By Joe Southern editor@sealynews.com

From major, high profile projects to minor building renovations, the Sealy Economic Development Corporation currently has 36 done deal projects in the works with more prospects coming in all the time. That list does not include the grocery store H-E-B.

We have been told by H-E-B that theyre coming, said Robert Worley, executive director of the Sealy EDC. There are two things that are really important to H-E-B. The first is new homes and apartments in Sealy.

Worley said there are currently 1,500 housing units under construction in Sealy, most of them single family homes.

The second is the completion of Interstate 10, he said.

Worley said the combined capital investment of the 36 projects in Sealy is $450 million. He said with other pending projects not on the list that could swell to $700 million within a few months.

I think thats just phenomenal, he said.

In a report he issued jointly with Warren Escovy, the assistant city manager and planning director, he said Sealy currently has a total taxable value of $774 million. It took Sealy 141 years to get to $774 million, he said, noting that the $450 million in capital investment will be added to Sealys tax base within five years.

Thats the rock-bottom minimum that will make its way to the tax base, he said.

The biggest of the projects is Hailiang Copper Texas, a copper manufacturing facility currently under construction at the site of the former BAE Systems. That project has a capital investment of $165 million. Hendrix Industries, a quartz countertop manufacturer, is due to break ground soon on a $35 million project. In the planning phase is a strip shopping center that will include a Taco Bell restaurant.

Several of the larger projects are housing developments. The Retreat at Sealy, a 196-unit apartment, is well into construction with a capital investment of $16 million. Harvest Moon Apartments is constructing a 75-unit complex ($8 million), another unnamed 90-unit apartment complex is in the planning phase ($8.1 million), Dove Landing, a 114-lot single family housing development is under construction ($11.5 million), and Hunter Crossing, a 158-unit single family housing development just broke ground next to Sealy Elementary ($20 million).

Not all of the projects will add to the tax base. Among those are the Austin County EMS station near completion and three others are for nonprofit organizations.

Of the 36 projects identified on the list, 20 are existing building and retail projects downtown, including a restaurant, eight are single-family developments, six are multi-family developments, five are manufacturers, four a retail, and the rest include a private emergency medical center, office/warehouse space, an RV park, a Head Start school, a self-defense school, a customer service facility, a physicians office, and improvements to the Sealy Historical Society.

Most of these projects I have on my list, if you drove through town you wont see evidence of them yet, Worley said.

Worley has 44 years of experience in economic development and he said he has never seen a city face such rapid growth. He admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a brief slowdown, but said activity is rapidly ramping back up.

Ive never seen anything like this in 44 years and Ive been in some big markets, he said.

One of those markets was in Bryan/College Station.

This is double, triple, quadruple of what was going on in Bryan/College Station in the 90s, he said.

He said he is seeing a lot of developers buying land now without a plan for it.

Theyre telling me Sealy is the place to be and I want to buy land here, he said.

Worley said he expects development to boom even more once the expansion of Interstate 10 is complete. He said the best part of what he is seeing is the growth isnt dependent on a single economic sector.

This is a much more diversified economy; I love the mix, he said.

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From keeping parklets on city streets to reforming permits and simplifying help for job hunters, a San Francisco task force put forward a broad-ranging set of recommendations Thursday to boost the citys economy.

The Economic Recovery Task Force proposed 41 recommendations in its final report on strategies to revive the economy during and after the pandemic. The group called for immediate aid to artists and small businesses and reiterated long-standing goals such as more affordable housing and economic support for minority communities.

But with the city in its worst fiscal crisis in decades, achieving the goals could be tough if they require new funding. The city resolved a $1.5 billion deficit on paper, in the current budget using money expected from Proposition F. Officials need voters to approve the business tax ballot measure next month.

In response to the recommendations, Mayor London Breed said the city will provide $1.6 million to help neighborhood businesses reopen and $200,000 in legal support to help businesses negotiate leases.

The city also will allocate nearly $6 million for artists and cultural workers, including a universal basic income program that pays $1,000 per month to 130 artists for at least six months, starting early next year.

Fees and taxes are waived for businesses that remain closed, such as entertainment and nightlife venues that cant hold large events.

Breed also hopes to promote housing construction through the deferral of some real estate development impact fees, which fund affordable housing and transit improvements. Real estate developers face declining office and apartment rents and weakening demand while construction costs remain high.

The fee deferral requires Board of Supervisors approval and could be controversial. Some supervisors have pushed for higher fees. Based on previous deferral programs, 85% of impact fees would be delayed from the first building permit issued to when a building receives its certificate of occupancy, which allows it to open. The average deferral period has been around two years.

