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After an over four-year low in September, demolitions resumed in October, albeit at a rate below this years monthly average.

Some 20 per cent more structures have been demolished or seized in the first ten months of 2021 compared with the equivalent period in 2020; with almost 25 per cent more people were displaced.

Two EU-funded structures were demolished this month, and five others are at risk of demolition.

In October, the Israeli authorities demolished, forced people to demolish, or seized 43 Palestinian-owned structures across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Thisresulted in the displacement of eight people, and affected the livelihoods, or access to services, of about 2,000 others. All the structures were targeted due to the lack of building permits, which are nearly impossible for Palestinians to obtain in Area C and East Jerusalem.

The number of structures demolished or seized, and people displaced in October remains one of the lowest recorded months since the beginning of the year. So far in 2021, the number of structures demolished or seized and people displaced has recorded an increase of 19 and 23 per cent, respectively, compared with the equivalent period in 2020. Also this year, 328 structures, or 56 per cent of all structures targeted in Area C, have been seized without, or with very short, prior notice, utilizing various military orders, effectively preventing people from objecting in advance.

Two structures funded by the EU or its member states were demolished or seized in October, both in Area C. These included a water network in the Massafer Yatta area, which destruction resulted in cutting off access to piped water for over 1,100 people. The other structure is part of a school providing education to around 50 students from five Bedouin communities in the Jorday Valley. Five other EU-funded structures, at a value of about 9,700 Euros, received warning or stop-work orders. Additionally, dozens of trees and saplings provided by the EU, were reportedly vandalized by settlers, ahead of the olive harvest season.

Also in Area C, two agricultural roads were demolished, which undermined the access of 470 people, including farmers and their families, to their land, in Tayasir (Jordan Valley) and in Yabad (Jenin). Five of the total structures were demolished on the basis of Military Order 1797, providing a 96-hour notice only and very limited grounds, for legally challenging a demolition.

Twelve structures were demolished in East Jerusalem, of which nine were demolished by their owners, including a house in the Wadi al Joz neighbourhood, displacing a family of four. Since the beginning of the year in East Jerusalem, 77 structures have been demolished by their owners.

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A revised concept for the next stage of redevelopment at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills will improve the original vision and increase investment in the estimated $252 million project, village leaders have been told.

"We're completely committed to this village and to this project," Jon Meshel, senior vice president of development for mall owner Centennial Real Estate explained to village trustees. "This is a double down."

Meshel and others on Tuesday presented a revised Phase 2 of the project, known as Hawthorn 2.0, which calls for 250 luxury rental apartments on the mall property.

The building was to have been located south of the former Sears location, which is now under construction for a mix of 313 luxury apartments in two buildings, retail and other amenities known as Hawthorn Row.

The revised vision for the second phase calls for the former Carson's anchor store to be demolished and the Dave & Buster's restaurant relocated, making way for a mix of 250 apartments and 28,000 square feet of retail/restaurant space.

Shifting the location of those apartments would extend an outdoor plaza area and create more retail spaces facing the plaza outside the mall proper.

That would allow Centennial to adapt to a "shrinking universe" of mall tenants, according to Meshel.

"These are all very intentional moves to right size the interior of the mall, to reinvest in the retail (by) creating outward facing retail, taking advantage of tenant demand for this sort of space," he said.

Retail space was not originally envisioned for Phase 2. Meshel didn't discuss specifics but said the reworked plan represents a "very, very large" investment.

The expanded plaza would become an outdoor area flanked on three sides with street-level retail and residential above, village officials were told.

"This is more exciting than what we showed you before," said Vicky Lee, vice president of development for Focus, a developer and residential development firm. The two firms also partnered on The Atworth apartment component of the Mellody Farm retail center across Milwaukee Avenue east of Hawthorn Mall.

"Our thought was if we are to make this plan complete and whole, why build Phase 2 where it used to be?" Lee said.

By demolishing Carson's and repurposing the space, the plaza would be expanded and utilized as a center in the overall plan more quickly, Meshel said.

