SILVERDALE A road project in Old Town Silverdale has begun and will continue for the next two years.

To minimize disruption to businesses, the project will be done in chunks, just a block or so at a time.

Kitsap County Public Works is making infrastructure improvements along Bay Shore Drive NW and Washington Avenue NW in Old Town Silverdale. The two-year project will upgrade the sanitary sewer and stormwater infrastructure and unclude road resurfacing and sidewalk construction on Bayshore Drive, Washington Avenue and Byron Street.(Photo: Contributed / Kitsap County)

The project is along Bay Shore Drive NW and Washington Avenue NW and is being done to replace 3,900 feet of sewer main. With thatcomes other things that need to be done, said Tina Nelson, senior program manager for Kitsap CountyPublic Works.

A new stormwater system will be installed to filter oil and sediments from water, and areas with drainage problems will be fixed. Sidewalks near the water on Bay Shore Drive are being widened from 5 feet to 8 feet, and streetlights will be installed. There will also be improvements at intersections and improved ADA ramps. About 3,300 feet of water main will be replaced and 700 feet of recycled water will be used for irrigation.

There is a bit of activity at the site currently groundwater monitoring wells are being installed and markings are being drawn on the road, Nelson said.Later this month the work by the contractor, Ceccanti, will begin.

The project will likely wrap up in late summer or early fall of 2022, Nelson said.

Nelson acknowledges there will be an impact on businesses in the area. Construction noise will be one, shesaid, andclosures along Washington Avenue and Bay Shore Drive will affect business access and parking. The closures will take place block-by-block so a business access wont be impeded for long. Nelson said the county public works department doesn'tyet know when exactly the closures will be, but the county will communicate with property owners and businesses when the time approaches.

She said there wont ever be a long complete closure.

Some of the properties don't have any other access than off of the main road, so we can't close the road for a long time, Nelson said.

Monica Downen, owner of Monicas Waterfront Bakery and Cafe in Old Town, said the closure will be difficult for businesses in the area, especially on top of dealing with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Downen said businesses have proved they'readaptable during the pandemic. At her restaurant, staff hasmade to-go menu items and made curbside pick up much more accessible. The cafe hasturned the back alley into a make-shift drive-through. Theres no table service currently, as the cafe is small.

Businesses suffered during the widening of Silverdale Way in 2017, Downen said. But she doesn't expect as much of a downturn as a result of this project.

One thing shes worried about is parking.

Parking is already pretty minimal, she said. "All of the businesses rely on on-street parking massively. Im looking forward to it when its done, but its a two-year thing.

The project will close an entrance to the Port of Silverdale offices, and construction trailers may park in the ports lot, said Ed Scholfield, port commissioner.

"They're just now starting to assemble things," he said. "It's thesame group that worked on Silverdale Way and we've got a real good working relationship with them,and the countyhas been really good with us. We don't see any problems, if there are, you know, they're resolved fairly quickly with thatgroup."

The projects total cost is about $26 million. A total of $7.2 million will come from the county road fund, $12.6 million will come from the sewer utility fund, $5 million will come from the stormwater fund, and $1.2 million will come from the Silverdale Water District. Comcast will also contribute $40,000 to relocate someof itsfacilities in the area.

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The prefabricated home industry is a well-known entity. South Minneapolis now is getting its first modular apartment buildings, with the pieces placed together like a jigsaw puzzle with cranes last week.

The $4 million project, dubbed Mod42, at the corner of 32nd Avenue South and East 42nd Street in the Standish-Ericsson neighborhood, was largely built on an assembly line in Owatonna and then trucked to Minneapolis.

Last week, workers stacked each boxy unit like a Lego toy. The giant boxes each 16-by-72 feet were then bolted together to form a 30-unit, three story apartment complex.

Its the first of its kind in the Twin Cities and the first of many to come for commercial buildings, said Rise Modular CEO and Founder Christian Lawrence.

While prefabricated homes are common, prefabricated and multistory commercial structures like apartments and hotels are not in Minnesota. Theyve largely been constructed on the East and West Coasts, and even became a go-to solution for much-needed worker housing during North Dakotas fracking boom about eight years ago.

