The Plaza

[GRS328]

Can't forget the 12-screen movie theater, ground floor retail, and restaurants.

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Have any commitments been announced for retail establishments yet, that anybody has heard? Just curious.

[OCF]

Have any commitments been announced for retail establishments yet, that anybody has heard?  Just curious.

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Judging by the groundlevel floorplan on the website it appears the restaraunts will be fairly large. For a restaraunt that size, it would seem that only major corporate chain style restaraunts could handle that type of volume. If that's the case I wouldn't mind having a Legal Seafood, McCormick & Schmicks, Vinny T's or Cheesecake factory downtown.

[sunshine]

It was supposed to have a grocery store under the carpark building. Not sure what will fill that space now.

[bic]

Taken on 7-10-05:

[Tim3167]

Update 7/23/2005

Coming along nicely

[bic]

Nice update.

The slow pace of The Plaza's construction got me thinking about when we can expect this thing to be topped off. So I did some quick calculations, using what seems to be the current rate of one floor being completed roughly every two weeks.

At this rate, we can expect:

-Plaza South Tower to be topped off on November 12, 2005

-Solaire to reach the 20-story milestone on January 7, 2006

-Plaza North Tower to be topped off on January 21, 2006

-Solaire to be topped off on May 27, 2006

Of course this is purely theory based off of extremely rough estimates and does not take into account possible delays due to weather, holidays, etc.

[Tim3167]

Thought it would be fun to show a progression from the same point of view.

Jan

Feb

March

April

May

June

July

[prahaboheme]

It is certainly moving at a faster pace in the past two months than in previous.

[Sambone]

I think it does get faster since the floors are just duplicate so some familiarity must set in. I noticed the additional floors of the jackson gaining pace after the first two floors were finally done.

[JRS1]

I park there everyday. It feels like deja vu.

[Tim3167]

Update 8/20/2005

Keeps on rising. Notice some exterior cladding on the first floor.

[bic]

Thanks for the update, Tim. Those last three really show how massive the project is.

[neoanderz]

Great pics. This is one of my favorite projects btw. The movie theater is a really nice idea (although I don't live downtown).

[downtowninvestor]

i think this is the only building being built in downtown on schedule....i think they are doing a great job.

[corpkid]

i think this is the only building being built in downtown on schedule....i think they are doing a great job.

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They work on it constantly. I see the crane moving very early in the morning around into the later evening. They do take Sunday off - though I have seen contractors working occasionaly on Sunday.

This is going to totally change the whole Orange Ave area - I just hope they're putting a nice (large) resturant in there - ala Cheesecake Factory or something like that. Can't wait!

[bic]

Yeah, they seem to be doing a great job of working around the clock. I've seen construction going on near midnight on weeknights and at 2am on Saturday nights.

EDIT: I was out last night and saw construction taking place at 2am-- on a Sunday night!

Edited August 22, 2005 by bic

[chgochris]

Looks to me like the cranes will need to be raised very soon

[prahaboheme]

Yeah this project definitely rocks, it may in fact be my favorite u/c project in all of Florida right now.

[FLClarkKent]

I was at DMAC this weekend, and you can't help but be impressed by the size and scope of this project.

It's really going to change the feel of downtown.

[orlandonative]

Looks to me like the cranes will need to be raised very soon

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The plan is to raise the north and south tower within the next week and half to two weeks. The residential tower will be starting with no delay between time of completion on the parking deck.

[orlandonative]

The cranes are going up on Saturday if anyone wants to come down and watch.

[otowner]

Exactly 1 year until the grand opening! Can't wait!

[prahaboheme]

That is exciting indeed! Pretty much one year until Orange Ave is changed forever!

[Dale]

Anyone know if the food court is underway ? You know, the one to located katty-corner to The Plaza, in the old Suntrust building ?

[cwetteland]

Anyone know if the food court is underway ? You know, the one to located katty-corner to The Plaza, in the old Suntrust building ?

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I haven't heard anything since it first showed up on the DDB site. That said "Marketplace at Suntrust" would start 2n quarter 05. Who updates that stuff anyway?