After Cleveland County officials spent more than a decade hoping, planning and pleading for a new jail, construction on a new 542-bed detention center is under way.Construction on the $24 million facility began after a groundbreaking ceremony in October at the jail site south of Franklin Road between 24th Avenue NW and U.S. 77. It is scheduled to take 517 days, or about one year and five months, to complete the new jail.
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A new bicycle shop, sporting goods store, and frozen yogurt shop are a few new businesses that have opened in Norman this October.
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Plans are moving ahead for another fire station to serve Norman's west side. The station will be built on 36th Avenue NW, just north of Tecumseh Road.
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The new expansion of Gaylord Hall on the University of Oklahoma campus will be a shining beacon about the value of journalism in modern society. Gaylord Hall is a place where dreams are found, where curiosity thrives.
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The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded a Silver LEED Certification for Commercial Interiors, or LEED-CI, to LWPB Architecture for its office in Norman.This project is the first LEED certified project in Norman and also the first Silver certified project for commercial interiors in Oklahoma.
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A vacant Norman warehouse was recently purchased by Harrison Gypsum Company. The building features about 48,500 square feet of warehouse space and 8,385 square feet of office space. The structure also includes a 2,950-square-foot wash bay and a 395-square-foot chemical storage building.Harrison Gypsum Co. will occupy the site.
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A piece of German technology sold by a Norman pharmaceutical company has sparked the need for expansion into the city’s business park.Health Engineering Systems, founded by pharmacists Rob and Lisa Standridge, sells the Unguator, a modern-day equivalent of the mortar and pestle used by pharmacists over the centuries.
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The Oklahoma Structural Biology Nexus--a new statewide group of structural biologists with similar interests in this high-tech field—will establish a Robotics Crystallization Core Facility on the University of Oklahoma’s Norman campus with the National Science Foundation award of a $360,000 grant for sophisticated robotics equipment.
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The Norman Regional Health System HealthPlex opened its doors on Monday, Oct. 26th. The new HealthPlex has over 80 patient beds. HealthPlex physicians will treat patients in cardiovascular, neurology, orthopedics and spine and women's and children's health departments.
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