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A condo with river views from on high is on offer at historic Baker Factory site

In Dorchester’s Lower Mills, at the site of the former Walter Baker & Company Chocolate Factory, a beautiful one-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1,276 square-foot unit sitting high above the Neponset River in the sought-after Water Mill Building at the Baker Square Condominiums is on the…

A large data center is proposed for the former papermill in Usk

Locals worry how it will fit in ‘small-town USA’EDITOR’S NOTE: This story ran in the Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, issue of The Spokesman-Review. When contacted by The Miner for comment, Merkle officials ma

Oakville eating disorder treatment center no longer seeking expansion

Monte Nido Clementine St. Louis — an eating disorder treatment center located in Oakville on Christopher Drive — is no longer seeking to expand its operations following a unanimous vote from the St. Louis County Planning Commission to drop the pending matter from its agenda.…

Financing secured for conversion of former hotel in Plymouth Meeting to apartments

Cronheim Hotel Capital announced on September 29th that it secured $31.5MM to refinance the former DoubleTree Suites in Plymouth Meeting … Continue reading "Financing secured for conversion of former hotel in Plymouth Meeting to apartments"

Group that helped build massive development in Manhattan wants to do something ‘unique’ in Utah City

Utah City, the master-planned community in Vineyard, has chosen developers with a "boutique ethos" for its Broad Street downtown entertainment and retail district. Construction on the city-within-a-city's downtown is anticipated to begin next year.

State kicks in $750,000 for Belleair Bluffs public works facility

P&Z Gets a First Taste of 6-Story, 176-Unit 8-30g Building Proposed to Replace Putnam Green

"To develop this site you really have to denude most of the site to get this to work right." – P&Z commissioner Nick Macri

City applying for grant for N. Church St. improvements

GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City Council approved a resolution Monday supporting an application for an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant to improve sidewalks and pedestrian access along North Church Street. The proposed project would pave the sidewalks from East…

DEC details air permit standards for Mineville whiskey warehouses

Vermont-based WhistlePig Whiskey’s complex of spirit-aging warehouses may emit more than 10 times the federal Clean Air Act threshold for major sources of air pollution, newly released records show.

Pittsfield Township and SEMCOG partner to produce promotional video

Pittsfield Township, in collaboration with the Southeastern Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), has produced a video to highlight the community. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Another annexation

The village of Lakeview’s boundaries continue to inch into Cato Township, with the Montcalm County Board of Commissioners approving another annexation on Monday. Commissioners voted 6-0 to approve the annexation of two parcels at or near 733 N. Lincoln Ave., continuing a series…

A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah

Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.