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The value of all commercial construction permits issued in the first quarter of 2009 was down by more than half from the first quarter of last year.
A total of $22.3 million in commercial permits — new construction, remodelings, additions, etc. — was issued, compared with $46.6 million in 2008, a decline of 52 percent, according to figures from the Allen County Building Department.
The value of all residential permits issued was off, too, but by far less. Residential permits issued in the first quarter of this year totaled nearly $25 million, compared with about $28.2 million in the year-ago period, a declineof 11.8 percent.
The residential totals included 78 new home permits in the first quarter of 2009, compared with 104 in the first quarter of 2008.
The total value of all construction permits, commercial and residential, totaled $47.2 million in first-quarter 2009, down 36.8 percent from $74.8 million in first-quarter 2008.
MSKTD
MSKTD & Associates Inc. has been selected by Ivy Tech Community College to develop criteria for the selection of a developer to design and build a new, 70,000-square-foot greenfield facility at its Elkhart campus.
A. Hattersley & Sons
The Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. has awarded A. Hattersley & Sons a $1-million contract to thermally upgrade the building envelope and install an energy-efficient geothermal mechanical system at the Burket Educational Center, in Burket. Work was expected to begin immediately and be completed before thebeginning of the fall semester.
Shawnee Construction
S & V Liquors has selected Shawnee Construction & Engineering as the general contractor for its newest store, near Illinois and Scott roads. The 8,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in late June and will be the local chain’s eighth store.
Strebig Construction
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne has awarded Strebig Construction a contract to renovate the office areas on the first floor of the Walb Student Union.
BND Commercial
Autumn Bok represented the seller, Capital Crossing, and the buyer, Guardian Management, in the sale of the office building at 9071 Stellhorn Crossing Pkwy.
Joseph Bertels recently represented both the seller, FRT Properties, and the buyer, Edward Group LLC, in the sale of the Alliance Industrial Supply building at 2630 Independence Drive.
Sperry Van Ness Parke Group
Diana Parent represented the seller, Lake City Bank, and Nathan Miner represented the buyer, A-R Specialty Advertising, in the sale of property at 1341 Goshen Road.
Neal Bowman represented the lessee, Custom Decks, in the lease of 3,000 square feet of retail space at 1900 Production Road.
Miner represented both the lessor, Shambaugh Family Limited Partnership, and the lessee, Dina Care Medical Transportation, in the lease of office space at North Anthony Center, 3402-2 N. Anthony Blvd. Parent represented the same lessor in the renewal of a lease for 4,589 square feet of retail space at North Anthony Center to Interstate Brands.
Bowman represented the lessee, Defender Direct, in the lease of office space at 1415 Directors Row.
Bowman also represented the lessee, Lutheran Health Network, in the lease of10,000 square feet of space at 4301 Arden Drive.
CB Richard Ellis/Sturges
Kathy Moses-Denig represented both the lessor, Metro Venture LLC and the lessee, attorney Kristen Klink, in the lease of an office suite at 202 W. Berry St.
Karen Spake and Carolyn Spake-Leeper represented both the lessor, NBP Properties, and the lessee, Three Rivers Federal Credit Union, in the renewal of a lease for 2,000 square feet of space at 1155 W. 15th St., Auburn.
Moses-Denig represented both the lessor, East State Building Partners, and the lessee, Good Samaritan Mental Health, Dr. Samir Ishak, in the lease of 915 square feet of space at 3124 E. State Blvd.
Jim Cowan and Alex Genova represented both the lessor, Jim and Marilyn Kelker, and the lessee, Indiana Pizza Corp., in the lease of 1,400 square feet of space at Kelker Plaza, 3307 E. State Blvd.
Spake-Leeper and Genova represented the seller, Fort Wayne Housing Authority, and Spake-Leeper represented the buyer, Light of the World Christian Church Inc., in the sale of the 4,956-square-foot former Fire Station No. 12 at 5300 S. Anthony Blvd.
Spake-Leeper and Spake represented both the lessor, Watersong Office Park LLC, and the lessee, Credit Max, in the lease of 2,614 square feet of space at 12820 Coldwater Road.
Spake-Leeper and Genova represented the seller, 40 & 8 Veteran’s Club, and Spake-Leeper represented the buyer, IUBAC Local 4 Indiana/Kentucky, in the sale of an 8,520-square-foot building at 7301 Decatur Road.
NAI Harding Dahm
Steve Chen represented both the owner, Trier Road LLC, and the tenant, Image Dental Arts Inc., in the lease of property at 3303 Trier Road.
Chen also represented both the owner, Journal Gazette Co., and the tenant, CH2M Hill, in the lease of property at 701 S. Clinton St.
Russell Jehl represented both the lessor, Georgetown Square Professional Building Inc., and the lessee, Serve Nation LLC, in the lease of a suite at 6605 E. State Blvd. Jehl represented the same owner and the lessee, Eager Realty Group, in the lease of suites at 6605 E. State Blvd.
Stanley Phillips represented the lessor, Wm. P. Schenkel Construction Inc., and Tyler Binkley, Martin Goldstine Knapke, represented the lessee, Direct Line Communications, in a lease for an 8,000-square-foot space at 4023 Transportation Drive.
Martin Goldstine Knapke
Steve Wesner represented the seller, SLWN LLC, in the sale of its 10,240-square-foot building on 0.7 acres at 4404 Arden Drive. Felderman Property Holdings LLC purchased the property.
Roger Koehlinger represented the tenant, FWDC LLC, in the renewal of a lease for a 1,200-square-foot space at 5810 Industrial Road. Wesner represented the landlord, Dymer Co.
Koehlinger represented both the landlord, St. Joe Center Veterinary Realty, and the tenant, Melinda Smith, in the renewal of a lease for 1,800 square feet of space at 5812-5814 Maplecrest Road.
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