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Bass Pro Drive in Altoona closed due to construction, detour set up


Bass Pro Drive in Altoona closed due to construction, detour set up

Avoiding typical car accidents Discover the most common causes of car accidents and learn how to avoid them. After a delay earlier this year, a road closure and detour began this week around the Des Moines Outlets at the Prairie Crossing complex in Altoona. The city announced in a press release that a section of […]

Lendlease secures $316 million construction loan for mixed-use project in LA – Commercial Observer


Lendlease secures 6 million construction loan for mixed-use project in LA – Commercial Observer

A massive new mixed-use district is being built in Southern California, and developers have just secured a nine-figure loan to make the project a reality. Australia based developer LendLeasetogether with its joint venture partner Aware Super (which manages pension funds in the state Down Under) has secured $316 million in construction financing for HabitatA 454,000 […]

Contract between Tallahassee Airport and North American Aerospace fails


Contract between Tallahassee Airport and North American Aerospace fails

Hopes for a historic deal between the City of Tallahassee and North American Aerospace Industries – a company that was supposed to have an economic impact of $616 million – were dashed within months of a ceremonial announcement at City Hall. The failure of the launch, which only became known now after numerous requests for […]

Grant approved for amphitheater at Veterans Memorial Park on Merritt Island


Grant approved for amphitheater at Veterans Memorial Park on Merritt Island

The Brevard County Commission on Tuesday approved a grant that will enable work on a planned amphitheater on Merritt Island. The $1.23 million grant, funded by the 5% tourism tax on hotel beds, will be used for expanded restroom and concession facilities at Veterans Memorial Park, where the amphitheater will be built starting in April. […]

Expensive Stuart Brightline station worries some local officials


Expensive Stuart Brightline station worries some local officials

Treasure Coast primary results are presented by this week’s NI90 TCPalm’s ROb Landers brings you some of the most important local news of the week in News in 90 Seconds. STUART — Plans for a Brightline station here may be giving city and county officials cold feet. Planned as a $60 million project, the station […]

Ames celebrates the 20th anniversary of Ada Hayden Heritage Park


Ames celebrates the 20th anniversary of Ada Hayden Heritage Park

The push to develop a former quarry into a “crown jewel” began almost 25 years ago as a citizens’ initiative. “This park is truly the result of the efforts of the citizens,” said Jim Pease, chairman of the Friends of Ada Hayden Heritage Park. “This could have been in the middle of a huge apartment […]

Indianapolis: New Airbnbs for short-term rentals of shipping containers


Indianapolis: New Airbnbs for short-term rentals of shipping containers

Gotham, Marley, Sycamore – 3 freight containers converted into rental properties Owner JB Rapp has transformed old shipping containers into luxury short-term rentals. Take a look inside these homes in the 2700 block of N. College Ave. IndyStar Local contractor JB Rapp admits that the three 30-foot-tall rust walls he built on a corner lot […]

Jackson City Council votes on FAA grant for Jackson MS Airport (JAN)


Jackson City Council votes on FAA grant for Jackson MS Airport (JAN)

Additional federal funding may be available for Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport. On Tuesday, the Jackson City Council will vote on three resolutions that could secure nearly $24 million for the city’s airport through three federal grants. Two of the grants, one for $6,203,694 and another for $17,167,606, are to be used for “repairs and […]

The National Park Service will decide the future of the park plan for Middlesex County


The National Park Service will decide the future of the park plan for Middlesex County

EDISON – With the public comment period on the proposed sports complex at Thomas A. Edison Park ending Sept. 3, the Middlesex Greenway Coalition is hosting a presentation on the project by environmentalist Walter Stochel on Thursday. The presentation by Stochel, vice president of the Edison Greenways Group, and others will be at 7 p.m. […]

Cherokee Park Bridge reopened after construction delays


Cherokee Park Bridge reopened after construction delays

After a year and a half of repairs, detours and postponed reopening dates, construction of Bridge No. 2 in Cherokee Park is complete. When the bridge was first closed in March 2023, the Kentucky Department of Transportation expected construction to be completed in two months. But the more crews worked, the more problems they discovered, […]