EDITOR’S NOTE: The Bricks & Mortar Report provides updates on major construction projects in Chenango County.

Former Corner Cigar building:

• The new owners of the former Corner Cigar store on North Broad St. in Norwich have begun cleaning out the space and entertaining contractors’ estimates for renovations.

• Norwich native and local lawyer Adam Spence said he purchased the downtown building to eventually house his office, but he has yet to settle on a plan for the remaining two floors of the building.

• “Our first task is to get the place tightened up,” he said. “The building’s roof leaks and the windows need replacing ... We are quite a ways away from being able to put a date on when the work will be finished.”

Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich:

• A new color scheme and ceiling and flooring patterns were revealed when barriers came down last week on the first renovated section of Chenango Memorial Hospital’s third floor.

• CMH administrators began the $800,000 facelift of its 5,371 square foot med/surg unit in mid September. The project, which is expected to be completed in in March, is designed to reduce travel time from the nurses’ station to the patient, improve visibility between nurses and patients, and improve family access to providers.