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Upstairs, bedrooms radiate under the eaves from a large central hall, each room interconnected with closets. One bedroom was converted to a bathroom.

The house also features a hidden room, just three feet wide and six feet long. Inside the room, the couple found a packet of love letters, tied with a tattered pink ribbon, dating from 1887 to 1891.

The origin of these letters is unknown, the application reads. According to the names on the letters, they do not appear to have been written or received by anyone known to have lived in the house.

The love letters predate the house. Theres no access to the hidden room except for a ceiling panel in a closet.

It was definitely somebody special place, Jo Anne said. It was obviously somebody having an affair.

The farm also has changed in the almost 30 years the Millers have owned it.

When they closed on the farm, Jo Anne and Jay talked about what they wanted to do with the land. Jay suggested raising cattle, but Jo Anne didnt want to raise a cow only to find it on her dinner plate. Before long, they began taking in abused and neglected horses and nursing them back to health.

Jo Anne has an education background and soon began using these horses in a therapeutic riding program to help teenagers deal with their own traumas. The farm has helped 504 horses recover from malnutrition, abuse and neglect, while pairing them with teens that may have similar difficulties in life. All of the students who have gone through Brook Hill Farms programs have graduated high school and many have gone on to receive college degrees.

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ANN ARBOR, MI Demolition work has begun to make way for the next high-rise development in downtown Ann Arbor.

Crews have been busy since last week tearing down a 1980s office building that housed DTE Energy at the southeast corner of Main and William streets.

Rising in its place over the next two years will be a 10-story building with apartments and ground-floor retail.

The Standard, as the development is called, was approved by City Council in early March just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But the novel coronavirus outbreak isnt stopping the project from moving ahead.

Well move forward with foundation work as soon as demolition is complete, and we expect to start going vertical early next year, said Eric Leath, development manager with Georgia-based developer Landmark Properties.

We look forward to welcoming residents to The Standard in fall 2022, he added.

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10-story development planned for corner of Main and William

The apartments are designed primarily for young professionals, University of Michigan students, faculty and visiting professors, according to plans.

There are no notable changes to the building since it was approved, said architect John Myefski.

Plans call for 218 apartments with 421 bedrooms and over 6,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.

Amenities include fitness/yoga rooms, study areas, a small outdoor deck/lounge on the east side of the second floor, and a larger outdoor deck with a hot tub/pool on the west side of the second floor overlooking Main Street.

Ann Arbor high-rise proposal features pool deck with hammocks

The unit mix includes 89 studios, 22 one-bedroom units (two dedicated as affordable housing for people earning 80% of the area median income), 60 two-bedroom units, 12 three-bedroom units and 35 four-bedroom units.

The developer agreed to include at least 1,250 square feet of rooftop solar panels, estimated to meet over 1% of the buildings annual energy needs and public art features.

The demolition of a 1980s office building to make way for a new high-rise at Main and William streets in downtown Ann Arbor on Sept. 11, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News

Adhering to the citys height limits for the property, the block-long building will step down from 10 stories to five stories as it approaches Packard Street.

The buildings facade is to include a combination of brick, steel panels and glass.

There are 102 car parking spaces planned, including 90 interior spaces and 12 exterior spaces on the east side.

Plans include one underground parking level and one first-floor parking level in the building with access via the adjacent alley. Four spaces are to be for electric vehicles and two for car sharing, plus 84 bicycle parking spaces.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(KRQE) Squalid conditions inside a now vacant, former Albuquerque restaurant are causing problems for a neighboring non-profit. In response, the city is now considering tearing down the problem property along Central Avenue.

Just west of Wyoming Boulevard, the property at 8411 Central Avenue NE has been on the Albuquerque Code Enforcement divisions radar since 2014. While the location remains boarded up, the neighboring non-profit Street Safe New Mexico says it continues to deal with issues coming from the next-door property it shares a wall with.

The non-profits Executive Director, Christine Barber recorded video of a recent indoor tour of the property. Barbers video shows the vacant business has large piles of trash inside. Barber describes the overwhelming smells of feces and rotting trash.

That smell, Barber said. Holy crap, no wonder everyone thinks someones dead in here.

Barbers next-door non-profit has been dealing with the mouse problem since May. The mice were determined to be coming from the vacant building next door. Barber estimates the non-profit has killed around 120 mice in the last four months. She says the rodents are getting into health supplies that the non-profit provides to women living on the street.

