The Challenge: Repairing structural and aesthetic concerns during the restoration and expansion of a 230,000-square-foot tobacco curing and processing complex The Players: Caretti Restoration & Preservation Services, Inc. Benchmark Construction Co. Helifix, Inc. The Process: As part of the $11.5 million expansion and renovation for Lancaster, Penn.-based Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc.’s deteriorating 230,000-square-foot tobacco [...]
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RSS feed for this sectionLe Roy mayor seeks plan for decrepit hotel – Buffalo News
LE ROY – The village’s oldest hotel – and, for decades, its only hotel – has a doubtful future, despite efforts being made to restore it as a downtown landmark. The Wiss Hotel, named in 1869 for tavern owner John Wiss, stands at the village’s main intersection, Routes 5 and 19. Wiss added a third [...]
Judge orders insurer to replicate villa features – The Press
The Aynsley Tce villa built in 1911, before it was irreparably damaged in the earthquakes. It was the subject of a High Court ruling on the liability of the insurer, Southern Response. Government-owned Southern Response must pay to rebuild a Christchurch claimant’s century- old Edwardian villa with materials of the same quality, the High Court [...]
Hoarder’s paradise holds stage treasures – Entertainment – Lancaster Newspapers
When you walk into the Fulton scene shop, located in a warehouse off Manheim Pike, just east of Park City Center, it feels like you’re in a shopping mall that’s gotten trapped in a crazy time machine. Rooms are stacked with shelving from floor to ceiling, all filled to overflowing with all kinds of stuff. [...]
Chrissie Swan – The Age
“Anyway, after we’d laughed nervously about it, I threw it into the back of my top shelf among my trackie daks and maternity bras” … Chrissie Swan. Photo: Julian Kingma Here’s a tip, from me to you, for nothing. If you have had a huge year, are pregnant with your third child and are lurching [...]
Buy two at same time – Wellington Times
{ story.summary|safe|escape } 122-126 Simpson Street Home or double investment opportunity. Whether you are looking for a home, investment or a possible re-development opportunity, this property offers the flexibility that may accommodate your needs. Being two separate lots you may wish to investigate its sub-division potential further (subject to Wellington Council requirements). The properties’ parcel [...]
Find out what’s getting built around Gastonia – Gaston Gazette
CITY OF GASTONIA – INSPECTIONS DIVISION BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED 11/26/2012 through 11/30/2012 PERMIT DATE PRIMARY CONTACT ADDRESS CONSTRUCTION COST DESCRIPTION OF WORK CENSUS TRACT PARCEL 54694 11/28/2012 INTERSTATE SIGN CO INC 2701 UNION RD. SIGN $1,650 ont he front side of fuel canopy installing (1) tri-mark@ [...]
Warming your home with a fireplace – Midland Daily News
When it comes to fireplaces, the options truly are endless. And that goes for existing fireplaces or those being installed from scratch, said Justin Gilbert of Brubaker Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning & Fireplaces, 404 W. Wackerly St. According to Gilbert, who has been working in the industry for more than 20 years, folks can choose [...]
Starbucks Grows Up With a Wine and Beer Menu – Patch.com
The grand reopening of the Starbucks near the Albertsons store in Calabasas drew scores of people Friday evening who gathered to check out the coffee place’s new Evenings Menu, complete with wine, beer and the kinds of appetizers one would expect to find at an upscale bistro. The tasting event marked the unveiling of a [...]
New apartment building could rise in Bogota – NorthJersey.com
BOGOTA — A six-story, 48-unit apartment building, along with two levels of parking for 84 cars, could soon rise on the long vacant Palisade Avenue lot where an elementary school once stood. The brick-veneer building, topped with limestone cladding, is expected to be taller than the demolished, three-story Dewey Elementary School. If the zoning board [...]