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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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@ [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Posted December 5, 2012 EST Oregan Road Structure Fire United States (South Carolina) – Colleton County (SC) Firefighters saved approximately 60 percent of an Oregon Road home Tuesday evening 04-December. Units were dispatched to 586 Oregon Road at 19:44 after several neighbors reported seeing fire coming from the roof of the 2700 sq. ft. building. Engine [...]

RESTON, Va., Dec. 6, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – After the third most active storm season on record, tests continue to show that genuine clay brick outperforms other home exteriors in severe weather conditions. As homeowners head into peak home fire season in December and January, brick also offers a one-hour fire rating by itself—unlike other exteriors [...]

The historic Gippsland town of Moe on the western end of the Latrobe Valley was Victoria’s top-performing housing market over the October quarter, according to new figures by Residex. Moe house prices increased by 4.66% over the three months to October, rising to a median value of $243,500. Residex calculates the median weekly rent in [...]