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Tim Lamson, vice president at Clark Construction Group, has been named as a member of Engineering News-Record (ENR) Southeasts 2020 class of Top Young Professionals.

ENR Southeasts Top Young Professionals award recognizes young professionals who represent the best of the regions construction and design industries. The 2020 Top Young Professionals were judged by their leadership qualities, career progression, philanthropic efforts, and involvement in creating landmark projects.

In his role as vice president, Lamson oversees Clarks operations in Nashville, which has grown by more than 30 people over the past year. Clark Construction, which has been building in Nashville for a decade, is currently constructing multiple phases of Nashville Yards in a joint venture with Bell & Associates. The first phase includes a 24-story, 784,000-square-foot Grand Hyatt hotel. The second phase includes a 24-story office tower and associated parking garage. The Clark/Bell team is also providing preconstruction services for the remaining phases of the Nashville Yards project. The multi-phase, 17-acre mixed-use development project will ultimately feature office, retail, residential, and entertainment space. Once complete, this $1 billion project will be the largest private development in Nashvilles history.

In 2018, Lamson relocated to Tennessee to further solidify Clarks long-term building presence in Nashville. During his 15 years at Clark, he has worked on complex, high-profile projects throughout the eastern half of the United States, including Virginia, Washington, DC, Connecticut, and Illinois.

Lamsons career has been punctuated by mega projects that ultimately become iconic additions to the local landscape. Previously, Lamson led construction of the 1,205-room McCormick Place Marriott Marquis, a $350 million design-build hotel project in Chicago that the project team delivered in just 25 months. In addition, Lamson also served as project executive for the construction of the University of Connecticut Ambulatory Care Center. Despite an aggressive schedule, the facilitys parking garage was delivered a year ahead of schedule and the overall project was delivered on-time.

Outside of Clark, Lamson has helped to foster a growing relationship between the Clark/Bell team at Nashville Yards and Luke 14:12, a non-profit soup kitchen in Nashville. Currently, the team serves lunch at the kitchen twice per month. Lamson has also served as a Big Brother mentor for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capital Area.

Learn more about ENR Southeasts 2020 class of Top Young Professionals program and winners at https://www.enr.com/articles/48434-enr-southeasts-2020-top-young-professionals.

About Clark Construction Group

Clark Construction Group, LLC is one of the nations most experienced and respected providers of construction services. American-owned and operated since 1906, Clark is consistently ranked by leading industry organizations as one of the largest general building and civil construction companies with annual revenues of approximately $5 billion. Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, the company has offices strategically located to serve clients throughout the country. Over the last decade, Clark has built some of Nashvilles largest landmarks including Music City Center, Vanderbilt Universitys Engineering and Science Building, and is currently delivering multiple phases at Nashville Yards. With a growing team and experienced leadership, Clarks presence in Nashville continues to grow steadily.

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Just over a year ago, a raging fire and related smoke and heat damage destroyed the southern Vigo County home and most possessions of Sherri and Lee Armstrong, forever changing their lives.

Standing in their front yard on Jan. 31, 2019, they helplessly watched their home go up in flames, although volunteer fire departments valiantly working in extreme cold that night, saving part of the structure and salvaging what items they could.

I think I was in shock for several months, Sherri said Monday. They had lived in the home for 40 years, raised two children there, renovated and built additions. The home was near Paint Mill Lake.

They had to decide whether to rebuild on site, which they did.

But for months, Sherri struggled and insisted that things would never be the same; they had lost videos of their children growing up and sentimental pictures, items that took precious memories with them.

Tribune-Star file/Austen LeakePicking up the pieces: Sherri Armstrong surveys the damage in her living room after a fire claimed her home in January 2019.

Lee convinced her they had to move on. You cant change the past, he said. They had to focus on the present, rebuild, and hopefully the future will work out. And so far, it has.

Exactly one year after that Jan. 31, 2019 inferno, which started in the garage, they moved back into its replacement, rebuilt from the ground up on the same footprint, with some modification.