"A residential project (in the original location) doesn't do as much for the mall as what we're proposing," he added.

The village board advanced the concept for detailed review by the village's planning and zoning commission, which will hold a public hearing before a final version is presented for board consideration and official action.

"Moving it (residential building) closer will make it more inviting and appealing to actually be there," said Trustee Thom Koch Jr.

Construction is anticipated to take two years and be complete about January 2025.

"This is what we knew we were getting involved in three or four years ago," said Mayor Roger Byrne. "This is different in a good way."

A third proposed part of development involves a plan by Integrated Development of Northfield for 162 units of senior housing in a six-story building north of Hawthorn Row and east of the AMC Theater.

"We're hoping that matriculates and is approved," Meshel said. "It is an independent application, although it is part of an overall campus plan."

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As ever, Ash Barty the person was understated. And in customary style, Ash Barty the tennis player was ruthless. Another qualifier down, another round deeper into the Australian Open womens singles draw. This time her victim was Lucia Bronzetti, an Italian ranked 142 places lower than the Australian world No 1. She snatched two games off the Wimbledon champion, which was one more than Lesia Tsurenko managed in the opener. But it is really splitting hairs when the scoreline ends at 6-1, 6-1.

This was as routine as it gets for Barty, a 52-minute stroll in the sun at Rod Laver Arena. She rolled out the wicked serve, the backhand slice and the top-spin forehand and calmly, almost quietly, slipped the win into her satchel she hopes will be full to the brim come the end of next week.

Next on the list on Friday is another Italian in 30th seed Camila Giorgi, before a potential fourth-round encounter with Naomi Osaka.

She [Giorgi] is an incredible ball-striker one of the most athletic girls out here, Barty said. Not afraid to stand on the baseline and put you under time pressure from the first strike. I will have to are have my running shoes on get the backhand slice out and bring in variation and see how it goes.

That variation was also on show on Wednesday, when Barty kept her opponent to seven points in the first five games and broke her five times en route to extending her unbeaten run in 2022 to six matches, having already won the season-opening Adelaide International.

I felt like we had a good preparation in Adelaide, she said. We played well, played throughout tough matches. [Coach] Craig Tyzzer is the master. Hes good in the business and spoilt to have him in my team. Grateful he has the tactical knowledge communication and the way we talk to each other is incredible. Hes going to love hes on the big screen. I feel like our whole team works extremely well together. Were enjoying our tennis and being able to produce some pretty good stuff.

The victory came on the Australian Opens inaugural First Nations Day, of which Bartys fellow Indigenous Wimbledon champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley is an ambassador.

Shes an incredible human being, Im extremely lucky to call her a friend and know shes only a phone call away, she said. Were connected through our heritage. Shes an incredible woman who has paved a path and been able to guide so many of the Indigenous youth coming up in the last however many years through her work off the court. I love her to death.

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The University of Missouri last week announcedplans to demolish itsMizzou North facility on the Business Loop.

While the university museum collections housed and displayed there will move on campus to Ellis Library, the demolition will also impact anon-university program that operates out of the basement of Mizzou North.

This is the CoMo Cooks shared kitchen,a partnership ofThe Loop Community Improvement District, Regional Economic Development Inc. and the Missouri Women's Business Center.

Here's a look at whatthe planned demolition of Mizzou North later this year or in early 2023means for the shared kitchen program:

Previously:Cooking, baking, sharing COMO Cooks kitchen rental space opens on The Loop

"We knew when we went into this kitchen that we had a clock on it," Loop Executive Director Carrie Gartner said.

This maker space, much like the MACCLab in the Parkade Center, is a business incubator program on The Loop as part of the Cre8CoMo Initiative.

The CoMO Cooks programreceived grants for small-scale manufacturing from Smart Growth America,the federal Economic Development AdministrationandRecast City. The grants also helped in the planning of surveying community needs, Gartner said.

These grants meanta commercial kitchen space was needed almost immediately, she added.

