LAPORTE – Permits to remodel the vacant Maple Lane Mall in LaPorte have been issued. Work has begun on space to house Dunham’s Sports and a Family Dollar store. The interior of the mall has been gutted and the work will completely reconfigure the interior. The only business remaining at the mall is an Al’s […]
SOUTH BEND – Real Estate Management Corp. has announced it is adopting Bradley Residential Management as its new company name. The company said the change better reflects its relationship between Bradley Residential Management and its sister company, CBRE/Bradley. “As Bradley Residential Management and CBRE/Bradley continue to grow, we want clients to easily recognize the unity
HAMMOND – Mass. Electric Construction Co. of Irving, Texas, has donated $52,000 to Purdue University Calumet to support its construction management and engineering technologies program. MEC has employed several Purdue Calumet graduates. It is one of the nation’s largest electrical contractors. The donation will be used to enhance a Purdue Calumet Construction Management and Engineering
SOUTH BEND – The Tire Rack has announced plans to build a 130,000-square-foot addition to its warehouse in South Bend. The project is expected to cost $3.8 million. Tire Rack currently occupies 532,000 square feet of warehouse and office space on the west side of the city along the Indiana Toll Road. The family-owned company
PORTAGE – The Northwest Indiana Contractors Association has elected officers for 2012. They are Mark Grimmer of Grimmer Construction, president; Bill Rathjen of Pangere Corp., vice president; and Tim Larson of Larson-Danielson Construction, secretary-treasurer. “NWICA negotiates labor agreements on behalf of more than 500 contractors throughout the region and the experience that these three gentlemen
HOBART – St. Mary’s Medical Center has announced plans to build a 55,000-square-foot outpatient center in Valparaiso, near Indiana 49 and Burlington Beach Road. The Valparaiso Health Center will be part of the Community Healthcare System. “Valparaiso Health Center represents Community Healthcare System’s long-standing history of helping bring a higher quality of life and health
VALPARAISO – Community Healthcare System has announced it will begin construction on an $18 million Valparaiso Health Center of St. Mary Medical Center. The 55,000-square-foot center will be built at Indiana 49 and Burlington Beach Road. St. Mary’s already operates Valparaiso Primary Care and Innovative Women’s Health. When the center opens, it will have 50
HAMMOND – Potash Corp. has confirmed plans that it will open a rail transfer facility at the Gibson Yard in Hammond. The company will invest $64 million in the project that will include a 136,000 square foot building. An addition $9 million investment will come from the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad and $5 million from
VALPARAISO – Emcor Hyre Elecric and Shambaugh & Son employees donned pink hardhats to show support in the fight against breast cancer. The employees lined up in the shape of a breast cancer awareness ribbon at Porter Health System’s new hospital under construction at 85 E. U.S. 6. Michael A. Petralia, a spokesman for Emcor,
SOUTH BEND – The University of Notre Dame has announced a $32 million renovation of its historic Morris Inn. A major portion of funding for the project came from a $15 million grant from South Bend philanthropist Ernestine Raclin. Her parents, Ernest and Ella Morris, presented the initial $1 million grant that opened the Morris