But the dearth of modular construction options in Minnesota has created a good opportunity here, said Lawrence, who plans to build more apartments and other structures.

Wed like to do 1,000 units per year and roughly 1 million square feet a year, Lawrence said.

Using a factory assembly line means construction can be 10% cheaper and almost 50% faster than a traditional build. So that allows the developer to start collecting rent sooner. And there is less disruption to the neighborhood.

On Thursday and Friday, a towering crane hauled each modular unit through the air as workers below guided them, landing them snugly next to or atop another mod.

The process attracted a crowd. Neighbors snapped photos while children watched in wonder as workers stripped the padding off each mod to reveal already finished windows and one long hallway that, when done, will connect the pods on each floor.

Inside you can see the kitchen flooring is in, the walls are painted. The light fixtures are in and the full kitchen and bath are installed. We have done as much as we can in the factory already, Lawrence said just as a semi-truck bed rolled up the street carrying the next mod pod to be hoisted into place.

The commercial modular project is the first of two announced this month by the two-year old and Minneapolis-based Rise Modular. In two weeks, the company launches its second project, a seven-story $40 million modular apartment building in St. Paul that is being built in partnership with The Ackerberg Group, Northland Real Estate and Opus.

As for the Minneapolis project, it took Rise Modular three months to fabricate the 30 Mod42 residential units inside the climate-controlled factory an hour south in the town of Owatonna.

With process kinks worked out, future builds should go much faster, said Dave Walock, vice president of construction and one of 60 Rise Modular employees. This is a holistic approach to building. Something like this has been a long time in coming.

The project is being developed by Rise Development Services and built by Rise Construction Services with DJR Architect as the architect.

Drew Johnson, senior vice president of development at Excelsior-based Oppidan Investment, said commercial modular buildings were previously embraced by McDonalds and Wendys in the Midwest as a way to get a fast-food restaurant open quickly.

The shortened building time helps with the payments on your construction loans, so you are not paying 16 months of interest on the overall loans, Johnson said.

As long as a modular project is well built with an attractive exterior, the idea could grow in Minnesota, said Johnson, who years ago watched some modular apartments rise quickly near North Dakotas oil fields.

One thing, though, that wasnt an issue in North Dakota but would be in the Twin Cities: those units were not pretty, he said.

Patrick McGlynn, founder of the Minneapolis development firm McGlynn Partners, expects to try building a modular apartment in the Twin Cities in three to five years.

McGlynn was set to have his three-story project at Franklin and Park avenues in Minneapolis become the first modular apartments in the Twin Cities two years ago. But the contractor, Thor Construction, suffered financial woes, shoving the project back two years.

At the time, a single-family homebuilder named Dynamic Homes was supposed to build McGlynns apartment mods in Detroit Lakes and truck them three hours to the build site in Minneapolis. The long transportation journey, however, inflated costs, causing McGlynn to abandon modular for traditional construction.

With a factory option now closer to the Twin Cities, McGlynn said hed consider modular construction again.

Its just a matter of time, he said. I think it needs to catch on. In the next [few] years we will see a lot more of it because of the ease of construction. You dont need as much space on site.

Still, modular will never fully replace traditionally built projects, he said.

The building industry is slow to change because of warranties and working with systems not yet proven, McGlynn said. There is a lot of liability that most builders dont want to take on.

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The interior of Taco Diablo, 1026 Davis St. The Blue Horse Tavern will join the restaurants at this location later this year.

After nearly 30 years in Evanston, Core & Rind Hospitality is opening a fourth restaurant, The Blue Horse Tavern, with a focus on American food.

The hospitality group hosts multiple restaurants under one roof, including LuLus, Taco Diablo, Five & Dime and soon, The Blue Horse Tavern. All of the groups restaurants are located out of 1026 Davis Street.

Owner Daniel Kelch said he has always thought about opening multiple concepts for restaurants under one roof, and eventually brought that concept to fruition with Core & Rind.

