Here's a few construction updates from yesterday evening. It was a nice day so I took a walk after work.
The Exchange is moving along - I posted more photos of the project
here.
246 Michigan Ave - The balcony is now added for this private residence conversion:
Former Alamo Drafthouse / Soon to be the AMC Kalamazoo 10 Theatre. I couldn't get too close because of security, but there is clearly a lot of interior activity happening right now. They are constructing some sort of new bulkhead on the inside of the curtain wall - probably for advertising upcoming attractions from the inside. It's a quick turnaround - renovations / reopening is expected this Fall:
Peregrine 100 - Phase 2, which involves conversion of the oldest portion of this former bank building into retail and apartments, is ongoing. First floor windows are removed, presumably will be replaced:
They also recently installed new exterior signage - it looks ok, but the old wall panels behind the sign on the Kalamazoo Mall side look dirty / damaged. Pretty silly to me that they didn't fix that:
Site clearing is underway for Phase 2 of The Foundry Development. A portion of this cleared area will be for the future extension of Harrison St south to Pitcher St. According to
this MLive article, "Phase 2 calls for the development of an office and residential building...between 45,000 and 60,000 square feet, all on one floor...another 10,000 square feet may be added on a second level for residential uses." It's a sizable area for Downtown / Rivers Edge (about 8 acres). It's just too bad that the best we can expect is a two story structure with more surface parking. More finished pictures of The Foundry Phase 1 can be found
here.
There's several piles of small scrap metal laying about
:
This portion is being remodeled into a new restaurant:
Finally, with daylight waning, I tried to get a look at the new Portage Northern MS, which is further along with steel work than I had thought:
It's those extra 20 volts that will kill ya:
