Church Street Plaza | 28-Story Office/Hotel [Phase 1 Under Construction]

[JFW657]

1 hour ago, Uncommon said:

It doesn’t look like the Mohawk thingy in the renderings is there or at least complete. That’s why I asked.

I think the confusion lies in your use of the term "topped off" which, in construction parlance, means that the topmost floor of the skeleton has been installed.

On this building, that happened several weeks ago.

The mohawk thing wouldn't be considered a factor in the building being topped off.

[spenser1058]

“A mohawk on a piano” - nope, nothing weird about this building at all...

[nite owℓ]

4 hours ago, Uncommon said:

It doesn’t look like the Mohawk thingy in the renderings is there or at least complete. That’s why I asked.

Not laughing at your question, but your description was pretty creative lol. 

Edit: just realized JWF already answered your question

 

Edited June 28, 2019 by nite owℓ

[HankStrong]

Fairly unique description.

Edited June 28, 2019 by HankStrong

[jgardnerucf]

6 hours ago, Uncommon said:

It doesn’t look like the Mohawk thingy in the renderings is there or at least complete. That’s why I asked.

That's just chicken wire and thinset, who cares.

[bqknight]

3 hours ago, jgardnerucf said:

That's just chicken wire and thinset, who cares.

Serious question - how is that going to hold up during a hurricane?

[JFW657]

4 hours ago, jgardnerucf said:

That's just chicken wire and thinset, who cares.

 

44 minutes ago, bqknight said:

Serious question - how is that going to hold up during a hurricane?

Though it looks flimsy from a distance, I'm fairly certain that if you were to get up close to it, you'd see that the framing is constructed of steel I beams and the exterior panels are probably made of some rigid cladding with embedded steel mounting tabs on the back that are both bolted and welded onto the steel framework. They don't kid around with stuff like that, especially when it's 28 stories up. The engineering wind load requirements are probably 200 mph. Maybe even more. 

[jgardnerucf]

The fence panels atop the 250 N Orange, (newer seacoast locale; keeping score) haven't gone anywhere in decades, heck ever.

[IAmFloridaBorn]

From I4. I love the glass up close. 

[IAmFloridaBorn]

Night shot.

[JFW657]

So, what do we figure....

....finito by September?

October?

[DreS0803]

Slowly but surely making progress. Few more months until complete

[smileguy]

4 minutes ago, DreS0803 said:

Slowly but surely making progress. Few more months until complete

 

Can we start a gofundme to continue that white screening on the East and North faces of the parking garage down to the ground?

[nite owℓ]

If you squint, you can see they've already begun to install the metal screening around the garage. Hopefully the panels get painted after installation... initial renderings even teased a potential mural:

 

Does anyone know if the "fins" were installed on the other side? Or were they value engineered to oblivion?

Edited July 20, 2019 by nite owℓ

[shardoon]

Is there a pool in the hotel?

[JFW657]

1 hour ago, shardoon said:

Is there a pool in the hotel?

Someone earlier in this thread said there wasn't. I said there had to be, figuring it would be on the top floor of the garage section, but it doesn't look much like there will be.

Hard to imagine a hotel without a pool.

[bqknight]

3 minutes ago, JFW657 said:

Someone earlier in this thread said there wasn't. I said there had to be, figuring it would be on the top floor of the garage section, but it doesn't look much like there will be.

Hard to imagine a hotel without a pool.

The hotel is meant to be an AC Marriott - unless that’s changed. I believe most of those hotels do not have pools as they follow the European model for hotels. Nice rooms but small. Have what you need but nothing more. Will have the bar and what not but don’t expect crazy amenities - just a nice aesthetic. 

[JFW657]

1 hour ago, bqknight said:

The hotel is meant to be an AC Marriott - unless that’s changed. I believe most of those hotels do not have pools as they follow the European model for hotels. Nice rooms but small. Have what you need but nothing more. Will have the bar and what not but don’t expect crazy amenities - just a nice aesthetic. 

I was thinking maybe they had an indoor pool, but I never saw anything like that going in during construction. Sounds like maybe a business traveller hotel. A nice place to sleep, eat and shower. 

[Jvest55]

How  are you going to build a hotel without a pool? Especially in Florida. If there is no pool that would be HILARIOUS 

[JFW657]

2 hours ago, Jvest55 said:

How  are you going to build a hotel without a pool? Especially in Florida. If there is no pool that would be HILARIOUS 

Extremely large bathtubs?

[shardoon]

Even Aloft built a pool in the former OUC building. I also looked up other AC hotels around the country, and almost all of them had pools. 

Edited July 22, 2019 by shardoon

[JFW657]

3 hours ago, shardoon said:

Even Aloft built a pool in the former OUC building. I also looked up other AC hotels around the country, and almost all of them had pools. 

Rumor has it that they're kicking around some ideas...

[spenser1058]

9 minutes ago, JFW657 said:

Rumor has it that they're kicking around some ideas...

We got nuthin’ but class here in The City Beautiful

[AmIReal]

I traveled 40 plus weeks a year as a business traveler for nearly a decade and may have used the pool a dozen times. When traveling abroad on leisure I pretty much never go to the pool... pool bar, sure.

[dcluley98]

Yeah, I don't think they have a pool. I would be SHOCKED if they don't have a top-notch fitness center, however. Business travels don't care about a pool. Transit and Fitness center, hell yeah. 

Edited July 23, 2019 by dcluley98