The developer behind Grumman Studios is seeking to build a similar facility in the Village of Port Washington North and has received a grant from the state for its construction.

The 13-acre 101 Channel Drive property houses a one-floor, 160,000-square-foot structure originally built in 1958. It was used as office space by Publishers Clearing House and was bought by Setauket-based Little Rock Construction Inc. in 2014.

Developer Parviz Farahzad, who spearheaded the Grumman Studios project in Bethpage, said at a Port North Board of Trustees meeting on Dec. 18 that he wants to build out the studio from the current structure to a height of 65 feet, and divide it into six production stages for filming movies, TV series and commercials.

Alex Badalamenti, representing Patchogue-based BLD Architecture, which is designing the proposed building, said that landscaping would be used to obscure the structure from a condo community bordering the site, though a full design has not yet been completed.

In the states Regional Economic Development Councils grants for 2019, an applicant called 101 Channel Dr LLC, whose proposed project is labeled as Port Washington Film and TV Production Studios, has been awarded $1.25 million for construction on [converting] a vacant building in Port Washington into a six-stage television and movie production studio.

Calls for comment to Little Rock Construction and the Village of Port Washington North were not returned. The village will continue public comment sessions on the proposal at its Jan. 22 Board of Trustees meeting.

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DuPont is the next Interstate 5 exit south of Joint Base Lewis-McChord. It may look like a peaceful suburb, but it just went through a bitter mayors race with lots of mudslinging.

One of the big reasons: Warehouses.

On the outskirts of Amazon's economic impact zone, many smaller communities sometimes struggle to find their place in the tech economy. Failing to land tech jobs, they have to settle for warehouses instead.

DuPont is rich in warehouses. Maybe its the towns proximity to I-5, or its position midway between Seattle and Portland and between Tacoma and Olympia, but warehouse developers really like this town.

Amazon, Ikea, Pier 1, FedEx they all have major warehouses here.

DuPonts outgoing Mayor Mike Courts showed me yet another one under construction. Theyre pouring the foundation in there right now, he said, pointing to the construction site.

Mayor Courts liked the income warehouses brought the city. He said that earned him the nickname Concrete Courts. People call his planning director Warehouse Wilson.

But Courts support for warehouses cost him his job.

My residents are not excited about distribution centers," he said. "I dont blame them. I understand that. But it is part of the world we live in now.

But this was not the world DuPont planned for itself.

Built next to the base, DuPont was a popular place for military families. In the 1990s, leaders wanted to expand its economy to include well-paying, high-tech jobs.

They built new neighborhoods with a gleaming new state-of-the-art campus for Intel, the chip manufacturer, at the center. Mayor Courts said Intel had planned to locate 5,000 employees there. They'd do research and development in these offices and test and manufacture chips in a third building onsite.

But gambling on tech jobs can be dicey because technology changes faster than developers.

The iPhone took off and laptops with their Intel chips declined in popularity. Intel pulled out of its DuPont campus, and the landlord couldnt find another permanent tenant.

Courts said the reason is obvious: Young workers want to work in cities.

Everyone wants to be where the cool kids are," he said. "Nobody wants to come down here to the 'burbs.

You can see why planners in the 1990s would have thought otherwise. After all, despite the town's reputation as a home for military families, a large number of residents commute to jobs in Tacoma and Seattle. If people could find a tech job in DuPont instead of making that killer commute to these cities, why wouldn't they?

But it didn't work out that way. Despite insurance company State Farm's choice of DuPont for a regional office, the high-tech Intel office buildings in DuPont sat mostly vacant for 20 years.

Finally, the developer gave up and tore the Intel offices down in 2018. Theyre building another warehouse in its place.

For DuPont resident Jennifer McDonald, the demolition of the Intel buildings was a turning point.

It felt a little bit like the point of no return, she said. "After that it felt like damage control. What can we salvage from this?"

She said it seemed that the city was green-lighting every warehouse development that came before the city.

Under Courts, the city grew enough warehouses to cover 35 football fields, over 2 million square feet.

A few of them were fine," said McDonald. "A couple maybe, but the most recent one that popped in, all of a sudden the trees disappeared. And all of a sudden it felt like youre not living in a neighborhood anymore youre living next to a parking lot.

This disagreement about how many warehouses are too many was at the center of the recent mayors race in DuPont.

Ron Frederick decided to run against Courts. He was one of many citizens who pooled money to hire a lawyer to fight off several warehouses.

He showed me the spot where one of them would have gone.

The entire area here is infused with historical and ecological and archaeological artifacts," he said as we hiked down a wooded path towards Puget Sound. Now right in this area that were walking through as we go down the trail there was a developer who wanted to build a warehouse here.

Frederick led me to a monument in a younger section of forest. The monument marked what many believe to be the site of the first Fourth of July celebration West of the Mississippi. The spot is near Fort Steilacoom, a replica of which you may have seen in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park.

The archaeological marker would have been in the center of a warehouse, he said.

At campaign events, Frederick said DuPont needed to stop with the warehouses. He warned of 18-wheel trucks barreling past schools and truckers throwing bottles of pee out their windows, "trucker bombs" he called them.

His campaign ads focused on protecting DuPonts quality of life. Dont bury everything I cherish about it under warehouses, a young man said in one video posted on Facebook.

Mayor Courts said he cares about DuPont, too. But it wasnt enough to sway voters to his side. He only received 35 percent of the vote.