Kelch said over the years, LuLus has brought in more carryout and delivery sales than in-house dining. As a result, the team decided to convert LuLus to a virtual restaurant and build The Blue Horse Tavern in the former LuLus space. The restaurant will open once Five & Dime closes its rooftop deck for the season, he said, and it will likely operate at a reduced capacity because of COVID-19.

Kelch said he hopes the tavern will act as a casual space, and will allow more menu flexibility. Liquor sales at LuLus have been lower than the other two restaurants, he said, but the bar within the new tavern will feature bourbon and beer from local breweries.

In full-service restaurants, now its really important that you have a pretty strong percentage of sales as bar sales, Kelch said. In a full-service restaurant it has got to the point where you absolutely have to have that. You cant survive without it.

All of the groups restaurants try to serve a caliber of food thats similar to more upscale places, but at a lower price point and in a more casual environment, Kelch said.

Kelch said he, along with much of his staff, is a classically trained French chef. Much of Kelchs staff has also worked with him for decades and is able to make a wide variety of high-quality dishes.

Apple Tem, one of the front-of-house managers, makes a lot of the groups pastries and has been working with Kelch for eight years. Tem, Kelch and others in the restaurant have been talking about what the The Blue Horse Tavern menu will look like. In addition to traditional American food, they hope to vary the menu based on the season.

The desserts that we put out probably go by seasons, Tem said. Something classic all the time. Some of the chocolate menu and then for fall come, we have something apple or fall food or one of those.

Kelch said COVID-19 created an opportunity for construction on the LuLus space because the restaurant already had to close temporarily.

Kelch said the group worked with a local contractor and team to create the new layout for the tavern. Core & Rind Hospitality Manager Nathalie Barbier said the team completely re-did the interior of the LuLus space. The tavern will have wood paneling, leather booths and a new bar.

Theres a number of people who just walked into the space and theyve been like, Wow, this is great. I cant wait till this opens. This looks like it could be a great place just to have a drink, have food and relax, Barbier said. It really gives them a place just to be able to drop by, have drinks and be casual but yet comfortable.

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Estiatorio Milos, the Greek restaurant at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas with a killer lunch deal, officially plans to depart the resort. Construction on a new location on the Venetians restaurant row already started, with the eatery taking over 13,624 square feet on the site of shuttered seafood restaurant Aquaknox. Under the code name Project Blue, Milos started construction in August, filing paperwork for a $10 million budget in estimated construction costs alone.

We can confirm the upcoming departure of Estiatorio Milos from the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, a spokesperson for the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas tells Eater Vegas. The unique Greek restaurant has been a part of our world-renowned restaurant collection since the propertys opening in December 2010. We express our sincere gratitude to the Estiatorio Milos team for their hard work and commitment over the past 10 years. We look forward to announcing an exciting new venture in the near future, continuing the resorts ongoing approach of dynamic, first-to-market restaurant concepts.

When Milos closes at the Cosmopolitan and opens at the Venetian remain the questions without answers. The current version at the Cosmopolitan features globally sourced seafood with a main dining space, private wine and luxury rooms, plus the bonus of a 75-seat Garden Terrace overlooking the Strip.

Restaurateur Costas Spiliadis originally opened Milos in 1997 and now operates in Montreal, Athens, Miami, London, and, most recently, debuted a polarizing expansion to New Yorks Hudson Yards back in March 2019.

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Despite the seemingly non-stop closings, a number of restaurant owners have signed leases and are opening soon (or at some point in the future).

Heres some early (but limited) info we have about UWS restaurants on the horizon:

A new restaurant called Chick Chick is opening at 618 Amsterdam Avenue, at the corner of 90th Street. This was formerly home to Coffee Berry, which closed in late 2018. The owners of the upcoming eatery are Jun Ha Park and Bomee Chu, who are also the owners of Chelseas Jun-Men Ramen Bar. Weve connected with them, and while they were able to confirm all of the above, theyve held off on providing further info about Chick Chick for now. Theyll provide us with more info soon. Thanks to Upper West Sider for the tip.

We were able to connect with the owner who tells us they will be offering take-out and delivery beginning next weekend. We asked about whether or not a physical location for onsite dining was in the works, and the owner told us it would be nice to have in the nearby future but that there are no immediate plans to offer this. View their IG page here.