We have so much damage thats been done to our building, Barber said. Theres Tom and Jerry mouse holes in all of the walls, they are coming from next door, they have to be coming from the abandoned building next door.

Photos gathered by the city show inspectors recently found piles of trash, bloody needles and signs of homeless camps around the property.

Monday night, city councilors voted to move forward with a demolition of the old restaurant but councilors did not vote to expedite the process so the soonest it could happen in mid-November. Street Safe says thats not soon enough for them to stay in the building safely in the meantime, so for the moment, they will not operate out of that space.

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This is a view of Ormond Beach.(Photo: STAR FILE PHOTO)

With new energy contracts secured for Oxnard's Ormond Beach Generating Station, the plan to end the power plant has begun.

Starting next year, GenOn, which owns two coastal power plants in the city, will begin setting aside monthly payments to a trust that will eventually pay for the demolition of the gas-fired plant at Ormond Beach. The trust will be established through theVentura County Community Foundation.

It remains to be seen what will become of the Mandalay Generating Station, which unlike the one at Ormond, is no longer operating and can't generate any revenue. Developing the site could be a possibility to generate money for demolition.

In the meantime, the Ormond facility will continue operations through 2023, years beyond the original decommission date at the end of this year.

The City Council on Tuesday was briefed on the latest developments, which included the State Water Resources ControlBoardvotingunanimously on Sept. 1to extend the life of the power plant.

Depending on future energy contracts and electric grid needs, the Ormond Beach power plant could come down some time between 2025 to 2027.

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"Im really glad that we, unlike other communities, are going to have a fund to take this down," said Councilwoman Carmen Ramirez.

Ramirez has been a staunch advocate of ridding industrial uses along the coast. But she, along with others on the council, spoke on behalf of the city urging the state board to approve the power plant extension.

This December was supposed to be the deadline for the two Oxnard power plants and others in the state that useocean water to cool down heated operations to decommission. But the state agency is extendingthe deadline for Ormond and three others in Southern California to ensure power grid reliability and to give more time for alternative energy sources to get on line.

City Manager Alex Nguyen and City Attorney Stephen Fischer negotiated a deal for GenOn to set aside $25 million for demolition of the power plant and remediation of the soil and groundwater at the site. According to the pact, if the funds set aside are not enough fordemolition, GenOn agrees to pay the difference.

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"Had we not done this and assumed they were going to close at the end ofthis year, we would have been the biggest losers," Nguyen said.

That's because state leaders might have approved an extension due to grid reliability and there wouldn't have been a payment plan to take the facility down. Other decommissioned power plants in the state, like the one in Morro Bay, have such a fate.

A similar deal wasn't reached before the closure of Mandalay power plant, which is just north of Ormond Beach near Fifth Street. In an interview on Thursday, Nguyen said that site requires development in order to generaterevenue for demolition.

"I was working on a deal there most of last year. The recession put a massive halt on it," Nguyen said. "Theres still a deal to be made there, and I intend to pick it up as soon as feasible."

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Wendy Leung is a staff writer for the Ventura County Star. Reach her at wendy.leung@vcstar.com or 805-437-0339. You can also find her on Twitter @Leung__Wendy.

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Steve Fitzpatrick had a chance to design an orthodontist clinic in 1986 and took the risk of opening his own firm, Fitzpatrick Architects. His first office was an easy commute. With three daughters, he moved one into a room with her sister and turned it into the corporate headquarters.

Thursday night in front of friends, family and businesses from Tyler, Fitzpatrick, his five other partners and the now 23-employee firm was honored as the 2019 American Institute of Architects Dallas Firm of the Year. Fitzpatrick Architects of Tyler was chosen from among 2,300 firms, as the 18-county region of Northeast Texas is the fifth-largest in the nation behind chapters in New York, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles.

For us to get this award with over 2,300 firms up there, its like a whos who of nationally recognized firms and for us to get this is hard to believe and we are really excited about it, Fitzpatrick said. We think its because we are making a difference in our community and we can see it and they can see it. We are also working with the downtown master plan. AIA sees us helping and pitching in with our community as well as designing for companies.

For a town the size of Tyler to have an architecture firm of 23 is pretty unusual and doesnt happen very often. Not many cities have that, it means theres something special going on here, Fitzpatrick added.