Our biggest concern was whether it would feel like home, Sherri said. It does. Thats the happy part. We still would go back to the old days and have our old house if we could. ... Wed do it in a heartbeat. But this is a nice replacement.

They learned they were under-insured, and while insurance ultimately covered the structure, they had to use savings for contents and furniture. People need to make sure they are covered for what they think they are covered, she said.

They also suggest people have a plan in case a fire does happen. When their children were young, they practiced fire drills, but after the kids left, that stopped and they found they werent prepared when fire broke out.

In addition, Lee now has four smoke detectors in the attached garage as well as a fire extinguisher. Before the fire, I wasnt fond of smoke detectors in the garage because of false triggers, he said. Also, whereas the prior garage wasnt finished inside, the new one has drywall that would help contain a fire.

The couple worked with Aaron Mackey on the homes design and Mark Clinkenbeard Construction.

A year after that devastating night, the Armstrongs are thanking the volunteer fire departments, especially the Pierson Township Fire Department, for their efforts. I cant say enough good about the firefighters, Sherri said. They got the fire out about halfway through the house, but the rest of the structure had severe heat and smoke damage.

The volunteers spent about 5 1/2 hours fighting the fire, which at times had flames shooting 30 feet in the air. The weather was especially cold, with temperatures falling below zero.

Firefighters worked to salvage what they could of items that included photos and jewelry.

Tribune-Star/Austen LeakeKeepsakes: Several photo albums that Sherri and Lee Armstrong saved from a house fire last year do show some damage.

That night and the next day, friends and strangers, churches and the Pierson Lions Club, reached out to help the Armstrongs, whether with gloves, hats and blankets the night of the fire or gift cards to help them get back on their feet. The American Red Cross also went to the scene.

Thats the neat thing about being in a small community ... they all came together for us, Sherri said.

In a letter to the editor, the Armstrongs are giving special thanks to the Pierson firefighters.

One year from the date of the fire, we moved back into our new home. Our lives have forever been changed. Because of their valiant efforts to protect us, we will forever be grateful. We thank them for being there for us throughout this journey.

Sue Loughlin can be reached at 812-231-4235 or at sue.loughlin@tribstar.com Follow Sue on Twitter @TribStarSue.

Tribune-Star file/Austen LeakeTotal loss: Sherri and Lee Armstrong southern Vigo County home was completely destroyed by a fire on January 31, 2019.

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After slaying the Super Bowl halftime show with Shakira, Jennifer Lopez is doing something thats a little surprising opening a fitness club in Pittsburgh.

Lopez and baseball legend Alex Rodriguez are behind TruFusion, which will be opening at The Cork Factorys garage and retail complex in the Strip District.

The famously fit founders booming fitness franchise offers yoga, kettlebell, Pilates, barre, boot camp, boxing and cycling classes all under one roof. Its expected to open in early 2021.

While J. Lo and Alex Rodriguez are investors on a national level, this is very much a locally owned franchise, says Shannon Striner, the local franchisee. My husband and I have partnered with another couple (Adam and Chrissy Timko) in opening this business. We strongly believe in the power of fitness. Both of our families include children with disabilities. We have partnered up together for their futures. We plan on having classes for folks with disabilities.

The Striners live in Highland Park; the Timkos are from Shaler.

The location in the Strip has long been marked by vacancy since the former Martys Market grocery shut down several years ago.

GMH Capital Partners of suburban Philadelphia says that the entire 43,000-square-foot space will soon be fully-leased with the addition of TruFusion and Coop de Ville, a new concept from the Richard DeShantz Restaurant Group.

DeShantz is behind some of Pittsburghs most popular restaurants: Meat & Potatoes, Butcher and the Rye, tk, Pork & Beans, Poulet Bleu and Fish nor Fowl.

Coop de Ville will focus on Southern cooking, and chicken in particular. It will also feature a sports bar atmosphere, with billiards tables and duckpin bowling. Its expected to open this spring.

Photo courtesy of Coop de Ville.

Coop de Ville and TruFusion are welcome additions to the current upscale retail offerings at The Cork Factory, an exclusive living community with exceptional features and amenities in the highly-desirable Strip District, says Rand Ginsburg, senior vice president of asset services for GMH Capital Partners.