Mizzou North fulfilled that need.

"Our idea was, we have an empty kitchen, let's open it in a hurry and we would not have to build a kitchen," Gartner said.

By having the kitchens at Mizzou North available right away, CoMo Cooks could build up a client base in preparation of securing a different, permanentlocation and moving to the new facility, also on The Loop.

Grants from Etsy and MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth allowed for branding, promotion and building a related website for the kitchen space and Cre8CoMo.

The CoMo Cooks kitchen will move its facilities from Mizzou North into one of the strips of businesses next to Carlito's Cabo and across the street from Bob McCosh Chevrolet.

The new location will be about 1,000 to 1,200 feet from the Mizzou North property.

"It actually is a better space. It has a storefront so we can do events or pop-up retail," Gartner said.

It also allows for easier pick-up opportunities due to its accessibility compared to the Mizzou North basement, she added.

The new facility is 3,500 square feet. Offices will move into the space, along with building out the shared kitchens.

The program will use a temporary kitchen location as the build-out happens, so clients can continue their work.

Based on supply chain issues and COVID-19 spikes, Gartner expects that it will be at least afew months before the kitchens are in operation at the new facility. Office space will be ready and in use within the next month or so, she added.

The CoMo Cooks program has put in a request to the City of Columbia for American Rescue Plan funds to help with the build-out of the new kitchen facility.

"There is a section of (Rescue Plan funds) dedicated to workforce development, and our kitchen applied," Gartner said, noting Job Point and the MACCLab Maker Space also are applicants.

Gartner is excited for the move because of the ability to have a storefront and pop-up events in the future.

"(Pop-ups) are really key. We can provide a low-cost option for businesses," she said. "Retail pop-ups really help launch a business nicely."

The storefront does not mean pop-up events will focus solely on food-related businesses, Gartner said. The grants received allowed for the creation of an online maker directory, which features just about every type of creative business.

"We do maker markets twice per year, and during the height of the pandemic we were doing online auctions for locally made products," Gartner said, adding the pop-ups will provide locally made products to the community.

The CoMo Cooks kitchen has 14 clients using the space, with five more conducting preparations to eventually start using the kitchens.

REDI and Missouri Women's Business Center providebusiness coaching and make sure clients have all the necessary documentation in place touse the kitchens.

Gartner expects once CoMo Cooks moves to its temporary and eventually permanent location, they will be able to bring in multiple clients at the same time to use the space.

CoMo Cooks is also working on partnerships with The Root Cellar and the Greenbelt Land Trust of Mid-Missouri.

"We are working to bring in farmers from the region to do small-batch production as well," Gartner said.

Farmers who want to make a value-added product to what they already producecould connect with CoMo Cooks for product development. A dairy farmer could start making cheese, or other items could be made by farmers who grow more than just typical row crops of corn and soybeans.

"Locally made food is so important with COVID interrupting the supply chain," Gartner said. "Our kitchen will be the place where farmers can jumpstart a business with value-added products."

The partnerships could also help people who already use the kitchen to source local ingredients from farmers.

"When you are starting a business, all of those connections can help you think differently and help a business grow or expand more quickly," Gartner said.

The university is keeping the Mizzou North property even after the building is demolished, and Gartner hopes to work with the university on any plans it has forthe space.

Decisions are not yet made on the property's future use, MU spokesperson Christian Basi said last week.

"It is quite an opportunity to have that much space in the middle of town," Gartner said about the property's potential.

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The residents of Bharathi Nagar in Soolai have urged the district administration to postpone the demolition of their houses for road widening works, until they were provided alternative accommodation.

In their petition to the District Collector, which they dropped in the petition box, the people said that there were 100 houses in their area in which those belonging to Adi Dravidar and Dalit communities have been residing for over 50 years. The State Highways Department had served a notice recently asking them to vacate their houses for road widening project. Most of the people were daily wage earners. If their houses were demolished, they have no place to live and would be forced to take shelter along the road. The petition wanted the administration to allot them houses under government schemes and until that their houses should not be demolished.

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Evergreen Devco, Inc., a leading retail and multifamily development company, recently broke ground on a UCHealth medical office building and a pair of multi-tenant retail buildings at the Nine Mile Corner mixed-use project in Erie, Colorado.

Waner Construction Co., Inc., is the general contractor for all three buildings and G3 Architecture, Inc. is the architect. Construction on both projects is expected to be completed in Q3 of 2022.

Located at the southeast corner of intersection U.S. 287 and Arapahoe Road, Nine Mile Corner consists of approximately 26 acres of retail, 12 acres of multifamily and 10 acres of open space, and is a public-private partnership between Evergreen, the Town of Erie and the Town of Erie Urban Renewal Authority.

The commencement of constructionof these buildings at Nine Mile Corner is another significant milestone for Evergreen and its partnership with the Town of Erie, said Tyler Carlson, managing principal at Evergreen. The diverse shopping and dining opportunities from Lowes, King Soopers and our other tenants will provide hundreds of jobs and boost new life to the area, which is especially needed during these difficult economic times due to the pandemic.

The two multi-tenant buildings, located at the immediate corner of the intersection and totaling 18,000 square feet, will include restaurants and services for the community. The 8,000-square-foot UCHealth medical building will be built along U.S. 287, next to Taco Bell.

Nine Mile Corner is being anchored by a 114,000-square-foot Lowes Home Improvement and a 103,000-square-foot King Soopers grocery store with fuel center.

Rendering courtesy of NineMileCorner.com

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Construction is progressing on a new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) facility in northeast Lexington County. Officials with the FBI and Town of Lexington broke ground on the 10-acre facility in October 2020.

The facility will be home to the FBI Columbia field office headquarters, which is separated into three buildings in and around the Columbia Metro area. Both special agents and professional staff from those offices will be combined under one roof upon the buildings completion. In addition, there are eight satellite offices across the state called resident agencies, which will remain in place to allow for coverage across the state.

The largest current building in Columbia, located at 151 Westpark Boulevard, has been leased since 1998.

Once the FBI moves into the new Lexington location, it will be leased for at least 20 years. The lease agreement is managed by the General Services Administration (GSA).

We are very excited about our new facility in Lexington, said FBI Columbia Special Agent in Charge, Susan Ferensic. We are looking forward to the expanded space and the technological advances that will be available.

What a compliment to have the premier law enforcement agency in the nation choose the Town of Lexington as their state headquarters, said Town of Lexington Mayor Steve MacDougall. After the opening of this facility, this will put every major law enforcement agency: City, County, State, and now Federal in our Town on a daily basis. This speaks volumes to the safety of our community.

The new facility is scheduled to be complete in summer 2023. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will also take place during that time.

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AUSTIN, Texas In December 2018, Apple announced its intents to build a $1 billion office campus in northwest Austin, nearly a mile away from its existing campus off of Parmer Lane.

However, that timeline remains unclear after the iPhone maker announced to indefinitely delay its return to office, ABJ reported. According to ABJ, the $1 billion campus' construction is supposed to take place in five phases and will reportedly be 3 million square feet, including 12 office and amenity buildings, parking structures, a central utility plant and a separate day care building.

The project comes as Apple continues to build its footprint across the country. Last year, Apple announced it would be committing a $430 billion investment across the U.S. over the next five years.

"Its been over 25 years since Apple opened its first office in Austin, and we are thrilled to be deepening our partnership with the city and people here," an Apple spokesperson told KVUE in April.

The new campus is expected to bring nearly 5,000 jobs to Austin in engineering, research and development, operations, finance, sales and customer support.

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BOSTON -Boston Mayor Michelle Wu,Governor Charlie Baker,The Community Builders(TCB), a leading nonprofit housing organization, and thePine Street Inn (PSI), New Englands largest homeless services agency, announced that construction has started on the largest supportive housing development in Boston at 3368 Washington in Jamaica Plain, which once completed, will provide 202 apartments.

This is a major milestone during a time of critical need for increased housing in the City of Boston, especially for those facing the challenges of affordability and stability. The plans for the project were announced in March 2019, and the building is due to be completed in late 2023.

This project, with units for individuals moving out of homelessness,and wrap-around support services, is a significant step towards ending homelessness in the city, saidMayor Michelle Wu. Once complete, these apartments will represent the largest supportive housing development in the city, delivering stable, affordable homes to those who require it most. Im thankful to the community and all our partners who helped make this development possible.

When the new development is complete, it will create 202 units of affordable housing, of which 140 apartments will be reserved for people who are currently experiencing homelessness, and 62 apartments will be income or rent-restricted apartments for families. The property will be managed by TCB, with programs and services for residents provided by TCBs Community Life team, trained to connect families to healthcare, education, and employment. Additional supportive services for the 140 units for those moving out of homelessness will be provided by PSI. The Boston Housing Authority will be providing 156 Project-Based Vouchers (PBV) to the development, including all 140 units designated for individuals moving out of homelessness.

Housing with support services that will help people rebuild their lives is how we will end homelessness, saidPine Street President and Executive Director Lyndia Downie. Breaking ground on what will be the largest housing development of its kind in Boston to date, brings us one step closer to reaching the goal of ending homelessness. This could not come at a more critical time, as we grapple with a pandemic and housing crisis in the city. We look forward to housing 140 of Bostons most vulnerable individuals and providing them with the wraparound services they need to thrive. We are so grateful to the Jamaica Plain community who voiced such strong support for those who will be moving into this building.

We are providing rental housing that working families can afford and supportive housing many individuals need, steps away from public transit in the heart of Jamaica Plain, saidBart Mitchell, president, and CEO of The Community Builders. We look forward to working with the community and our project partners to make this development a vibrant platform for educational and economic opportunity, where every resident can thrive. We are proud to make this development a model for creating permanent supportive housing at scale, with long-term services and sustainable design. This new approach to affordable housing addresses Bostons most pressing needs.

The 3368 Washington Street project received a diverse combination of public, private philanthropic support to finance the building construction, property operations, and resident services. Major project funders include $7 million of funding from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development; Bank of America is providing over $50 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity and over $60 million in construction financing. Barings/Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is providing over $20 million in permanent loans as well as over $30 million in tax-exempt bridge financing, the City of BostonMayors Office of Housingis providing more than $16 million of funding, including $1.5 million from the Community Preservation Act and $5 million of linkage funding from The HYM Investment Group; MassDevelopment is providing over $50 million in 4% LIHTC bond financing; the Commonwealth is providing $1.5 million of State Low Income Housing Tax Credits which generate $9.8 million in equity; the Community and Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) is providing $4 million of Housing Innovation Funding and $1 million from its Accelerating Investments in Healthy Communities fund, courtesy of Boston Medical Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The project was funded in part through the Bostons Way Home Fund, started by the City of Boston to create permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals. The Fund reached its $10 million goal two years ahead of schedule with lead donations from Bank of America, which helped launch the Fund, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Mass General Brigham, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), and Suffolk Cares, each of which committed $1 million. In addition to these funds, Pine Street Inns overall housing expansion is being supported by a major grant from the Yawkey Foundation.

The development of the five-story building includes demolition of the existing building and new construction of a five-story, approximately 144,000 square foot mixed-use building with first-floor office and warehouse space and residential units on the upper floors. The project will consist of 202 residential units, with 140 studio supportive housing apartments and 62 family units. A total of 156 units will be subsidized with Project-Based Vouchers awarded through the Boston Housing Authority, consisting of 111 traditional PBV and 45 Mainstream vouchers. Pine Street Inn, Inc. is the Project Sponsor and 51% member of the Managing Member and TCB is the 49% Managing Member. The Owner, Washington Pine LLC, will enter into a long term services contract with Pine Street Inn to provide daily twenty-four hour intensive supportive services at the property for the 140 supportive housing units and Pine Street and the Owner are establishing a supportive service reserve funded with proceeds from the sale of the property, the Boston Way Home Fund, and operating cash flow. Pine Street Inn will also lease approximately 13,000 square feet of office space on the first floor of the building.