Tipster Upper West Sider also informed us that a new restaurant has signed a lease at 225 Columbus Avenue, between 70th and 71st Streets. This was the former home of Bistro Cassis, which closed earlier this year. Construction work for the new restaurant has begun. We reached out to the broker who rented the space, Rafe Evans of Walker Malloy, who believes this will be some type of reincarnation of Bistro Cassis, with some of the same players involved. The listing brochure indicated that the asking rent was $19,250 per month.

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At times throughout the past year, we've taken the opportunity to take a look at the construction currently taking place in EPCOT. Even in this first phase of reopening for the Walt Disney World parks, construction projects are moving and grooving, so let's hit the pause button for a few minutes and take a look around.

Thanks to Twitter user bioreconstruct, we have some new aerial images of EPCOT. The first picture to take a peek at today has us peering down at the new fountain being constructed in front of the park's icon, Spaceship Earth. As you can see, the fountain's construction seems to be close to completion, with the rebar grid already installed for the concrete slab at the base of the water feature.

For those who haven't been able to return to EPCOT just yet, the aerial picture above gives a great overview look at the new entrance area without the presence of the Leave a Legacy monoliths. As you can imagine, guest flow has been greatly increased due to the removal of the monoliths.

A closer image shows us a clearer picture of the overall aesthetic of the fountain, which harkens back to the fountain that was housed in the same space during the park's early years. As we've seen from the ground, the lucite pylons for the new fountain will stand tall in the middle of the water feature.

I snapped the above picture of the new lucite fountain pylons during a recent walk through the park. They really are stunning.

Our virtual tour now takes us behind Spaceship Earth to look at the progression of the work in what will become Dreamer's Point. As we've covered in a previous construction update, the south side of Innoventions West has been completely removed.

We can see in the picture above that the canopy that used to provide shade for guests outside Future World's Electric Umbrella has now been removed. You can also get a feel for the extent of the work currently taking place in the original home of Mouse Gear.

The picture above is a shot that I took in July of the Mouse Gear building from the Future World East side of the building. We can see straight through the building, and you can get a grasp for the extent of the demolition.

Speaking of Future World East, our last stop for today's construction update has us taking a peek at the area. The solar panels have returned to the roof of the former Universe of Energy show building, which will partially house the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. As the Wonders of Life pavilion transforms into the new PLAY! pavilion, it's received new gold roof tiles. The green curved building of the forthcoming Space 220 restaurant can be seen next to Test Track near the bottom of the picture.

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Hello from a magically exciting day at the Magic Kingdom! The morning was bright, sunny, and perfectly beautiful, but the afternoon was quite stormy. Thankfully we got in plenty of fun before the weather turned. Lets get started!

We came into the park to Mickey & Friends greeting guests from the Train Station balcony, and Donald was ready for the spotlight! He was looking smashing in his superhero outfit.

We had a couple of construction projects to check in on today. At TRON Lightcycle Run, the canopy has been coming along nicely. Additional pieces are being assembled on the ground. We expect to see those mounted here soon.

At the Fantasyland Train Station, work vehicles were seen on the gravel path where the train tracks usually are. The tracks were removed recently as part of the refurbishment being done to the train system.

While we couldnt see what they were doing, and work was not actively being done, it was good to see that progress is being made in this area.

Guests wishing to dine at Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe are in for a bit of a change: the restaurant is now using the side door as the main entrance for mobile order guests.

Westward Ho Refreshments, which recently reopened with the popular corn dog nuggets on the menu, was closed today. We suspect this location will be open on busier days, similar to some locations at EPCOT.

We found several new lines of customizable MagicBands, phone cases, and magnets available in the maDe kiosk at Tomorrowland Light & Power Co. One line was this awesome set of designs for the new Mulan film.

The brushed line artwork is really striking. Were glad there are several designs featuring this style of art.

While the kiosk has options for several sizes of iPhones and Android devices, not all designs are available for all phones. As always, availability it subject to change. Please check with a Cast Member for the current availability.

No one can resist a good movie poster! Customization adds $5 to the phone case and MagicBand pricing.