Fitzpatrick Architects designed Fresh by Brookshires on Old Jacksonville Highway, several projects for Green Acres Baptist Church, the Southside Bank branches, Raquet & Jog, the former Tyler Morning Telegraph building and several other businesses and restaurants, as well as public buildings for the city. They have also designed buildings all over East Texas.

Fitzpatrick is proud of the Energy Center at Tyler Junior College and to be designing part of the renovation and new addition to Tyler High School. The former Robert E. Lee and Texas A&M and Rice University graduate said he wants each project to be a fun place to be in and an experience.

We carry that into everything, no matter what we are doing. We try to be involved in local education. There are no architect schools in the area, so we might be the only exposure they get. We let them job shadow in case they want to get into this field, Fitzpatrick said.

When asked how a local firm can be one of the best in the country yet still affordable, he said, What we always say is, The good design does not cost extra money. No matter what the project is, we are trying to bring good design in an economic fashion. Saying something has to not look good because its low-cost should not be an excuse.

Fitzpatrick worked for Charles Tapley and Associates in Houston while attending graduate school and then Sinclair & Wright before opening his own firm. They moved from his house to Dobbs Street, Vine Street and now on the second floor of the Times Square Center. He has served as a board member on the City of Tyler Board of Adjustments, The American Red Cross Smith County Chapter, Parent Services, The Robert E. Lee High School Booster Club, and Tyler Community Homes. Fitzpatrick is also a deacon at Green Acres Baptist Church, the Northeast Texas Representative on the Dallas AIA Board of Directors, the Northeast Texas Executive Director for the Texas Architects Committee, and serves, by appointment of the Governor of Texas, on the State of Texas Industrialized Building Code Council.

When asked what his favorite project has been, he smiles and says, The thing I am most proud of is building this firm and having a collection of people here in Tyler who are really talented and committed to good design and want to do architecture and make a difference. Weve been fortunate to do a lot of great buildings all over town and Northeast Texas. Its been incredible how weve grown and grown. We have really talented, great people who want to move to Tyler and work. Its been an amazing ride.

And its not just designs. He felt Fresh by Brookshires was not just a store.

That was a new concept design and game-changer for them. Its a brand, its a grocery company, it changed that whole area, he said. TJC Energy Center on the West Campus, it shows what kind of high-tech training is going on.

Michael Malone of Malone Maxwell Borson Architects presented the award Thursday at the Peoples Petroleum Building.

You all know what an exemplary organization this is. As architects, our goal is to always be better than we are individually as a team. And this is a group that represents strength and power in a community working together. I can say on behalf of every architect in Dallas, I am glad you are here in Tyler and I do not have to compete with you! Malone said. We sometimes take for granted the things we have. You go to work or college in a building and on all occasions it was designed by someone up here. If it was a good building, it changed your life. Its a nice thing to be able to recognize a group of people and the work this group has.

Malone won the award seven years ago and said, That tag is on every email that goes out from our firm and will stay with us forever.

Fitzpatrick added, Its humbling to receive this. We still cant believe it happened. Its amazing its on the list and will be the biggest accomplishment we achieved.

Fitzpatrick and his wife, Marta, have three daughters and five grandchildren. The other partners in the firm are Brian Phillips, Brandy Ziegler, Chad Humphries, Trey Greer and Chuck Goldsmith.

STEVE FITZPATRICK: Steve graduated from Texas A & M University in 1978 with a degree in Environmental Design. He received his Masters Degree from Rice University in 1981. Steve worked with the firm of Charles Tapley and Associates in Houston while attending graduate school. He was licensed to practice Architecture by the State of Texas in 1983. After working for another firm in Tyler, Steve opened his own Architectural practice in 1986 which has grown to its current size as one of the largest firms in East Texas. In 2010 Steve invited five of his staff Architects to become partners and formed the current firm of Fitzpatrick Architects.

Steve has completed a wide variety of projects including multiple projects for Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Mobberly Baptist Church in Longview, The Wellborn Houston Law Office in Henderson, The Tyler Civic Theater Complex, The City of Tyler Glass Recreation Center, The Tyler Salvation Army Center of Hope, Dermatology Associates of Tyler, The Genecov Group Office, Posados Corporate Offices, and many facilities throughout the region for East Texas Medical Center.

Steve has served as a Board Member on the City of Tyler Board of Adjustments, The American Red Cross Smith County Chapter, Parent Services, The Robert E. Lee High School Booster Club, and Tyler Community Homes. He served as Chairman for several of these organizations.