I got smoked," he said. "I got beat up.

Courts leaves office on December 31, feeling scapegoated for changes to the economy outside his control, like the rise of e-commerce, which requires warehouses.

When we live in this society where you can have three Amazon trucks come to your house every single day, they all come from somewhere," he said. "They come from places like this.

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The Vancouver Clinic is set to construct a new, two-story, 26,400-square-foot medical office building in the Columbia Palisades development, on the border of Camas and East Vancouver, with the help of its construction partners, McKinstry and Anderson Construction.

The Camas medical building, which will include a phlebotomy lab and imaging as well as primary and urgent care, is slated to open to patients in late November 2020. Construction is expected to wrap up in September 2020.

The facility is the eighth Vancouver Clinic facility and will be constructed to accommodate future growth through a potential 30,000-square-foot, phase-two expansion.

McKinstry and Andersen Construction will complete a patient-oriented concept for Vancouver Clinic that includes the installation of full-height walls to increase privacy. This concept, along with new technology for one-touch vitals and patient check-in was also implemented at the Vancouver Clinic in Ridgefield, a 15,400-square-foot clinic that opened one month ahead of schedule in August 2019.

McKinstry will streamline project delivery for the Camas facility by applying the lessons learned from the Ridgefield clinic, said Cameron Hankins, project manager for McKinstry. This includes advancements in offsite fabrication and kitting as well as ordering materials early to maintain project pace if construction goes faster than expected.

McKinstrys regional fabrication shop network, including a large facility located in Portland, allows the company to manufacture and assemble mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems in a controlled, purpose-built environment to increase quality, safety and cost-savings. These systems can then be kitted to streamline the overall flow of materials, tools and information to tradespeople on jobsites, maximizing efficiency and further reducing costs.

McKinstry has served Vancouver Clinic since 2005, when the firm helped construct a 92,000-square-foot clinic in Salmon Creek.

Project partners for the Camas, Ridgefield and Salmon Creek facilities include ZGF Architects, KPFF Consulting Engineers, PAE Engineers, MacKay Sposito, Mitchell Planning Associates and Mill Plain Electric Inc.

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Over the past few months, we have heard so many grand announcements on various developments from office buildings and restaurants to residential dwellings coming to the Lakeland area.

In case youve been busy and havent skimmed over some of this groundbreaking news, heres a quick catch-up session.

Disclaimer: This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all of the developments in the Lakeland region. If there is a development that has been announced in the last 30 days that you feel should be included, please let us know in the comments below.

With all of the development happening across Lakeland, its nearly impossible to keep up with what is opening when, where new businesses are being built, and what companies are coming to town.

If there is a construction project you would like to learn more about let us know in the comments below + well grab our hard hats.

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Written by Eric Oliver|December 27, 2019|Print|Email

More than 180 ASCs have opened or been announced since January. Here's a breakdown by location:

Alabama

A medical office building is planned for the area where Auburn (Ala.) University is developing a health sciences cluster. The medical office building will include an ASC.

Arizona

Phoenix-based OrthoArizona and Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International moved into a new medical office building and ASC in Gilbert, Ariz.

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth began construction of its Sonoran HonorHealth Medical Center with an ASC as part of a campus expansion.

Santa Monica, Calif.-based Source Healthcare plans to open an ASC, according to founder Tim Davis, MD.

Flagstaff (Ariz.) Bone & Joint is expanding its footprint with the Flagstaff Bone & Joint Ambulatory Surgical Center and medical office building.

Phoenix-based National Cardiovascular Management is developing a medical campus that will feature a multispecialty ASC.

Show Low, Ariz.-based Summit Healthcare held a grand opening ceremony Oct. 5 of its 173,243-square-foot outpatient pavilion.

California

Santa Monica, Calif.-based Source Healthcare plans to open an ASC, according to founder Tim Davis, MD.

UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., opened a children's surgery center.

Industry, Calif.-based IQ Laser Vision opened an ASC April 23.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente will open its new Dublin (Calif.) Medical Offices and Cancer Center, a 226,000-square-foot multispecialty complex.

Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, Calif., proposed a multiyear development project that would bring an ASC to the area by 2022.

Colorado

UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center and Steamboat Orthopaedic & Spine Institute, both based in Steamboat Springs, Colo., are collaborating on an orthopedic ASC project.

Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health acquired 57.81 acres in Colorado Springs, Colo., for $30 million. The health system plans to expand its Colorado Springs presence with a 50-bed acute care hospital and an ASC.

Developers recently placed the last beam on Denver Health Outpatient Medical Center. The center will have a surgery center.

An ASC will occupy space in a new 102,000-square-foot medical office development called Synergy Medical in Colorado.

A new mixed-use medical office development featuring an ASC is coming to Englewood, Colo.

Connecticut

Orthopedic Associates of Hartford (Conn.) opened a $30 million facility in Rocky Hill, Conn.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health is accepting patients at its new ASC in Guilford, Conn.

Connecticut Orthopaedic Surgery Center is almost complete.

Delaware

Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare is building a four-story surgery center in Rehoboth Beach, Del.

Florida

Orlando (Fla.) Health's South Lake Hospital Center for Specialty Surgery in Clermont, Fla., is taking shape. The 28,696-square-foot outpatient surgery center will offer orthopedic, podiatry and pain management procedures.

