Mills/50

[Jernigan]

No reason to think it wasnt. They had pretty specific plans a few months ago and even had a zoning or annex issue come up at today's City Council meeting. Fresh Market opens next fall.

[prahaboheme]

Are the final plans, renderings, released?

Edit: I've answered my own question:

http://www.cityoforl... Mills Park.pdf

Edited October 2, 2012 by prahaboheme

[spenser1058]

From Mills50 on Twitter:

"Lust Cash Register is gone....making way for The Fresh Market at Mills Park! Groundbreaking is Monday at 10:30am!"

[Jernigan]

MOD request to update thread title to Mills Park as the project has broken ground...4 minutes ago!

[FLClarkKent]

Sweet!

[Jernigan]

First Watch will be opening in front of the Fresh Market - I imagine that means directly on Mills or possibly Virginia.

[FLClarkKent]

First Watch will be opening in front of the Fresh Market - I imagine that means directly on Mills or possibly Virginia.

I read in the OBJ that they had plans to open several new restaurants in the metro area...guess that was one of them. A good addition to that neighborhood.

[prahaboheme]

I do hope MillsPark maintains the entrepreneurial spirit of Mills50 and courts small business for the restaurant / retail outlets.

[prahaboheme]

The amazing people at the Zebra House Coalition have finally opened the doors to their impressive new home at 911 N Mills Ave.  They provide short term housing and support to homeless LGBT youth.  

 

http://www.zebrayouth.org/index.html

[rich305]

Thanks for posting this!! I was wondering yesterday if there was an organization like this in Central Florida.

 

The amazing people at the Zebra House Coalition have finally opened the doors to their impressive new home at 911 N Mills Ave.  They provide short term housing and support to homeless LGBT youth.  

 

http://www.zebrayouth.org/index.html

[smonteserin]

They are almost done salvaging the rafter beams and any other point of interest from the Mills Park warehouses that will be demolished sometime soon.  I still wish they had chosen to restore/upgrade and  incorporate the buildings into the bigger plan.  

[FLheat]

They tore down the building on the corner of Mills and Virginia this morning.

 

[FLheat]

Running on the Urban Trail this morning, I noticed they have started installing about an 8 foot high carved stone retaining wall on the whole North and Northwest perimeter of the parcel.  I didn't realize that there was that much change in elevation on the site.  It doesn't look like a retaining wall one would typically see in Florida--castle like looking.

[FLheat]

Fresh Market Foundation

Retaining wall on NW Corner of site

[alex]

Great pictures -- that's quite a wall!  Does it look like there are plans to landscape on/around it?

[prahaboheme]

Brass Tap Brewery of Tampa will open at MillsPark.

[bulldogger]

The wall goes all the way up to the market along the west wall now.  There are a few places that look to be reserved for stairs.

 

They just put some steel beams (vertical, don't remember if that is the correct term) in the ground in the southeast corner of the property.  I think they did that on Friday morning.

[prahaboheme]

The Daily City has a nice update with photos of MillsPark:  http://www.thedailycity.com/2013/04/construction-update-mills-park-takes.html#more

[bulldogger]

You will notice that is one of our very own UPers.  

[bulldogger]

4 buildings are now under construction on the property.

[alex]

It looks like all four buildings in the southern section are now completely framed and roofed, with the Fresh Market masonry (almost) done.  

 

I included the last picture because it shows that despite the gaping section of parking lot, the buildings still create a nice street edge.  I hope that corner is finished nicely with a big sidewalk and entrances to the buildings -- I'd hate for those to be blank walls with entrances only on the parking side.

 

Edit: The two southern buildings and the Fresh Market have roofs; the fourth building has trusses up.

Edited May 8, 2013 by alex

[alex]

I guess I'll post these here, too, since the building is on Mills, close to Nebraska: After weeks of working on the foundation, the medical office building across from Mills Park has gone up almost over night.  I took these pictures Sunday, and since then it's even more complete.

 

Also, it's quite tall, which I think will balance out the northern section of Mills Park.  Hopefully the other empty lots along Mills are developed soon with similar density.

[FLClarkKent]

It looks like all four buildings in the southern section are now completely framed and roofed, with the Fresh Market masonry (almost) done.  

 

I included the last picture because it shows that despite the gaping section of parking lot, the buildings still create a nice street edge.  I hope that corner is finished nicely with a big sidewalk and entrances to the buildings -- I'd hate for those to be blank walls with entrances only on the parking side.

 

Edit: The two southern buildings and the Fresh Market have roofs; the fourth building has trusses up.

 

I hope those buildings have street interaction with Virginia, as well.

[prahaboheme]

^Agreed -- Virginia is the most important element to all of this.  It has potential to transform into a destination street between Mills and Ivanhoe.  I would hate to see that squandered.

[FLClarkKent]

^Agreed -- Virginia is the most important element to all of this.  It has potential to transform into a destination street between Mills and Ivanhoe.  I would hate to see that squandered.

 

Hard to tell looking at site plans and renderings. Most of the current line up has consisted of restaurants (First Watch, a brew house, a coffee house). Ideally, one or more of these places would use the Virginia-facing section of the development for outdoor seating (like the Matador and new Spanish restaurant are doing just down the road).