San Francisco is only at the beginning of what we know is going to be a long road to recovery, Breed said in a statement. We need to continue to translate these ideas into action so we can get people back to work and get San Francisco moving forward.

The task forces recommendations include stimulating the local economy; creating jobs; safely reopening businesses; cutting regulations for more business flexibility; instituting economic justice for low-income residents; investing in housing; providing basic needs like food, shelter and mental health; and boosting neighborhoods.

The report detailed widespread economic devastation during the pandemic.

BART ridership plunged 88% as of late September compared to the prior year. The citys office vacancy rate soared to 14.1% in the third quarter, the highest in nine years, according to brokerage Cushman & Wakefield.

The shift to remote work has emptied out downtown, where long-term effects could be devastating. The virtual freeze of leisure and business travel has crippled the citys largest industry, tourism. Hotel occupancy was down 86% in September compared to 2019, according to San Francisco Travel.

The city, which collects a 1% sales tax, saw receipts of $30.8 million from April to June, a drop of 43% from the prior year, a steeper drop than in other major California cities. Restaurant and bar sales were down 65% and even food and drugstore sales were down 8%. Based on the tax decrease, the report said the citys population may be declining. San Franciscos online sales were up only 1% in the second quarter compared to the prior year, while other California cities saw major gains as people ordered more home deliveries.

This pandemic and the economic impact its had is really unlike any weve seen before, said Carmen Chu, co-chair of the task force and the city assessor-recorder. Were still in the middle of an active health challenge.

The report calls for reform of a construction permitting process that is notoriously complex and opaque, with 18 departments involved. It calls for flexibility in retail spaces, which overlaps with Breeds Proposition H on Novembers ballot, a plan to reduce permit review times and allow additional ground-floor neighborhood uses such as nonprofit offices.

Other goals include investing in public infrastructure to support construction jobs, streamlining building permits, improving city contracts with small businesses, more public-private partnerships, supporting child care providers and buying hotels and other buildings to house the homeless.

If demand falls permanently for office, hotel or retail space, the report calls for studying the conversion of buildings into housing or community space or other uses. It acknowledges the uncertainty and said the recommendation could have limited value if a vaccine leads to a return to previous demand. Converting commercial buildings could also hurt the job market, according to the report.

Chu said that its too soon to say whether buildings will be converted. We dont know what the long-term effects of COVID-19 will be, she said. Were going to have to be flexible and adapt as a city.

The task force, formed in April, included over 100 members ranging from business leaders, city officials, labor unions, nonprofits and religious groups.

The city has issued over 1,600 Shared Spaces permits to date, including many for outdoor dining, leading to parklets with seating built over parking spaces and other areas. The program will continue through the local emergency declaration and the city plans to extend elements of the program beyond that, but details havent been finalized.

The task force calls for extending the program through 2023, adding more arts and entertainment uses and expanding it through more street closures and use of parking spaces.

Even with widespread outdoor dining and the return of indoor dining, the outlook for restaurants remains bleak as they grapple with both a health crisis and economic challenges.

Cassava, a restaurant in the Outer Richmond, tried doing outdoor brunch for two weekends but stopped because of health risks with too many customers to manage, said Yuka Ioroi, a co-owner and member of the recovery task force. Some customers still oppose masks, she said.

The restaurant is allowed to do indoor dining but isnt taking the chance because it has a small space with 28 seats. None of our staff feel comfortable, Ioroi said.

Cassava seats customers outdoors in parklets made possible by a local designer who worked for free to support the restaurant industry.

Cassava received a forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loan for $67,000 and a $460,000 Economic Injury Disaster Loan, which must be paid off over 30 years, the equivalent of a mortgage, she said. The city reimbursed the restaurant $5,000 for sick pay.

The restaurant hasnt had layoffs but had to slash weekly working hours from around 35 hours to 20. Tips are also down, so the restaurant increased base pay to $20 an hour.

Ioroi supports permanent outdoor dining but said its an inconsistent revenue stream, particularly with ongoing smoke from wildfires. Its better than dying, she said.

Ioroi said that future aid needs to be more widespread. I dont think its just fair to focus on the restaurant industry, she said.

A nearby massage parlor has been closed since March, and its renters face eviction. Homelessness has worsened.

They need to be rescued first, she said.

