
When we last checked in with Mitra Setayesh and Luiz Taifas, the couple behind the Ion International Training Center within Leesburg’s Compass Creek development had enthusiastic partners, a graded site and an L.F. Jennings construction trailer, and that was about it.
Nine months later, and less than a month from opening day, they have a full-fledged ice skating venue, minus the ice (as of May 2). But it’s coming together, with 18 crews working feverishly to install the final pieces of the $25 million, 90,000-square-foot project — the showers and locker rooms, 3,500 seats (those were on a boat from China, approaching Baltimore, during our visit), workout equipment, concessions, the lounge.
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