Steve currently serves as a deacon at Green Acres Baptist Church, the Northeast Texas Representative on the Dallas AIA Board of Directors, the Northeast Texas Executive Director for the Texas Architects Committee (TAC), and serves, by appointment of the Governor of Texas, on the State of Texas Industrialized Building Code Council.

Steve and his wife Marta have three daughters and five grandchildren.

Chuck is an Architect and Partner at Fitzpatrick Architects, and a member of the Northeast Texas section of the AIA. He has worked on a variety of projects, including residential, churches, commercial, municipal, and industrial, and currently focuses primarily on medical facilities.

Chuck received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas, and after stints as a builder/remodeler, cabinetmaker, and as a missionary builder with Youth with a Mission, he earned his Master of Architecture from Texas Tech University. He has worked in Tyler since 1996, and has worked with Steve Fitzpatrick since 2000.

His recent project involvement has included an addition and remodel of Racquet & Jog in Tyler, several ambulatory surgery centers in Texas, Louisiana, and Arizona, a new clinic space for the Veterans Administration in Tyler, and various addition and remodel projects in hospitals, retail stores and restaurants, car dealerships, offices, and residences.

Past projects have included the adaptive reuse of Tylers historic Cotton Belt Depot, industrial facilities for Aramark Uniform, and Tyler Beverage, a remodel of First Baptist Church Mineola, the ETMC CyberKnife robotic surgical vault, the ETMC Data Center, ETMC Fairfield Hospital, and the ETMC Jacksonville Olympic Center. He has also been the Project Architect for a variety of adaptive reuse and remodel projects for the ETMC Regional Healthcare System including the ETMC 5th Street Medical Offices, the Frankston Medical Clinic, and on new clinics in Canton, Mt. Vernon, and Trinity, Texas.

Hobbies are woodworking, remodeling, welding and fabrication, shade tree vehicle repair, guitar, sailing, and traveling with Nancy, his wife of 36 years. They have four children, and six grandchildren.

Trey Greer is an Architect and Partner at Fitzpatrick Architects in Tyler, Texas. He works on a variety of projects, from religious and educational to commercial, with a wide range of clients around East Texas.

Trey received his Bachelor of Architecture from Louisiana Tech University in 1998, and worked with Michael L Walpole, Architect in Ruston, Louisiana and Tobin & Associates in Cheyenne, Wyoming before joining Fitzpatrick.Butler Architects in 2004. In 2010, Steve Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick.Butler formed Fitzpatrick Architects, where Trey is now a partner. Trey currently holds licenses to practice Architecture in the States of Texas and New Mexico. Trey is also NCARB certified and has been previously licensed in the States of Louisiana and Wyoming.

Treys recent projects include offices for Vascular Specialists of East Texas, renovation of the Peoples Petroleum Building in downtown Tyler, a new Boulter Middle School for Tyler Independent School district, and interior renovations for First Baptist Church of West Monroe, Louisiana.

Trey is married with three children and is part of a mission construction team with Southern Oaks Baptist Church. Trey is also a member of the Board of Directors for Lone Tree Camps in New Mexico, a Christian based, high adventure camp for young people.

Chad Humphries is an Architect and Partner at Fitzpatrick Architects in Tyler, Texas.

Chad received his Bachelor of Environmental Design Degree from Texas A&M in 1998 and his Master of Architecture in 2001 from the University of Idaho. Chad joined Fitzpatrick.Butler Architects in 1999, and returned shortly after completing his graduate degree. He is NCARB certified and is a licensed Architect in the State of Texas.

In 2010, Steve Fitzpatrick began Fitzpatrick Architects, and Chad became a partner of the firm. Projects in his resume include Posados Corporate Office, Mobberly Baptist Church Elevation Youth Building, Green Acres Baptist Church Student Center Addition, Mobberly Baptist Church Childrens Building Renovation, Green Acres Baptist Church Lighthouse Education Building and Crosswalk Conference Center, The Bridge Education Building at Mobberly Baptist Church, The Foundry Coffee Shop, and Bethel Bible Church (South and Downtown campuses).

Chad has a passion for Interior Design, and leads our talented Interior Design staff. He recently led the design and renovation of our current office, using the opportunity to be innovative while meeting a tight budget.