Roland Li is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: roland.li@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @rolandlisf

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Berry Farms Town Center

Work continues at Berry Farms Town Center in Franklin as construction crews aim to complete Two Town Center, a new office building located near Rural Plains Circle and Berry Farms Crossing. Two Town Center will feature 82,000 square feet of Class A office space, and it is slated to open in 2021, according to Boyle, the project developer.

A new retail building is also under construction near the newly opened Residence Inn by Marriott. Tenants for the building have not been announced.

Berry Farms is a master-planned community with three parcels: Town Center, which features retail, restaurants and residential buildings; Reams-Fleming, which is home to the new Ramsey Solutions headquarters; and Chadwell, which has yet to be developed but is slated to include 1,500 residential units as well as office and retail space.

Grace Community Church chapel

The Grace Community Church of Nashville is working to complete Phase 3 of its new campus along Granny White Pike near Old Hickory Boulevard in Brentwood.

The new chapel, which will be able to seat 900, broke ground in July 2019.

Brentwood Police Headquarters

Work is continuing on the new Brentwood Police Headquarters at Heritage Way on the east side of the city. The 56,000-square-foot facility, which will allow the police department to move out of its existing space in City Hall, will feature offices, a community room, a 911 center and an indoor shooting range.

The project is on track for a spring 2021 opening, according to a recent update from the city of Brentwood.

New performing arts center and gym

Franklin Special School District broke ground in September on a new Performing Arts Center on the Poplar Grove School campus near Hwy. 95 West in Franklin.

The center will have a 485-seat capacity and will feature a full auditorium, a lobby, workspaces and dressing rooms. The center will be open for all schools to use. The district is also adding a 22,800-square-foot gymnasium to Poplar Grove Elementary School. Both projects are expected to be completed in early 2022, according to the district.

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WEST LOOP After numerous delays, the long-awaited Nobu restaurant is finally set to open this week in the West Loop.

The luxury hotel will open the signature restaurant at 854 W. Randolph St. on Thursday the same day the city is relaxing its coronavirus restrictions for restaurants.

The restaurant, focused on Japanese cuisine with Peruvian influences, includes a lounge, dining room, 28-foot sushi bar and two private dining rooms. See the full menu here.

As part of Thursdays opening, the Nobu Hospitality group will also debut a 40-foot indoor tranquility pool, a fitness facility and meeting rooms for corporate and social events.

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The restaurant opening comes three months after the hotel opened, bringing 115 new hotel rooms and a rooftop lounge to the West Loop.

Film star Robert De Niro, chef Nobu Matsuhisa and film producer Meir Teper founded the hotel and restaurant chain. Its opening in Chicago more than six years in the making plans for the hotel werefirst announced in April 2014.

The project held a ceremonial groundbreaking withDeNiro in June 2016, but work didnt start until months later. In December 2017, construction on the project was halted after M Development sought a $52.5 million loan to complete the project,according to a report by Crains.

West Loop is also home to the Ace Hotel, Soho House and the Hoxton Hotel. In December, the Standard Hotel received key city approval in the neighborhood.

Nobu will be open for dinner from 5-10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 5-11 p.m. Friday to Saturday. The restaurant is also open for lunch from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday to Sunday.

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Following the recent success of its ongoing, community-wide fundraising effort, leaders of the Campaign for the New Bruce have announced that construction will begin in October on the centerpiece of the Bruce Museum's transformative renovation and expansion project:a three-story, 43,000-square-foot addition that will more than double the size of the Museum, adding state-of-the-art exhibition galleries for art and science and new education and community spaces, including a restaurant and auditorium.

"This is an incredibly exciting moment for Greenwich and its hometown Museum, and for the entire Fairfield-Westchester region," says Robert Wolterstorff, The Susan E. Lynch Executive Director. "I know I speak for our family of staff, members, volunteers, and Trustees in expressing our profound gratitude to the community for their support."

The new addition will feature the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Education Wing, as well as the William L. Richter Art Wing, including vastly expanded accommodations for changing art exhibitions and, for the first time, significant space to show the Museum's permanent art collection in four new galleries. The entire ground floor of the new addition will be free and open to the public during Museum operating hours and available for special-event use by local community groups, families, and businesses. In another first for the Museum, a welcoming restaurant will offer both indoor and outside dining. The popular Museum Store will greatly increase in size. An auditorium, equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual systems, will host audiences of 250 more than double the capacity of the Museum's current lecture gallery. The project also includes updated storage areas for its growing collection of 25,000 works of art, natural history specimens, and scientific objects and artifacts, and a new study room to welcome visiting researchers to explore the collections.

