Located in downtown Beloit and originally constructed in 1931, this three-story building initially served as a United States Post Office and later as the Beloit Public Library. Now, once again, the building has been given a new life, this time becoming the centralized home of Beloit College’s theatre, dance and music programs. The design and renovation of the 48,000-square-foot arts center...
Bart Mills 2010-09-01 18:41:57 LIMA — A new strip mall going up on Elida Road already has its first tenant. Aspen Dental, a national dental practice, will take up about one-third of the 12,000-square-foot strip mall under construction in the parking lot of Meijer on Elida Road. Peter Ginn, senior development manager for Hendricks Development Group, said his company has contracted with the national...
Posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:00 am By Hillary Gavan hgavan@beloitdailynews.com Former Beloit Mall to get new façade “The old mall look is going to be gone.” That’s what Rob Gerbitz, president of Hendricks Development Group, said about the transformation of the former Beloit Mall into the Eclipse Center. Although much of the center has been renovated and filled with new tenants, there is still plenty...
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Posted: Thursday, August 5, 2010 12:00 am By Hillary Gavan hgavan@beloitdailynews.com The former Beloit Public Library’s transformation into the Hendricks Center for the Arts is almost complete. Corporate Contractors Inc. (CCI) is adding the finishing touches this week in preparation for Aug. 23 when students will celebrate with a campus picnic at 5 p.m. in the building’s parking lot before the first day of classes...
For the first time in the company’s 163-year history, a U.S. president has visited a Siemens factory. During his tour of the Midwest in April, President Barack Obama made a stop at the plant manufacturing components for wind power generation in Fort Madison, Iowa. The 600,000-square-foot plant, which was opened in mid-2007 and has recently been expanded, has a workforce of 600...
Fire station going up Rachel Gallegos • Iowa City Press-Citizen • June 10, 2010 It's been months since the groundbreaking for Iowa City Fire Station No. 4 located near the intersection of North Dodge Street and Scott Boulevard. But it's been years -- even decades -- of waiting for those who were part of the discussion as far back as the 1980s, Iowa...
Work on schedule at former library By Hillary Gavan hgavan@beloitdailynews.com Published: Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:59 AM CDT Corporate Contractors Inc. have been laying down carpeting and polishing floors this week at the former home of the Beloit Public Library.The $4 million project is on schedule to be completed by July 2, according to project manager Brad Siegworth.“We’ve had really good subcontractors on...
Stateline Area sees significant growth in home sales, construction By Hillary Gavan For StatelineBusiness Tuesday, June 08, 2010 There appear to be some seeds of hope for home buying and the construction industry in the Stateline Area. Home buying appears to be picking up again thanks in part to President Barack Obama’s home buying incentives and consumer confidence, and commercial construction is slowly growing...
The CCI graduates of the ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship program should be as proud of their accomplishments as we are of them. They have dedicated the past 2 - 4 years of their lives attending school at night to reach their goal of craft professional. Not only have they taken time from family, friends, and self to be at class...