Casto Southeast Realty Services is developing a $24 million medical office building complex, anchoring a 50-acre, mixed-use commercial project in Lakewood, Fla. The three-story building will have a 13,000-square-foot surgery and imaging center.

The University of Miami Health System is building an outpatient medical facility in North Miami. The UHealth Medical Center at SoL Mia will include ambulatory surgery suites as well as cancer and eye specialists.

Baptist Health South Florida has big plans including ASCs for its soon-to-be affiliate, Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital.

An ASC project involving Compass Surgical Partners and Joint Implant Surgeons of Florida has wrapped up.

Several physician groups will lease space in a 77,000-square-foot medical office center being built in Sarasota, Fla.

Construction has wrapped up on a $6 million ASC project in Florida. The 9,850-square-foot Outpatient Surgery Center of Central Florida is a hybrid ASC and office built on roughly 4 acres of land.

The Center for Advanced Healthcare at Brownwood-based the Villages, Fla., will feature an ASC and more than 25 outpatient specialties.

The University of Miami (Fla.) Health System plans to build a medical center with outpatient services at Downtown Doral, a mixed-use community in Doral, Fla.

Georgia

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton is building an ASC as part of a bevy of expansions.

Macon-based Georgia Arrhythmia Consultants and Research Institute wants to build a cardiology-electrophysiology ASC in Warner Robins, Ga.

Southeast Regional Surgery Center is moving forward with a single-specialty ASC in Columbus, Ga.

The Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System will open its multispecialty outpatient surgery center at WellStar Acworth (Ga.) Health Park on July 15.

Atlanta-based Grady Health System is spending $231.3 million to build a medical office building with an ASC and expand an AIDS and HIV treatment center.

Houston ASC in Georgia submitted a letter of intent to the Georgia Department of Community Health for a multispecialty ASC.

Atlanta-based Morehouse School of Medicine applied for a certificate of need to build a $26.5 million ASC on its campus.

Idaho

Lost Rivers Medical Center in Arco, Idaho, is opening a $3.5 million ASC Oct. 29.

Illinois

The joint-venture Champaign (Ill.) Surgery Center will open Feb. 4, replacing the older Champaign SurgiCenter.

Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group is developing a surgery center in the Quincy Mall.

Chicago-based River North Surgery Center is seeking state permission to establish an ASC.

Anderson Healthcare will add an ASC and pediatric clinic to its Edwardsville, Ill., campus in an $8.5 million expansion.

Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates recently celebrated the grand opening of a 22,700-square-foot surgery center.

The University of Illinois-Chicago's department of pediatric dentistry received a $10,000 grant that will help fund expanded services at a new ASC.

The University of Illinois at Chicago will soon begin to develop the Bruno and Sallie Pasquinelli Outpatient Surgery Center after the couple donated $10 million to UIC.

Indiana

Muncie-based Central Indiana Orthopedics began building a facility in MedTech Park, a 37-acre business development in Fishers, Ind.

Local leaders broke ground on a $4 million facility in Jeffersonville, Ind., that will primarily house River Ridge Surgical Suites.

IU Health is building a surgical center across the street from Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.

Indianapolis-based Methodist Sports Medicine gained approval for an orthopedic hospital, surgery center and medical office building Oct. 15.

Kansas

The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City opened its Indian Creek Ambulatory Surgery Center, a facility with seven operating rooms and two procedure rooms.

Kentucky

TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital is opening a $10 million ASC in partnership with Graves Gilbert Clinic and three physicians.

Lexington (Ky.) Surgery Center's new facility opened near UK HealthCare at Turfland. Lexington Surgery Center is a joint venture between UK HealthCare and Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates.

Bowling Green, Ky.-based Graves-Gilbert Clinic held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its ASC.

Work is underway on a 9,650-square-foot ophthalmic ASC in Elizabethtown, Ky.

Baptist Health Lexington (Ky.) is expanding its presence in Hamburg, Ky., by developing an outpatient surgical and medical campus it plans to open in 2023.

Louisiana

New Orleans-based LCMC Health opened Ridgelake Health Center in Metairie, La., as part of a $400 million expansion involving two surgery centers.

A new ASC is in development at the Baton Rouge (La.) General's Center for Health.

Houma, La.-based Cardiovascular Institute of the South broke ground Oct. 18 on an ASC in Gray, La.

Maine

A group of surgeons opened Downeast Surgery Center in Bangor, Maine, April 17.

Maryland

Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development formed its 200th ASC partnership with SurgCenter of Clearwater (Fla.).

Massachusetts

Melrose, Mass.-based Melrose-Wakefield Healthcare received state approval to build a $16 million ASC at Medford, Mass.-based Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Worcester, Mass.-based management services organization Reliant Medical Group plans to develop a joint venture ASC in Natick, Mass.

Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston opened its 10th location, an ASC, in Falmouth, Mass.

Michigan

The Hasting Planning Commission approved Hastings, Mich.-based Spectrum Health Pennock Hospital's $12 million surgical center proposal.

Henry Ford Allegiance Health in Jackson, Mich., developed plans for a new outpatient surgery center in Grass Lake, Mich.

Alliance Surgery Center will be SurgCenter Development's fifth location in Michigan when construction wraps up in November.

SurgCenter Development received city plan commission approval to build a surgery center in Boyne City, Mich.