Designed by the award-winning New Orleans firm of EskewDumezRipple, the new building addition will open directly onto Bruce Park and feature a delicate striated faade of cast stone and glass inspired by the surfaces of Connecticut's quarries and the rock outcrops of Bruce Park. Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects is creating a natural environment around the New Bruce that includes a sculpture trail and places to stroll and play. Turner Construction Co. is the lead contractor for the renovation and construction project.

The Grand Opening of the New Bruce is anticipated for the fall of 2022. To learn more about the Campaign for the New Bruce and to participate, please visit NewBruce.org.

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Construction around Ardmore continues to boom. Many commercial and residential projects are well underway, and new ones are expected to begin within the coming weeks.

Community Development Director Jessica Scott pointed out that two of the largest commercial building projects are now either complete or opening soon. Burkes Outlet, a discount retail establishment recently opened its doors, and Atwoods, a 60,000-square foot farm and ranch supply store, will openOctober 21.

Scott said one new business coming to the city will be a Wingstop restaurant which will be located in Ardmore Commons in the same building as Sakura and McAlisters Deli. Scott said she plans to issue the permit this week. She expects the project to move quickly because the building is already finished, and the project will consist of them making the space ready to suit their needs.

Scott said in addition to the announced projects there are currently many other projects in the works that will likely be announced in the near future.

Ive been talking to a lot of people, and I feel like well be having a lot more construction this winter than we usually do, Scott said. I think people are getting more acclimated to the current business environment and now they are figuring out where they want to move forward.

Scott said there are also many residential projects both small and large happening across the city. As an example of the large, Scott pointed out the 223 unit Preserve at Ardmore apartment complex which recently broke ground. She said the smaller projects consist of both new builds and renovations to existing homes.

Theres a bunch of residential construction, she said. It seems like were doing a lot of new residential and theres still a lot of residential remodels. I think people in general are spending a lot more time at home now, and theyre wanting to improve things.

Scott views all of the new construction as a positive indicator for the citys future.

I think the new Wingstreet and all of the residential construction is a great sign for the future, Scott said. Its good for the city. Its good for the economy. Its good all the way around.

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Hours: Hofbrauhaus' initial hours are 4 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4 to 10 p.m. Friday through Sunday. The beer hall is not accepting reservations.

Where to sit: With continued construction inside the hall, patrons will be seated in the beer garden, which seats 125 at 50%, and on the raised patio, which seats 75 at the reduced capacity.

Drinks: Hofbrauhaus has three beers available to start, all imported from the Hofbrauhaus in Munich, Germany, until the house brews are ready expected to be early-to-mid October. Scott Shuler, former head brewer at 12 Gates Brewing Co., leads the brewing program at Hofbrauhaus.

The three beers now available are The Original Lager, a malty, balanced lager; the Oktoberfest, a Festbier-style pale lager served at the Munich Oktoberfest, and the Hefe Weizen, a wheat beer. They are available in half-liters (17 ounces, $6 each) in plastic cups due to the outdoor seating. The Dunkel noted on the Facebook page is not yet available.

The sold-out Stein Club will go into effect at the November grand opening. Townsell said there's a waiting list for people to join the existing group of 500. Limited wine and liquor is available.

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The Denver dining scene has its fair share of Vietnamese, Thai, Mexican, American-Chinese, Ethiopian and Korean restaurants. But the cuisines of certain other countries and cultures are just now starting to appear, as waves of immigrants find their way to Colorado. Despite COVID-related restrictions, new restaurants catering to these groups (and sometimes owned by members of them) continue to open, introducing some foods to the metro area for the first time.

Here are five new eateries serving hard-to-find cuisines and dishes, both on site and for takeout.

If you can't get to the Gulf Coast, Clawful might be the next best thing.

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Clawful 1862 South Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood303-632-8079

Viet-Cajun seafood washed up in Denver several years ago, with a small wave of new restaurants prepping crawfish, shrimp and crab boils along with other finger-licking bar food. The Asian Cajun (2400 West Alameda Avenue) and the Crawling Crab (781 South Federal Boulevard) have survived and even thrived, each gaining a loyal customer base. Now there's a new player in the game: Clawful, which was just finishing up construction in March when the COVID-based restaurant lockdowns began, has opened with limited indoor seating. It's serving up peel-and-eat shrimp, lobster, clams, crawfish and other seafood in a number of sauce flavors and spice levels, plus sausage, corn, potatoes and other Cajun sides. The restaurant promises live crawfish from December to July (which is Gulf Coast crawfish season). Whatever you order promises to provide messy, delicious fun.

