The Plaza

[Sambone]

Is that place ALREADY closed? It did suck pretty bad -- I give any new place three tries... This place failed miserably each time. Let's hope we get a darned seafood place to replace it -

Rumor is that it wil become anothe Johnny's Filling Stations (Sport Bar)

[Sambone]

Rumor is that it wil become anothe Johnny's Filling Stations (Sport Bar)

I stand corrected. Read the bottom of this article

Orlando Sentinel

[jack]

I am glad that the restaurants are not too upscale. It would be a shame if Downtown Orlando turned into a country club. But I wish that they had more than restaurants.

[WeNeed2Progress]

There's already a Yum Yum Asia Cafe in Altamonte, so this will be their second location. Anyone been to give us an idea of what to expect. http://www.yumyumasiacafe.com/www/Location.cfm

Too bad it's not going to be a Pei Wei, but hey... it's a start! I would be game for a Tahitan Noni Cafe and a California Pizza Kitchen ASAP.

Any franchisiers out there?!

[camstrang]

There's already a Yum Yum Asia Cafe in Altamonte, so this will be their second location. Anyone been to give us an idea of what to expect.

It's nicer than normal Chinese fast food, but not as good as Pei Wei.

[JRS1]

Is Yum Yum a chain? U Flats in WP is cool. how much real retail can the Plaza expect to hold?

[orlandonative]

Is Yum Yum a chain? U Flats in WP is cool. how much real retail can the Plaza expect to hold?

A little under 53,000sqft.

[FLClarkKent]

Speaking of all this retail/restaurant/movie space...have there been any renderings/schematics of what the commercial area inside the Plaza will look? I am a little curious as to how the theatre/stores/restaurants will all be arranged.

[wally2169]

Absolutely beautiful photographs of this project.

I literally cannot wait to see it completed.

All hail Orlando!

[jcast]

If you go to the Plaza's website they have images of the arrangement of the retail on floor one, as well as the theaters on the second, and the offices on the remaining floors.

Edited December 23, 2005 by jcast

[bulldogger]

So the tree is atop the 801 N. Orange building. In the case of The Plaza, which has 3 towers yet united at the base... which of the following scenarios do you think will be done...

a) one tree for each tower (3 total)

b) one tree for all three (1 total)

[JRS1]

1 for each tower, b/c of the 3 tower roofs. Plus, Solaire technically is from another developer.

[orlandonative]

c) none of the above

[EngineerNole]

Someone please explain the Christmas tree thing. I noticed that the Tennyson in Tallahassee had an ornament-less Christmas tree on its roof (at the completion of the skeleton of the building) during mid-summer. Since this was 6 months or so from Christmas I figured it wasn't to celebrate Christmas at all. So what's the deal?

[RedStar25]

12/28/2005

[prahaboheme]

Cool. I like the first one.

[Oprah Winfrey]

I have a few nice aerial photos taken last week if someone can tell me how to post them

[RedStar25]

You can e-mail them to me if you want. I can host/post them for you.

[Camillo Sitte]

Someone please explain the Christmas tree thing. I noticed that the Tennyson in Tallahassee had an ornament-less Christmas tree on its roof (at the completion of the skeleton of the building) during mid-summer. Since this was 6 months or so from Christmas I figured it wasn't to celebrate Christmas at all. So what's the deal?

Is all part of the 'topping out' ceremony/ritual. It has nothing to do with Christmas; it is just coincidence that it now happens to be Christmas time.

Tradition has it that whenever the frame of a large scale project has reached its maximum height [not including antennae, etc.] the iron/steel/concrete workers will place a small evergreen tree [sometimes referred to as a Christmas tree] on the last piece of the structure to go into place, symbolizing the completion of the first major milestone in the project's construction.

[Oprah Winfrey]

You can e-mail them to me if you want. I can host/post them for you.

OK, at what adress? the site wont let me pull up your profile

[Hisma]

excellent photos redstar. I looove the density

can't wait for this one to complete

when is the plaza expected to start opening up tenants?

with this, and eventually PBLT, orlando will seriously be put on the map for urbanity in florida. An exciting time to be following development in o-town!

*completely off topic, I'm in Dubai right now which is why I haven't posted in forever, i'll post pics of the various countries I've visited in a couple months... been deployed on a carrier the last 4 months

[FrigginGr8est]

Hey, I can see my condo! Wonder if I should start choosing window treatments. This is moving way too fast for me.

[RedStar25]

Edited January 1, 2006 by RedStar25

[otowner]

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.

bic, can you re-estimate based on the current progress?

[RedStar25]

Pics from Oprah Winfrey of Urbanplanet.orgl. For more go to Weekly Orlando Pics.