Construction of a new orthopedics-focused ASC began this week in Grand Traverse County, Mich.

The $9 million renovation to transition Charlotte, Mich.-based Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital into the Sparrow Health System is complete.

Work on the joint venture Grass Lake (Mich.) Surgery Center is progressing according to plan. The center is being built by a group of local neuro and orthopedic surgeons, who partnered with Detroit-based Henry Ford Allegiance Health and Brighton, Mich.-based Advanced Orthopedic Specialists.

Minnesota

Northfield (Minn.) Hospital & Clinics has an ASC project in the works

Mississippi

Madison, Miss.-based Capital Ortho's new Flowood, Miss.-based campus houses the Specialty Surgical Center.

Specialty Orthopedic Group opened a 33,000-square-foot practice with an outpatient surgery center in Tupelo, Miss.

Missouri

Medical Facilities Corp. and NueHealth partnered with St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo., to develop an ASC.

Montana

Missoula-based Providence Montana has a multimillion dollar development in the works that will feature an outpatient surgery center.

Bozeman, Mont., city commissioners approved Bozeman Health's $20 million same-day surgery center and clinic project July 1.

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State-by-state breakdown of the 183 new ASCs opened or announced in 2019 - Becker's ASC Review

Written by Oscar Holland, CNN

But at the dawn of a new decade, it seems fitting to look ahead at the structures set to shape our cities -- and architecture itself -- in the coming year.

From museums and skyscrapers, to a hotel with a hole in it, these are CNN Style's most anticipated buildings opening or completing in 2020.

Vancouver House, Vancouver, Canada

Twisting from a triangular base to a rectangular top, Vancouver House appears to defy the laws of engineering when viewed from afar.

The pixelated facade, also characteristic of Ingels' work, helps to create deep-set balconies for residents in the 493-foot-tall tower.

Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, Nanjing, China

Irregular white fins give the complex's towers the appearance of icy mountains, their flowing lines contributing to what Beijing-born Ma's firm, MAD, describes as a "philosophy of cooperation between humanity and nature." At ground level, six separate plots are connected via man-made streams and footbridges.

Powerhouse Telemark, Porsgrunn, Norway

Located on the banks of the Porsgrunn River, the practice's latest "energy-positive" project, Powerhouse Telemark, has been designed to "set a new standard for the construction of the buildings of tomorrow."

Everything about the sleek structure, which is almost entirely coated in photovoltaic cells, has its carbon footprint in mind, from a diamond shape that maximizes the solar energy it captures, to the use of recycled materials from local demolition projects.

New Museum of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Peter Bennetts / Hassell / OMA

In designing a museum on a site littered with historic buildings, architecture firms Hassell and OMA faced a delicate task: building a 21st-century museum while preserving the surrounding heritage.

The result is a striking contemporary creation that complements, interacts with and wraps around existing structures -- some of which date back to the mid-19th century -- producing an unlikely synergy of brick, glass and steel.

Perhaps the most striking feature is how the museum's huge upper volume hangs dramatically over Hackett Hall, the State Library's old reading room.

Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt

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Having said that, 2020 looks sure to be the year it finally does. As well as offering a permanent home to tens of thousands of archeological treasures, including the entire contents of Tutankhamun's tomb, the 5.2-million-square-foot museum symbolizes efforts to repair the country's tourism industry in the wake of the 2011 revolution.

The building's glass-fronted design, first unveiled over 15 years ago, will offer sweeping panoramas of the Great Pyramids and Giza plateau.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Berlin, Germany

Gnter Wicker / Flughafen Berlin

Berlin's new Brandenburg airport is, perhaps, less anticipated for its design than for the fact it's almost a decade late.

The terminal building, which sits between two parallel runways, was designed to represent the region's architectural heritage. Official press materials cite the influence of 19th-century Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the celebrated Bauhaus art school.

Opus, Dubai, UAE

Laurian Ghinitoiu / Zaha Hadid Architects

More than three years after her death, Zaha Hadid continues to shape the world's cities with her bold, curvilinear creations.

Opus, which was first proposed by the British-Iraqi architect in 2007, takes the form of a glass-fronted cube punctured with an asymmetric hole that appears to bulge at the seams. Yet, closer inspection reveals that the building is formed from two separate towers joined by a four-story atrium at its base and a footbridge connecting the upper floors.

1000 Trees, Shanghai, China

Qingyan Zhu / Heatherwick Studio

British designer Thomas Heatherwick has never been short of ambition. And now his seemingly farfetched vision of a tree-covered urban mountain has become a reality.

The 3.2-million-square foot development now occupies a huge stretch of riverside in Shanghai. Structural columns emerge from the structure's mass to hold some of the plants and greenery alluded to in the project's name, 1000 Trees.

More than a piece of architecture, this is, in Heatherwick Studio's own words, "a piece of topography."

M+ Museum, Hong Kong SAR, China

Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron / West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Set across a huge swathe of reclaimed land in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, the West Kowloon Cultural District has been more than 20 years in the making. And of the many theaters and cultural institutions set to eventually open in the development, none are more hotly anticipated than M+.

The museum is expected to have one of the Asian continent's most impressive collections of contemporary visual art. Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has built a visually arresting design to boot -- a horizontal slab (containing exhibitions spaces) and a vertical one (housing everything else) conjoined into an upside-down "T."