Brian Phillips is an Architect and Partner at Fitzpatrick Architects in Tyler, Texas. He works on a variety of projects, from medical to commercial, with a wide range of clients around East Texas.

Brian received his Bachelor of Architecture from Louisiana Tech University in 1998, and worked with RTKL Associates in Dallas and Morgan, Hill, Sutton & Mitchell Architects in Shreveport before joining Fitzpatrick Butler Architects in 2004. In 2010, Steve Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick.Butler formed Fitzpatrick Architects where Brian is now a partner. Brian is NCARB certified and a licensed Architect in the State of Texas. He is also a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional.

Brian's past projects include the Southgate Office Building for The Genecov Group, the JoAnn Medlock Murphy Tennis Complex at Tyler Junior College, Rockhill Baptist Church in Brownsboro, Texas, the Phirst Building for the Genesis Group, Corporate Green Office Development, Cardiovascular Associates of East Texas (CAET), STEMCO in Longview, Ear Nose & Throat (ENT) Associates of East Texas, the All Saints Episcopal Chapel, Christ Churchs South Campus Chapel, and a new medical office for Sleep Medicine Institute of Texas. He is currently the Project Architect for a new office building for Jasper Ventures, and working on the design of numerous other projects.

Brian served on the City of Tyler's Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals from 2005 to 2009. He has also been active in the Northeast Texas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, serving as the Chapter President in 2009, and as a Director from 2010-2012. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Discovery Science Museum in Tyler.

Brian is married to Dr. Michal Phillips of Tyler, a family practice physician with ETMC in Whitehouse, TX. Brian is the very proud father of Jonathan Phillips, who was born in 2008. Brian is also an active cyclist, and races both mountain and road bikes competitively. He is currently a Race Team director with FRESH Racing, a local cycling club.

Brandy Ziegler is an Architect and Partner at Fitzpatrick Architects in Tyler, Texas.

Brandy received her Master of Architecture from Texas Tech University in 1999. She worked with Beeler, Guest, Owens Architects in Dallas upon graduating. There she worked on Mutli-family and Mixed-use projects for the Dallas and Austin Texas areas. In 2001, Brandy and her husband Bryan moved to Denver to work with Mountain Design Group, an architecture and engineering firm.

Brandy joined Fitzpatrick.Butler Architects in 2003. She is NCARB certified and is a licensed Architect in the State of Texas and Oklahoma. In 2009, Brandy took the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accreditation exam, and is now a LEED Accredited Professional.

In 2010, Steve Fitzpatrick began Fitzpatrick Architects, and Brandy became a partner of the firm. Projects in her resume include the re-envisioned offices of Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler Tennis and Swim Club, The Energy Center at Tyler Junior College, Brookshires FRESH Grocery Store (LEED Certified), Wood County Electrical Cooperative (Quitman), First Christian Church Renovations and Additions, Ecoland Early Learning Center (Kilgore), Region 7 Education Service Center Renovations and Additions (Kilgore), The University of Texas at Tylers Baseball and Softball Complex, Texas Arthritis and Rheumatology Medical Office, South Tyler Dermatology Medical Office, The Genecov Office Expansion, and Prothro Wilhelmi Accounting Office.

Brandy is married to Bryan who is a civil engineer and the principal at Aqueous Engineering in Tyler, TX. Bryan also received his Masters in Architecture along with his civil engineering degree at Texas Tech where they met. They have been blessed with two girls Sophie (2005) and Maya (2008). Brandy is an active member of the Education/Human Resources Committee for the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce, and she is on the Board of Directors for the Andy Woods Elementary Parent Teacher Association. Bryan and Brandy are members at Green Acres Baptist Church where they are active in volunteering and serving.

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Meera Investments Limited have sued architectural firm FBW (u) Ltd and its two directors Nigel J. Tilling, and Paul Moores with a law suit of up to $3m in breach of the Kabira Country Club extension contract.

Acting through Ssemambo & Ssemambo Advocates and Magna Advocates, the suit has been filed before the Commercial Division of the High Court and the defendants have been given two weeks to file their defence.

FBW and the two individuals Tiling and Moores had previously provided services for Meera Investments and it was on that premise that they were entrusted with the botched job. They had previously worked on Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort, Kampala International School, Delhi Public School, Kampala Boulevard Shopping Centre, Kingdom Kampala, Downtown Project in Rwanda and Phase 1 of Kabira Country Club.

