Tuesday, May 21, 2013
PARTA to start charging in July for deck parking
Drivers now know what they'll be expected to pay once PARTA starts charging for its 365 spaces in the new Kent Central Gateway transit center downtown. PARTA released the rates, which are as follows: Drivers will have free access to the deck's five parking levels through May and June, as PARTA is awaiting delivery and then installation of the pay collection machines that will manage the deck. Bryan Smith, director of planning for PARTA, said they will have the ticket booths in place to start charging for parking on July 8. Rates will be posted for special events, and drivers who lose their ticket will have to pay the maximum rate. PARTA will offer office and monthly passes, and drivers should call the transit agency for rates and …
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Kent Architectural Review Board signs off on design specifications for downtown parking deck, bus transfer garage
New retail and commercial tenants in PARTA's Kent Central Gateway transit center will have some strict guidelines to follow on how they advertise their business to the public. The Kent Architectural Review Board approved a set of sign guidelines Tuesday that dictate how commercial tenants in the $26 million transit center can hang signs on the building's facade. The guidelines essentially spell out where a tenant can put their sign, put limits on size of the sign and dictate how it can be lit. Bryan Smith, project manager for PARTA overseeing construction and design of the transit center, said the transit agency will hire a property management firm to find and oversee tenants for the available commercial spaces on the first-floor of the …
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Monday, April 23, 2012
City partnering with PARTA to pay for upper parking levels of Kent Central Gateway transit center
Kent's continued investment in the downtown redevelopment, $5.7 million, was approved by Kent City Council this week. Council voted to authorize issuing $4 million in bonds to pay for the upper levels of public parking to be included in the PARTA Kent Central Gateway transit center and parking deck. The city agreed to pay the cost of building the upper, public parking levels as part of the city's partnership with PARTA on the $26 million transit center. Council also voted to authorize issuing bonds of $1.65 million to pay street reconstruction costs for portions of Erie and South DePeyster streets around several of the downtown redevelopment projects. Kent Budget and Finance Director Dave Coffee said the vote to approve the $4 million in …
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
PARTA, Kent State and city redevelopment projects all get OK from building department
Three of the critical components of downtown Kent's redevelopment have been formally approved by the city for construction. The Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center, PARTA's transit center and a portion of the city's public-private commercial redevelopment all got building permits for construction within the past week. The hotel, which is being built through a partnership between the Kent State Foundation and The Pizzuti Companies, got building construction approval for the $15 million complex at 215 S. DePeyster Street. The hotel has a listed construction price tag of $15 million. PARTA received approval to build the intermodal facility with bus transfer bays, office space and public parking at 201 E. Erie St. The actual …
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Monday, April 4, 2011
South DePeyster Street between Main Street and Haymaker Parkway will close between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
South DePeyster Street will close today between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. for groundbreaking ceremonies scheduled for the Kent Central Gateway transit center. The $26 million project, planned by the Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority, was originally scheduled for a groundbreaking in October, but land acquisition and other elements of the project delayed the groundbreaking. Ceremonies are expected to start at 11 a.m. at the project site, which spans Erie Street between South DePeyster Street and Haymaker Parkway. The combined transit center and parking facility will include 10 bus transfer bays for PARTA buses and more than 300 public parking spaces. The facility is expected to include as much as 22,000 square feet of first-floor retail…
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G Myers
6:04 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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