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A public meeting will be held today (Thursday) in the Bud Joyner Auditorium at Amarillo College at 6:30 p.m. to talk about the Downtown Development Project, specifically focusing on the proposed hotel and parking garage.

A public meeting will be held today (Thursday) in the Bud Joyner Auditorium at Amarillo College at 6:30 p.m. to talk about the Downtown Development Project, specifically focusing on the proposed hotel and parking garage.

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Downtown Development Project open to public comment

The new Lakeside shopping centre, where WA's first new Myer buidling in 20 years will be built

With four years of approvals and planning behind them since caps on retail floor space were lifted, shopping centre owners in Perth are now in expansion mode.

Owners AMP Capital Shopping Centres and Lend Lease are the latest to cross the line.

Tomorrow, AMP Capital's Ocean Keys Shopping Centre in Clarkson opens its $108 million expansion and later this month Lend Lease's Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City finishes its two-stage $300 million expansion, which will include the first new Myer store in Perth for 20 years.

The $750 million development application for AMP's Garden City Booragoon is due early next year and the Scentre Group is moving through the planning process with the recent lodging of a development proposal for public comment for Carousel Shopping Centre with the City of Canning.

Last month Federation Centres completed an 8967sqm expansion at Warnbro Centre and the Perron Group opened its $100 million expansion at Cockburn Gateway Shopping City.

In 2010 the State Government removed floor caps, which had kept retail space at shopping centres under 80,000sqm, as part of its planning document Directions 2031 and Beyond.

The removal of the caps ended a frustrating barrier for shopping centre owners and set the scene for the wave of expansions under way or being planned.

AMP Capital Shopping Centres State development manager Scott Nugent said the cluster of expansions was unusual for an industry where expansions tended to be staggered.

"In Perth, because everyone was held back in the starter's gate until the policy was lifted, everyone is playing catch up, " Mr Nugent said. "We are just one of many operators who are trying to pull their socks up and get an exciting offer on the ground."

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Shopping centres grow across Perth

The new Lakeside shopping centre, where WA's first new Myer buidling in 20 years will be built

With four years of approvals and planning behind them since caps on retail floor space were lifted, shopping centre owners in Perth are now in expansion mode.

Owners AMP Capital Shopping Centres and Lend Lease are the latest to cross the line.

Tomorrow, AMP Capital's Ocean Keys Shopping Centre in Clarkson opens its $108 million expansion and later this month Lend Lease's Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City finishes its two-stage $300 million expansion, which will include the first new Myer store in Perth for 20 years.

The $750 million development application for AMP's Garden City Booragoon is due early next year and the Scentre Group is moving through the planning process with the recent lodging of a development proposal for public comment for Carousel Shopping Centre with the City of Canning.

Last month Federation Centres completed an 8967sqm expansion at Warnbro Centre and the Perron Group opened its $100 million expansion at Cockburn Gateway Shopping City.

In 2010 the State Government removed floor caps, which had kept retail space at shopping centres under 80,000sqm, as part of its planning document Directions 2031 and Beyond.

The removal of the caps ended a frustrating barrier for shopping centre owners and set the scene for the wave of expansions under way or being planned.

AMP Capital Shopping Centres State development manager Scott Nugent said the cluster of expansions was unusual for an industry where expansions tended to be staggered.

"In Perth, because everyone was held back in the starter's gate until the policy was lifted, everyone is playing catch up, " Mr Nugent said. "We are just one of many operators who are trying to pull their socks up and get an exciting offer on the ground."

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Shopping centres hit expansion button

The new Lakeside shopping centre, where WA's first new Myer buidling in 20 years will be built

With four years of approvals and planning behind them since caps on retail floor space were lifted, shopping centre owners in Perth are now in expansion mode.

Owners AMP Capital Shopping Centres and Lend Lease are the latest to cross the line.

Tomorrow, AMP Capital's Ocean Keys Shopping Centre in Clarkson opens its $108 million expansion and later this month Lend Lease's Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City finishes its two-stage $300 million expansion, which will include the first new Myer store in Perth for 20 years.

The $750 million development application for AMP's Garden City Booragoon is due early next year and the Scentre Group is moving through the planning process with the recent lodging of a development proposal for public comment for Carousel Shopping Centre with the City of Canning.

Last month Federation Centres completed an 8967sqm expansion at Warnbro Centre and the Perron Group opened its $100 million expansion at Cockburn Gateway Shopping City.

In 2010 the State Government removed floor caps, which had kept retail space at shopping centres under 80,000sqm, as part of its planning document Directions 2031 and Beyond.

The removal of the caps ended a frustrating barrier for shopping centre owners and set the scene for the wave of expansions under way or being planned.

AMP Capital Shopping Centres State development manager Scott Nugent said the cluster of expansions was unusual for an industry where expansions tended to be staggered.

