Tag: redevelopment

Sanford Mills gets $5.5M EPA boost for brownfield cleanup to spur redevelopment

SANFORD, Maine — The city’s efforts to revitalize its historic mill yard recently got a $5.5 million boost via two newly awarded grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The funds, called brownfields grants, will be used to conduct several phases of assessment at 22 sites in Sanford’s downtown mill yard. Specifically, efforts will focus […]

Major redevelopment of uptown office building to begin

Asana Partners and MRP Realty on Wednesday revealed detailed plans for the $250 million redevelopment of Duke Energy Corp.’s former headquarters at Brooklyn Village Avenue and Church Street in uptown Charlotte. The Brooklyn & Church project will be a complete overhaul of the 800,000-square-foot corner building and Charlotte’s first office-to-mixed use conversion. The plan includes […]

MacArthur Center redevelopment still likely several years away, city official says

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — While a gleaming vision for the transformation of the city’s struggling downtown shopping mall has been revealed, Norfolk’s economic development director is cautioning anyone who is looking for construction barrels anytime soon. Instead, Sean Washington, who has led the city’s economic development efforts for nearly two years, wants to make clear […]

Keir Starmer meets Jim Ratcliffe for Old Trafford redevelopment talks

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer met with Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe on Sunday to discuss the redevelopment of Old Trafford. The PA news agency understands Mr Starmer attended United’s Premier League game against Arsenal as a guest of Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, who is a member of the task force exploring […]

Playhouse redevelopment in Palm Beach seeing ‘significant’ progress

A top-to-bottom renovation of the long-shuttered Royal Poinciana Playhouse is making “significant” progress, the project’s developer said Wednesday. Critical infrastructure is nearly complete, and crews will soon begin focusing on completing the building’s shell structure, said Alexandra Clark, vice president of Asset Strategy & Experience for WS Development, the project’s developer. Once that work is […]

Franklin holds town hall on multi-million downtown redevelopment

Apr. 10—Nearly 100 people attended a town hall meeting to hear the progress of the Main Street streetscaping project and future plans for the riverfront. While there was a lot of interest in the improvement of downtown Franklin, some older residents expressed skepticism. The meeting was held in the newly opened Franklin High School cafeteria […]