Quite possibly the most unique-looking building in Ithaca, the recently dedicated Gates Hall wears a facade mainly composed of glass curtain wall with an assortment of flat and angled metal shading panels produced by a company out of Kansas City, Missouri: Zahner. The group just released a nice web page detailing the design and installation process with the Architecture Team from Morphosis, the General Contractor Welliver, Structural Engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti, and glass installer W&W Glass.
As facade systems have become more complex, the process has evolved to work-out as many pre-fabrication steps before arrival on-site, then as panels are installed, photos from the site are compared with the full 3D model for verification. The same technique was actually employed for the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, designed by SHoP Construction. In addition to the aesthetic purpose, the panels actually block a precisely calculated portion of sunlight to limit solar gain (too much extra heat from the sun, driving up cooling needs).
Po Family Realty‘s 140 College Ave 12-bedroom, 3,800 SF addition has been moving along with foundation footers wrapping-up in mid-September, and foundation walls and floor slab for the rest of September. The addition (designed by Architect Jason Demarest) is intended to match the style of the existing 12-bedroom Second-Empire style house, with a visual relief in the form of a glass-covered hallway between the two structures. Next up, we should be seeing the wall system installed over the new foundation walls.
Cornell’s future 33,250 square foot Klarman Hall project being built by Welliver has finished-up the north and south foundations, and steel erectors are on site craning and bolting steel columns and beams in place on the south end. The columns are anchored to each foundation footing cap or pier, then the beams between each column are bolted and welded to the proper connection. The north end’s steel work should be completed by early November, and we’ll see the atrium steel assembly commence and complete throughout November.
The Lofts@SixMileCreek project topped-off last Thursday by holding a ceremony with the Mayor, City Officials, the press, and the public. The 7-story, 49,244 square foot project is aiming for completion in early 2015, and will contain 45 rental apartment units.
The structural erection was done by Rochester Rigging and Erectors, and utilized the Girder-Slab® precast concrete plank flooring system, which sets on top of D-Beam® girders, is grouted at the seams, and allows for quicker installation, and 8-10″ floor depths, which helps maximize floor-to-ceiling heights, and minimize the height of the building. The 7-story structure is considered a high-rise by building codes, thus the heavy-gauge construction.
As reported by Ithacating last month, the 128 West Falls Street proposal has been reworked by Heritage Park Townhomes and Architect Lawrence Fabbroni Jr. after a series of meetings and discussions with the neighbors. The plan is to subdivide the property into three lots and build three buildings: Building #1, a one-family structure of two stories, Building #2, a two-family split-structure of two stories, and Building #3, a two-family structure of two stories with one unit on each story, and the ability to separate ownership as condominiums in the future (two-hour fire separation). The new site layout requires a few area variances for setbacks and parking on an adjacent lot. The Site Plan Review submission contains an interesting item: a density analysis done on nearby blocks in Fall Creek to show as a comparison to the proposal. Select pages included below:
The soon-to-be CrossFit Pallas gym on Cherry Street is nearing completion, as the interior wraps-up final finish work, and the exterior grading, walkways, curbing, entry, and rock base for the parking lot have been completed. Several light poles, groundcover plants, trees, and mulch dot the entryways, and a nice new bike rack has been sunk into the concrete out in front. The CrossFit team will be outfitting the building interior with equipment, then opening-up in the new space quite soon.
Lofts@SixMileCreek, the name for the Cayuga Place/Cayuga Green 2 project is now official, and the top-out ceremony is this coming Thursday, October 2nd at noon (12:00). Topping-out (or “topping off”) is when a building’s structural assembly is complete, generally when the highest point of the structure is finished.
The 7-story, 45-unit, 49,244 GSF project from Bloomfield/Schon + Partners out of Cincinnati, Ohio has been moving right along, as the final columns and beams of the structure are craned-in and secured, and concrete plank floors are installed this week and next. The ground floor has been levelled and plastic sheeting and steel mesh has been put down to prepare for a concrete pour for the slab floor. The core assembly began back in July, with the steel assembly following-up in early August. The project is being constructed by Turnbull-Wahlert Construction.
