Society | 28- & 17-Story Residential [Under Construction]

[dcluley98]

OK, that bothered me enough. Here is a better one: 

Edited June 25, 2021 by dcluley98

[dcluley98]

So from that angle, we're pretty much done for skyline height. We got a couple of Churches, the post office, FedEx Block, and a lot of established businesses. 

It's a shame that the Orange and Robinson Building couldn't be just a bit taller and less fat. 

The only real property available to change that view is the old gas station and I am sure as hell that the problems associated with it being an old gas station are more than the footprint and view is worth. 

[codypet]

The VUE was an old gas station too.  There's hope yet.

[spenser1058]

25 minutes ago, codypet said:

The VUE was an old gas station too.  There's hope yet.

I still miss Hank’s!

[IAmFloridaBorn]

[ajc]

16 minutes ago, IAmFloridaBorn said:

Nice to see this project  get built. I was pretty skeptical it would go up since it was on pause for so long. 

 

But also, is that Nissan going the wrong way on Orange in that last picture? 

[codypet]

2 hours ago, ajc said:

Nice to see this project  get built. I was pretty skeptical it would go up since it was on pause for so long. 

 

But also, is that Nissan going the wrong way on Orange in that last picture? 

The wrong way in the wrong lane.  Like they know its a one way, but just have the direction wrong.

[spenser1058]

Just now, codypet said:

The wrong way in the wrong lane.  Like they know its a one way, but just have the direction wrong.

Oh my.

[dcluley98]

That actually happens a lot there.  People turning left out of BOA parking lot the wrong way, and people getting screwed up by the dedicated bus lane on Livingston that they think is a median.  I have seen 6 wrong way drivers in the past couple of months on Orange, Livingston, and Magnolia after the pandemic re-opening. 

Edited June 28, 2021 by dcluley98

[spenser1058]

1 minute ago, dcluley98 said:

That actually happens a lot there.  People turning left out of BOA parking lot the wrong way, and people getting screwed up by the dedicated bus land on Livingston that they think is a median.  I have seen 6 wrong way drivers in the past couple of months on Orange, Livingston, and Magnolia after the pandemic re-opening. 

And @jrs2thinks the pedestrians are the problem…

[dcluley98]

A lot of times they are too. Randos consistently try to jaywalk across orange at the Courthouse and BOA because they are too lazy to go to the corner light, and then when the lights turn green they are stuck in the middle of the road because they don't have enough time to cross the four lanes of traffic. 

[spenser1058]

5 minutes ago, dcluley98 said:

A lot of times they are too. Randos consistently try to jaywalk across orange at the Courthouse and BOA because they are too lazy to go to the corner light, and then when the lights turn green they are stuck in the middle of the road because they don't have enough time to cross the four lanes of traffic. 

Having been hit (along with my dog) at the intersection of Silver Star Rd. and Powers Dr., in a marked crosswalk with the light green on my side by a Camaro who saw no reason to stop for us because he was turning right on red, you’ll pardon my skepticism.

We also won’t talk about those who blow through TWO stop signs at E. Washington and Eola Dr., despite it having pedestrians in abundance most of the time during the day.

Edited June 28, 2021 by spenser1058

[jrs2]

19 minutes ago, spenser1058 said:

Having been hit (along with my dog) at the intersection of Silver Star Rd. and Powers Dr., in a marked crosswalk with the light green on my side by a Camaro who saw no reason to stop for us because he was turning right on red, you’ll pardon my skepticism.

We also won’t talk about those who blow through TWO stop signs at E. Washington and Eola Dr., despite it having pedestrians in abundance most of the time during the day.

cars scare the beJesus out of me when on foot.  I always assume someone is looking to run my over ala Death Race 2000.

[jrs2]

28 minutes ago, spenser1058 said:

And @jrs2thinks the pedestrians are the problem…

Nah, not really.  I was just being a nugget trying to weave in a correlation to gun control is all, but I apparently did a poor job of that.  LOL... 

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[IAmFloridaBorn]

I wish I could go on some of the parking garages but I don't really feel like getting into a tussle with security. 

[JFW657]

Any guesstimates of how high, in terms of floors completed, that this tower will be by the end of the year?

There are just under 25 weeks left in 2021.

Once the ground floor is complete and they really get going, I'm guessing, because of the size of the building's footprint, they'll complete one floor about every 1½ - 2 weeks or so.

I'm gonna say around 12 - 15 floors by the new year. 

[IAmFloridaBorn]

1 hour ago, JFW657 said:

Any guesstimates of how high, in terms of floors completed, that this tower will be by the end of the year?

There are just under 25 weeks left in 2021.

Once the ground floor is complete and they really get going, I'm guessing, because of the size of the building's footprint, they'll complete one floor about every 1½ - 2 weeks or so.

I'm gonna say around 12 - 15 floors by the new year. 

Given Central Florida's weather, I'd say 8-10 stories or less. 

[orange87]

3 hours ago, IAmFloridaBorn said:

Look at all of those cranes! Despite so many cranes, it feels like this project is going up at a snails pace. Possibly because it has such an enormous footprint.

[jrs2]

so this will be taller than CitiTower...by a bit...it's gonna look sharp

[Uncommon]

14 minutes ago, jrs2 said:

so this will be taller than CitiTower...by a bit...it's gonna look sharp

Any idea if it’ll be visible from Lake Eola? There’s like 2 or 3 areas from the park that have gaps I’m hoping will be filled in.

[jrs2]

7 minutes ago, Uncommon said:

Any idea if it’ll be visible from Lake Eola? There’s like 2 or 3 areas from the park that have gaps I’m hoping will be filled in.

I think you would have to be on Central Ave in front of Publix to see it.  Otherwise, I think, Vue and Fifth 3rd and Skyhouse will mask it from Eola Drive corridor.  Dcluley98 has a photo at the top of this page that illustrates that a little.

Edited July 12, 2021 by jrs2

[ajc]

21 minutes ago, jrs2 said:

so this will be taller than CitiTower...by a bit...it's gonna look sharp

If it turns out anything like the renderings, it should be about the same height as the second tallest “step” of the BOA tower.
 

Not exactly sure how tall that’d be, but the City National Bank tower is just over 400’ and CitiTower is 275’. Definitely going to add some height to the area, not to mention how the towers will be a city block wide. Pretty big structure 

[IAmFloridaBorn]

1 hour ago, Uncommon said:

Any idea if it’ll be visible from Lake Eola? There’s like 2 or 3 areas from the park that have gaps I’m hoping will be filled in.

It will and I will surely get that angle..it should be visible around floor 12-15 

[orange87]

This is gonna look a bit odd if phase 2 doesn't end up getting built. That's an ENORMOUS base. Also, for the sake of my OCD, I hope they upscale phase 2 to an even 20 floors.

Edited July 12, 2021 by orange87