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High- density proposal in El Pueblo Viejo District draws opposition from historic preservationists , Anacapa School unit apartment building is proposed for 800 Santa Barbara St . in downtown Santa Barbara . The project would include eight studios, 10 one-bedroom units and five two-bedroom units; commercial space; and underground parking for 29 vehicles." height="667" width="1000" id="upsize" /> A three-story, 23- unit apartment building is proposed for 800 Santa Barbara St . in downtown Santa Barbara . The project would include eight studios, 10 one-bedroom units and five two-bedroom units; commercial space; and underground parking for 29 vehicles. (Hochhauser Blatter Architecture & Planning rendering) A three-story, 23- unit apartment complex with an underground parking garage has received a key approval for its proposed construction at the corner of Santa Barbara and De la Guerra streets , near El Presidio de Santa Bá rbara State Hist...

AMHERST — A large apartment complex proposed for Route 9 at the Amherst- Hadley town line continues to move through the permitting processes in both communities, even as some residents express worry about the size of the project and how it could impact their neighborhood. Amherst Planning Director Christine Brestrup said people have raised several issues with the 131- apartment Aspen Heights residential community in both written comments and orally at a Zoning Board of Appeals hearing earlier this month. One of the most prominent concerns, Brestrup said, is whether people who live at the proposed complex , to be built at 408 Northampton Road, will drive through the Greenleaves Retirement Community and Windfield Family and Senior Estates. Because Northampton Road is a divided highway, those living at Aspen Heights will have to exit the complex by taking a right, heading east, Brestrup said. To travel west toward the shopping malls, the roads through Greenleaves and Windfield migh...

A solution has been found to pave the entire stretch of Ridge Road between Warren and Ford. (Photo: Bill Bresler | hometownlife.com) Supporters of a Ridge Road paving project on Canton's west side had hailed the plan with one caveat — a small section would remain a gravel road for lack of money. Not anymore, apparently. Township Supervisor Pat Williams has convinced Wayne County to share the $600,000 cost of paving a 900- foot section south of Hanford, meaning all of Ridge between Warren and Ford roads can now be paved. That's welcome news to residents like Rich Felcher, who lives in a subdivision off Ridge Road. "It only makes sense to do the entire project at once," he said. "I'm ecstatic that it's getting paved." More: New Canton task force targets road woes , how to pay for fixes More: Road repairs coming to 'war zone' Canton Center Felcher and others have said it could pose a safety hazard to pave most of the road and leave the res...

Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, IN) Aug. 24--A Logansport commission is planning to support a housing project in a downtown building with $160,000 and a five- year tax abatement . Bill Cuppy, executive director of the Cass- Logansport Economic Development Organization and Logansport- Cass County Chamber of Commerce, discussed the project at a Logansport Redevelopment Commission meeting on Wednesday. The project involves the Logan Square Building at Third Street and East Broadway. The vacant five- story building consists of about 45, 000 square feet and has a parking lot with about 75 spaces. Cuppy's presentation indicated Lafayette- based FRG Management is pursuing the project. The company bought the building in June and is willing to invest $3.2 million, Cuppy said. FRG Management wants to make the building's first floor mixed-use commercial, Cuppy continued, adding the firm is in talks to provide office space to a financial adviser and an attorney. Cuppy added the firs...

The innovative project looks to transform this downtown district through the infusion of a diverse set of programs that will provide activated street frontages and a variety of housing typologies at all levels of affordability. The Exchange LOS ANGELES - Aug. 25, 2017 - PRLog -- KTGY Architecture + Planning unveiled today the preliminary design for a new mixed-use development that was selected as part of Salt Lake City 's plan to revitalize its downtown core developed by The Domain Companies , one of the nation's leading real estate investment and development firms specializing in sustainable mixed-use development, and the GIV Group, which combines a non-profit and entrepreneurial approach to community development. Called The Exchange, the design envisions a pedestrian- and transit-oriented mixed-use district focused on innovation and includes "startup" micro-unit apartments, business incubator space , creative office space , affordable and market-rate apartm...

Offices, a grocery store and “micro-condominiums” might soon rise out of the ground on a prime piece of land in West Palm Beach west of Northwood Village. These are the first projects that Boca Raton-developer Mario Caprini wants to build as part of an ambitious $70 million complex dubbed Northwood Common s, on a 3.5- acre parcel owned by the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency . Can Caprini get the job done? His company’s website lists his prior development work in Canada and Ohio, including 1,000 residential units, 5 million square feet of industrial parks and “hundreds of thousands” of square feet of office, retail and medical buildings. In South Florida, Caprini recently completed construction of a “green” home in Pompano Beach at 4620 N.W. 18th Ave. The project, dubbed Modernista, was recognized by the mayor of Pompano Beach in March and won a national award in February from the Structural Insulated Panel Association , earning first place in the affordable housing...

"It's the same old story. First the builder picks the property, then he gets the Planning Commission to designate it, then the people get bulldozed out of their homes." - Jane Jacobs Under Title I of the Federal Housing Act of 1949, federal funds became available to cities for demolition or rehabilitation of blighted areas, and throughout the 1950s, Robert Moses' Slum Clearance Committee lived up to its name, razing entire New York neighborhoods in the name of urban renewal. In 1960, the city's Housing and Redevelopment Board took over those duties, promising to displace residents less brusquely than had been Moses' way. But the city Planning Commission continued to support the basic tenets of urban renewal, believing that New Yorkers would ultimately be much happier in modern, less crowded housing with lots of open spaces. Jane Jacobs, a 45-year-old editor at Architectural Forum, had another opinion: Urban planners , she believed, were des...

MUNCIE, Ind. — In a story Aug. 21 about apartments planned in Muncie, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the city where Wisconsin- based Commonwealth Development Corp . is based. It's Fond du Lac, not Fon du Lac. A corrected version of the story is below: Apartments planned for 2 ex- auto factory sites in Muncie A developer is working on plans to construct apartments at the sites of two former auto industry plants in Muncie MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A developer is working on plans to construct apartments at the sites of two former auto industry plants in Muncie. The proposal from Commonwealth Development Corp . would convert a two- story brick factory dating to 1912 into a 36- unit apartment building southwest of the city's downtown. The developer also plans a 35- unit townhouse apartment building on a portion of a vacant site that was once a General Motors transmission factory a few blocks away. The (Muncie) Star Press reports the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin- based devel...

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — In a story Aug. 21 about apartments planned in Muncie, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the city where Wisconsin- based Commonwealth Development Corp . is based. It's Fond du Lac, not Fon du Lac. A corrected version of the story is below: Apartments planned for 2 ex- auto factory sites in Muncie A developer is working on plans to construct apartments at the sites of two former auto industry plants in Muncie MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A developer is working on plans to construct apartments at the sites of two former auto industry plants in Muncie. The proposal from Commonwealth Development Corp . would convert a two- story brick factory dating to 1912 into a 36- unit apartment building southwest of the city's downtown. The developer also plans a 35- unit townhouse apartment building on a portion of a vacant site that was once a General Motors transmission factory a few blocks away. The (Muncie) Star Press reports the Fond du Lac, Wisconsi...

CHICAGO , Aug. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The AFL- CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) today celebrated the grand re-opening of the Kenmore Plaza Apartments , which recently completed an extensive $61 million rehabilitation. The 28-story, 324-unit building provides affordable housing exclusively to the elderly. The rehabilitation work included reducing the operating costs of the building by installing durable and easy to maintain materials and energy efficient equipment , improving energy and water efficiency over the long term, as well as upgrading the current residential units , floor hallways, interior ground floor , and building exteriors and the construction of a small addition to the existing structure. The HIT provided $22.9 million of financing through the purchase of Ginnie Mae construction loan certificates and a permanent loan certificate . "The HIT investment is helping preserve a historically significant building that has been a major source of afforda...

The Town Council gave its unanimous approval for a development agreement and the concept plan for the proposed Copper Ridge senior living development at its regular session on Aug. 18. The proposal would develop the vacant 12.24-acre site that wraps around the Bashas’ shopping center. The new development would be built along Avenue of the Fountains from LaMontana Drive to Westby Drive and north along Westby to Palisades Boulevard. The project is planned for three phases, the first of which would be a 132- unit age restricted (62 and older) complex at Avenue of the Fountains and Westby. The initial phase also includes a 19,000 square- foot community clubhouse , parking and a park/drainage detention facility along Westby. Phase II includes a two-story, 80, 000 square foot assisted living facility with 60 living units and 52 memory care/physical rehabilitation beds. A commercial component would make up Phase III at opposite ends of the site. A 12,000 square- foot commercial retai...

Find out when your favorite shows return—plus, every new series. Most Popular HBO/CBS/Sundance Channel/NBC/ABC Aug 25, 2017 The season of crammed DVRs and binge-watching is upon us again. Not surprisingly, the fall TV lineups reveal plenty of new pedigree programming. Shows like David Simon and George Pelecanos' HBO drama The Deuce and Jane Campion's SundanceTV miniseries Top of the Lake: China Girl will probably become as much a part of the zeitgeist as returning shows like ABC's Scandal ( back October 5 ) and AMC's The Walking Dead (October 22). Also, expect a smattering of shows about real Americans making a difference, be it Lifetime's retelling of the events surrounding the Flint water crisis (premiering October 28) or, out later this year, National Geographic Channel 's adaptation of journalist Martha Raddatz 's book The Long Road Home : A Story of War and Family . This includes fictional programming , like military drama s Valor ( premieres O...