Rivers Edge

[ausrutherford]

That's the apartment building and garage. This is the view you would see heading away from downtown on Academy St.

 

Another building is suppose to go on top of that garage correct?

[gman430]

Another building is suppose to go on top of that garage correct?

Nope. The hotel is going on River Street while the parking garage is going along the Academy Street bridge. Nothing is slated to be built on top of the garage at this time.

[motonenterprises]

Nice. Should add some good density.

[gman430]

According to the DRB, the hotel is a 'go' and has not been cancelled. However, staff is recommending denial of the parking garage at this time due to lack of architectural info and height concerns along the Academy Street bridge. 

[goodbye]

Glad to hear both bits of information, although the garage's height is less a concern to me than its architectural design - most notably its façade, lighting, security features, eetc

[GvilleSC]

The footprint of the apartment building is evident on the site if you use the Academy Street bridge.

[gman430]

The foundation wall is now going up.

[gman430]

[Greenville]

Nice!  Thanks, g-man! 

[GvilleSC]

This is the perfect height for good impact without towering over anything else.

[gman430]

Hughes is now leasing the ground floor restaurant/retail space at the new Rivers Edge project on the corner of River and Broad Streets in downtown Greenville. A number of design elements will be incorporated into the plaza to dress up the intersection and provide a great place to eat, drink, and meander about. There will be a small number of parallel parks along Broad St. and a small notch out which could function as a valet for the restaurant. The restaurant space is roughly 4,300 sf but is subject to change once final building BOMA numbers are complete. A two level parking garage will be tucked behind the building and will service both the apartments tenants and the office buildings on this block pending DRB approval.

Foundations are going in now and forms are being put up for the concrete pours. The building has a delivery date of Jan/Feb of 2015. Hughes will also consider a more traditional retail use for this space.

PS. There will also be 3 small key main office suites available facing the upper courtyard on River Street. Each of these 3 spaces will be no larger than ~1,100 sf and will be a perfect plug and play option for small business looking for downtown space.

[GvilleSC]

I hadn't realized how small the hotel footprint will be until I saw how much land the current construction was taking up. This is a nice project, and a great addition to Broad Street!

[ausrutherford]

I like!

[Greenville]

So is the Hotel Indigo portion of this project definitely not happening?

[GvilleSC]

It was mentioned in a recent submittal to the city. I'm not sure we know one way or the other right now..?

[gman430]

So is the Hotel Indigo portion of this project definitely not happening?

I'm hearing it's still a go. Notice the dotted outline of it on the site plan I posted which could also easily be out of date.

[ausrutherford]

Now, if memory serves, a building will be put on top of the parking garage later on correct? That is why there is a dotted outline on the parking garage?

[vicupstate]

Now, if memory serves, a building will be put on top of the parking garage later on correct? That is why there is a dotted outline on the parking garage?

No. That is showing te garage footprint.

[gman430]

[gman430]

Self erecting tower crane now on site:

[RiverWalker]

Self erecting tower crane now on site:

Thanks for the photo update, G-man. However, I question whether that's actually a self-erecting crane. I drove past the site today, and it looks more like a telescoping tower to me.

[gman430]

Thanks for the photo update, G-man. However, I question whether that's actually a self-erecting crane. I drove past the site today, and it looks more like a telescoping tower to me.

I doubled check and the crane is self erecting. It is the HDT-80 from Manitowoc Cranes: http://www.manitowoccranes.com/en/cranes/potain/self-erecting/hdt-self-erecting/HDT-80 Don't think I have ever seen one in downtown Greenville before so it's pretty cool to have one. Here is a pic from a few days ago showing the crane still folded up:

[RiverWalker]

Thanks for the info, G-man. When I think of "self-erecting" I usually envision a jack-up crane system, like the one used on the One project. However, this telescoping-mast crane qualifies as "self-erecting" also. And it is pretty cool indeed!

[RiverWalker]

A present for you, Gman: a rarely seen angle on the construction, with self-erecting crane in operation.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l86p46rbn2hk50h/P1000324-001.JPG

You can almost get a sense of what the massing will be, though some of the poured walls are obscured by tree branches on the right.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6gi3vb0ldf93vkk/P1000322-001.JPG

 

(I haven't mastered the skill of embedding images within posts.)

[GvilleSC]

Steel has been going up. This should rise fairly quickly initially with that method of construction.