Other tenants include the seafood and chophouse Cioppino Restaurant & Cigar Bar, the informal Italian eatery Osteria 2350the boutique fitness studio Meraki,and Sola Salon.

The Cork Factory which actually was once a cork factory called the Armstrong Cork Company was the first major housing redevelopment in the Strip District, an area now booming with living options. Its located at 2350 Railroad Street, and faces the Allegheny River.

It was built in 1901 and designed by renowned architect Frederick J. Osterling designer of the 1892 remodeling of Henry Clay Fricks house, Clayton, and the Union Trust Building in Downtown Pittsburgh.

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A San Francisco startup is utilizing design and technology to make better use of the space in small apartments and condos.

While housing costs may be going up, Bumblebee Spaces is focused on what's coming down, literally. The company specializes in transforming one's ceiling into a place to store beds, books, clothes and other household items.

"How can we make the most out of space?" CEO Sankarshan Murthy said.

Efficiency is the name of the game at Bumblebee Spaces, which, in true Silicon Valley fashion, started in Murthy's garage.

"It started off as this home project for me to convince my wife we don't need more rooms," he said. "Let's make more out of the rooms."

People using Bumblebee's technology simply talk into their smartphone and then watch their items descend.

The company said it's working on designing both rentals and condos people can own. They're all small but feature hidden benefits.

"We liberate these walls and floors so you can live comfortably, yet all your stuff is there," Murthy said.

The company said its additions shouldn't add much to the cost of a residence because people will be able to live in a smaller space.

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What a difference a decade makes. After years of advances and setbacks, Lehigh Valley International Airport is emerging from a holding pattern on growth.

Part of that malaise can be traced to the airports mismanaged land-grab in the 1990s for an ill-fated runway expansion, forcing the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority to pay a $26 million court award to landowners.

Throw in the 9/11 attacks, the recession of 2008-09, and the retrenching of the major airlines, and you have a one-step-forward, two-steps-back approach to delivering the level of airport service justified by the growth of the Lehigh Valley.

The latest numbers are telling. LVIA has had 27 straight months of increased passenger traffic. Its poised to hit the 1 million annual passenger mark in 2020. The last time that many people flew in and out of LVIA was 2004.

The airports future was buoyed last week with the opening of a two-plane base by Allegiant Air, which will bring 66 new jobs and a $50 million local investment. Keeping two passenger jets stationed at LVIA means pilots and flight attendants can fly out of and return to the Lehigh Valley for the first time. Mechanics and ground staff will be added.

It also means Allegiant will be able to experiment with and add new destinations, both to vacation sites and to major hubs, where passengers can make connections. That lack of flexibility, coupled with noncompetitive fares, has diverted Valley residents to airports in Philadelphia, Newark and New York.

The demand is there. Market studies show people inside and outside the Lehigh Valley want to fly out of LVIA to Washington, D.C., Boston, Pittsburgh, Dallas and Austin, among other cities. Thomas Stoudt, executive director of the airport authority, says negotiations to expand the airports reach are continuing.

Allegiant, which has catered primarily to Florida vacation travelers, recently announced the startup of Allentown-Chicago flights. It also is expanding its network of bases around the country and has nine new destinations, including San Diego, Las Vegas and Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

These are welcome additions. Yet LVIA is still playing catch-up on infrastructure and other improvements that need attention.

Parking is still a sore spot, long after the elimination of an economy lot and shuttle service to the terminal. The security checkpoint between the terminal and boarding area is a bottleneck at peak times. Traffic on Airport Road and Route 22 is worsening with the addition of a FedEx distribution center nearby and funding delays to widen Route 22.

The airport authority is planning changes expanding parking, which will probably mean a parking garage, and a $22 million terminal connector to get people through security more efficiently. It's also looking to move the entrance/exit on Airport Road and convert the former control tower site to a hotel and retail space, according to Stoudt.

