the city agreeing to contribute funding from a bond sale and land for the project appraised at $5.6 million.

Republican Mayor Greg Ballard said the project will help make the city a more attractive place to live.

I look forward to signing the proposal passed by the council and getting construction started on this project this summer, Ballard said in a statement.

Deron Kintner, the citys economic development director, said developer Flaherty and Collins would begin preparing for construction immediately.

They would move as fast as possible, which means breaking ground in a couple months, Kintner said. They would want to get it started this construction season.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Construction could start in the coming months on a curved 28-story glass tower at the long-vacant site of the former Market Square Arena in downtown Indianapolis.

The Indianapolis City-County Council voted Monday night to approve providing up to $23 million in city financing for the estimated $81 million building with apartments and retail space.

The site on the eastern edge of downtown has been parking lots since the arena was demolished more than a dozen years ago. The tower is to have ground-floor retail space, 300 apartments and a 500-space parking garage.

The councils 18-9 vote to approve the subsidy came after several council members argued that the city had more important needs, such as hiring additional police officers.

We are taking millions of taxpayers dollars and handing it over to a developer, Democratic Councilwoman Angela Mansfield said. If there is such a need for this (project), the market should be driving it.

The development would be backed by a combination of public and private money, with the city agreeing to contribute funding from a bond sale and land for the project appraised at $5.6 million.

Republican Mayor Greg Ballard said the project will help make the city a more attractive to place to live.

I look forward to signing the proposal passed by the council and getting construction started on this project this summer, Ballard said in a statement.

Deron Kintner, the citys economic development director, said developer Flaherty and Collins would begin preparing for construction immediately.

They would move as fast as possible, which means breaking ground in a couple months, Kintner said. They would want to get it started this construction season.

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Published: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 12:56a.m.

The seed of a future career was planted early in David Hails.

I watered plants on the way home from school every day, said Hails, who as a 9-year-old would walk to his job at Everything Green, a since-closed Greensburg plant store.

An entrepreneur even then, he grew his own plants to sell in the shop.

I grew sensitive plants the ones where you touch them and they'd fold up, he said. They were big in the '70s. I'd sell them for 50 cents each. I had a mother plant at home that would produce the seeds.

His early agrarian efforts have germinated into a flourishing enterprise.

Hails owns three businesses in Washington Township and wants to expand them.

In April, he'll seek approval from the township supervisors to join five parcels along Goodview Drive that he's bought during the years into one 20-acre property, which he intends to name the Everything Green Business Park, after his childhood post.

Cheryl Dickey, Washington Township's planning commission secretary, said Hails is finalizing paperwork and she isn't aware of any no problems related to the proposal.

He's a good business for the township, Dickey said.

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OTTAWA Jim Flahertys resignation from cabinet Tuesday marks the end of a tumultuous eight years as finance minister and leaves Prime Minister Stephen Harper scrambling to find a replacement in the governments most important portfolio. Harper was expected to name a new finance minister on Wednesday.

The 64-year-old Flaherty made the bombshell announcement Tuesday barely a month after tabling his latest federal budget, which projected the federal government would balance the books in 2015-16.

The resignation comes shortly after Flaherty openly questioned the wisdom of the governments plan to introduce income-splitting for families, a position that placed him at odds with other cabinet ministers and even Harper.

But the man sometimes tagged with the unflattering nickname Deficit Jim wont even be in government to watch the Conservatives get back into black ink. Nor will he be in cabinet to push through legislation enacting his own most recent budget.

His resignation from cabinet is effective immediately, but his office said he will stay on as MP for Whitby-Oshawa for the time being.

Flaherty is the only finance minister the Harper government has ever known; he was appointed to the post when the Conservatives won power in 2006.

He is widely credited by political observers and many economists as the steady economic hand who helped the government fight its way back from the depths of the recession to the verge of a balanced budget.

Yet by the end of the 2014-15 fiscal year, under Flahertys watch, the government will have added $150 billion more to the federal debt than was there at the beginning of the economic downturn in 2008.

Opposition parties have highlighted the mounting deficits and federal debt as examples of how Flahertys economic record isnt nearly as strong as the government trumpets.

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Jim Flaherty is leaving the federal cabinet after more than eight years as finance minister to prepare for a return to the private sector, saying the move is unrelated to his recent health problems.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to name his replacement Wednesday.

Flaherty, who delivered his final budget last month, said he made the decision with his family earlier this year.

As I begin another chapter in my life, I leave feeling fulfilled with what we have accomplished as a government and a country during one of the most challenging economic periods in our countrys history, he said in a statement.

An official in the Prime Ministers Office said Flaherty would be retaining at least for now his seat in the House of Commons, meaning he remains an MP for the time being.

Flaherty is among Canadas longest-serving finance ministers, appointed to the key economic post when the Conservative government first came to power in 2006.

He managed the countrys economy through one of its worst economic crises in 2008-2009, running up large deficits but leaving the books virtually balanced after his Feb. 11 budget.

Speculation about Flahertys future has risen in recent years after he acknowledged suffering from a rare skin condition, requiring him to take medication that led to weight gain and apparent fatigue in public appearances.

His long farewell message to Canadians, delivered unexpectedly on a government website, listed accomplishments such as cooling the housing market and introducing tax-free savings accounts.

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OTTAWA Jim Flahertys resignation from cabinet Tuesday marks the end of a tumultuous eight years as finance minister and leaves Prime Minister Stephen Harper scrambling to find a replacement in the governments most important portfolio. Harper was expected to name a new finance minister on Wednesday.

The 64-year-old Flaherty made the bombshell announcement Tuesday barely a month after tabling his latest federal budget, which projected the federal government would balance the books in 2015-16.

The resignation comes shortly after Flaherty openly questioned the wisdom of the governments plan to introduce income-splitting for families, a position that placed him at odds with other cabinet ministers and even Harper.

But the man sometimes tagged with the unflattering nickname Deficit Jim wont even be in government to watch the Conservatives get back into black ink. Nor will he be in cabinet to push through legislation enacting his own most recent budget.

His resignation from cabinet is effective immediately, but his office said he will stay on as MP for Whitby-Oshawa for the time being.

Flaherty is the only finance minister the Harper government has ever known; he was appointed to the post when the Conservatives won power in 2006.

He is widely credited by political observers and many economists as the steady economic hand who helped the government fight its way back from the depths of the recession to the verge of a balanced budget.

Yet by the end of the 2014-15 fiscal year, under Flahertys watch, the government will have added $150 billion more to the federal debt than was there at the beginning of the economic downturn in 2008.

Opposition parties have highlighted the mounting deficits and federal debt as examples of how Flahertys economic record isnt nearly as strong as the government trumpets.

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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty resigns, will return to private sector