Here’s the Press Release announcement: Presenting the Topping Out Ceremony of Downtown Ithaca’s newest residential construction Lofts@SixMileCreek on October 2, 2014 at 12pm.
Celebrate a traditional “Topping Out” as developer Bloomfield/Schon + Partners and Turnbull-Wahlert Construction hoist the final beams to the top of these contemporary and luxurious loft-style living apartments Lofts@SixMileCreek. Currently under construction, Lofts@SixMileCreek is located at 217 South Cayuga Street, downtown Ithaca, NY. Completion is scheduled for early 2015.
On October 2, 2014 at 12pm, Cincinnati developer Steve Bloomfield and Ken Schon, the crew of Turnbull-Wahlert Construction, Mayor Svante Myrick, alongside community business members, will address the high demand for loft- style apartments in downtown Ithaca. The ceremony is a construction tradition topping out the highest point of construction. Lofts@SixMileCreek is a 45-unit, sophisticated loft-style living masterpiece. Located at 217 South Cayuga Street, downtown Ithaca, just off of the Six Mile Creek Walk. The Lofts@SixMileCreek is the second building of Cayuga Place that includes apartments, retail and office space.
Lofts@SixMileCreek will be comprised of upscale studio, one and two bedroom loft apartments with high-end finishes such as stone countertops and upgraded appliances. Built under green construction methods, these energy efficient, elegant apartments will have spectacular views along Six Mile Creek. Balconies and terraces will be available on most units. Park your car in the Cayuga Street parking garage and enjoy direct access to the new building. Leasing information should be available by November 2014. Refreshments will be served.
Contact info@ithacalofts.com or follow us on Twitter @Lofts6MileCreek. Check back to our website www.IthacaLofts.com in November when we will present leasing information, unit availability, interior photos, amenities, floor plans, building layouts and exciting new perks of living in Lofts@SixMileCreek.
Project financing through First Niagara.
Vitale Contractors has been working away on the Old Elmira Complete Streets project, excavating old stormwater drains, and installing new piping and precast concrete vaults, and backfilling with new stone. The new stormwater infrastructure has made it past the halfway point, and once complete, we should expect to see sidewalk and curbing forms lining the north side of the street.
The $1.3m Old Elmira Road Complete Streets Project is being funded with a $680,000 grant from the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council, sidewalk assessments as determined by the new Sidewalk Policy (paid by the property owners), and the remaining sum from the City of Ithaca.
Here are some updated photos for TC3‘s 17,000 square foot Coltivare project in the ground floor of the Cayuga Street Garage downtown. The space will be used as a restaurant and classroom for TC3’s new Farm-to-Bistro Program
As far as I know, it’s still due to open this Fall, and the past few weeks have shown some nice progress: more drywall has been hung, tile floors have been installed in the cooking classrooms, on many of the walls (along with steel sheets and brick veneer), and the hoods and venting have been secured and wrapped on the interior. The exhaust and makeup air ducting is vented out the back, with units located on the garage floor above. Ceiling grids are going in, and there are a bunch of plywood-sheathed ceiling clouds constructed from steel stud frames, now wrapped in a ceiling panel product. Should be a cool interior once it’s all set. Design by Ramsgard Architectural Design, with construction by Turnbull-Wahlert Construction.
This $2.7 million project actually finished-up back in June (forgot to update), but I wanted to post some final photos. Tompkins Community Action headed-up this project to produce 14 studio units to rent to women recovering from substance abuse. It was funded by a New York State Homeless Housing and Assistance Program grant. The copper cladding caused some double-takes, but the color has developed into a green patina with treatment and weathering. The architects are from the D.C. area: Travis Price Architects