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• ~ , Tn~e + ion ~vstem representing a 52 sn.iilion state-of-thwart "electronic Classrooms" between ZtTSB, Elkhart anal ~loomisagton. 1;USB is planning for 12,000 students soon after the year 2,000, and is following a ten year zaastcr plan with _ a price tag of about 5110 million. INN AT SAINT MA. YiS, a joint venture between .the Sisters of Holy Gkoss and Holladay Cotporatioz~, is now wader construction on the northwest corner of Aouglas Road and U.S. 33 at the edge of Saint Mar}~s campus. The sprawluag thrco-story S6S mitlion. hotel will. be simitar in design to other campus buildings, but will feature a three-story glassed atrium. Wben completed the 120 room iia~aitcd service hotcI will be operated by Lodging Hosts, Inc. of Washington. MAD?5ON CENTER, the state designated county mental health hospital provider is building a new 58 million, 60-bed psychiatric hospital, financed through a county economic dc~vclopment revenue bond. Ax a joint venture with the county, the facility will sern elf ages, and accept patients rtgardless of income. Having tbrcc IIoors and some 59,000 sq. ft. of space, the hospital is ezpeded to create about 140 new jobs and generate an annual payroll of about SSS uaillion, The facility is located just west of Madison Center's current building at 443 B. Madison Street in South $tad, Plans call for the hospital to be completed by 3'uly 1, 1992. j~rCFl•LANA REGIONAL AIRPORT now has three .distinct aeronautical facilities and entrances: 1) Commercial airlines passenger terminal off I. ineoln Way West. Z) General aviation center on Lathrop Street for vse by private corporate planes. '' 3} West Cargo Ramp located off US. 20 near Mayflower Road where the Federal Express Air. Cargo facility just opaned. .Other current airport projects include the construction of a 52 million safety building southwest of tlxc passenger terminal near US. 24, the moving of four airplane hangars to the new general aviation center on the north side of tb.e field, and installing almost 4.3 miles of security fencing on the north property line. The '' next pro}ect to begin is the addition of a second east-west runway for smaller aircraft. Witb~ the acceptance of a federal grant to cover zaost of the 51.7 raiUion cost, the 4,300 ft. ru:away project can start this fall. The first phase of Tearing the land should be done by winter, allowing the second phase of paving and lighting to begin next spring. CoAapletion is czpected by late summer or early autumn of 2992. __ ~IDW'EST ACCEEI'ANCE CORPORATION gained the zoning necessary to bviJd a major apartment project, to be called 73eechwood Trails, at Linden and Clemens Streets in South $end. Planved is a 514 million development of 122 multi-family vn.its on the heavily wooded 12.4 acre site, Costsisting of ono, two, -and three bedroom townhouses, the apartments will rent for 5400 to 5600 a month. Construction could begin sometime in ]991. ,$T. JOSEPH UNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY will complete the massive 56 million ranovatioa and new addition in November, 199E The Iibrar}~s new cntrsnec at 344 S. Main Street, (the original 1876. address), is dominated by three large gJacs concave windows covered by a flowing canopy. Built with eery access and visibility is mind, the library added parking spaces and centralized elevators and staircases with information and reference areas. Rededication for the entire project will occur in February of 1942, in time for the library's IQ3rd anniversary, ~S2LZT~T BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION awazded contracts worth 5'1,17 million for construction of a new elementary school on the west side and 52.44 million for a new auxiliary gym at Washington High. School. The new grade school with a S00-student capacity is expected to alleviate the overcrowding that has happened on the west side. $oth projects are expected to be completed by Avgust A-7