Although the building is set to complete within the next few months, it will be another nine to 12 months before its opened to the public. Nonetheless, it's a major milestone for the long-awaited cultural quarter.

Singapore Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, Dubai, UAE

Singapore Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai

But perhaps the most ambitious idea is that of Singapore: to create an oasis in the Arabian desert.

Innovations to that end include solar-powered desalination systems for irrigation and a cantilevered roof to provide shade.

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The new year will usher in a new era in Carmel, as it will finally be structured like a second-class city with an expanded council and other changes. The newly elected council features the citys first elected Democrat, and the party wants to make gains on the state and national level in the November elections.

The year also will feature new developments, road construction and changes to Carmel parks and schools.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch swears in Carmels elected officials Dec. 18 at the Monon Community Center. (Photo by Ben Stout)

On Jan. 1, Carmel will finally look like a second-class city.

The city council voted in January 2016 to become a second-class city, and it has spent the past several years preparing for the most obvious change: two additional city council positions (one at-large and one representing a district).

New city councilors sworn into office in late December are Miles Nelson, representing the West District; Adam Aasen, representing the Southeast District; and Tim Hannon, representing the city at-large.

Nelson is the first Democrat elected to the council in Carmels history. Brainard, a Republican who has served as Carmels mayor since 1996, said he is eager to work with the new council.

Im anxious to work with everyone who was elected and focus on city issues and continue to try and make Carmel a better place, he said. I like everyone whos been elected, and I look forward to working with them.

Becoming a second-class city also led to the elimination of the clerk-treasurer position. It will be replaced with an elected clerk and appointed city controller. Sue Wolfgang will begin her term as clerk and Ann Bingman will become controller Jan. 1.

The 2020 new year will include elections for state and national offices, and with the presidential race on the ballot, voter turnout is expected to be high.

Brooks

A crowded field has emerged in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks in Indianas 5th District, with multiple candidates running in the Republican and Democratic primaries. Brooks will retire when her term expires at the end of 2020.

Republicans in the race are pastor Micah Beckwith, Indiana State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell, fund accountant Danny Niederberger, former Bureau of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Kent Abernathy, nurse and farmer Beth Henderson, pediatric doctor Chuck Dietzen, accountant and attorney Matthew Hook, and former State Rep. Steve Braun, who has suspended his campaign for health reasons. Democrats are attorney Andy Jacobs, businesswoman Dee Thornton, scientist Jennifer Christie and former State Rep. Christina Hale. Independent Ken Tucker also has announced his candidacy.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch swears in Carmels elected officials Dec. 18 at the Monon Community Center. (Photo by Ben Stout)

The City of Carmel originally announced that it expected to select a developer and design plan for Lot One, 1.7 acres on the northeast corner of Main Street and Range Line Road, by June 1, but an announcement had not been made by the end of the year.

The (Carmel Redevelopment Commission) picked one of the developers, and they have been in discussions with that one, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard said. If they fail with that particular developer, theyll move on to a different one. You dont want to have two or three simultaneous discussion going on at one time.

The CRC received eight responses to its request for proposals for the project. Each proposal included a public/private parking garage, 37,000 to 110,000 square feet of office or retail space and multi-family dwellings.

The new development also will include space for PNC Bank, which is currently on the land and plans to maintain a presence during construction. PNC sold 1.2 acres of the site to Carmel for $2.5 million in December 2018 after Carmel filed a condemnation lawsuit to use eminent domain to acquire the property in August 2018. The city withdrew the lawsuit after the CRC and PNC reached a deal.

Brainard said the city is working to make sure it selects a plan that will best serve Carmel long-term, not one that can be pulled together most quickly.

Its important to get it right and not rush to put a deal together, he said. Those buildings are going to be there for 100 years or more.

The interchange at Keystone Parkway and 96th Street celebrated its substantial completion Dec. 30. (Submitted photo)

After 18 months of construction, the much-anticipated roundabout interchange at 96th Street and Keystone Parkway is substantially complete. The city was set to celebrate the project finishing on time by the end of 2019 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 30.

Some final details will be completed in the winter months and when the weather warms up, such as applying a final layer of asphalt, permanent pavement markings, landscape features and painting of the bridge.

Other road projects planned for 2020 include roundabouts at 116th Street and College Avenue and Guilford Road, 96th Street and Haverstick Road, and 111th Street at Westfield Boulevard and Lexington Drive.

Carmel residents will see their tax bills rise starting Jan. 1.

With the approval of Carmel Clay Schools school safety referendum, residential property taxes will increase by 5 cents per $100 of assessed value. This equates to an additional $65.13 per year for a home valued at $250,000.

The tax will allow CCS to place school resource officers at every school, fund mental health programming and provide additional school safety training for teachers.

All Hamilton County residents will pay a .1 percent increase in the local income tax to fund improvements to the countys 911 communications center.

Hotel Carmichael is set to open in spring 2020. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

Hotel Carmichael construction is on track for the building to open in spring 2020.

The 106,347-square-foot building will include 122 rooms, a restaurant, outdoor dining space, three bars and the Feinstein Club, a music lounge concept by Michael Feinstein.

Hotel Carmichael is set to open in spring 2020. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

Other City Center buildings expected to open in 2020 are the Kent (luxury apartments) and Playfair and Holland (luxury apartments and retail/office space).

Carmel isnt expected to launch its proposed film festival until at least 2021, but planning will be well under way in 2020.

