Marizon Building gets help with facelift through Center City grant
Since Center City of Amarillo began, numerous buildings within its boundaries railroad tracks to the east and north, Washington/Adams Street to the west, and I-40 to the south have participated in its Façade Grant program, improving the appearance of the exterior of a particular building or business.
Officials with Center City presented the latest $20,000 façade grant to the Marizon Building, at 705 and 707 S. Polk St., during an event at the In This Moment Parties & Events center Wednesday.
According to a news release, the Marizon Building was one of the first downtown restoration projects for Center City in 1996, and the first project completed on Polk. Since that time, Center City has given out more than $1.35 million in façade grants to buildings in its boundaries, administering the program for the city of Amarillo.
The first one I wanted to mention was the FirstBank Southwest Tower, Andrew
Freeman, the city s managing director of Planning and Development Services said with regard to the residential unit project. That was permitted on Oct. 7 and is currently under construction. Both floors have been framed out. The HVAC vendor is currently working on the mechanical. They anticipate being completed with mechanical and start sheet rocking the 11th floor by mid-January. Then they ll start mechanical on the 10th floor once that s wrapped up. They believe the 10th floor will take six to eight weeks to complete the mechanical before they start sheet rocking that phase.