Development

AUSTIN-Now, proponents and opponents must wait until May 23 to see if a master plan for a closed power plant gets a city OK. San Francisco-based Roma Design Group is pushing a plan for a community center to re-energize that section of town.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA-Pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly and Co. will build its newest insulin manufacturing plant in the County's Innovation @ Prince William office Park. Upon its estimated completion in 2007, the plant will house more than 700 employees.

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, MI-K&M Engineering and Consulting Corp. of Arlington, VA plans to build a natural gas-fired plant to sell electricity to service providers. The project would be built on 20 acres bounded by two junkyards.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-The old Million Dollar Pier, rebuilt almost 20 years ago to resemble an ocean liner, will be shuttered entirely for 18 months by owner Park Place.

ATLANTA-Masterfoods USA of Cleveland, TN, a division of Hackettstown, NJ-based Mars Inc., is adding a new line, Cookies And, to its brand of chocolates. No major building construction was involved in the expansion of the Tennessee plant.

WASHINGTON, DC-The $60-million mixed use development known as Terrell Place is well under way with construction having already begun on the 480,000-sf, multi-structure complex.

CHICAGO-The Morgan Park and Austin neighborhoods on the city's far South and West Sides are getting two-story, 43,000-sf police stations to replace outdated facilities. Their arrival also is expected to spur new retail development, especially in Austin.

MOUNT VERNON, VA-An $85-million museum and orientation center is in the works for George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens. Official plans will be announced on April 27 and work on the 50,000-sf endeavor is scheduled to commence in 2003.