The city council removed $375,000 for the festival from the 2020 budget, but Brainard said that isnt expected to slow down the planning process.

Its just a request from the council to give them more information before we make final commitments, Brainard said. We had some money in this years budget, and well combine that with the money in next years budget and develop the plans to a more detailed level and talk to council again.

The council budgeted $175,000 for the festival in the 2019 budget and approved $50,000 for it in the 2020 budget. Brainard said a successful festival would have a huge impact on the community and small businesses.

There are a lot of film fests around the country that have not been successful. Weve studied all the ones that are successful, he said. Its a matter of communicating the information thats been gathered and developing a more detailed budget for the council.

The final school year for Orchard Park Elementary will begin in the fall. The school will close after the 2020-21 school year.

Construction is set to begin in 2020 on Carmel Clay Schools two new elementary schools. The district is building a new campus on Clay Center Road, which is proposed to be called Clay Center Elementary School. CCS also is building a new Carmel Elementary building next to the existing one, which will be demolished when the new school is complete.

In the spring, the school board is expected to vote on potential changes to the daily schedule. The changes would extend the day for elementary students and create a later start time for middle and high school students. It also could include twice-a-month late-start days to give teachers more time for professional development.

The Carmel Clay Public Library is planningan expansion that is expected to include morespace for programs and a parking garage. (Submitted rendering)

Construction on an expansion of the Carmel Clay Public Library is expected to begin in the second half of 2020.

The $40 million project will include expanded space for programs, a parking garage and several other upgrades. Duration of the project is dependent on whether a temporary location for the library can be found during construction.

The expansion is expected to add between 10,000 and 30,000 square feet to the librarys 116,000-square-foot building, which was constructed in 1999. Look for project updates at carmel.lib.in.us/nextchapter.

The library will open its first branch, the Joyce Winner West Branch, Jan. 6 at 12770 Horseferry Rd.

The playground at Meadowlark Park is planned to be relocated and replaced. (Submitted rendering)

A new playground is planned at Carey Grove Park. (Submitted rendering)

Thanks to the Clay Township Impact Program, improvements are coming to several Carmel parks this year, leading to their temporary closure.

Upgrades totaling $1.9 million at Flowing Well Park will include bank stabilization, trail rerouting, additional benches, a parking lot expansion, an entrance from 116th Street, well house improvements and restroom facilities.

At Meadowlark Park, CCPR will relocate the playground to the front of the park. The citys first pickleball courts also are expected to be built there. Other improvements in the $3.5 million project include restrooms, a fishing pier and trails.

In Carey Grove, $2 million in upgrades include playground replacement, restrooms, trails and an improved parking lot.

In West Park, the $4.6 million project includes upgrading the playground and splash pad.

Carey Grove, Meadowlark and Flowing Well parks are expected to close for improvements in late winter or early spring. They are anticipated to reopen by the end of the year. The section of West Park to be improved also will be closed, but the newly completed Groves area and some trails will remain open.

(Construction closures) are not going to be fun, CCPR Director Michael Klitzing said. Its like when a roundabout goes in, theres a little bit of disruption.

The Carmel Marathon will celebrate its 10th anniversary in the new year. It will serve as the Road Runners Club of America Central Region Marathon Championship for 2020.

The marathon is set for April 4. Other races during the weekend include a half-marathon, 10K, 5K and marathon relay.

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As we prepare for a new year, the Record-Courier examines what likely will be some of the top stories across Portage County in 2020. If you experience deja vu reading this list, its because a few of the items, including the Kent and Streetsboro city hall projects, were on last years list.

1. 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970

Kent State University will mark the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970 with educational events, speakers and arts exhibits, leading up to the annual May 3 candlelight walk and vigil and the traditional noon commemoration on May 4. Expect media local, national and international to be out in full force.

The commemoration, which kicked off when students arrived for the fall semester, marked the first time the university has assumed responsibility for the commemoration since 1975, made official by a Board of Trustees resolution passed in March 2019. The May 4 Task Force organized previous commemorations.

Several events in 2020 are ongoing, including a national call for poems and a global community poem organized by the Wick Poetry Center; the Culture/Counterculture exhibit at the fashion school; an online social media project called @KSUvoices1970; and the "Our Brother Jeff" exhibit which is the final of four exhibits focused on the four students who were killed that day.

On Jan. 24, the Center for the Visual Arts will open a contemporary metals exhibit in honor of the students who were killed that day called "Constructed Answer," and on Feb. 29, the history department will host a research symposium called "New Directions in Scholarship on the Vietnam War."

In March, there will be a philosophy graduate student conference in memory of May 4 and a panel discussion called "Leading through Tragedy" that will bring together representatives from schools touched by campus violence, including Virginia Tech, Chardon High School and Northern Illinois University. Former Kent State President Beverly Warren will moderate.

In April, the Department of Pan-African Studies will hold its fifth biennial Africa and the Global Atlantic World Conference which will focus on the leadership and activism of college students and the militarized violent responses they faced; and Wick Poetry Center David Hassler will debut his play "May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970" at the Stark Campus. On April 16, Taylor Hall Gallery will open "Witness: The Pivotal Role of Students in Documenting the May 4 Shootings."

2. A need to create space

The county is in the grips of what could be considered a good problem: So many of its industrial facilities are occupied that growth in many cases will require new construction.

