Downtown Memphis (TN) and the Pinch District will have a new Station 1 by 2022, reports BizJournals.com.

The new station—already underway at 225 Chelsea Ave.—will be two stories and nearly 13,000 square feet, according to a building permit valued at $6 million that was recently filed by Memphis-based architecture firm BGKT Architects LLC. However, a general contractor hasn’t yet been selected, but one will be chosen from bidders on June 16.

In July 2018, ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude, purchased the site of the Station 1—adjacent to St. Jude at 211 Jackson St.—from Memphis for $1.725 million.

The new digs will replace the decommissioned Station 1 and the existing Station 6 at 924 Thomas St. It has an expected completion date of Sept. 1, 2022, and will serve Downtown and Northwest Memphis as well as the expanding St. Jude campus.

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Several Streamwood (IL) facilities are getting work done as part of $4 million in capital projects, including the fire department’s Station 33, reports DailyHerald.com.

Lombard-based MTI Construction will manage the projects which include the village hall’s basement restrooms and two village maintenance garages. Work is expected to begin in the coming weeks and is expected to be completed by 2022.

Town officials say funds for the project were earmarked as part of multi-year plan to refurbish facilities that began in 2016.

The station is one of three in the village and was built in 1991; its sanitary sewer system will be upgraded. Renovations will also include some reconfiguration and adding individual bunks and individual bathrooms. Two maintenance garages will also be refurbished.

The new design will follow the concept of Station 31, which was recently built and opened April 1.

The Sedgwick County (KS) Fire Department recently held a ceremony for the opening of its Station 31 in Andale, reports kfdi.com.

The new digs will serve the Andale area and northwest Sedgwick County. Firefighters will move into the facility today.

Station 31 was completed in nine months at a cost of $2.2 million.

“Congratulations to the firefighters of Fire District #1!” the department wrote on Facebook.

“Today, Sedgwick County commissioners helped open Fire Station #31.

“***Firefighters will not occupy the facility until Thursday, May 27.***

“‘The men and women of Fire District #1 are looking forward to serving the community through this new building. I was a young lieutenant when we moved into the old building down the road, so I appreciate the work and support of being able to move into this new building,'” Sedgwick County Fire Chief Doug Williams told those in attendance.

“The project was completed in nine months, costing more than $2.2 million dollars.

“‘This fire station was a long time coming,” said Commissioner David Dennis, District 3. “This new space will help serve the Andale community well into the future as we welcome new families into our community.'”