Orange & Robinson Apartments | 11-story residential [Under Construction]

[jrs2]

Just now

[JFW657]

Odd the way they're starting at one corner, going all the way up, then (presumably), outwards towards the west and north.

I wonder if they're going to go all the way west, then north or vice-versa, or build out in both directions at the same time.

Don't think I'e ever seen a building go up like that.

At least not a downtown residential/commercial high rise.

[bqknight]

2 hours ago, jrs2 said:

Just now

Honestly - not mad at the height of it. Of course I would like something taller but it still makes an impact. Wonder what it looks like from I4. 

[nite owℓ]

3 hours ago, jrs2 said:

Just now

 

View from The Solaire At The Plaza?

[dcluley98]

I like how you framed the Eyesore in the background. 

[JFW657]

1 hour ago, bqknight said:

Honestly - not mad at the height of it. Of course I would like something taller but it still makes an impact. Wonder what it looks like from I4. 

Same here, for the most part.

It will certainly make a huge impact on that corner. 

[spenser1058]

11 minutes ago, JFW657 said:

Same here, for the most part.

It will certainly make a huge impact on that corner. 

The last use of that corner was for NCNB drive in-tellers, however long ago that was (and that was hardly highest and best use, either). What we’re getting is certainly an improvement over what we got on the duPont Centre II site after it sat empty for 25 years, so definitely a net improvement imho.

[uncreativeusername]

2 hours ago, dcluley98 said:

I like how you framed the Eyesore in the background. 

Hahaha - exact same thought.

[codypet]

Jenga!

[Jernigan]

[JFW657]

3 hours ago, Jernigan said:

        

Edited March 25, 2020 by JFW657

[Jvest55]

turning out nice... the windows, which I am guessing is the living look wide. Any floor plan shots or renders?

[prahaboheme]

I think that last image is the rendering.

[Pieson]

[jrs2]

^^

this should have been the minimum height of a "short" apartment building in downtown Orlando.

[dcluley98]

along with a secondary provision that it can't be as wide  or more than it is tall. 

[prahaboheme]

14 hours ago, Pieson said:

As land becomes more scarce in the urban core I think we can expect that the minimum height of new projects will be around this.

[orlandouprise]

I like the proportions of the building now, don't go wider

[nite owℓ]

[orange87]

It's a huge improvement over the empty lot it's replacing. I just wish it could have at least been as tall as the First Green Bank building across the street, which isn't very tall as it is.

[dcluley98]

They are delivering 5-story tall prefab panels on the back of flat-bed trucks. Had one pull through on Orange Ave this morning on the way to work, and I ended up next to it at the stoplight. These panels are HUGE!  Haha. Crazy to see them  bringing in these giant walls on trucks. The prefab process is  very interesting to watch and super fast. 

Edited April 8, 2020 by dcluley98

[AndyPok1]

Still sad this is going to have 0 impact on the corner because there's not going to be any storefronts there

[Pieson]

It’s crazy how quick these prefabs go up.   Also it was eerie how dead was downtown.  I only saw a handful of cars and almost no one actually out 

[jrs2]

[nite owℓ]

How well do prefab structures perform during hurricanes? Are they above or below average: water intrusion, wind load/speed, etc.

I've heard parking garages are pretty safe during hurricanes. I actually slept in my car parked in an on-site parking garage during the year of Hurricane Charley et al. - I was on the hurricane response team for an organization back in the day (no it wasn't allowed, but I didn't want to sleep on the ground and we didn't have any cots available so I snuck into the parking garage to catch some zzz's). Interesting experience lol.