The MagicBand starts at $24.99. Specialty 3D phone cases retail for $34.99, with standard phone cases priced at $29.99. Magnets are $14.99.

We also found a whole set of items for Tiana from The Princess and the Frog. You can view the whole collection here.

While in Tomorrowland we also found new customizable shirts in the maDe kiosk, including designs for Princess and the Frog, Haunted Mansion, Mulan, and some Halloween 2020 designs. Shirts start at $29.99.

We had quite the surprise today when we walked into Sir Mickeys and found almost the entire Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Minnie Mouse: The Main Attraction Collection sitting on a shelf. With no announcement or warning of any kind, guests and Cast Members alike were surprised to see this popular merchandise appear in the store. For more pictures and a full video walkthrough of the collection, see our article here.

Halloween officially arrived in the Magic Kingdom on Tuesday, but it finally seeped all the way into the Confectionery today. Halloween cupcakes have arrived, and yes theres a pumpkin spice flavor!

We indulged in a treat of our own today in celebration of Gastons Tavern reopening recently. Nothing beats a LeFous Brew on a hot day!

We found Gaston leading the Villains Halloween Cavalcade today from atop his trusty steed, rather than from the ground. We especially like the new studded breast collar Gastons horse was wearing, perfect for a Villains horse.

Also new to the Villains Cavalcade today was the Big Bad Wolf, who was walking along in front of the float.

We love seeing the Villains having a moment to shine!

It isnt all Halloween Cavalcades all day though. Some of the Character Cavalcades weve come to know and love are still running along with the Halloween Cavalcades. We got to see the Royal Princess Promenade today, which was lovely to see while looking down Main Street, U.S.A.

We had a wonderful day at the Magic Kingdom, and we hope you enjoyed coming along with us. Have a magical day!

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What a difference six months can make. Before the coronavirus pandemic forced Gov. Steve Sisolak to close all nonessential businesses including casinos, restaurants, and bars in March, Las Vegas was on a high, ready to open new convention space, dining establishments, and lounges to feed the 42.52 million tourists that visit every year.

Now restaurants, reopened with dine-in service in May, struggle to keep afloat at 50 percent capacity. Sisolak reclosed bars in July, and while those that serve food can stay open, bar tops cannot, taking away valuable tabletop games that provide a much-needed revenue stream. Casinos were allowed to reopen on June 4, but some remain closed. Park MGM and NoMad Hotel reopen on September 30, and the Four Seasons returns on September 25. Planet Hollywood Resort and The Cromwell remain closed on the Strip, as do the Rio and the Palms on westside, and Main Street Station in Downtown Las Vegas.

Other projects remain on hold. Wynn Las Vegas planned to open the supper club Delilah in May and TAK Room from Thomas Keller in the fall. Neither have opening dates now. With conventions, a lifeline of revenue for casinos and restaurants, canceled, Caesars Entertainment held off on opening the 550,000-square-foot Caesars Forum to the east of The Linq Promenade. Virgin Hotels, in the process of remodeling the former Hard Rock Hotel, planned to open on November 6, but will push that date back. But in good news, its still opening.

The future still holds promise. Arias Din Tai Fung, the xiao long bao specialist that planned to open in April, has a new debut date this fall. Area15, the entertainment complex west of I-15, opens portions of its venue, including a bar and an ice cream shop, this week. And Circa even pushed up the opening of its first five floors in Downtown Las Vegas on the Fremont Street Experience to October to debut restaurants, bars, and a year-round pool early.

Thats just a taste of whats to come. Find out about 13 of the biggest openings in Las Vegas in fall 2020.

Location: Aria

Projected Opening: October 19

Din Tai Fung takes over the former Aria Cafe, 5,580 square feet with a view through the massive tilted windows looking out onto Nancy Rubins Big Edge canoe sculpture and Vdara. Aria allocated an estimated $2.2 million in construction costs alone to renovate the dining room and an open kitchen that gives diners a glimpse of the handiwork involved in preparing xiao long bao, steamed pork soup dumplings, precisely made with 18 lucky folds, 16 grams of meat, and 5 grams of dough.