"In Perth, because everyone was held back in the starter's gate until the policy was lifted, everyone is playing catch up, " Mr Nugent said. "We are just one of many operators who are trying to pull their socks up and get an exciting offer on the ground."

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Perth shopping centres grow

Brick-and-mortar retail has been increasingly troubled over the years as online shopping has become near universal. In a fitting turn of events, server hosting companies are increasingly turning to vacant retail locationsas a source of cheap floor space for server farms. In fact, your local mall could be hosting several small clusters of servers any youd never know it.

Millions of square feet of retail space sit idle across the US as department stores continue to close up shop in marginal markets to focus on the ones that remain profitable. These large open spaces arent good for much without serious refitting, but several aspects of your average department store makes for an excellent server room.

The basic construction makes it easy to reinforce the walls and roof to withstand tornadoes and hurricanes, which is important for servers hosting vital information. The lack of windows is also a big plus. Some malls have also served as bomb shelters in the past, so its possible the structure is already sufficiently sturdy that little to no modification is needed. No matter where a company decides to set up a server room, they will have to add a high-capacity fiber internet connection. That sort of thing doesnt come standard with a vacant Target store.

In some cases these retail spaces have been empty for years, so any economic activity is better than none. However, the handful of employees it takes to run a small data center dont compare to the small army of employees it takes to run a department store.

One notable drawback of this new residential data center approach is the relative lack of security. An active mall isnt going to be suitable for housing certain kinds of sensitive data and services. However, smaller customers like law firms and hospitals that need a few racks to save important documents can get a good deal on server space from a company operating out of what was once a K-Mart.

Now read: NSA data center will use 1.7M gallons of water per day to read your email

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The $480,307 Industrial Sites Reuse Program grant will largely subsidize the $722,956 remediation cost to remove the outside and interior walls, asbestos contamination and old equipment. Borough officials have been converting the closed building from a Class C, non-functioning, out-of-date facility into a Class A office to be used as the new borough complex.

Im very happy we were able to get it, said Councilwoman Anita Barton, representing Ward 4 where the borough office will be located. It is a help for us financially.

Barton said that the remediation costs went up slightly because they had discovered a little more asbestos in the building in the summertime.

You cant just go into a building and assume it is safe, Barton said. We had to be sure the building would be safe.

On Oct. 27, workers at the construction site were installing metal wall studs between the concrete floors and ceilings on the first and second floors of the building. The building is surrounded by an 8-foot chain-link fence faced with green fabric to obscure the construction site from sidewalk observers. The upper floors are visible from Fayette Street and Fourth Avenue.

The grant application for the Conshohocken project was received by state officials in August 2014, said Lyndsay Kensinger, a DCED spokesperson. There have been no other ISRP grant projects awarded in Montgomery County so far this year, she said.

In September, borough council borrowed $10,781,000 from two banks to pay for the construction costs. The annual debt service will start at $312,619 in 2015 and increase to $719,766 per year in the subsequent 24 years of the loans. Borough officials said the $719,766 in annual debt service would be decreased by eliminating the annual $240,000 that the borough currently pays for its office rental at 1 W. First Ave. The borough also expects to receive about $225,000 per year when all of the 20,000 square feet of rental space is occupied in the new borough office building.

Council awarded a $10,497,600 basic bid to TN Ward Co. of Lower Merion on Sept. 3 along with alternate bid items that brought the total cost of construction $10,709,600. The alternate bids include a vegetative tray system on the main roof for $103,500; a screen for the rooftop mechanical systems for $46,500; a six-panel, closed-loop solar hot-water array for a $38,500; an upgrade in the rubber roof thickness from 0.06 inch to 0.09 inch for $13,500; and a ground face cement block rather than split face for $10,000.

Borough Engineer Paul Hughes had recommended eliminating a $713,000 alternate for a second entrance on Fourth Avenue that included site work, structures, stairs, exterior envelope, interior re-configuration and the associated mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection elements. Continued...

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By Karen Brune Mathis, Managing Editor

That corner, at northwest Kernan and Atlantic boulevards, is anchored by LA Fitness, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Earth Fare and, next spring, Belk. A 7-Eleven also operates on an outparcel.

The 290-unit Sorrel apartments are under construction on the site, just north of the retail area. The address is 11901 Atlantic Blvd.

President Toney Sleiman said Monday he also is studying the option of building a movie theater there, pending results of a competitive review to determine if the area can support one.

The whole area is a great area, Sleiman said.

According to Sleiman.com, demographics show average household income of $70,343 within five miles of the location. It found a population of almost 176,000, among more than 67,700 households.

That indicates an average household size of 2.6, possibly reflecting the number of young professionals and couples who live among the apartments and housing developments in the area.

