ChrisPHous Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 It's the Blue building just down the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Weekly update: Not much going on, though they have updated the sign to say 30% sold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Isn't that less than last time? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 It was 40 last time I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I thought the building is going to be 28 stories. Also, I thought the building was 40% sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 The sign out front was never updated to 40%, just 25% (and now 30%). The other numbers and the floor count came from a letter someone received in the mail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 It will be interesting to see if this project winds up being as successful as is suggested by the % sales counts mentioned. It's the only high-rise condo project I'm aware of anyone starting here since the recession. (As opposed to the high-rise rental properties, for which I wonder if they could be heading toward an overbuilt situation ... but that's a topic for another thread, i guess.) There have been a few new patio-home style developments going up in the Uptown area that have sold (and are selling) very well. So, it's clear that there is demand, and at least some financing, available for that type of development. Perhaps a big success with the Astoria will contribute to resurrecting financing sources for high-rise condos, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golyadkin Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Site from ground level earlier today: The sign on the sales office still says 30% sold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 today's HBJ mentioned a projected May groundbreaking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 3/2/2013: Holes in the ground. Steel in the holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Now you see part of the reason McDonald's is so successfull, they don't mess around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I was curious as to how far over the new McD's will be compared to the old one so I overlaid the two the best I could. Thought I'd share. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) 3/2/2013: Holes in the ground. Steel in the holes. These holes can't be for the teirs to Astoria. I see no foundation at all. Edited March 4, 2013 by Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 These holes can't be for the teirs to Astoria. I see no foundation at all.The holes are for the new McDonald's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Will this be an urban McDonalds or will it have a drive thru? Will it be two stories? It would be nice if it was art deco to match the Astoria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Will this be an urban McDonalds or will it have a drive thru? Will it be two stories? It would be nice if it was art deco to match the Astoria. Just went by and talked to a guy who I think was a manager at McDonald's. What I got from him: -McDonald's is closing in 10 days. -McDonald's reopening in May. They are demolishing their current building and putting up a new one that's pushed over more towards the apartments at 1111 Post Oak. They are going to clear the site and get a new building up and opened within 3-4 months. -This is the new McDonald's: Based on this picture they had at the site, I'd say it is a pretty generic design. There will be a drive thru and I'm pretty sure it's only one story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Wow. Mcdonalds doesn't mess around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 3/9/2013 Weekly Update (of the McD): They filled in each of the holes with about a foot (?) of concrete, covered them up, trenched out everything for the plumbing, put that in, and covered it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Who knows why they would put concrete in the ground and cover Who knows why they would put concrete in the ground and cover it up? Foundation stability?8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I am guessing Mayor McCheese granted a variance to allow underground concrete storage for Grimace's "hash" browns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 (edited) Lockmat: Who knows why they would put concrete in the ground and cover? Jimmy Hoffa Edited March 10, 2013 by brijonmang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper88 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Why would they be builidng a brand new McDonald if they have Astoria trailer on it?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Check out the rest of the thread Reaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drecey Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 I'm confused, too. So, the McDonald's they're building is what...just being moved a little from the original and sports a different look? Now what's to come of Astoria? is it going to be built AROUND the new McDonalds or what? I was on board with this project til maybe a couple of weeks ago, then I got lost. I initially thought they were going to move the McD's down the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 McDonald's is moving a few feet east. Astoria will build right next door. There is enough room 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 This should be the "Updates On The Astoria Condos & Mickey D's" thread haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Get ready to get nerded out..Those are isolated shallow foundations or footings. Theyre typically used in low loading situations, many times theyre unreinforced. Square footings are the natural choice for cases where a single column load is to be supported. This appears to be the case above. I'm taking your word that concrete was poured in and not lean concrete or soil stabilization material. If it was concrete, burying of the footing is not that unusual. I'll simply quote my old foundations design book, (Engineering of Foundations-Rodrigo Salgado - Purdue University) Chapter 8, Shallow foundations in Soil The reinforcing mesh (fig. 8-11) and the formwork, if used, are prepared and positioned inside the excavation at this point (fig 8-12). Fig 8-12( also shows four dowels that will later be used to connect the steel columns to the footing. Concrete placement is the next step. The required cover ranges from approximately 40mm (1.5in). when a lean concrete coat is present at the base of the footing to approximately 75 mm (3 in) in the absence of any coat. If the soil is not aggressive (corrosive), a typical concrete mix would have a compressive strength of the order of 25-30 MPa (3500-4000 PSI). Concrete placement is followed, after curing, by back filling above the footing up to the level of the ground surface. this back fill is usually compacted. From a difference source, a rough schematic of a footing with design variables for bearing calculations. Note the column where axial load is transferred in above the surface of the soil, while the bearing is below. That column could be steel (known as I-beams to most) or reinforced concrete. I seriously doubt this McDonalds is building a steel reinforced concrete structure. Therefore It would not surprise me if there are dowels/baseplates for their steel columns later that are buried to reduce damage or trip hazards while they work on other elements of the structure. All this I've said is an educated guess based on two pictures---neither of which actually show the footings. I deal in the industrial world, not commercial. I could still be incorrect Edited March 13, 2013 by Purdueenginerd 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 So it is foundation reinforcement ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Great post. For the record... let me say that I would not know the difference between concrete, lean concrete, or a soil stabilization material. It was grey and came out of a cement truck, that's all I know. Photos from this week... 3/13/2013: They dug out the perimeter and uncovered the footings (thanks PurdueEnginerd). 3/15/2013: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Boom, there are your dowels. In picture 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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