dcluley98

Mill Creek/Modera, Highwoods, and Hines are also all here.

That was always the plan. Redo entire facade with punchouts to create windows.

Permit for CSP II was last updated December 2023. The Foundations/Underground and Vertical Construction permits are currently listed as "On Hold" with payments due to release hold. They had said first half of this year, but I'm not getting my hopes up yet.

Ok, I get it. It is still "Orlando sized" and that is somewhat disappointing. It is on a scale of a Sky-house, Modera, Society, and the Hotel at S+ED. Typical Orlando stuff, not a mega-block or tall project. I am just hoping we get CSP II - The Edge started soon. I actually really like that project (especially for Baker Barrios). Still nothing on that site.

Only thing for me was they said they wanted to paint the intersections to draw more awareness to "Pedestrian Crossings". Because of this, I thought they would be painting crosswalks, not just a circle in the middle. I don't know how much of this highlights pedestrian activity, but they don't look bad, IMO.

LOL, if you have been following this forum for 10 years, IAF (which I thought you had been), you could probably tell I don't bullcrap and things I share happen to be true more often than not.

The Hines development plan I saw is not on the scale of the FAT Village megablock. It is a standard Orlando development of a large mid-rise mixed use apartment complex. It is not the Sentinel Property, but closer to Lake Eola and the DTO core. Renderings I saw looked a lot like half of a S+ED or CSPII. That said, my point was large-scale national developers with deep pockets ARE looking at DTO.

Hines is based out of Texas and has major projects nationally and world-wide, including developments in Central Florida and one currently being planned for Downtown Orlando.

This is part of what I was talking about with new Parking Garage/CONRAC Rental Car Facility, Bus Station, APM, and additional terminal additions. I have heard upward of $4 BILLION worth of potential work.

They are ugly and don't match. They look awful on a cloudy/overcast day. They will be difficult to maintain. That dark grey/brown to match the other mullions/accents would have been much better. (actually, keeping it teal would have been much better. It worked and was kind of iconic after that much time as the cap of Orlando's tallest).

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It's behind the Walmart where they already owned the land and used it for material staging during construction.

Agreed, which is why many of us knew it was slated for the Cocoa curve. It is slowing down there anyway, so doesn't add as much time wasted for the stop. As for Stuart, that bridge is supposedly getting fixed, so I am not so sure that was the deciding factor on Stuart. The demographics and ridership probably was a large factor.

They did today. Couple of Security guards managing the queue at the front door. They were only letting a few people in at a time.

Many of us knew it was going to be at the Cocoa Curve behind the Wal-mart. For some reason I thought I had said this previously, but I can't remember. The bigger news was Stuart. I felt pretty confident the location would be in Stuart, not in Ft. Pierce, because of the economic factors.

Line around the block for The Trophy Room today. Assuming it is like a special "Shoe Drop" or something. Interesting to see when we were just talking about the scarcity of retail in DTO.

IMO if UCF was built closer to DT, it probably would not have grown to what it is today. Two of the main things that hurt DTO was building Fashion Square mall in the early 70s and Downtown Disney/City Walk in the 90s. Had those two things not happened, DTO would be much more diverse and walkable now. Instead we got a mall that encouraged sprawl/driving everywhere and a couple of bland entertainment districts designed to pack the most people in them to separate them from their $$$.

I thought the same thing for Bellsouth driving by earlier this week. The front landscaping and little park looks great compared to what was there!

Is that guy "marking his territory"? Looks about right for DTO.

The limit is specific to the Seimens Charger locomotive. (for safety regulation). There are not currently any Diesel locomotives operating in the world at a higher speed. The British HST and Russian TEP-80 locomotives supposedly hit 148 MPH and 168 MPH supposedly in the 80s/90s, but nobody has evidence of them operating that fast in actual service. The British HST operated at 125 MPH in England, but eventually was phased out for electric powered locomotives. Electric with catenary wires are capable of much higher speeds, but also would require the ROW and build-out to accomplish that, and since this is not possible in South Florida, it doesn't really make sense for Brightline to do. They would have to have two different systems or a "hybrid" locomotive that could run on diesel in South Florida, and then on catenary in other areas where it is feasible (such as the grade-separated Cocoa to MCO section or Tampa section in I-4 ROW).

125 MPH. It is only FTA approved for that speed, no matter the track.

This is my understanding as well. So it seems inefficient, but they must do studies for "Feasibility, Environmental Impact, Operationability, Maintenance, and Best-use-of-Funds" etc. for any funding to occur. While we might think the Sunrail to MCO Intermodal is obvious, often the funding depends upon studies for the overall project. I am not involved in the project or studies whatsoever, I just find it very interesting as a leading HSR project in the US. I have been following along with the studies and the incremental planning of it.

Yeah, I hope so. Dual mode locomotives do exist, but I don't know if that is the best operational answer. The testing shows that the Charger locomotives are capable of about 130-135MPH (over 200KPH) but the FTA, FRA, and NTSB won't allow it to operate over 125.

As I stated previously, the limitation for Cocoa to OIA is the locomotive.