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SDK4 · March 2nd, 2006, 09:52 PM

I can't believe Trump won't be there today. It shows you how much he really cares about this project.

Jasonhouse · March 2nd, 2006, 09:59 PM

This isn't Trump's deal anyways. He's pretty much always just been the name brand the developers bought to separate their product from all of the others.

smiley · March 3rd, 2006, 12:14 AM

Who cares if he shows, as long as it is built properly

SDK4 · March 3rd, 2006, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jasonhouse

This isn't Trump's deal anyways. He's pretty much always just been the name brand the developers bought to separate their product from all of the others.

I know, but it would have created alot of buzz around the building and its construction if he had shown.

smiley · March 3rd, 2006, 05:16 AM

When it goes up out of the ground (in 6 months from now)- it will have buzz.

robbie · March 6th, 2006, 03:44 AM

Check out article in Times from March 3. It mentions that there will be 163 caissons to claw the bedrock 100 feet underground. Pretty interesting....and it will take supposedly the next five and a half months but of course with Tampa's notorious rainy weather and hurricane season approaching, it may take longer. I just got a little bit educated about casissons. It's going to be interesting to sink that many on a small site.

thehappysmith · March 6th, 2006, 06:00 AM

^That site's going to be solid caisson.

robbie · March 6th, 2006, 08:33 PM

So with all the caisson work going on we won't see anything coming out of the ground until the fall and vertical construction will be heavy next year. I hope Donald has at least one more plan for Tampa (maybe a 50 story loft building). He should have something in St. Pete as well. (TTT St. Pete). Just wishing.

robbie · March 18th, 2006, 12:45 AM

Hey Mr. Zerobluechip,

Anything going on at TTT this week? Any caissons laying around yet?

Jasonhouse · March 18th, 2006, 01:25 AM

^All week long... I altered my route home (took Channelside, not Twiggs) on Wednesday, to check it out.

Pretty much everything is humming along... Towers at Channelside is going up much quicker than I expected. Must be a good GC.

robbie · March 19th, 2006, 02:53 AM

Saw it for myself today. They have it so you can see through it again. The land looked a little different. Yes the towers are moving along. Looks like the east parking may be topped out and they are starting on the east residential tower. Maybe the middle link may go last.

robbie · March 22nd, 2006, 11:53 PM

I guess Mr. Bluechip is too busy to give updates. That's OK. Anyway, today there were several workers on site doing some serious work. I was waiting at the light to turn on Brorein and it took long because the bridge was up. While waiting, a crane was dropping a tall concrete cylinder in the ground. Went to Publix to go pee and when I came back it was in the ground.

biga1968 · March 24th, 2006, 01:49 AM

It going a while before this building get off the ground. 3 or 4 months maybe.

zerobullchip · March 24th, 2006, 03:43 AM

Sorry I've been too busy to do anything lately. As it turns out I may not be around this job with a view for too much longer, so my plan to shoot these photos may not pan out. There are rumors that something similar may be available from the same view on website in the next few months. I'll keep you posted.

smiley · March 24th, 2006, 11:48 PM

As I said in the Channelside thread - I was up in one of the offices today and got to look around - this building if going all out. I am sure it will take a while, but they are cranking away. NO idea about that mysterious "financing" that the Times kept harping on - hoping it would fall through, no doubt - but someone is paying for the work

TamHavPolis · April 4th, 2006, 04:33 PM

I don't know if any of you have seen the story, and I'm too lazy to post the link, but the Tampa Tribune is reporting that SimDag has dropped Turner Construction as the contractor for the Trump Tower.

What on earth is going on? Is this building going to be built?

Dave01walk · April 4th, 2006, 04:49 PM

TAMPA - Trump Tower Tampa is getting a new contractor.

The development team behind downtown's most talked-about condominium project confirmed Monday it has dropped Turner Construction Co. as its general contractor and is in negotiation with four other candidates for the job.

David Hooks, a spokesman for Trump Tower Tampa, said the change in contractors won't delay construction on the 52-story, 192-unit luxury condominium tower.

He said work under way at the Ashley Drive construction site - installing the 163 caissons that will support the building - is not being done by Turner. That work will continue until mid-August. The first condominiums are expected to be ready for tenants in August 2008.

The $225 million condominium is being developed by Donald Trump, the real estate maven and reality TV star, in partnership with SimDag LLC, a Tampa-based development firm specializing in luxury waterfront condominiums.

The partnership announced in December that it had hired Turner Construction Co. of New York, one of the nation's largest construction companies, as general contractor.

"Turner is a proven company, one of the nation's leading general contractors and the most experienced builder of high-rise developments in Florida," Trump said in a Dec. 15 news release. "They will do a great job."

Turner spokeswoman Karen Pruente confirmed Monday that her company is no longer the general contractor. Hooks said a confidentiality agreement prohibits members of the Trump-SimDag team from discussing their decision to release Turner.

http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBFAPOJLLE.html

renner01 · April 4th, 2006, 10:23 PM

I had mentioned i believe once on this thread that I had been told by a potential contractor that the developer sim-dag was having a time of it getting the finance in place. we shall see....

TallTampa · April 4th, 2006, 10:35 PM

No Donald at the groundbreaking, contractor dismissed from project, groundbreaking delayed almost a year....something doesn't smell right.

Jasonhouse · April 4th, 2006, 11:46 PM

I can't conceive of construction halting after starting... Talk about rinky-dink!

March 2nd, 2006, 09:52 PM	#181
SDK4 FSU Meteorologist Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sarasota / Tallahassee Posts: 1,267 Likes (Received): 0	I can't believe Trump won't be there today. It shows you how much he really cares about this project. __________________ Go Noles!!!

March 3rd, 2006, 12:14 AM	#183
smiley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,099 Likes (Received): 0	Who cares if he shows, as long as it is built properly __________________ Do I contradict myself? Well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes. I don't pretend 'cause I don't care.

March 3rd, 2006, 05:16 AM	#185
smiley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,099 Likes (Received): 0	When it goes up out of the ground (in 6 months from now)- it will have buzz. __________________ Do I contradict myself? Well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes. I don't pretend 'cause I don't care.

March 24th, 2006, 11:48 PM	#195
smiley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,099 Likes (Received): 0	As I said in the Channelside thread - I was up in one of the offices today and got to look around - this building if going all out. I am sure it will take a while, but they are cranking away. NO idea about that mysterious "financing" that the Times kept harping on - hoping it would fall through, no doubt - but someone is paying for the work __________________ Do I contradict myself? Well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes. I don't pretend 'cause I don't care.

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March 2nd, 2006, 09:59 PM	#182
Jasonhouse Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 12,317 Likes (Received): 8	This isn't Trump's deal anyways. He's pretty much always just been the name brand the developers bought to separate their product from all of the others.

March 6th, 2006, 03:44 AM	#186
robbie Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 274 Likes (Received): 0	Check out article in Times from March 3. It mentions that there will be 163 caissons to claw the bedrock 100 feet underground. Pretty interesting....and it will take supposedly the next five and a half months but of course with Tampa's notorious rainy weather and hurricane season approaching, it may take longer. I just got a little bit educated about casissons. It's going to be interesting to sink that many on a small site.

March 6th, 2006, 06:00 AM	#187
thehappysmith Two-bit Hack Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville Posts: 333 Likes (Received): 0	^That site's going to be solid caisson.

March 6th, 2006, 08:33 PM	#188
robbie Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 274 Likes (Received): 0	So with all the caisson work going on we won't see anything coming out of the ground until the fall and vertical construction will be heavy next year. I hope Donald has at least one more plan for Tampa (maybe a 50 story loft building). He should have something in St. Pete as well. (TTT St. Pete). Just wishing.

March 18th, 2006, 12:45 AM	#189
robbie Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 274 Likes (Received): 0	Hey Mr. Zerobluechip, Anything going on at TTT this week? Any caissons laying around yet?

