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February 17, 2016 • Vol. XXIX • No. 4 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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$62M Project to Pay Tribute to Nashville’s History
JMHC Inc. Prepares Site for FedEx Facility …8
Balfour Beatty Construction photo
By Cindy Riley
Good Samaritans Come to Aid of Swindled WWII Vet…20
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The 275-unit Crescent Music Row will offer luxury apartments and retail space, along with dramatic views of the city’s skyline.
A $62 million mixed-use development paying tribute to a legendary district is taking shape in Nashville, Tenn. The 275-unit Crescent Music Row will offer luxury apartments and retail space, along with dramatic views of the city’s skyline. In July 2015, North-Carolina-based Crescent Communities held a groundbreaking for the property, which will feature a number of cus-
tomizable penthouses and give residents easy access to Music Row and the nearby Gulch district’s music venues, restaurants and shops. “The Music Row district exemplifies Nashville’s rich history, and is designed to respect the district’s heritage and celebrate its future,” said Ben Collins, senior vice president of Crescent’s multifamily group. “We believe the result will be the perfect match for an area
Nashville residents know and love. Nashville is an extraordinary city with a thriving job market, vibrant arts scene and affordable cost of living, and it’s easy to see why it’s ranked one of America’s fastest growing cities.” “Music is Nashville’s heart and soul, and Crescent Music Row will offer unique amenities that reflect the heritage of Music Row and see CRESCENT page 32
S.C. Senate Takes Up Road Money Proposals By Jeffrey Collins Alex Lyon & Son Hosts Florida Auction…104
Table of Contents ............4 Paving Section ........35-48 Parts Section ............54-55 Excavators & Attachments Section ......................58-99 Auction Section ..102-109 Business Calendar ......103 Advertisers Index ........110
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governments, which would increase the size of the board; or maintain the current structure of congressional districts, which are equal in population, but have meandering borders. After that is determined, senators have to decide if legislators should keep appointing the
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina senators planned to show they are serious about passing a bill to get more money to the state’s roads and bridges. A flurry of committee meetings and floor work began Jan. 26 with a subcommittee trying to approve a bill to change the board that runs the South Carolina Department of Transportation. The meeting ended with senators asking for more time to By Eric Olson discuss the proposal. CEG CORRESPONDENT There are three ideas to changing the board’s composition: pick them Blythe Construction has had a big hand in helping by the DOT’s engineering districts, to build the Carolinas into one of the most vibrant which are geographically compact components of the Sunbelt over the last few and respect county lines but have decades. large swings in population; pick As one of the Southeast’s top contractors, Blythe them by the state’s 10 council of
DOT board or the governor should pick her own nominees. Support seemed to swing toward engineering districts because so much of DOT is already organized that way. But Sen. Gerald Malloy, see ROADS page 54
Dynamic Blythe Construction Strives for Efficiency, Cost Savings on I-85 Job exemplifies what it means to be a dynamic company, with several projects going on or in development at any one time. The Charlotte-based firm has served the area with distinction for close to a century. One of Blythe’s biggest jobs at the moment is a $186 million design-build project in North Carolina that widens an 8-mi. (12.8 km) stretch of Interstate see BLYTHE page 14