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Summer 2015 Newsletter
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The Hamstra Group Knows How To Make A Pizza... And A Pizza Hut, Too!
The Hamstra Group knows pizza. After all, the company has built, remodeled, and/or renovated a multitude of Pizza Hut restaurants in recent years. Hamstra staffers have become experts at transforming older structures into up-to-date facilities that meet corporate objectives for both design and use.
The Hamstra Group has completed construction projects for Pizza Hut restaurants in Demotte, Rensselaer, Attica, Rochester, LaGrange, Monticello, Winamac—all in Indiana—as well as a Pizza Hut in Charlevoix, Michigan.
Currently under construction is a new facility for the Pizza Hut in Knox, Indiana…
Winter 2015 Newsletter
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After Fire Destroys Family Manufacturing Business, The Hamstra Group Tapped to Build New Steel Structure
It’s the nightmare that haunts many business owners. One day everything is just fine, the next something horrifying occurs that requires all their stamina to endure. That’s what happened to Watt Trucking, Inc., a Kentland, Indiana, family-owned and operated business. The company’s facilities were destroyed by fire in February 2013. Now, the business has a new home built by The Hamstra Group…
Fall 2014 Newsletter
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Fresh Food at Farmhouse Came After Frozen Fingers
None of the visitors to Fair Oaks Farms could imagine that the warm, cozy, exquisitely designed Farmhouse Restaurant they’re dining in came by dint of extraordinary effort. But that’s the way it happened. The recent winter in northwest Indiana hobbled many a project, leading to missed deadlines and cost overruns. So many way-below-zero days that crews could not work. So much ice and snow and freezing weather that schools in the region logged more non-school days than anytime in history. But The Hamstra Group pledged the Farmhouse Restaurant, a new attraction at the popular Fair Oaks working farm, dairy house and tourist attraction par excellence, would open as planned and on time…
Summer 2014 Newsletter
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Hamstra Group Works With Wise Guys To Remodel Award-Winning Retail Store
World class wines, craft brews—they’re all the rage these days. That’s something Wise Guys Discount Liquors will profit from now that its new, larger store is open in Hobart, Indiana. The Hamstra Group was put in charge of the extensive remodel of an existing 16,000-square-foot shopping center space on a major regional commercial artery….
Winter 2011 Newsletter
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Remodeling To Bank On
Remodeling a bank is one of those projects that requires flawless staging. That’s what the outstanding team of Lafayette Bank & Trust, Schwarz Associates-Architects, and The Hamstra Group has achieved on more than one recent rehabilitation challenge.
Recently completed is a total remodeling of Lafayette Bank’s Elston branch. This project called for installation of a new truss roof system with architectural shingles, a new fascia system, and demolition of existing windows and replacement with new, larger windows. In addition…
Fall 2010 Newsletter
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Protestant Reformed Church Gets Heavenly Help From The Hamstra Group
At The Hamstra Group, helping churches build new homes has become an important facet of the company’s services. With expertise gleaned through years of working with congregations in the Midwest, the company is able to expeditiously design and build attractive and efficient facilities.
Finishing touches are now complete for just such a client—the Protestant Reformed Church (PRC)—with whom The Hamstra Group has worked on several projects. The new church, located in Crete, Ill., opened this summer…
Summer 2010 Newsletter
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Hamstra Group Building Florida VA Clinic
One of The Hamstra Group’s construction sites is a very busy place this summer. The finishing touches are being performed on a brand new Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic so this larger, more modern facility can open this year. The clinic, located in The Villages, Florida (approximately midway between Ocala and Orlando), is a 92,500-square-foot, single-story building designed by KP Studio Architect (www.kpstudioarchitect.com). The Hamstra Group is in charge of construction, with Eric Carlson serving as the firm’s project manager….
Spring 2010 Newsletter
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St. Anthony's Medical Center First Commercial Project For Park Centre
As the first facility to be located in the Park Centre project in DeMotte, Indiana, St. Anthony Medical Center’s new medical office building will set the tone for future development. Brick and stone- traditional and timeless materials- reflect solidity, and the building’s gabled roof forms articulate scale and make reference to the historically rural character of the community….