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~ ~ ~~ S...i:~ 3 4 ~Y QED ~ 9 ~~~ Industry (Cont'd)- Retail and shopping facilities also employ a large work force in the South Bend area. .There are four enclosed malls as well as a Buyers' marketplace and several shopping centers throughout the County providing consumer goods to residents. The following are excerpts from the South Bend-Mishawaka area Chamber of Commerce reports on business expansion and new investment activity in St. Joseph County. FEDERAL EXPRESS is planning a major expansion of its air cargo operation on five to six acres of land leased from the Airport Authority on the south side of the Michiana Regional Airport. Plans call for construction of a building enclosing 50,000 square feet along with installing a plane holding ramp and a taxiway connecting the facility to the airport runways. The proposed expansion will serve as both an air cargo operation and a trucking center with the building being used to house and maintain 50 local delivery trucks. Employment is expected to increase from its current figure of 80 people. FIVE STAR ENTERPRISES is completing a $1.8 million condominium office building. The 23,000 square foot faacility features impressive views of the river from 10 ft. wide open porches constructed on each of the building's three levels. Portions of the building have been sold to Resources Planning Group, Michiana Neuro Surgery, Professional Employers Service, an accountant and a financial consultant. Once finished, approximately 50 people are expected to be employed there. I/IN KOTE is the. latest joint venture by Inland .Steel Industries and Nippon Steel. Corporation now being built adjacent to the, completed I/N Tek plant near New Carlisle. The $450 million addition will add two zinc coating lines - a 400,000 ton electrogalvanizing line and a 500,000 ton hot-dip galvanizing-line for producing the highest quality coated steel needed by automobile and appliance manufacturers. Construction started a year ago, with completion planned for the end of 1991. Estimates put employment at 170 people bringing the total number of workers to 400 at the two plants. The two plants represent a total investment of $900 million making it the largest American-Japanese joint venture in the country. It becomes the largest single building project in the history of St. Joseph County. Three governments and private agencies are jointly planning construction of $14 million in roads, sewer lines and a water•treatment plant to accommodate the new I/N Kote plant. LEIGHTON CENTER FOR SENIOR HEALTH will be a two-story, 7,000 square foot comprehensive senior citizens health center to be built next to Memorial Hospital. The home-like facility will feature a library, activities rooms and a demonstration kitchen for dietary education keyed to older adults and care- givers.. Construction began in July and is expected to be completed in May, 1991. n MEIJER. INC. has three sites of approximately 30 acres each under contract in St. Joseph County. The Grand Rapids, MI firm builds "combination stores" of approximately 195,000 square feet that specialize in one-stop shopping. Site preparation for the 27 acre site at Edison Lakes should begin early next year and take about 13 months to build once construction starts. Stores generally cost at least $10 million .and employ 800 to 900 part-time workers. -8-