Berkman Plaza 2

[vicupstate]

The company my uncle works for is building a condo tower for Novarre out of Atlanta.  They are building the tower in Tampa that was originally supposed to be condos.  They have been converted to apartments.  He told me the same thing JaxTrader is saying.  Financing in Florida for any condo towers is nearly impossible now.  If they are unable to obtain construction financing are we going to be left with a concrete shell for years to come?  How would the city be able to force them to finish construction? 

Novarre did the same thing in Charlotte. Financing wasn't the issue and the building is nearing completion.  The national market generally, and the Wachovia shakeout locally (in Charlotte) are the reasons there. 

[alta]

Novarre isn't building BP 2.  They didn't have a garage collapse in Charlotte or Tampa.  Novarre has a history of getting projects completed on time and on budget.  The follow market trends.  The massive Metropolis in Atlanta was originally supposed to be all apartments until their was a strong demand in Midtown Atlanta for condos.  BP2 has been sitting idle for a year!!!!

[thelakelander]

I'm looking from the Southbank but it appears that there is another crane at Berkman 2 today.  However, I can't really tell if it is at the Berkman site or the sheriff's office/jail across the street.  Can anyone confirm?

[02roadking]

It is on Bay St, on the Berkman side. Why, I'm not sure. I was looking at it yesterday while at Marks.

[BridgeTroll]

They may be erecting the giant traffic redirection signs in time for football season...just a guess.  It did not look like they were working on the Berkman...

[Captain Zissou]

They may be erecting the giant traffic redirection signs in time for football season...just a guess.  It did not look like they were working on the Berkman...

You're probably right.  On a more optimistic note, when I first saw the tower cranes at the courthouse the other day I clapped and hooted in my car.

[blizz01]

Uh-oh.

For the curious who have wondered just what the giant red crane next to Berkman Plaza II is for, here’s your answer: The massive mobile unit now situated on Bay Street is being used to take down the large tower crane that’s affixed to the under-construction residential building, said Stephen Gaedchens, a service manager for the company that operates the crane. The job is being completed by 10 workers, he said, and should take several days, weather permitting.

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=528897

[Ocklawaha]

Damn, that cursed building is probably going to sit and rot like the Pablo Escobar tower in Medellin.

OCKLAWAHA

[Lunican]

Yeah I had a feeling that's what they were doing with that crane. Berkman 2 is done...

[Jimmy]

I'm not an expert in anything related to construction... but can they let that half-finished shell of a building just sit there... half-finished?

[Captain Zissou]

^ I think so.  Check out "The Cove at St. Johns".  Massive multi-building development at Baymeadows & San Jose that has been sitting uncompleted for a couple years.

[heights unknown]

Bad news. If there is no financial lifeline to finish the tower, whoever owns the property may just demolish it and here we are with another empty lot; I don't think they'll just let it sit and rot.

Can't let it sit like that for long or even forever.

Heights Unknown

[Tripoli1711]

Urban warfare paintball park, early 80s Beirut style!  What an addition to the downtown entertainment scene!

[Lunican]

Demolition is expensive so it might just sit.

[reednavy]

And people said I was wrong that it wouldn't be completed.

That's going to be an awful eyesore on the skyline, damn it.