Its taken a long time for the airport to shake off its economic baggage. The challenge now for the LVIA staff and county officials is to keep up with the demands of growth. The collaboration with Allegiant and proposed infrastructure changes look like a good start.

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All for the Animals, for All Animals: Pet Rock Fest Announces 22nd Annual Event

Pet Rock Fest is thrilled to announce that the 22nd annual festival will return for the fourth year in a row to the field at Wyman-Gordon in North Grafton, which we are happy to now call home.

This annual event will be held on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, from noon to 5 p.m. on the grounds of the Wyman-Gordon plant, 244 Worcester St., North Grafton. With a return to this centrally-located and expansive venue, the event continues to grow in numerous ways, drawing more attendees and participants, both in variety and in numbers.

The event features all of the popular attractions, but includes additions to our offerings: from food to vendors to events to nonprofit participation. Pet Rock Fest continues to put the spotlight on the animal welfare organizations of New England that work hard to promote kindness to animals.

The Westborough State Hospital Memorial needs volunteers on Sunday, Feb. 16, from 10 AM to 4 PM on the old Westborough State Hospital grounds to help clear away overgrown brush from the location of an old State Reform School cemetery.

Our first clean up saw about 30 people come out to help, said the announcement, and hopefully well see both new and returning faces!

Before the grounds became Westborough State Hospital, from 1848 to 1884 it was the home of the State Reform School for Boys. Once the hospital took over it was abandoned, and its memory and very existence forgotten, said the announcement.

Our research has confirmed the existence of a State Reform School cemetery on the property, and we also have photos of the receiving tomb and headstones, it continued. In order to officially confirm the location with the appropriate equipment though we need to clear out decades of overgrown brush.

Bring shears and shovels if you have them!

Meet volunteers by Lake Chauncy on Hospital Road in Westborough behind the red storage building and an old garage.

Hey artists and baseball fans. Heres another fun way to enhance the community and contribute to the progression that is the Canal District. Join the WooSox and ArtReach on Tuesday, Feb. 18, to create two community murals that will enhance the construction fences surrounding Polar Park during construction.

From 6:30 PM -8:30 PM at Art Reach, 322 West Boylston St., Worcester, enjoy some popcorn, Polar seltzer and Table Talk apple pie, as we paint two murals and create WooSox history. Free drawings for opening day tickets, WooSox merchandise, and some other fun stuff celebrating Worcesters favorite pastime.

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Theyre tickled pink!

Pink architecture may be more associated with the Art Deco facades of Miami Beach, but New York City has a handful of bubble gum-hued buildings of her own.

Across downtown Manhattan, amid the brownstones and tenement buildings, sit a handful of rosy structures beloved by neighbors and passersby.

Some, like the townhouse at 114 Waverly Place, have been pink for decades, while others, like the West Villages quirky Palazzo Chupi, are more recent additions to the skyline.

A few, highlighted here, have fascinating backstories. Other blushing beauties, like 210 W. 15th St., remain a mystery.

But they all inject a little joy and love into the streetscape.

Pink is our favorite color, says Robert Novogratz, 57, who, with his wife Cortney, 48, became the fourth owners of coral-colored 114 Waverly Place last summer when they bought it for $8.5 million from the estate of late neighborhood fixture Celeste Martin.

The nearly 200-year-old home hadnt been touched in decades, and The Novogratz, as the design duo is known, have embarked on a gut renovation to turn the 5,410-square-foot structure into their family home. (The famed facade is currently hidden under scaffolding.)

Inside, the couple, who have seven kids, found rooms just as whimsical as the facade, cloaked in emerald and mint greens, teal and blush and even red Scalamandre zebra wallpaper. They intend to honor that history. Robert describes their vision as Gucci meets Royal Tenenbaums classic, cool, colorful. Its a very happy house, he adds.

This is our ninth townhouse [renovation] in Manhattan, and its the most special townhouse youve ever seen, says Robert. It also happens to be the couples first project that is landmarked, and, as a result, theyve run into an unexpected complication: the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) wants to do away with the beloved pink and see it painted brown, the original color when the home was built in 1826.

But its been pink for 50 years, and The Novogratz want it to stay that way. Were fighting them to keep it pink, Robert says. Throughout the entire city, its known as the pink house. Were petitioning to keep the pink.

On the Lower East Side, theres another landmarked structure with a pink facade: a five-story loft building with a rounded corner and partial cast-iron facade at the corner of Orchard and Grand streets.

Constructed in 1886 as the Ridley & Sons Department Store, it was occupied by garment manufacturers during the 1930s.

Today, the upper-level lofts are home to artists like Egon Zippel, who lives in a 2,800-square-foot apartment on the fourth floor with his wife Johanna Schwarzbeck.

The pink was a 1990s upgrade, suggested by the previous owners wife.

As Alfred Goldman told The New York Times in 2011, it was just an ugly building, and his wife, feeling inspired from a recent trip to Florida, felt a fresh coat of paint would cheer up the dreary neighborhood.

And while the LPC will likely require the color to change if the building is ever renovated, its safe for now.

In fact, after a fire damaged part of the facade in 2014, that portion was repainted a slightly different shade.

I like the pink, says Zippel, 53, who has enjoyed his live/work space in the building since 2003. I wish they would repaint the whole thing.

The pink facade was an immediate draw when Georgia Nixon, 29, and Jason Kodym, 38, first viewed their apartment at 218 E. Fifth St.

I told all my friends it was a Barbie princess house in New York, says Nixon. The couple moved into a one-bedroom garden unit two years ago, and have only become more enamored with their cotton candy-colored home. I have a ton of photos on my phone of every person who has visited who wants their photo out on our stoop, she says, adding that they often hear passersby exclaiming over the facade. People just love being near the pink house.

218 E. Fifth first got its pink facade in the 1980s, when then-owner Noel Tursi took a cue from his longtime companion Celeste Martin, who had, by that point, already bathed 114 Waverly Place (now owned by The Novogratz, as above) in a rosy hue.

People just love being near the pink house.

And to Joel Gillman and Lindsey Testolin, both 34, who have lived in two different apartments at 218 E. Fifth St. over four years. Ideally, we die in this building, hopefully a long time from now, jokes Gillman.

The couple started in a one-bedroom on the third floor, and moved to a similar unit on the top floor for a better kitchen and more light. The facade does attract Instagrammers, Testolin notes, and even the occasional prom photo shoot. We love hanging out on our stoop, and weve come to realize its a constant situation, she says. But its a small burden. Gillman adds, I kind of like it. It makes me feel fancy.

Both couples agree: The unusual hue makes the building easy to find for cab drivers and visitors. None of my friends know the address, says Kodym. They just look for the pink house.

The signature hue that residents love, though, might be in danger. We currently have an application with the NYC Landmarks Preservation committee to repaint the same pink color in the spring, Leahy tells The Post, but expect to be denied keeping the building pink if we repaint.

New Yorks most famous pink building, perhaps, is its newest. Built in 2008 by artist Julian Schnabel, the peculiar condo at 360 W. 11th St. looks like arched Venetian palace was plopped on top of a 20th-century factory building.

Construction was met with protests when it began in 2005, but ultimately Schnabel was able to bring what he as as a 50,000-square-foot piece of art to life.

I built it because I wanted more space, and because I thought I could sell two or three apartments to pay for that space, and I built it because I could, Schnabel told the Times in 2008.

The original three-story warehouse at the base of the Palazzo holds Schnabels studio, as well as a pool, a garage and exhibition space. The palazzo holds five giant units two duplexes, a triplex and two floor-through units. One is occupied by Schnabel himself, another by his art dealer son Vito.

The other apartments sold for between $10.7 million and $12.2 million each, per StreetEasy.

Residents must like it: There have been no resales in the last decade.

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Damage to the Lucharitos location in Moriches. (Credit: Carl Corry/Greater Moriches)

One of the newest additions to the Lucharitos business empire, a taqueria and tequila bar not yet fully open in Center Moriches, caught fire Saturday night.

According to an Instagram post on the Lucharitos page, owner Marc LaMaina was alerted at 10 p.m. that night to a building fire.

