Rida Development Corp's Mixed-Use Complex [Under Construction]

[jgardnerucf]

7-11 

[JFW657]

Let's hear it for a downtown Wawa!!!!! 

[bulldogger]

I think a Walgreens or CVS would be welcomed more than a convenience store.

[jgardnerucf]

Duh!

[prahaboheme]

I really want to like this building. 

I was walking around it yesterday and couldn't quite understand what was really bothering me about it.  As three guys walked by, one said "It looks like a college dormitory".

 

 

I really hope the devil is in the details on this one.

[sunshine]

Downtown Orlando is like a college dorm

[jrs2]

this project to that lot is like Steelhouse to post recession downtown development.  nothing more; nothing less.

[prahaboheme]

I'm not sure I understand.  Can we really not expect anything more?

[RedStar25]

Oooooook

[JFW657]

I really want to like this building. 

I was walking around it yesterday and couldn't quite understand what was really bothering me about it.  As three guys walked by, one said "It looks like a college dormitory".

 

I really hope the devil is in the details on this one.

I like the pastel colored square panels. About time something with a little bit of color besides white & grey went up downtown.

[alex]

The finished product should look better, with trees, landscaping, sidewalk cafes, lighting, etc.  Also, Phase 2 would block this view almost completely. 

[orlandoguy]

I work in the BoA building. Please please please let there be a decent mix of retail here. Would a Starbucks at this end of Orange be too much to ask? [emoji5]️

[John Hargrove]

The finished product should look better, with trees, landscaping, sidewalk cafes, lighting, etc.  Also, Phase 2 would block this view almost completely. 

 

I agree. When the renders of the landscaping came out, it improved my view of this project somewhat. That said, I never had an overly strong opinion about this project.

 

After the crash, if I can look out my window and see hard hats and cranes, I'm happy.

[prahaboheme]

I agree with all that the rendering appears to improve the overall look of the project once the streetscaping is integrated, although what worries me is that this isn't turning out like the rendering.  This looks value engineered.

[mcn11]

I work in the BoA building. Please please please let there be a decent mix of retail here. Would a Starbucks at this end of Orange be too much to ask? [emoji5]️

Let's hope so. I'd really love to see Lineage open a downtown location but I doubt this would be feasible for them. I'm sure the coffee at the local greasy spoon places is not that great.

Maybe this is where they'll finally put a CVS although I don't think there's enough around to support it yet. What's the retail layout look like? Mostly food service?

[gibby]

I love these 6-10 floor apartment deals.  If it adds 300-500 people, has the building on the street with limited driveways and fills in a vacant lot then I'm fully in support.

[jrs2]

^^

It is 100% value engineered.  I totally agree. But like I said before... nothing has been on this tract for like twenty years or more. so, the mere fact that this is currently u/c says a lot for this tract of land.  too bad this didn't have the same evolution as the former Miami Circle lot down there (Icon Brickell). 

 

Now I'm gonna 'should' all over the place now... This "should" have been, as others once posted, a building ala Skyhouse, not a wood frame 6 story apt building sandwiched between Lynx, BOA, and the OCCthse.  OK, I'm done "shoulding."

 

That being said, it does fill at least 1/3 of this tract up.  I just hope Phase II and III actually happen.  Personally, I don't think they will within the next 5 years.

[tm68]

This project has already brought new life to a dormant corner as the AT&T/Bellsouth Building across the street will now also be renovated.  If not office, than a "potential 900-unit apartment tower."

 

http://www.wssallc.com/2013/02/flint-michigan-company-acquires-strategic-downtown-orlando-asset/#prettyPhoto

[jrs2]

This project has already brought new life to a dormant corner as the AT&T/Bellsouth Building across the street will now also be renovated.  If not office, than a "potential 900-unit apartment tower."

 

http://www.wssallc.com/2013/02/flint-michigan-company-acquires-strategic-downtown-orlando-asset/#prettyPhoto

that's great news.  it's the domino effect scenario.

[JFW657]

Glass curtain wall looks pretty generic.

 

Very "Maitland Center".

 

Wish they'd add a few floors on top of it & do something more interesting on the exterior.

[popsiclebrandon]

Glass curtain wall looks pretty generic.

 

Very "Maitland Center".

 

Wish they'd add a few floors on top of it & do something more interesting on the exterior.

Yeah that looks very suburban.

[CaptainJustice]

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[prahaboheme]

Orlando or Soviet Russia?

[popsiclebrandon]

I think that is a reallllllly tough sell for retail. Maybe in 2-3 years when other building comes on line but right now, no way I'd open anything there.

[JFW657]

I dunno...

 

Seems that with the courthouse directly across the street & all the crowds that come & go through there all day, every day, that at least right out on Orange would be an ideal location for the right kind of retail.