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<br />INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Cont'd)
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<br />COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME plans reflect a 50,000 sq. ft., $14 million facility,
<br />most of which will be below ground. The Hall itself will occupy some 38,000 sq. ft. and will
<br />be connected to Century Center via a tunnel beneath St. Joseph Street. The 18,000 sq. ft. above-
<br />ground portion will contain a lobby, food court, and gift shop, with the outside facing Michigan
<br />Street resembling a football stadium. Verkler Construction of South Bend, will be managing
<br />construction of the project, which is currently scheduled to be completed by mid-1995.
<br />HOLY CROSS CARE SERVICES. INC., a subsidiary of Holy Cross Health System Corporation,
<br />is building a new 120 bed long-term care facility at the National Center for Senior Living in
<br />South Bend. To be called the Holy Cross Care & Rehabilitation Center (HCCRC), the $8 million
<br />state-of--the-art nursing home and rehabilitation center will replace two older, smaller nursing
<br />homes currently being operated by Holy Cross. Construction is scheduled to be completed by
<br />November, 1993. The Care Services division currently operates six nursing and retirement
<br />facilities in the local area.
<br />LOCK JOINT TUBE. INC., a steel tubing manufacturer, will complete a 33,000 sq. ft. addition
<br />to its building this spring. The $633,000 expansion follows last year's $1 million purchase of
<br />new finishing equipment to be located in the new section. Seventy new employees were added
<br />last year, in response to a 40% increase in business. Total company employment is now at 225
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<br />MEIJER, INC., based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is preparing 34 acres of ground for
<br />construction of a 200,000 sq. ft. retail store and a 15 acre parking lot with three retention basins.
<br />Included in the plans are ari adjoining garden center and a separate convenience store with
<br />gasoline pumps. The company has scheduled the building to start this spring. Each Meijer store
<br />encloses about the same square footage, employs about 600 to 700 people, carries full lines of
<br />fashion, general merchandise, and groceries, and is open 24 hours.
<br />O-T-D CORPORATION, based in Oakbrook, Illinois, is planning to open an aluminum shipping
<br />container manufacturing plant in the Airport Industrial Park. Plans are for Aledo Company to
<br />add a 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse addition to a recently purchased 20,000 sq. ft. site in South Bend,
<br />for leasing to O-T-D. Both personal and real property tax abatements were granted for the
<br />$900,000 project, which includes $600,000 in new production equipment. The expansion is
<br />expected to create 24 to 30 new jobs, averaging about $23,000 a year in wages, over the next
<br />year. O-T-D chose South Bend to be near its suppliers and reduce the cost of exporting to its
<br />international markets.
<br />THERMOPLASTICS. INC., in Mishawaka, is planning to invest a projected $3.2 million in
<br />capital improvements to meet new contracts and to improve product quality and efficiency. The
<br />auto parts manufacturer is now constructing a 30,860 sq. ft. addition onto an existing industrial
<br />building and is purchasing $1.5 million in new production machinery. Fifty new jobs are
<br />expected to be created over the next two years, adding $1 million to the company's annual payroll
<br />of $3.47 million. Along with an $80,000 Training 2000 grant received from IDOC to assist in
<br />upgrading new skills of new and current employees.
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