"Don't tell me the AD doesnt have enough money, their budget is $XX million!!!"
My employer just did a $30million office expansion. The dirt/foundation work took about a year. Then the building went in on top of that in about 12 months. From a slab to occupied office. This is a two story building for about 200 engineers (we have about 600 on site), a cafeteria with full kitchen sized to serve 250, a patio area, and conference rooms. I can't remember the square footage. But agreed the actual building goes really fast.
Yeah, being in construction I spend more time than average watching the progress of various things going up, and they can go weeks or months on end looking like nothing is happening and then suddenly a building is there. Once all the prep work is done, it can go really quickly.
If I am in Iowa City, I have 3rd degree burns over 70% of my body.
If 575,00 square feet of commercial space is completed by "fall of 2027", Goldenrod will be able to take the crown as the greatest developer of commercial real estate in the country!
You're comparing what is mostly 2-3 story retail and office space - essentially empty boxes - with a 33 story tower that will include 360 apartments.
Yeah the two are not even remotely the same project. Essentially 2 construction seasons to finish the remaining 6 buildings is not impossible at all. I've seen 4-story apartment complexes with more buildings go up in that time.
They broke ground for the new Mutual building in Omaha in January of 2023. They just finished the steel in March.
The university should buy that plot at this point and build something there. Small lecture rooms or offices with retail at the bottom. It just looks bad if you're visiting the university to have seemingly abandoned lots across the street.
