Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1993                   TAG: 9311030093
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

IN BUSINESS

An indicator of future construction in the Roanoke metropolitan area is up 389 percent from a year ago.

The F.W. Dodge Division of McGraw-Hill Inc. said the value of September contracts for future construction totaled $39.9 million, compared with last year's $8.2 million. Residential construction was $28.5 million and nonresidential $11.4 million.

For the first nine months, the value of construction contracts rose 56 percent, from $80.6 million last year to $126.2 million in 1993. - Staff report

\ Briefly . . .

\ HazWaste Industries Inc., a Richmond environmental services firm, has opened an office of its Environmental Technology of North America Inc. subsidiary in Roanoke. The office, at 5338 Peters Creek Road, is managed by Donald M. Edge.

\ Faison Associates, a Charlotte, N.C. commercial real estate developer with property in Roanoke, on Tuesday announced a joint venture with Delta Shamrock Enterprises Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla. to build Fleming Island Shopping Center at Orange Park, Fla.