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Location: 3215 S. Rancho Drive

Projected Opening: September 17

Only portions of the the 200,000-square-foot retail and entertainment center west of I-15 open with live events and art installations, with the remainder debuting in early 2021. Ice cream shop Emack & Bolios and cocktail and coffee bar Oddwood, highlighted by a 23-foot Japanese maple tree replete with twinkling LED lights, debut for fall.

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Location: 8 Fremont St.

Projected Opening: October 28

The 1.25 million-square-foot Circa casino and resort plans to open the first five floors along with a parking garage ahead of schedule on October 28. The resort plans to be an adults-only experience, open only to those 21 and older. When it opens its first five floors in late October, it becomes the first casino and resort to ban underage visitors. Circa replaces the rundown, former Las Vegas Club with a glitzy, 21st century resort. The remainder of the resort opens in December.

Opening in October:

Barry S. Dakake returns to the Las Vegas dining scene with Barrys Downtown Prime, a vintage steak and seafood restaurant. The clubby restaurant features dark wood and a long and glowing bar. Aside from steak and seafood, Dakake promises table-side presentations with some dishes.

Michigan restaurateur Paul Saginaw opens Saginaws Delicatessen with a roster of Reubens, matzo ball soup, onion rings, salads, latkes, chopped liver, breakfast specialties, and more.

Victory Burgers & Wings Co. from the family behind the 102-year-old American Coney Island anchors the three-story screen in Circas sportsbook and features its own radio booth. Five specialty burgers including a half-pound Victory Burger that uses a blend of short rib, brisket, and Angus beef in the patties and the Michigan Olive Burger a beef patty topped with a mixture of mayonnaise, chopped olives, and olive brine make the menu along with an array of chicken wings, fries, and beers.

And Project BBQ from chef Rex Bernales brings Carolina-style barbecue dishes such as pulled brisket, pork, chicken. That restaurant features a patio on the Fremont Street Experience with picnic tables and an outdoor bar.

Vegas Vickie, the kicking cowgirl who sat outside Glitter Gulch, now hangs inside the three-story atrium at the resort. The bar features seasonal cocktails and retro lighting.

Mega Bar, a 165-foot-long bar with flair bartenders, 40 TVs, 120 beer taps, and bar-top gaming, arrives in October.

The three-level sportsbook includes Overhang Bar sitting on the top floor of the venue. Circa owner Derek Stevens, a native of Detroit, created the bar as an ode to Tiger Stadium.

Circa Bar with flair bartenders, 24 varieties of frozen cocktails, and a blue wall behind it, opens at the front of the resort on the Fremont Street Experience.

Circas new year-round pool dubbed Stadium Swim features a multi-level pool amphitheater with a massive screen for showing games and entertainment, two swim-up bars, and a deejay booth for spinning tunes.

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Location: 1214 S. Main St.

The Players: Justin Kingsley Hall and Kim Owens

Projected Opening: Fall 2020

The former chef at the Kitchen at Atomic brings a comfort food restaurant to the Arts District. The restaurant has kept a tight lid on details, although chef Justin Kingsley Hall has done a few popups to showcase potential dishes. A preview dinner showcased hop-smoked stuffed chicken wing; torched wagyu skewer paired; oxtail empanada; and chocolate pot du creme in waffle cone with torched marshmallow.

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The Big Biscuit is adding a new restaurant in the Sonoma Plaza shopping area just east of I-435 along West 87th Street Parkway. The owners hope to open by March 2021. Photo courtesy The Big Biscuit.

The Big Biscuit is opening its first location in Lenexa.

Coming soon to Sonoma Plaza, a developing retail area just east of I-435 along West 87th Street Parkway, The Big Biscuit is a local breakfast and lunch restaurant company with multiple locations in Johnson County and the Kansas City metro area.r

The new restaurant will be located between Starbucks and McKeevers Market grocery store. Framework construction on the building that will house The Big Biscuit is already coming along.

Chad Offerdahl, who co-owns the company alongside David Offerdahl and Jay Carpenter, said they hope to open the new restaurant in late winter or early spring, perhaps by March.

