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There's a lot of new development and renovation taking place at the Marketplace at 5th Street shopping center.See Photo Gallery Here

Busy shopping center undergoing new development and renovation

Marketplace at 5th Street is undergoing renovation
and construction of new buildings.

Yucaipa - In 1992 Brian Conroy bought his first building, then he bought a second and a third. Now Conroy owns the entire Marketplace at 5th Street shopping center located at the corner of Fifth Street and Yucaipa Boulevard.

And Conroy has ambitious plans to expand and renovate Marketplace into one of the finest shopping centers in the city.

Currently under construction is a 9,400 square foot building that will house a New York Style Chinese Buffet. The buffet will fill 5,000 feet of the building with the rest open to retail shops and merchants.

"We will start framing on Thursday (Sept. 4) and push for (completion) as soon as possible," said Conroy. When the building is finished it will have150-feet of open glass front and patio area, along with a water works design similar to that found in front of Yucaipa City Hall, said Conroy.

Veteran concrete block layer one of the best

Manuel Lopez, left, and Javier Lopez, lay a line of
block at the Marketplace at 5th Street shopping center.

Yucaipa - As in sports, some have the athleticism and soar to great heights, while others - try as they might - reach no higher than mediocrity.

If block layer and mason, Manuel Lopez, were a baseball player he'd be a home run hitter, an all-star, and maybe even a Hall of Famer. The man knows how to lay concrete block, and lay it fast and accurately.

Brian Conroy, who owns the Marketplace at 5th Street in Yucaipa, admits he made a mistake. He hired a block layer to do some work on his nine-acre shopping center. The work wasn't being done right. So he called Lopez to the rescue.

"I wanted to spread the work around (because construction work has slowed down), but I should have hired Manuel in the first place," said Conroy. "He's the best."