March 18th, 2006, 01:25 AM	#190
Jasonhouse Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 12,317 Likes (Received): 8	^All week long... I altered my route home (took Channelside, not Twiggs) on Wednesday, to check it out. Pretty much everything is humming along... Towers at Channelside is going up much quicker than I expected. Must be a good GC.

March 19th, 2006, 02:53 AM	#191
robbie Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 274 Likes (Received): 0	Saw it for myself today. They have it so you can see through it again. The land looked a little different. Yes the towers are moving along. Looks like the east parking may be topped out and they are starting on the east residential tower. Maybe the middle link may go last.

March 22nd, 2006, 11:53 PM	#192
robbie Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 274 Likes (Received): 0	I guess Mr. Bluechip is too busy to give updates. That's OK. Anyway, today there were several workers on site doing some serious work. I was waiting at the light to turn on Brorein and it took long because the bridge was up. While waiting, a crane was dropping a tall concrete cylinder in the ground. Went to Publix to go pee and when I came back it was in the ground.

March 24th, 2006, 01:49 AM	#193
biga1968 Big "A" 1968 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tampa Posts: 51 Likes (Received): 0	It going a while before this building get off the ground. 3 or 4 months maybe.

March 24th, 2006, 03:43 AM	#194
zerobullchip BANNED Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 224 Likes (Received): 0	Sorry I've been too busy to do anything lately. As it turns out I may not be around this job with a view for too much longer, so my plan to shoot these photos may not pan out. There are rumors that something similar may be available from the same view on website in the next few months. I'll keep you posted.

April 4th, 2006, 04:33 PM	#196
TamHavPolis Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tampa, FL/Indianapolis, IN Posts: 129 Likes (Received): 0	I don't know if any of you have seen the story, and I'm too lazy to post the link, but the Tampa Tribune is reporting that SimDag has dropped Turner Construction as the contractor for the Trump Tower. What on earth is going on? Is this building going to be built?

April 4th, 2006, 04:49 PM	#197
Dave01walk Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tampa Posts: 238 Likes (Received): 0	TAMPA - Trump Tower Tampa is getting a new contractor. The development team behind downtown's most talked-about condominium project confirmed Monday it has dropped Turner Construction Co. as its general contractor and is in negotiation with four other candidates for the job. David Hooks, a spokesman for Trump Tower Tampa, said the change in contractors won't delay construction on the 52-story, 192-unit luxury condominium tower. He said work under way at the Ashley Drive construction site - installing the 163 caissons that will support the building - is not being done by Turner. That work will continue until mid-August. The first condominiums are expected to be ready for tenants in August 2008. The $225 million condominium is being developed by Donald Trump, the real estate maven and reality TV star, in partnership with SimDag LLC, a Tampa-based development firm specializing in luxury waterfront condominiums. The partnership announced in December that it had hired Turner Construction Co. of New York, one of the nation's largest construction companies, as general contractor. "Turner is a proven company, one of the nation's leading general contractors and the most experienced builder of high-rise developments in Florida," Trump said in a Dec. 15 news release. "They will do a great job." Turner spokeswoman Karen Pruente confirmed Monday that her company is no longer the general contractor. Hooks said a confidentiality agreement prohibits members of the Trump-SimDag team from discussing their decision to release Turner. http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBFAPOJLLE.html

April 4th, 2006, 10:23 PM	#198
renner01 Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 512 Likes (Received): 0	I had mentioned i believe once on this thread that I had been told by a potential contractor that the developer sim-dag was having a time of it getting the finance in place. we shall see....

April 4th, 2006, 10:35 PM	#199
TallTampa Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tampa Posts: 138 Likes (Received): 0	No Donald at the groundbreaking, contractor dismissed from project, groundbreaking delayed almost a year....something doesn't smell right.

April 4th, 2006, 11:46 PM	#200
Jasonhouse Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 12,317 Likes (Received): 8	I can't conceive of construction halting after starting... Talk about rinky-dink!