Since its establishment in 2000, the enhanced reputation of the Club (Kabira) as a renowned sport and health club facility and offering varying facilities including high end quality accommodation, service apartments, conferences and high quality services has attracted an increased clientele base beyond its capacity, thereby necessitating the need for expeditious expansion of the clubs facilities to accommodate the increased clients , which would also resultantly grow its income, part of the suit reads.

FBW entered into contract with Meera on 6th February 2012 for both Speke Apartments Wampewo and Kabira Country Club extension with the scope of work including design development encompassing architectural, structural engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, other civil services, design team coordination, construction supervision and incidental services.

Meera went ahead and made payments in installments stipulated in the contract and it was agreed that the Kabira expansion project is stayed until the completion of Speke Apartments Wampewo. In October 2018, the parties mutually agreed to resume the implementation of Kabiras expansion project.

FBW and its directors undertook to complete full construction drawings before the end of December 2018 with construction scheduled to start in January 2019. By this time FBW had already received three installments which covered work up to submission of construction drawings package.

However, in contravention of the contract, FBW demanded more money totaling to $75,000 (20%) which they were supposed to receive when construction had commenced. Meera who urgently needed construction to commence made the payments and FBW to their surprise demanded more money in November 2018.

Meera in dire need of the project to commence made another $37,500 payment which was supposed to be the fifth installment, also supposed to be an in-between construction payment, long after the drawings should have been submitted.

Meera requested for the architectural drawings but to their shock, FBW demanded a sixth installment which was supposed to be paid on completion of construction of the shell structure. On insistence, FBW only handed over PDF format which was neither adjustable, nor usable and they didnt include the CAD files of the construction drawings.

As a result, Meera hired other professionals to complete the work so that their building could meet the 36 months schedule to completion. Meera engaged the architectural services of M/S Design 256 Ltd at a cost of $65,000, engineering firm Constulka Services for final construction drawings plus CAD files at $55,000 and a mechanical and electrical engineer James Bakyaawa Ssozi of Chase Consults Ltd to convert PDF drawings to Auto-CAD on A1 and a payment of $16,000 was made.

Meera now wants court to compel FBW plus Tiling and Moores to refund $132,750 being money received to the plaintiffs use by the defendants, plus special damages of $286,739 arising out of defendants breach of contract and general damages inclusive of $2,672,579 as income Kabira will miss because the project will be delayed for six months arising from FBWs breach of contract.

Meera also wants court to compel FBW to pay an interest rate of 25 per cent per annum until money is paid in full and costs of the suit.

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Barranquilla, Colombia, Sept. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tecnoglass, Inc.(NASDAQ: TGLS) ("Tecnoglass" or the "Company"),a leading manufacturer of architectural glass, windows, and associated aluminum products for the global commercial and residential construction industries, today announced that the Company will attend the D.A. Davidson 19th Annual Diversified Industrials & Services Virtual Conference on Wednesday, September 23, 2020.

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Tecnoglass Inc. is a leading manufacturer of architectural glass, windows, and associated aluminum products for the global commercial and residential construction industries. Tecnoglass is the #1 architectural glass transformation company in Latin America and the second largest glass fabricator serving the United States. Headquartered in Barranquilla, Colombia, the Company operates out of a 2.7 million square foot vertically-integrated, state- of-the-art manufacturing complex that provides easy access to the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. Tecnoglass supplies over 1000 customers in North, Central and South America, with the United States accounting for more than 80% of revenues. Tecnoglass' tailored, high-end products are found on some of the world's most distinctive properties, including the El Dorado Airport (Bogota), 50 United Nations Plaza (New York), Trump Plaza (Panama), Icon Bay (Miami), and Salesforce Tower (San Francisco). For more information, please visit http://www.tecnoglass.com or view our corporate video at https://vimeo.com/134429998.

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CHICAGO, Sept. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the new research report, the"Smart Glass Marketwith COVID-19 Impact by Technology (Suspended Particle Display, Electrochromic, Liquid Crystal), Application (Architecture, Transportation, Consumer Electronics), and Geography - Global Forecast to 2025", published by MarketsandMarkets, size is expected to grow from USD 3.8 billion in 2020 to USD 6.8 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 12.1%. The growth of the smart glass industry is driven by factors, such as the growing adoption of smart glass in automotive application and, declining prices for electrochromic material. Other major driving factors for smart glass adoption include supportive government mandates and legislation on energy efficiency. Governing bodies of various countries are increasingly encouraging the use of these energy-efficient products. Smart glass has inherent energy-saving and auto-dimming properties, which reduce its maintenance cost. As a result, the perceived benefits of these glass products are more than the incurred investments.

