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Progress Update

August 5: Tenant move-in starts in less than a month

Construction of the Center for Changing Lives is currently on schedule. The site is south of 24th Street, west of Park Avenue, and east of Oakland Avenue in south Minneapolis. The latest status report is below.

Completed:

  • Excavation
  • Footings and foundation walls
  • Precast (garage columns and ceiling)
  • Steel structure
  • Exterior wall framing, sheathing, and brick
  • Interior stud walls
  • Roofing
  • 5th-floor mock unit

In progress:

  • Interior drywall
  • Interior mechanical systems

July 2: Focus moves to interior framing, systems, and drywall

Construction of the Center for Changing Lives is currently on schedule. The site is south of 24th Street, west of Park Avenue, and east of Oakland Avenue in south Minneapolis. The latest status report is below.

Completed:

  • Excavation
  • Footings and foundation walls
  • Precast (garage columns and ceiling)
  • Steel structure
  • Exterior wall framing, sheathing, and brick
  • Roofing

In progress:

  • Interior framing and drywall
  • Interior mechanical systems

Future milestones:

June 5: Exterior work nears completion

Construction of the Center for Changing Lives is currently on schedule. The site is south of 24th Street, west of Park Avenue, and east of Oakland Avenue in south Minneapolis. The latest status report is below.

Completed:

  • Excavation
  • Footings and foundation walls
  • Precast (garage columns and ceiling)
  • Steel structure
  • Exterior wall framing and sheathing

In progress:

  • Roofing
  • Exterior brick

Future milestones:

  • Interior drywall (July)
  • Landscaping (August)

May 14: Exterior brick work in full swing

Construction of the Center for Changing Lives is currently on schedule. The site is south of 24th Street, west of Park Avenue, and east of Oakland Avenue in south Minneapolis. The latest status report is below.

Completed:

  • Excavation
  • Footings and foundation walls
  • Precast (garage columns and ceiling)
  • Steel structure

In progress:

  • Exterior wall framing
  • Exterior sheathing
  • Air moisture barrier
  • Roofing
  • Brick laying

Future milestones:

April 24: Apartment roof soon to be weather tight

Construction of the Center for Changing Lives is currently on schedule. The site is south of 24th Street, west of Park Avenue, and east of Oakland Avenue in south Minneapolis. The latest status report is below.

Service Center Progress:

  • Steel 90% complete
  • Exterior studs 40% complete
  • Exterior sheathing 35% complete
  • Mechanical/electrical rough-in started

Service Center Milestones:

  • Roof weather tight by June 12
  • Interior drywall installation begins July 3
  • Landscaping to occur in August

March 31: Steel and wood framing continues

Construction of the Center for Changing Lives is currently on schedule. The site is south of 24th Street, west of Park Avenue, and east of Oakland Avenue in south Minneapolis. The latest status report is below.

 

March 5: The steel is going up

Construction of the Center for Changing Lives is currently on schedule. The site is south of 24th Street, west of Park Avenue, and east of Oakland Avenue in south Minneapolis. The latest status report is below.

Completed:

  • Excavation
  • Footings (cement foundation)
  • Foundations Walls
  • Waterproofing of Foundation Walls
  • Garage Walls
  • Precast (garage columns and ceiling)
  • Elevator Shaft (main shaft)

In Progress:

  • Elevator Shaft (south shaft)
  • Steel Structure on CFCL
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