Weve been targeting Lenexa as an area that we thought we would do well in for quite some time, but weve really just been holding out for a location that really, we thought, made sense for us, said Chad Offerdahl. Weve been seeing all the impressive growth just on the other side of 435, with all of the new Lenexa City Center area. When this opportunity came up to be in the new Sonoma development in front of McKeevers, we just couldnt pass it up.

The Big Biscuit is growing operations across the metro area and just opened its newest location in Westport last week. Offerdahl said the Westport location has a new design and refreshed look with new elements and an open ceiling. The Lenexa location will sport a similar new look and feature a covered outdoor patio on the east side of the building.

For anybody living in the Lenexa area thats familiar with our Shawnee location or other nearby locations, this is going to be a much different look than what theyre used to, he added.

The Big Biscuit will begin the approvals processes through the city of Lenexa once they complete architectural blueprints.

Hours of operation will be 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. every day of the week.

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Willis Smith Construction's Nathan Carr feels comfortable about making a dinner reservation for next spring.

He expects to be dining at Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch.

"We all will be coming here with our families," Carr said.

Carr supervises Willis Smith's project managers and he notes that Waterside Place project manager Angel Ortiz has everything running smoothly and right on schedule.

The Lakewood Ranch construction company was awarded the Waterside Place contract late in 2016 and broke ground in October of 2018. Carr and Ortiz said last week that the contracted work should be completed on schedule by March 1, 2021.

Willis Smith construction was celebrating a project milestone last week after capping all 11 of the buildings that will make up Waterside Place. All the metal trusses are set.

"That allows the interior work to commence," Ortiz said. "It allows us to do the build-out of the common areas, finish the drywall, do the trim."

Reaching such milestones on time is more impressive considering COVID-19 had slowed down many construction projects.

"We have rolled with the punches," Carr said.

Those punches includedelays in needed materials. Ortiz and his workers kept everything moving forward. Fortunately, the hired contractors have not had many cases of COVID-19 to shelve the workers.

"I'm proud of our team," Ortiz said. "These guys have been working hard and they've faced a lot of challenges."

Waterside Place is taking shape as it advances to its opening in the spring.

While many projects consisting of 11 buildings would be done in phases, Willis Smith is building Waterside Place simultaneously. For example, if a roofer is finishing all the buildings at the same time, he has to have the manpower to get it done. COVID-19 could have affected the availability of the workforce, but didn't.

Ortiz said he hopes everything continues to go smoothly, but Mother Nature plays a role.

"I don't have a crystal ball to predict natural delays," he said. "We can't operate lifts with rain and lightning storms."

Potential weather delays aside, developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch has been thrilled with Willis Smith's progress.

"Fortunately, everything has gone smoothly," said Kirk Boylston, the president of SMR's Lakewood Ranch Commercial."We have not had a lot of COVID impacts. There is so much detail in this project, but Willis Smith has been diligent and outstanding."

Carr said the Waterside Place project is Willis Smith's biggest undertaking in terms of numbers of buildings. Booker High School's construction included 11 buildings as well, but one of Waterside Place's 11 buildings Building C is actually three buildings connected by two walkways.

"It takes a lot more coordination," Ortiz said of managing such a project.

When Willis Smith finishes its role, more construction will be needed. Boylston said the biggest restaurants that sign for Waterside Place will need to build out their space, which basically will be a shell, and that could take four to six months for the larger restaurants.

Boylston said Waterside Place will experience a staggered opening. However, he said the office, retail and entertainment hub will have enough businesses opening together in the spring that the public will be drawn there. Then during the rest of the year the major restaurants will follow.

Ten leases have been signed at Waterside Place, which is built on a 36-acre peninsula and will include seven park areas, and Boylston said he is in negotiations with four more, including one for office space, one for retail and two for restaurants. He categorized one as a major restaurant.

Ortiz is excited about finishing off the project, especially when he sees the businesses take over their spaces.

"I love seeing the owners' smiles," he said.

Willis Smith's Nathan Carr and Angel Ortiz say their workers overcame many challenges to keep on deadline to finish Waterside Place.

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