River House Condominiums

[sparky05]

Great! We'll all get to go out and see the building go up as soon as the temps drop...

Pics from today:

And the obligatory pano of the pit:

[DwntwnGeo]

Here are a couple photos from this afternoon:

Some new ducts from Michigan into Bridgewater Place.

Still creating the retaining wall. Soon they will be working on the foundations and building upward

[DwntwnGeo]

Just an FYI, but I have heard that Riverhouse is looking at pricing for an onsite web cam

Hopefully it will be approved and they can get it up and running before the foundation is complete and the internal structure starts to rise.

[InSecurity]

Checkout their website it has been updated and now includes what the view looks like from the 15 - 30th floors.

River House

[egrguy]

Checkout their website it has been updated and now includes what the view looks like from the 15 - 30th floors.

River House

thanks for the update insecurity, plus i wasn't aware you will be a resident here, im sure you'll be watching the construction progress with great interest!

[dtown]

cool pics guys. cant wait to see this thing rising.

[Grand Rapidian]

What is the deal with no views to the south on the River House website?

[twoshort]

What is the deal with no views to the south on the River House website?

I wondered the same...

[Rizzo]

I can see my family's house... cool. It would be really cool to see a south, maybe their drone copter blew up just before transfering the images? Also looks like there isn't even a Michigan St. Hill I like the nice little reference to dadds.com

[snoogit]

I can see my family's house... cool. It would be really cool to see a south, maybe their drone copter blew up just before transfering the images? Also looks like there isn't even a Michigan St. Hill I like the nice little reference to dadds.com

I don't see any hummer limos in those photos

[DwntwnGeo]

I stopped by the Construction Site today and took a few pictures for everyone. Contractors were digging away and making progress. Here is an aerial view from the second floor parking deck.

A close up of the pit they were working on digging out today.

The new ducts are now routed into Bridgewater Place from Michigan/Bridge St. The picture shows the three new ducts and the orignal two have not been removed.

This picture shows a section of the old retaining wall removed and sand being piled up. When I asked, they explained that an entrance ramp into the "pit" area is being created to get equipment in and out.

This last picture is from street level showing the new pilings and how much they have dug out from the existing retaining wall and the where the new one will be built.

[sparky05]

[twoshort]

I can see my family's house... cool.

I feel like you've mentioned your 'family's house' before. Does your whole family live under one roof on the west side?

[Rizzo]

I feel like you've mentioned your 'family's house' before. Does your whole family live under one roof on the west side?

n/m

[twoshort]

Of course, most of those River Housers will walk or ride their bikes when they're going to something downtown, right? Right.

http://www.mlive.com/grpress/knapescorner/

[gvsusean]

http://www.mlive.com/grpress/knapescorner/

that carousel would be really cool somewhere dt, maybe by the childrens museum, or at the new childrens hospital?

[numstead]

that carousel would be really cool somewhere dt, maybe by the childrens museum, or at the new childrens hospital?

on top of it perhaps

[Allison Slater]

on top of it perhaps

I'd pay a couple bucks to ride that!

Although I imagine it would raise a lot of security concerns as well as insurance costs.

[egrguy]

I'd pay a couple bucks to ride that!

Although I imagine it would raise a lot of security concerns as well as insurance costs.

i will double that offer and pay four dollars to ride the carousel if it was on top!

[OneSweetWorld]

What is the deal with no views to the south on the River House website?

What do you mean? I'm looking at it right now, and there is a view to the south. The only view missing is one of the east...

edit: wait, never mind. I thought you were talking about the three pictures at the bottom of the home page. I found the link now...

[Veloise]

Gee, maybe he has the old Blodgett building columns stashed away someplace, too!

[Rizzo]

Interesting read, the tower crane for this project is reported to be more than 450' in height... as according to the GRBJ this week.

[DwntwnGeo]

I was by the Riverhouse site today to see how Construction was going. They were working in the pit today. They had some equipment down there with a new road/ramp created from Michigan street. Today they were working on a new footing or foundation. Here are some pictures I snapped of the area.

Hopefully they will start something verticle soon

[tamias6]

I'm predicting that the fondation work is going to take its sweet time. By December Riverhouse will be at grade level or maybe the first 30 or 40 feet above grade. Winter will slow things down a bit. But when spring hits UP members will be awestruck at how fast the building will be going up. Well, that's what I'm beting on.

[Kayak1]

I'm predicting that the fondation work is going to take its sweet time. By December Riverhouse will be at grade level or maybe the first 30 or 40 feet above grade. Winter will slow things down a bit. But when spring hits UP members will be awestruck at how fast the building will be going up. Well, that's what I'm beting on.

It is going to take forever if Kent only has 2 guys working on this thing.