However, that means businesses looking to move to the county sometimes have to consider planning and paying for their own building, according to Portage Development Board President Brad Ehrhart.

Both Ehrhart and Streetsboro Mayor Glenn Broska point to a 150,000-square-foot building on Wellman Road in Streetsboro as a potential answer to the business owners question: Where can I move in so I dont have to build my own building?

Broska said he believes that building will be filled this year.

"The outlook is very good for it," he said. "They are talking about some possibilities with a tenant."

Ehrhart said there also are several areas in the county with good industrial sites where companies could build, if necessary, including along Route 43 in Streetsboro on properties owned by Geis Co. and Philipp Parkway.

"There are also big parcels down in Brimfield right behind Maplecrest," he said.

In Ravenna, Springseal is planning to add 30,000-square-foot addition to its existing building, he added. Other businesses building additions include OEM Miller in Aurora, RP Gatta of Aurora.

Aurora Mayor Ann Womer Benjamin said two businesses are moving to Aurora.

"One of them is Atlantic Water Gardens," she said. "Its relocated from Mantua to Aurora and bringing 22 or more employees with it."

Wellsville Carpet Town also is likely to move to an Aurora, said Womer Benjamin.

Ravenna Mayor Frank Seman said he believes there will be more work on the Chestnut Commerce Centers rail extension, which has potential to benefit companies in the neighborhood.

He also said he hopes to open negotiations with Ravenna Township regarding a joint economic development district.

"Im hopeful we can get some very active talks going with the township on the JEDD," he said. "We dont have a lot of ground left."

Ehrhart said the labor force in the area continues to be tight as companies look for more manufacturing workers.

"Thats a trend throughout the Ohio and U.S. 2019 labor force," he said.

Portage Countys potential labor force numbered 87,100 in 2019, and of those 83,600 were employed, said Ehrhart. Another 3,500 are looking for jobs.

He said more stability would help businesses locally, adding slightly fewer businesses reported they are growing this year.

In 2018, he said he visited 165 businesses, and 115 reported they were growing. This year, Ehrhart said hes visited 170 businesses, and about 109 reported they were growing.

"Theres always an issue with regards to uncertainty, and, in this case, thats in regard to tariffs," he said.

3. Downtown businesses

Kent Economic Development Director Tom Wilke said one hotspot in 2020 will be the Mill District, where the Star of the West Mill has been sold and other properties are poised to open to new businesses.

One of those new businesses will likely be the North Water Street Brewery, which Wilke said would be located at 107 Lake Street.

In addition, he said the city is planning a project aimed at providing greater pedestrian safety in the Mill District along N. Mantua Street.

Along Franklin Avenue, two six story buildings are planned, a 46-unit apartment building and a building that would house a restaurant, bakery, wine bar and 16 upscale apartments. Wilke said a ground breaking this spring is likely for at least one of those projects.

Seman said he believes businesses will continue to open in downtown Ravenna in 2020.

"Were optimistic about this coming year," he said. "We think well see some growth in the downtown area with some more businesses coming in. The retail businesses, you know, those are going to come and go."

Broska said more development of the old Shady Lake land on Route 14 is possible this year, and he said hes also hoping Dean Caputos Powerhouse Gym will help attract more business to Market Square Plaza, which has been underutilized since Giant Eagle tied up the anchor tenant lease following its move across the street.

"Im really looking for more interest in Market Square Plaza being developed," said Broska.

4. Streetsboro Fire Station and City Hall project

As plans for the new Streetsboro Fire Station are moving into place, it is clear thatthe City Center Project will not proceed as envisioned, leaving its future and its components undetermined.

In May, Streetsboro voters passed Issue 14, which secured funding for a new fire station and a new service department garage.The building features 10,000 square feet of bay space for equipment and another 15,000 square feet of living space, according to a previous report. Previously, Broska said the station plans include an adequately sized conference room and office space as well as a training tower. The new station will be adjacent to the existing fire station to allow that station to stay open during construction.If all goes well, groundbreaking could happen in late March or early April with construction lasting about a year.

In October, however, plans for a public-private city center that would have included city offices, medical offices and a wellness center, fell apartbecause no development agreement between the city and the Welty Building Co. of Akron had been signed.

Councilman John Hannan said in October that the issues with the project were not due to the failure of one entity, but the failure to communicate. He added that he thinks council members want something to happen with the city hall property and that he wishes to continue working with Welty.

5. More school levies on the ballot

Following Novembers levy defeats, Waterloo again will ask voters for new operating funds, while Rootstown will continue to work on its levy schedule to reduce voter fatigue and have more financial security.

In March, Waterloo voters will see a five-year, 1.5% traditional income tax, which is anticipated to raise about $2.74 million and will keep the district in the black for five years. March will mark the districts third attempt at an income tax and the tenth straight attempt for additional operating funds.

Also in March, Rootstown voters will be asked to renew a 4.4-mill emergency levy that will not increase taxes, but they may see something different on subsequent ballots.

Several times throughout 2019, the Rootstown Board of eEducation met with financial advisor David Conley who suggested reorganizing the levy schedule to decrease the number of times the district is on the ballot. Among various options, the board could ask for renewals but increase the timeframes, combine several levies into one or present an income tax that would take the place of its three active emergency levies.

Conley noted that reorganizing the levy schedule would take years, but the board is continuing discussions and plans to meet with Conley again on Jan. 13 to look at best first steps.