Everyone is safe, the post said. We will be closed at Center Moriches indefinitely as we assess the situation and prepare to move forward.

The business had been operating a food truck on weekends at the site as it waited for permits to restore the restaurant building. The food truck will be on hold indefinitely.

LaMaina said the fire happened in the storage garage behind the main restaurant and was likely caused by an equipment malfunction.

The interior contents were all destroyed, he said. The structure is fine, so we just have to rebuild it.

LaMaina was hoping to turn the storage garage into a prep kitchen.

We had hoped to begin renovations this week. It has been a very long and emotional road for us even before this happened, his post said. Just know we worked really really hard to get the property and product to where it was and are still so excited about whats to come when the actual restaurant opens.

LaMaina said on Tuesday that he is still hoping to have the location open by summer.

The restaurant, with locations in Greenport and Aquebogue, is expected to soon open another location in Mattituck and formally announced plans for a Melville spot last week.

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A healthy economy and the strengths of Upper Arlington's location and community are being credited for driving one-year local construction above $400 million for the first time in the city's history.

In April 2019, Upper Arlington Schools launched $235 million in projects to rebuild and renovate the district's high school and five elementary buildings.

In June, Crawford Hoying broke ground on a 119-room hotel at 1640 W. Lane Ave. and started construction at the end of the year on eight townhomes at 1690 W. Lane Ave., as well as 133 rental units, a 395-space public-parking garage, a 110-space public-parking lot and an additional 32,000 square feet of office, retail and restaurant space as a mixed-use project that will feature condominiums, professional offices and restaurants.

Two months after that work began, First Community Village broke ground on the largest expansion in its 56-year history.

The estimated $37 million project will yield the construction of a 4-story, 143,622-square-foot apartment complex for independent living.

Those are just three of the projects that brought more than $407 million in construction to Upper Arlington in 2019.

The investments topped the the city's previous high-water mark in one-year construction -- 2016 -- by nearly $300 million. In that year, the city had $111.6 million in building projects, which bested investments of $100.6 million in 2017 and $100.7 million in 2018.

"Year after year, construction values have been impressive -- typically just shy of the $100 million mark -- but 2019 blew away previous years away, at over $407 million," said Steve Schoeny, city manager. "This unprecedented level of investment reflects the major projects for the Upper Arlington Schools, the Lane II hotel and mixed-use project and the Fairfax at First Community Village."

Schoeny noted the record level of construction in Upper Arlington last year included $81 million in new homes and home renovations.

Those projects resulted in the city generating more than $2.24 million in building permit and registration fees.

With the continuation of the projects for Upper Arlington Schools, Crawford Hoying and FCV, as well as the expected redevelopment of the Golden Bear Shopping Center and the planned August groundbreaking of a $100 million, 11-story Arlington Gateway mixed-use development at 1325-97 W. Lane Ave. and 2376 North Star Road, Schoeny said, Upper Arlington's 2020 construction outlook also is positive.

"I am confident that we will continue to see new opportunities, if we continue to plan well and aggressively pursue revenue producing projects," he said.

According to Emma Speight, the city's community-affairs director, the ongoing activity signals the residents' support of the local school district and the appeal of the community to families and businesses.

"Upper Arlington's strong demographics, proximity to downtown and OSU, etc., the healthy economy both nationally and in the region, services, schools and safety, etc. all contribute to making Upper Arlington a viable community in which to do business," she said. "Home renovations and additions continue to comprise much of the construction value in the residential arena as residents bring their older homes up to today's standards.

"We continue to see a handful of older homes razed and replaced with new homes each year, both by professional builders who know there is a market for new builds in Upper Arlington but also by some homeowners who have concluded that starting from scratch allows them to reap the benefits of designing a new home to best meet their needs."

Speight said officials don't anticipate the city duplicating 2019 levels of construction.

"There are still two significant economic-development projects approved by (the Board of Zoning and Planning) that are yet to begin, namely the Arlington Gateway project on Lane Avenue and the Golden Bear redevelopment, and there's a potential for additional projects to emerge in the coming months," she said.

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