[Mills/50]

On 7/26/2023 at 2:21 PM, codypet said:

Yea I've been seeing them work on it for the last month.   The wired signals you actually see today are brand new.  They went from the box design to the diagonal configuration temporarily to make room for the masts.  The had actually left the giant auger in the ground for someone to potentially hit it last week.  It looked to me that there was just the one mast on the NW corner.  I didn't see any on the other corners, but the SE corner is supposed to be getting it too.

From the Public meeting last year.

Also related to the discussion about costs.....This little project apparently cost $1.9 million to build.

On a separate project apparently 441 and 50 is also getting mast arms.

The posts are in at the corners of Mills and Colonial. 

[Mills/50]

The building is pretty much finished, landscaping in, dog park set up. 

[The Milk District]

On 1/5/2024 at 1:26 PM, codypet said:

What I scrounged up looks like townhomes.

https://www.yourcommunitypaper.com/articles/concord-commons-townhomes-moving-forward/

 

 The community paper did a story around it a couple weeks ago.

[Mills/50]

The Alexan on Fern Creek.  The sidewalks are in and opened, the fence dividing the dog park from the Deli Desires parking lot is up, and the public art has been installed.

 

 

[Lake Eola Neighbourhood.]

The Auditorium at Howard Middle.  The school is undergoing a huge renovation, but I noticed tonight as I drove by that the large Live Oak in front of the entrance which faces Robinson, was cut down.  Incidentally, a cross street towards Mills, the block over from Howard middle, the condos are already under construction.

[Mills/50]

Alexan on Colonial and Fern Creek is creeping along. They poured the side walk crossing a few days back. 

[Lake Eola Neighbourhood.]

19 hours ago, dwSouthEola said:

This is actually going where the old Baez law firm is, so it will cozy up to the MAA Parkside parking lot. The two buildings there sold recently, and include a large parking lot in the back. If you can make it out in the lower left corner of this pic it says "Pine St (street side yard)"

I love that this neighborhood still has several old houses. I wish that the city or another entity  would historically zone some of them before they are all gone in this area.
 

While I don’t think  that a law firm is the best use, it could be converted into some thing with which the public could interact more. When I lived in Charlotte, many of the old houses had been converted into bars, restaurants, coffee, shops, bookstores, Yoga, studios, etc.  I liked the scaling and sense of history it brought to neighborhoods around the core of Uptown there. 

[The Edge | 32-Story Mixed Use + SunRail Station [Proposed/Demo Underway]]

9 hours ago, dcluley98 said:

No. Site is fully cleared, but no work yet after demo. 

It’s cleared but no other progress.

[Mills/50]

The mural is finished, minus the bottom areas which will be completed after construction crews grade around the parking deck

[THE Orlando Photo Thread]

The pyramids reflect bluish in the evening. It’s less noticeable that they are white. 

[Mills/50]

Mural on Alexan moving along. 

[Mills/50]

On 3/29/2023 at 9:45 AM, Gtothree2748 said:

There is a mural getting started by C Stanley on the garage facing Feen Creek. Snapped a screen shot of their reel on Instagram. 

[Society | 28- & 17-Story Residential [Under Construction]]

Hadn’t seen this angle for a minute. 

[Downtown South (Sunrail/Amtrak, SODO, Orlando Health, Lymmo, Orange/Michigan Avenues)]

On 3/22/2023 at 12:38 PM, JFW657 said:

The developers, I assume, also cut down the tall oaks on the corner of Michigan and Orange. 

Bummer. 

 

 

Something equally boooooooring....  

 

[The Milk District]

6 hours ago, codypet said:

The excavators are on site preparing to demo the existing houses.   Somehow this development qualified for a WMD permit exemption (I get why, but dang I didn't expect that).

Waiting for my neighbors to lose their minds upon finding out what happening there.

Is it the older home next to the atrium office building? Are they tearing that one down? I thought that was part of the bumby Homestead. 

[Mills/50]

Deli Desires is in that plaza and has some killer sandwiches, good coffee, wine and beer to go. It's quite good! and the owners are taking over the old Sanctum space with a new concept soon. 

[Downtown Orlando Project Discussion]

Any word on the MPB meeting yesterday?  

 

[Ivanhoe Village / Loch Haven Park]

1 minute ago, popsiclebrandon said:

On street parking needs to go.

This was one of the FDOT proposal renderings.  The multi-use path movement FDOT is using in Orlando really doesn’t cut it.  

[Ivanhoe Village / Loch Haven Park]

55 minutes ago, sethM said:

Anyone know if they added a bike lane to the design?  I can’t understand why they wouldn’t put one in with all of the bikers in the local community. The places they’re adding parking isn’t a big value add, a bike lane makes a lot of sense. 

On Twitter I saw this alternative design by local urbaníste Sam Gallaher.  He suggested sending these to the FDOT folks as a response to their adding of more street parking along both sides of Orange in front of Hammered Lamb area. 

[Downtown Orlando Project Discussion]

1 hour ago, jrs2 said:

You are not alone in that sentiment...

I don’t know your opinion on Parking minimums, but they generally can help encourage more people centered developments. 

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2022/06/08/less-parking-could-mean-more-housing

[Ivanhoe Village / Loch Haven Park]

On 8/10/2022 at 10:11 AM, spenser1058 said:

FDOT’s having a public meeting next Wednesday to discuss changes to N. Orange Ave (SR 527) from Magnolia to just north of Rollins St:

https://bungalower.com/2022/08/09/fdot-hosting-public-meeting-on-improvement-plans-for-north-orange-avenue/

From Bungalower 
 

https://www.cflroads.com/project/445220-1
 

Here is a link to the plan, with an opportunity to respond to the lead in design from the FDOT.  They do not have a dedicated/protected bike lane, and have increased amount of parking, which I think does a disservice to the area as the urbanism increases. 

[Packing District / Fairvilla]

Some pictures from earlier today. The large open area is the now clear Southwest corner of Princeton and OBT. I couldn’t get a picture in my moving vehicle, but there are some condos being built it looks like behind the new YMCA and they’ve made a lot of progress. Also the old round juice  stand on the northeast corner is built out. 

[Mills/50]

Blurry and in passing but, they are moving earth and have construction headquarters set up on the property. 

[College Park]

Albert Park and Dartmouth Park slated for redo. 

I saw the story on  Your Community Paper.

https://www.yourcommunitypaper.com/articles/dartmouth-and-albert-parks-redesigns-move-forward/

and this is the Zoom with Robert Stuart and the design team. 

https://orlando-gov.zoom.us/rec/play/iEW0ug9zGHN0HqTeS-IXEcqz3LNhQHB82ZTy2KD8egNeyvHj4EWrJcRQ9pdxc3x4sFyA770NE7rwdB_b.7L31BShgLkEgeaP_?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=qSnqLosgQZSlTzaaai7yug.1637196733674.b062dee34515f0786f0d9156017b6b64&_x_zm_rhtaid=40

[Mills/50]

On 12/23/2021 at 9:42 AM, orlandocity87 said:

Also, it looks like sitework has started at the Alexan50 site with some serious box culverts.

More site work at Alexan 50.