Hong Kong Station 6878 South Yosemite Street, Centennial720-592-0861

Hong Kong Station isn't a typical Chinese restaurant serving only the familiar stir-fried dishes and noodles. Nor can it be counted in the current cadre of popular dumpling shops. Instead, it's a very specific kind of eatery unique to Hong Kong called acha chaan teng, or tea restaurant. Hot and iced teas are the specialty, some brewed strong and served with sweetened condensed milk but there's plenty of food, too. Among the signature cha chaan teng dishes are the Hong Kong-style French toast and the baked rice dishes. For the former, two pieces of French toast are glued together with peanut butter (seriously; just keep reading), then fried and topped with condensed milk and a fat slab of butter. The latter tops baked rice with European influences: fried pork chops in tomato sauce, ribeye steak in black pepper sauce, seafood in cream sauce. As at the best tea houses in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Station's menu is huge, so you're sure to find something you like, whether it's crackly chicken wings, scallion pancakes, egg foo yong or mapo tofu. If that lineup sounds vaguely familiar, it's because Jenny Zhang, the owner of Hong Kong Cafe at 10890 East Dartmouth Avenue, sold that restaurant (it's now open under new owners) and reopened her place in Centennial with a slightly new name. At Hong Kong Station, she's created a welcoming, sophisticated atmosphere in the dining room but many of the dishes are perfect to grab on the go.

Thali platters are a great way to experience a wide range of flavors at MAdras Cafe.

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Madras Cafe 5422 South Parker Road, Aurora720-541-7293

For years, Masalaa (at 3140 South Parker Road in Aurora) was the only completely vegetarian Indian restaurant in the metro area and one that specialized in such hard-to-find (in these parts, at least) South Indian street food as dosas, vada pav and uttapam. But now there's a new meatless restaurant in town, representing the cuisine of Tamil Nadu, on India's southeastern coast. Madras Cafe sits between Cherry Creek Reservoir and southeast Aurora's housing developments, offering folks in the suburbs a chance to try something new. Specialties include vadai, savory doughnuts made with lentil flour; bajji, fried snacks that get their superior crunch from chickpea flour (with a choice of plantain, chiles, potato or onion); and several styles of dosa, those crispy, paper-thin crepes served with various toppings. There are also Northern Indian curries in case you're looking for something familiar; the tikka masala, for example, comes with mushrooms, mixed veggies or paneer cheese instead of chicken. Much of the menu is vegan, but ask if you aren't sure, as dairy products are used in some of the dishes.

Noodles Express 703 South Colorado Boulevard303-736-8818

Regional Chinese cuisines have been on the rise in Denver lately, especially at restaurants serving the food of Sichuan, but dishes representing other provinces Yunnan, Shaanxi, Guangdong and Gansu, for example have become more accessible, too, if not exactly prevalent. Noodles Express offers a fairly large selection of Sichuan favorites, from spicy eggplant to dan dan noodles, but you'll also find a few things that are far less common in Denver, even if they're popular all over China. Order the noodles in soybean paste and you'll find yourself with a complex, satisfying bowl otherwise known as zhajiangmian, native to the Shandong province, or choose the Lanzhou beef noodle soup, one of China's most comforting meals.For a different kind of comfort, the menus section titled Americas Popular lists General Taos chicken, sesame chicken and beef and broccoli.

Taw Win Burmese 1120 Yosemite Street, Aurora303-953-8159

While we can't confirm it, there's a distinct possibility that metro Denver has never had two restaurants dedicated to Burmese cooking at the same time until now. Urban Burma opened in 2019 as one of several international food counters inside Mango House (at 10180 East Colfax Avenue in Aurora), and it was recently joined in Aurora by Taw Win Burmese, which took over a former Asian market. Traditional Burmese dishes such as mohinga (fish and rice noodle soup), ono kaw swe (chicken coconut curry noodles) and tea leaf salad, a refreshing counterpoint to the restaurant's spicy sauces, are all available; you can also order whole fried fish, curries and a few Thai dishes. The dining room has been set up with widely spaced tables, so the restaurant can only seat a few parties at a time, but the food packs up well for takeout as long as you're not driving all the way across town.

Mark Antonation is the Westword Food & Drink Editor. He got his start by eating at and writing about every restaurant on Federal Boulevard and continues to cover metro Denver's diverse international food scene, as well as the city's quickly changing restaurant landscape. Mark was awarded Outstanding Media Professional by the Colorado Restaurant Association in 2018.

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