City Center at White Plains topped off. (Design and Development).City Center at White Plains reached a milestone when the final piece of structural framing steel for the retail/entertainment portion of the $320 million downtown complex was hoisted and fastened into place by ironworkers. Known as the "topping off," the event signifies the completion of the framing and the reaching of the final height of the project. Workers began erecting the structural framing last July, and since then have put 8,000 tons of steel in place. Cives Steel of Augusta, Maine Augusta is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine, county seat of Kennebec County, and center of population for Maine [1]. The city's population is 18,560 (July 2006 est.). , supplied the steel, which was erected by Brownell Steel of Scotia, NY, and members of Local 40 Ironworkers Union and Operating Engineers Operating Engineers are tradepeople who operate machinery. There are two main types of workers that share this title and trade union affiliation (IUOE). The first group are workers who operate steam plants and boilers. Local 137. George A. Fuller George A. Fuller (1851-1900) was the "inventor" of modern skyscrapers. He built the Tacoma building in 1889. This was the first structure where the outside walls were not load bearing. Fuller was an architect who invented the modern contracting system. , an affiliate of Cappelli Enterprises, is the general contractor A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. for the job. With the structural steel work completed, George A. Fuller will now complete the exterior walls and roofing, which will require about three weeks. Once this work is finished, crews will turn to the interior of the complex that will include retail stores, restaurants, a multiplex cinema and a community theater, said Louis R. Cappelli Louis R. Cappelli (b. 1951[1]) is a real estate developer most active in Westchester County, New York. Sometimes called "The Donald Trump of Westchester," Cappelli has developed more than four million square feet of mixed use, retail, waterfront, residential, office , president of Cappelli Enterprises, the owner and developer of City Center. City Center's 540,000-SF retail/entertainment component will open in October. Cappelli is also currently building a new 2,700-car parking structure that will serve the complex. It will be completed in September 2003. Meanwhile, work on the residential towers is also under way. Cappelli said work on the first (north) tower has progressed rapidly despite the extremely cold winter. He expects that the north tower framing will reach its full 35-story height in about a month. He said construction of the second tower will begin later this year. When complete, the complex will include approximately 600 apartments. A highlight among the retail leases that have been announced to date is Target, one of the nation's top retailers that will be making its Westchester County debut with a 150,000-SF store at City Center. National Amusements National Amusements, Inc. is a privately owned media and entertainment company based in Dedham, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1936 as the Northeast Theatre Corporation by Michael Redstone. , one of the nation's largest and most respected cinema operators, will open an 80,000-SF, 15-screen movie theatre, and Circuit City, a national electronics chain, will open a 36,000-SF store at City Center. Other announced tenants at City Center include: Greenpoint Bank, a national specialty finance company with more than 70 branches in the New York metro For the region, see . Metro New York is a free daily newspaper in New York City started in 2004. Its main competition is AM New York, with which it practices many of the same distribution and marketing strategies. area; Legal Sea Foods, which will open its first Westchester restaurant there; Zanaro's specializing in Italian foods; and Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, a family restaurant. Active discussions are continuing with other prominent retailers and restaurateurs for the remaining space at City Center. City Center will also include a 10,000-SF, 4(X)-seat Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , as well as a beautifully landscaped pedestrian plaza with gardens, fountains, outdoor dining facilities and a winter ice skating ice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates. Skating as a Sport Skating, besides being an important form of winter recreation and the essential skill in the game of ice hockey (see hockey, ice) has developed area. |
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