Saint Francis Expanding

Saint Francis announced today that they will be adding on a new, eight story tower to their campus. These renderings look fantastic, and I hope we see construction starting very soon. (Expected completion is 2014.)

This will provide about 700 construction jobs, and 400 permanent jobs. It will also make the hospital eligible for being ranked a Level I Trauma Center instead of Level II. I'm glad to see them adding on again, and I wish that every new building in town had the quality of architecture that their new buildings do.

Metro at Brady Update

Here are some construction pics from TU 'cane over on SSC if you haven't seen them yet:

Many have expressed concerns about the quality of construction in this project. I'm no construction expert, but it looks pretty sturdy to me. There are cinder block colima for support, and they appear to be using 2x6s. There may be some smaller things that could create issues with soundproofing later on, or perhaps even the day people move in, but it sure doesn't look like it's about to fall down any time soon.