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August 11,2010The gopher is a critter known for its skill at digging holes. Holding to the tradition of its mascot—the Golden Gopher—the University of Minnesota applied an underground construction technique developed on campus to create space for archives and special collections as part of a new $41.5 million library.The west bank of the Mississippi River, the location of the Elmer L.
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August 11,2010The W Dallas Victory Hotel and Residences will serve as the centerpiece of the 72-acre Victory master planned development when the 251-room, 33-story hotel (with 61 residential units) opens next month. A second tower with 83 condominium units has also been added to the project. HKS Inc. of Dallas designed both towers.
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August 11,2010•Astrodome will live on as a convention center hotel. Houston county commissioners unanimously gave the go-ahead late last month to a private firm’s $450 million plan to convert the mostly dormant, county-owned Astrodome into a convention center hotel. The hotel is planned as a four-star facility with at least 1,000 rooms, a 2,100-space garage, restaurants, nightclubs, and retail st...
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August 11,2010Located in Chicago's South Loop, the Southgate Market was designed by Eckenhoff Saunders Architects, Chicago, to have more of an urban market rather than suburban mall feel, with a completely exposed concrete interior. The $55 million, 900,000-sf center houses several retail chains and other businesses.
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August 11,2010Transfer any kind of logo, mascot, insignia or graphic to any kind of flooring-from rubber mats and tiles to ceramic fast and simply for a custom-designed commercial flooring alternative. Linear Floor Inlays. Circle 222
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August 11,2010The Borgata, which is scheduled to open in 2003, will be Atlantic City's first new casino hotel in 13 years. Principal architect is Las Vegas-based Marnell Corrao Associates. The construction manager is a joint venture of Biloxi, Miss.-based W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co. and Tishman Construction Corp. of New Jersey.
