New construction work starts at Westdale

U.S. Bank building to open this summer

February 19, 2015 | 7:00 pm

CEDAR RAPIDS Construction has begun on a U.S. Bank branch at Westdale, the first new building in the $90 million Cedar Rapids redevelopment project.

Lisa Rowe, vice president/retail at Frew Development Group and Westdale general manager, on Thursday said additional construction during the next few months will include a 5,000-square-foot stand-alone Chick-fil-A restaurant, interior and exterior renovations to the JCPenney building, and a 12,000-square-foot multi-tenant building.

The construction of the first new building at Westdale is a significant milestone, Rowe said. Vertical construction is what people in the community have been longing to see since we started this project.

Construction of the U.S. Bank building began on Feb. 9 and the office, which will be located on the second pad site north of the south Edgewood Road SW entrance, is expected to open this summer.

U.S. Bank is relocating because the building housing its branch at 2350 Edgewood Rd. SW was acquired in October 2010 by F&M Bank of Manchester, which has offices in northeast and downtown Cedar Rapids. F&M expects to open a branch at Westdale in November.

Chick-fil-A hopes to start construction April 6 on its new free-standing restaurant, Rowe said. It will be located on the first pad site north of the south entrance off Edgewood Road SW.

Rowe said the recently completed initial phase of site work created eight development pads along Edgewood Road SW, All the sites are under contract and include new utilities, construction of a new Edgewood Road entrance and a portion of the new ring road that will provide access to future development.

The 12,000-square-foot multi-tenant building will be constructed just south of the existing U.S. Bank building, Rowe said.

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