1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million

[MLBrumby]

Hmmm... as much as I'd love the tower to be started, I don't recall any official statement by the developer that ground has been broken for it. Granted, I don't know Giarratana's usual PR approach and I'm not close to any of these projects, but seems to me a big project iike this warrants a big media "splash".  I've assumed the tower is not u/c and won't be for some time. I really hope I'm mistaken on this. 

[markhollin]

I believe Tony secured the loan for this last year before the rates started shooting up. 

[downtownresident]

27 minutes ago, Armacing said:

Why are they filling in holes with gravel on the tower foundation part of this project?  Should we be worried that only the YMCA addition is currently under construction and the tower is on hold pending an improved economic/interest rate situation?

As someone who observed the Alcove foundation dig, they did this there too. It may be so that equipment can travel through the site, and the gravel is just temporary. I feel pretty good as they are digging the foundation and have all permits pulled. If I’m remembering the earlier conversation in the tread correctly, the tower will start in November. 

[MontanaGuy]

1 hour ago, Armacing said:

Why are they filling in holes with gravel on the tower foundation part of this project?  Should we be worried that only the YMCA addition is currently under construction and the tower is on hold pending an improved economic/interest rate situation?

I've been wondering the exact same thing,  there's quite a few areas where they have filled holes with gravel but that whole site seems very busy and I'm hoping there's no problems.

[MontanaGuy]

Photos from Thursday afternoon.

[Tim29tn]

9 hours ago, Armacing said:

Why are they filling in holes with gravel on the tower foundation part of this project?  Should we be worried that only the YMCA addition is currently under construction and the tower is on hold pending an improved economic/interest rate situation?

[nashvylle]

The tower portion will start in November.  

[Archibum]

I think it all has to do with schedule and scope of work. Been working on a project for the last couple years and the number of times they've dug up and filled the same spot seems wildly inefficient. But I'm no general contractor so what do I know.

[Luvemtall]

3 hours ago, Archibum said:

I think it all has to do with schedule and scope of work. Been working on a project for the last couple years and the number of times they've dug up and filled the same spot seems wildly inefficient. But I'm no general contractor so what do I know.

There’s a new road being built just a couple blocks down from me, they have done this sort of thing with this also. Had the road bed and gavel base down and smooth out , then dug it up to install the sewer line. Then smooth it out again, only to dig it up two weeks later to install gas and water lines. Again they smooth it out and thought paving would be next , but no they once again started digging it up along the whole length yesterday. 

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

27 minutes ago, Luvemtall said:

There’s a new road being built just a couple blocks down from me, they have done this sort of thing with this also. Had the road bed and gavel base down and smooth out , then dug it up to install the sewer line. Then smooth it out again, only to dig it up two weeks later to install gas and water lines. Again they smooth it out and thought paving would be next , but no they once again started digging it up along the whole length yesterday. 

Interesting. I've seen this happen too, up here in New York.

Is this construction methodology and best practice, in order to prevent water infill and random objects going into the hole, until here is a timeline and ability to build out what is intended for that specific hole?

Just thinking out loud. 

[MontanaGuy]

24 minutes ago, jjbradleyBrooklyn said:

Is this construction methodology and best practice, in order to prevent water infill and random objects going into the hole, until here is a timeline and ability to build out what is intended for that specific hole?

Just thinking out loud. 

I'm not sure either but I just got back from the site a few minutes ago and they're digging up new holes and have buried one of the deep ones again with gravel.  

[MontanaGuy]

From Saturday afternoon, on the first photo you can see that they removed that wooden walkway that's been sitting there for quite a few weeks.

[markhollin]

Looking NE from intersection of Church Street Viaduct and Upper 10th Ave. North (Platform Way):

Looking SW from YMCA Way, 1/8 block north of Church St:

[MontanaGuy]

I didn't get much today, it's cold and raining.  

[smeagolsfree]

On 10/23/2023 at 9:40 PM, MorganRehnberg said:

I thought there was a new Metro law so that you couldn’t block sidewalks indefinitely? There’s not a wheelchair-accessible route on either side of Church now accept to be (sometimes the wrong way) in the bike lane. That seems pretty poor. 

Metro never follows through with what they pass as far as ordinance. They are always turning a blind eye or just not enforcing what they have on the books. They need to let MPD enforce it as a criminal offence instead of a civil offence and that will stop the foolishness. At least let the parking enforcement folks hand out tickets.

[MontanaGuy]

From Tuesday afternoon, it looks like they've blocked off a lane on the third photo between the YMCA and the Alcove.  They've also extended the blocked off lane on Church Street with new barriers.  On the last two photos it's confusing to pick out which hole is going to be the one for the second crane with all of the digging they've done lately.  I'm sure it will make sense in a few weeks once they really get going.

[Sean blackdog]

Today this evening. 

[markhollin]

Some of the holes that were filled with gravel a week or so ago have now been dug out again.

Looking NE from intersection of Church Street Viaduct and Upper 10th Ave. North (Platform Way):

Looking SW from YMCA Way, 1/10 block north of Church St:

[Edgefield D]

I know that when they closed the portion of the Y that was torn down, I’m thinking that was last November? At the time, they said it would take 18 months for it to reopen. I wonder if that’s even possible? 

[MontanaGuy]

45 minutes ago, Edgefield D said:

I know that when they closed the portion of the Y that was torn down, I’m thinking that was last November? At the time, they said it would take 18 months for it to reopen. I wonder if that’s even possible? 

It's supposed to open in September of 2024 as I recall but it also seems like a very short amount of time to me as well.   Hopefully I can get down there again this week for a few photos, I've been sick for almost a week now and can't seem to shake it off.   

[Edgefield D]

17 hours ago, MontanaGuy said:

It's supposed to open in September of 2024 as I recall but it also seems like a very short amount of time to me as well.   Hopefully I can get down there again this week for a few photos, I've been sick for almost a week now and can't seem to shake it off.   

At the time that they said 18 months I thought that was an awfully long time….but even September seems optimistic at this point. I’ve kind of gotten used to the lesser amenities….but I will also be glad to get the new digs. 

[MontanaGuy]

Finally was able to get out and take a few shots again, it's very windy today but pretty warm.  I'm thinking that it probably makes more sense to maybe get photos every two or three days instead of everyday like I've been doing.  They've got a few columns up now and in the third photo you can see that a concrete wall is forming.    

[Luvemtall]

Thanks for your continued updates! Hope you’re feeling better, best wishes. 
first picture is exciting, lots of rebar!! Only means that concrete is not far away. 

[MontanaGuy]

From Saturday afternoon, they've made progress on the concrete wall around the new YMCA part of the site.

[markhollin]

Looking NE from intersection of Upper 10th Ave. North (Platform Way) and Church Street Viaduct: