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(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for a downtown Cedar Rapids development project.
Development leaders and city officials will be at the construction site at 1st Street and 1st West this Wednesday. The project will be constructed in three phases totaling 11 new buildings between 1st and 3rd Street Southwest. The area was damaged by severe flooding in 2008.
The new buildings will include a Big Grove Brewery location, a hotel, parking garage, and 270 housing units according to the city.
The ceremony is set for 4 p.m. Wednesday.