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"The SPD glass market is likely to grow at a high rate during the forecast period."

The market for SPD glass technologyis expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. SPD glass offers many benefits due to its unmatched working capacity to change its light emission property to the desired level. This type of glass can adjust its light emission property from transparent to dark within 13 seconds and can be used to effectively control the glare from sun rays. SPD technology also restricts UV light up to 99%, providing a healthy ambiance with a sufficient amount of natural light. Higher control of the light emission property increases the degree of customization. SPD glass can provide ~50% saving on energy consumption. This reduces the load on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems of the building. With the optimum use of daylight to cut down on artificial lighting, there is a further reduction of electrical consumption that increases overall energy savings.

"The architecture segment to grow at a higher rate during the forecast period."

The market for the architecture application is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period owing to the increased need for energy-efficient products. Additionally, various government laws in favor of adopting smart glass in different applications are expected to boost the growth of the market for smart glass technologies. In modern times, the design and steps taken to make a building compliant with the green building norms have been prioritized in the construction industry. The salability of a residential or commercial facility considerably depends on comfort, aesthetics or interior design, and eco-friendliness.

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"The European smart glass market is expected to grow at a significant rate during the forecast period."

Europe is expected to lead the overall smart glass market in the coming years. Technological advancements and a recovering economy act as driving factors during the growth period. Rapidly increasing energy cost is likely to trigger the demand for energy-efficient products. The ability of smart glass to reduce the overall energy consumption of a building while offering attractive features such as on-demand privacy or glare-control is expected to multiply its applications in Europe. The multipurpose quality of this glass makes it a popular building material for a variety of architectural applications. In extreme weather conditions prevalent in several areas of Europe, smart glass offers a suitable solution for maintaining the internal temperature of buildings or vehicles, thus saving the overall energy costs. Therefore, Europe is expected to be a key potential growth market for smart glass over the coming years.

The smart glass market is currently dominated by Saint-Gobain (France), AGC Inc. (Japan), NSG Group (Japan), research frontier (US), and Gentex Corporation (US, View Inc.(US).

Other players operating in the smart glass market are Polytronix (US), and Pleotint(US), AGP Americas (US), Smartglass International (Ireland), Innovative Glass Corp (US), Hitachi Chemicals (Japan), SPD Control Systems (US), Fuyao Glass (China), TaiwanGlass Group (Taiwan), Central Glass (Japan), among others. Almost all companies, including key players, have adopted a few major strategies such as product developments and launches, mergers and acquisitions, and partnerships and collaborations to grow in the smart glass market.

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Palo Alto's elected leaders all agree that the city desperately needs more "affordable housing," though there is little consensus on what exactly that means and on whether that should be the city's sole objective.

For the City Council's more pro-growth members, including Mayor Adrian Fine and council members Liz Kniss and Greg Tanaka, the city's goal should be to encourage everything from subsidized housing to small market-rate units such as the workforce-centered apartments that the city approved for the corner of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road. While the developer is required to designate six of its 57 units for "affordable housing," these units would target individuals who make 120% of area median income, or about $118,950 for a one-person household.

Those on the more slow-growth side, including Vice Mayor Tom DuBois and Councilwoman Lydia Kou, take a more restrictive view and believe the city should primarily focus on apartments designated for tenants at lower-income tiers, much like those in the Wilton Court development that is slated to go up at El Camino and Wilton Avenue. All 59 units are designated for residents that make between 30% and 60% of area median income, with those on the highest end making less than $60,000.

The debate about what constitutes "true" affordable housing will take on increased urgency on Monday, when the council considers the rules governing the city's new "planned home" zone, which will allow developers to exceed zoning rules on aspects such as height, density and parking in exchange for housing. The council voted in February to introduce the zoning designation as a way to encourage more housing, though it left the details hazy.

The new zone is a descendant of the city's "planned community" zone, which was used in the past for both affordable housing projects and for mixed-use developments such as Edgewood Plaza, Alma Village and the College Terrace Centre. Unlike the "planned community" zone, which involves negotiations between the city and the developer over "public benefits" that the latter has to provide, the "planned home" zone would specify that the chief public benefit is housing.