The five-mile median age is 34.2, while the one-mile median age is a younger 32.4.

Sleiman projects a 2018 population of more than 183,000.

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Back in the early 1970s, Madison restaurants typically served staunchly Midwestern fare: sausages, steaks, fish fry. There were few other options. But by the end of the decade there was a beachhead for the ethnic cuisine that was to come: Hsn's, a Turkish restaurant, opened at 547 State St. in 1979. In time, Hsn's was joined on the same block by Buraka East African Cuisine and Kabul Restaurant, serving Afghani and Mediterranean food.

That modest building's great run ended last year, when it was demolished to make way for the Hub, a mixed-use development of apartments, retail space and parking. Construction is under way.

Kabul fortunately found new space upstairs in the former Gino's just across the street. The second-floor location is triple the restaurant's original size.

While the menu is not radically different, the new location creates a whole new experience. A bigger kitchen space allows for a more sophisticated menu, a modern and updated version of what Kabul had offered before. Photographs and paintings are set off by red and green light accents. The centerpiece of the new room is a bar that runs perpendicular to the windows overlooking State Street.

There are some terrific plates on the lunch menu, starting with the zucchini, potatoes, mushrooms and green peppers spooned over fluffy vegetarian couscous. Trout with cilantro chutney is only $8. Hummus is also a good deal and spiked with just enough garlic that it never overpowers the chickpea mash.

There's plenty to like before diners even get to the entrees. Dinners come with a side of soup or salad. Afghan soup with garbanzos, chicken, and kidney beans in a tomato base has a mellow, slow burn with mild heat in a delicate collision of flavors. A fresh salad is set off with a sublime yogurt-mint dressing.

Bread is served with a spicy roasted red pepper-garlic sauce. Other appetizers include sabrosas, deep-fried triangular pastries stuffed with potatoes and served with a mint-cucumber sauce. Baba ganoush is creamy, smooth and subtle. Large chunks of cucumbers distinguish the tabouli.

Entrees are mostly chicken- or lamb-based, and some come as curries, or served over couscous or chalow (white rice seasoned with cardamom).

There's also a nice selection of vegetarian dishes: fasuliya (green beans cooked with onions and split peas), bamya (okra with garlic in tandoori masala) and lubya (red beans with tomatoes, cumin, and coriander).

Sweet potato with lamb curry carries delicate undertones. Lamb and chicken kebabs with tomatoes, green peppers and onion fared the worst -- the lamb was dry and too tough, and the dish lacked any punch or finesse.

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Tanger Outlet Branson announced new stores opening in the recent $3 million mall and parking lot improvements.

Tanger Outlet Branson General Manager Jamie Whiteis said Sunglass Hut opened Oct. 24 and three others are set to open before the holiday shopping season. Pandora was scheduled to open Oct. 31 and Talbots and Helzberg Diamonds are set to open Nov. 7, he said. Pandora is going in on the east side of the mall in existing space.

An Adidas store, Calendar Club & Go Games, and an Express are scheduled to open some time next month, though Whiteis said the exact dates are unknown at this point. Whiteis declined to disclose the final store that will fill in the newly constructed retail space because a lease had not been finalized.

The mall is also getting parking lot and pedestrian improvements. Whiteis said construction is slightly more than halfway complete on the parking lot improvements, though work will be halted as the mall experiences a higher volume of shoppers for the holiday season.

The Bank of Missouri will also be breaking ground on a 7,100-square-foot building Nov. 3 at 1313 Missouri 248 in Branson.

The community is invited to the ground breaking at 9 a.m.

We are very excited to begin this next phase of our presence in Branson, said David Cook, community bank president for The Bank of Missouri in Branson.

We appreciate the support we have had from our customers since we opened in August 2012, and we look forward to serving them from our new state-of-the-art building.

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The Taco Bell on Gage Drive in Branson opened Oct. 29. The $183,000 project got underway in August.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Flushing Commons will eventually bring open space, housing and retail to downtown Flushing, but right now, construction is creating a problem for pedestrians and drivers alike.

As CBS2s Vanessa Murdock reported, heavy equipment sits at the intersection of Union Street and 39th Avenue, the future site of Flushing Commons. But some say the setup is an accident waiting to happen.

I feel like someone will come by and hit me or something, Elmhurst, Queens resident Elizabeth Chalini said when asked if she felt safe as she walked by.

Along Union Street, the sidewalk is cut off; instead of adhering to signs, people walk in the traffic lanes anyway.

I have to follow the flow I guess, one pedestrian said.

As Murdock reported, having no sidewalk is just one issuethe traffic is another.

The area is a mass transportation hub with thousands of people and hundreds of cars at any given time. Because of construction, three lanes are now down to two.

We dont like it, but its the way it is. What can we do?driver Kelvin Tin said.

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