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Article: Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: February 29, 2008
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- Colorado Springs Business Journal
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- February 29, 2008
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Volunteers, and business and civic leaders turned out last week
at 729 S. Tejon St., ready to break ground on a new Colorado Springs
Independence Center facility.
The 20,000-square-foot, two-story, Southwestern-style building
designed by Bryan Keys and Associates will be built by Ed Green
Construction and will surpass most Americans with Disabilities Act
requirements, said architect Vic Lauer.
"We learned a lot in the process of talking with the building's
users -- and in many cases have exceeded the government's minimum
guidelines such for the width of hallways, size of bathrooms,
special door handles and entry access," he said. "If you've never
experienced two large wheelchairs trying to ...