Lots of activity on Thursday, getting ready for a pretty big pour that happened Friday. You can easily make out where the entrance ramp to the parking deck is going to be now, in the space between the two foundation walls in the first image below -
In other news (and just in time for winter weather), workers at the Peregrine 100 project just wrapped up a heated sidewalk system, which will add to the city's growing network of heated walks. While the city maintains much of the heated system along The Mall, it also encourages private developers to include this in their plans when it makes sense. The Exchange, the above-referenced Catalyst development, and the 4-story AVB development all have plans to include it.
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Downtown Kalamazoo will stay snow-free with more heated sidewalks
Malachi Barrett | MLive
November 9, 2018
...Heated water is pumped from Kalamazoo's water system into hoses coiled underneath concrete sidewalks from Eleanor to Lovell streets. The city also encourages private developers to include snowmelt sidewalks during construction projects, which has resulted in several other clean walkways around downtown. This week, construction crews put the finishing touches on a new section of snowmelt sidewalks. Peregrine Co. installed the sidewalks on the south block of East Michigan Avenue as part of ongoing redevelopment of a former PNC Bank building...
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City of Kalamazoo Facebook Page