The idea, Fine said during the February discussion, is to let staff go work with homebuilders to figure out what they need, whether it's reduced parking, more height or reduced setbacks.

"I want to be clear, we're not negotiating things like grocery stores, or park benches or rooftop gardens," Fine said. "Housing is actually the benefit there."

Developments under the planned home zone will be allowed to have a commercial component, though the council specified in February that the housing would need to be adequate to offset the demand for residential units from the project's employees and lower Palo Alto's jobs-housing imbalance.

The council agreed that 20% of the units in the proposed developments would need to be "affordable housing," which is higher than the city's normal 15% requirement for new residential developments. The council left unanswered, however, the question of affordability when it comes to the new housing units. Some on the council, including Kou, argued that setting the limit at the high end of area median income will not produce the type of housing that the city really wants. She proposed in February that these projects be required to provide housing at 50% of the area median income level.

Others, including Tanaka, raised concerns that imposing stringent affordability requirements would discourage applicants from coming forward. He also argued that raising the percentage of income-restricted units would discourage developers from submitting proposals.

"If we want to make housing, it has to be economically viable," Tanaka said. "We can't expect people to lose money on this."

While Tanaka wondered in February whether the city's proposed rules for the "planned home" zone will actually produce results, Palo Alto has seen some positive signs since then. In June, the council considered a proposal from Sand Hill Property Company for a mixed-use development with 187 rental units and a two-story office building at 3300 El Camino Real, on the edge of Stanford Research Park.

The city also received an application for a potential "planned home" project from the Menlo Park-based developer Acclaimed Companies that includes 119 units, as well as 1,000 square feet of retail and 5,000 square feet of office space, at 2951 El Camino Real, in the Ventura neighborhood.

A new report from the Department of Planning and Development Services states that despite the pandemic, staff "continues to be approached by developers interested in pursuing housing developments." For the council, which has consistently failed to meet its annual goal of 300 new housing units per year, this is a welcoming trend. The staff report notes that the city is not on target to meet its Comprehensive Goal of producing between 3,545 and 4,420 new housing units by 2030.

"The lack of housing affordable at all income levels contributes to other impacts experienced in Palo Alto," the report states. "These impacts relate to traffic congestion, higher vehicle miles traveled, greater greenhouse gas emissions, and diminished housing opportunities, among other quality of life issues."

To gain some clarity on the issue of affordability, staff is proposing numerous options for the council's consideration. Under one proposed option, the 20% requirement would be split among various affordability levels, with the developer being required to provide 5% for each income strata.

Under another option, the city would weigh units based on their affordability level and adjust the number of required units accordingly. Thus, a developer who wants to satisfy the 20% requirement by building housing for the "moderate" income level would need to produce more such units than a developer who is building units in the "low-income" tier. The approach, according to staff, recognizes that units in the "low," "very low" and "extremely low" categories entail more subsidy and a lower return of investment.

"Requiring more units to be deed restricted at the lower income level means greater concessions from the zoning code to home builders will be required."

The option, according to staff, provides "maximum flexibility to determine how to comply with the inclusionary requirement and, if elected, would tend to generate more low and very-low income units than would otherwise be produced or a greater number of income restricted units if a developer chooses units in the moderate or workforce housing range."

For rental properties, staff is proposing a different approach: requiring them to provide 10% of their units for "very low income" housing (50% of area median income) and paying housing impact fees equivalent to 20% of the city's requirement. This, according to staff, is equivalent to a 25% inclusionary requirement. The city would then be able to use the funds to support affordable-housing developments similar to Wilton Court, which received about $10 million in city funding.

"Payment of the housing impact fee will help restore the City's housing funds, which are typically used by non-profit, low-income housing projects," the report states. "Non-profit housing typically also provides supportive programs that low-income households can use to find jobs, help with school work, connect with social services and other programs; these services are not generally provided in market rate housing projects.

According to staff, a hypothetical 100,000-square-foot rental project with 100 units would be required to provide 10 "very low income" units and pay about $2 million in fees.

Even with the new zone designation, developers would need to go through the city's typically lengthy review process to win approval. This includes a "pre-screening" session with the council, reviews from the Planning and Transportation Commission and the Architectural Review Board and final approval from the council.

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