The new building will also include 21 mobility impaired units and 18 sensory impaired units, 2 of which will also be mobility impaired units. The apartments will include 13 studio apartments, 4 one-bedroom apartments, and 1 two-bedroom apartment. Of the mobility and sensory impaired units, there will be 1 three-bedroom mobility-impaired apartment; 13 studio apartments, 2 one-bedroom apartments, and 1 two-bedroom sensory impaired apartments; 2 studio mobility/sensory impaired apartments; and 12 of the 13 mobility and sensory impaired units are supportive housing studios.

The architect for the new development isRODE Architects,a Boston-based design and architecture firm.

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Nearly a year after the developers for a proposed high-rise tower in Wauwatosa withdrew their plans, a Wauwatosa board approved revised plans for the tower Thursday night.

The 28-story building, to be developed at the southwest corner of West Blue Mound and North Mayfair roads,has come before the design review board three times in recent weeks to discuss the aesthetic aspects of the building.

The tower has space for 65 apartment units. The design also now includes eight floors of office space totaling about 80,000 square feet.

It wasultimately up to the Wauwatosa design review board to approve the building permit, as the project doesn't need approval by the plan commission or common council because it fits as a permitted use in the C2 zoning district.

However, some nearbyneighbors havecalledfor the developers to downsize the project. They also noted that cityordinances for the boardsay the design review board shall consider "the site location and proposed location of the structure on the building site."

ButWauwatosa city attorney Alan Kesner said in a prior email to a resident that thedesign review board "only reviews the exterior design, not the use itself, and has no authority to stop the project from moving forward."

The board voted, 4-2, to approve the project. Members Robert Kennedy and Gary Woodward cast the two no votes on the project. Both had previously raised concerns about how appropriate the building was.

In past meetings, attorney Joe Cincotta, who represents the nearby neighbors, has asked the developer to come back to the board with a more appropriate height and a plan that "creates a better transition to the neighborhood."

Cincotta also argued that thebuilding will negatively affect property values in the area.

"The proposed tower, if allowed to go forward, will negatively impact and cause a

depreciation of property values in the immediate neighborhood. This is an obvious

conclusion based on the dramatic difference in size and scale of the proposed tower in

comparison to the single family residential structures immediately to the west,"said a Jan. 19letter from Cincotta.

In response, Brian Randall, an attorney whorepresentsdeveloper John "Johnny V" Vasalloon the project, submitted a letter to the boardfrom the president ofMoegenburg ResearchInc., aWisconsin certified general appraiser.

"No 'substantial depreciation in property value'of nearby residential properties has been caused by other multi-story or mixed-use developments and it is my professional opinion that no substantial depreciation will be caused by the vertical mixed-use building," wrote Peter Moegenburg in thatletter.

Randall has also maintained that the project fits within the zoning for the site and is a permitted use.

Vasallo said he's looking for construction to begin in September. He hopesthe project will be completed about 18 monthsafter that.

"I feel great;I'm so proud of our team," Vasallo said Friday.

"I'm going to build something there that we can all be proud of. It'll be an asset for the community, and I know not everyone's happy about it, but I'm going to work really, really hard to be a great neighbor," he added.

Indy Stluka is a nearby neighbor who has been opposed to the plans for the site.Hemaintainsthat the size and density of the project are not appropriate for this neighborhood.

Stluka is also worried about the precedent this project will set in Wauwatosa.

"This sets a precedent now for Wauwaotsa, in that unlimited height structures can be built in a C2 district,"Stluka said.

Stluka also said he and other neighbors who are opposed to the project are considering appealing the design review board decision to the city.

Evan Casey can be reached at 414-403-4391 or evan.casey@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter @ecaseymedia.

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