6. Kent State Gateway Plan

Kent State University will undergo several major construction projects in 2020 as it wraps up Phase 1 of its $1 billion, 10-year Gateway Plan. The projects will change the way front campus looks to those passing by on East Main Street.

In June, the university expects to break ground on a new $29 million parking deck located just off Midway Drive that will serve the new College of Business Administration. The parking deck is expected to be open for the fall 2020 semester.

Additionally, the Board of Trustees approved closing Terrace Drive from Main Street and realigning 2,250 feet of roadway to connect to Midway Drive, which will lead to the new parking deck and the new business building. They also approved a $7.3 million addition to Rockwall Hall, housing the School of Fashion, but the groundbreaking is yet to be determined.

In May, renovations are anticipated to begin on the Student Center, including upgraded safety features, new student-centered spaces and updated interior finishes and furniture.

Phase 1 of the Gateway Plan also includes the new College of Administration Building, the Innovation Hub and Dining, additions to the Aeronautics and Technology building and renovations to White Hall, among other projects.

7. Kent City Hall project

As concepts for the building continue to become more defined, the city may be in a position to start bidding its proposed new city hall project by late fall of 2020.

With the completion of a public meeting in November, Kent City Council is anticipated to receive another update on plans around February. Kent Public Services Director Melanie Baker said citizens voiced a desire to see the city use sustainable building materials and solar panels while allowing for future growth if needed. Those comments are being used to hone the plans.

A memo submitted to Kent City Council by Nancy Nozik of Brandstetter Carroll Inc. states the schematics for the proposed project have close to 24,000 square feet of occupied space about 1,000 square feet above the range listed in the conceptual plan. Plans are still being refined, however.

Noziks memo uses estimates of $250 per square-foot and $300 per square-foot cost to estimate potential price ranges for the building. Baker previously said those costs are fairly high, but acknowledged that the company provided conservative numbers. Prices could go down to about $200 per square-foot, she added.

Other things coming our way in the new year.

Bio-Med expands

In January, Bio-Med Science Academy will open applications for the 2020-21 school year, expanding its grade levels down to second grade.

Starting next school year, the Shalersville Campus will house second-, third- and fourth-graders; the Ravenna Campus will have the fifth- and sixth-graders and the Rootstown Campus will have seventh- to 12th-graders.

EdChoice

The Ohio Legislature expanded the EdChoice voucher program in the latest biennium budget, which increased the number of Portage County schools on the list of eligible schools from three in the 2019-20 school year to 18 in 2020-21. School officials across the state are still advocating that there be a higher threshold to be on the list, but any changes to the criteria will have to be made by Feb. 1 when EdChoice scholarship applications open.

Ravenna reconfiguration

On Jan. 6, the Ravenna Board of Education is expected to make a decision about reconfiguring the district from neighborhood elementary schools to grade-level buildings after a year of research and meetings. The most discussed plan has West Park remaining the kindergarten building, turning Willyard into the first- and second-grade building and West Main into the third- and fourth-grade building. Carlin would hold the preschool on the first floor and central offices and special services on the second floor. Fifth grade would be moved to Brown Middle School, which currently houses sixth, seventh and eighth grades.

New Ravenna economic development director

Dennis West has been hired to serve as the new economic development director for Ravenna city and township. He is expected to officially begin his duties on Thursday.

His office will be located in Ravenna City Hall, but he will focus on commercial and industrial retention as well as promotion and expansion for both entities. His $103,000 annually salary will be split between the city, the township and the public-private Core Team.

Record-Courier reporters Bob Gaetjens, Krista Kano, Eileen McClory and Kaitlyn McGarvey contributed to this report.

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The developer of the Metcalf 108 project says it has had a hard time finding tenants for the proposed office space.

Developers hoping to put up an office building next to the new Staybridge Suites hotel at Interstate 435 and Metcalf Avenue have asked for a two-year extension on their deadlines because of difficulty finding tenants.

The Overland Park City Councils Finance, Administration and Economic Development committee gave its blessing to an extension twice as long as the developer requested after being told that one year would not likely be enough.

The Metcalf 108 project was green-lighted in 2017 as a replacement for the aging 435 Overland Park Place Hotel, which had been closed the year before. Developers proposed to raze it and put in a new hotel, office building and parking structure.

A redevelopment agreement provides for tax increment financing, a community improvement district and a break on sales tax for construction materials but that only applies to the office building and parking garage. No public money is available until the office and garage get underway.

But lawyer Curtis Petersen and James Clark, managing member of Oxford Realty LLC, told the committee that the developers have had trouble finding tenants for a variety of reasons.

Prospective office tenants usually want to move in less than the two years, Petersen said. But the developer needs that much time to build. And buildings usually need to be half pre-leased before its feasible to start construction, he said.

Meanwhile, Clark said construction costs have gone nuts and lower rents from property on the Sprint campus and elsewhere have affected efforts to find tenants.

Our perception was that the significant location and visibility would drive that tenant and someone who wanted that kind of exposure. To date weve been disappointed, to say the least, Clark said.

However in a letter to the committee, Petersen said the developer has changed brokers and is encouraged that the new broker will have better success because of the attractiveness of the Staybridge building.

This is the second deadline delay for the project. The first was about a year ago.

The deadline extension gives the developer more time to put together a public financing package, which would be considered later by the city council.

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