CityMarket at O Bottoms Out

"Bottoms Up" for Clark Construction's excavation and concrete crews.  They have finished digging the "hole" and are now starting to build the projec tback up. 

We joined Clark celebratory barbecue for the excavation and concrete workers in what will be the B2 Parking Area on May 11...

    

Staying on schedule means that you will be push your shopping cart here for your holiday grocery shopping in 2013.  

CityMarket at O Construction Update

Gingerbread O Street Market

As you may have noticed, the pile driving is finished and quiet has returned to Shaw.

Excavating is well underway and will continue into April.

Some CityMarket trivia:
 --2,000 cubic yards of dirt are trucked from the CityMarket construction site each day.
 --If construction continues on pace, the new and vastly improved Giant will open in 21 months.
 --CityMarket's 500 space parking garage and truck court will have car sharing, bike sharing, electric car charging stations and ample bike storage for residents and visitors
--Giant will have an entrance and exit in the old market tower and 7th and O Streets and reactivate this important corner of Shaw

If you missed the November 18 Groundbreaking, enjoy the photos below:

Mayor Gray and 2400 jobs created by CityMarket at O project

Jack, really this was the  final O Street Market groundbreaking

Jack making sure that Giant is no more

CityMarket at O Construction on Schedule

The pinging that you will hear beginning later this week is the noise of progress at the CityMarket at O construction site.  The pinging will be coming from pile drivers that will be driving piles around the four edges of the project site on O, 7th, 9th and P Streets. (From Wikipedia,  a pile driver is a mechanical device used to drive piles into soil to provide foundation support for buildings or other structures.)


The historic market facade has now been stabilized and secured to withstand the excavation and WILL NOT be disturbed.


Construction hours on the site are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and pile driving is anticipated to last through January 2012.


We apologize in advance for the noise and appreciate your patience. 
Just remember, pinging = progress in Shaw in 2012.

Giant Progress

For those who haven't been at 9th and O, Drew Porterfield snapped this photo this week.  The Giant is now demolished.  Work continues in preparation for excavation

To keep up with work, click on http://oxblue.com/pro/open/clarkconstruction/citymarket

CityMarket at O is ON!

It's official..CityMarket at O is going full steam ahead.
Join us for the celebration of construction start.

When:  Friday, November 18 at 10 am

Where:  The "Old Giant" Parking Lot, 7th and O

Join Mayor Gray, Congresswoman Norton, Acting FHA Commissioner Carol Galante, Council Chairman Kwame Brown and Councilmember Jack Evans take the first steps to the transformation for Giant.

Construction Kickoff

The transformation begins.  Join us on Friday, November 18 at 10 am under the big tent for the construct kickoff of CityMarket at O.

The District sold almost $40M in city tax increment revenue bonds this week and closing on HUD financing is scheduled for the  week of November 14.

Next step will be the demolition of the Giant and excavation of the entire 2 blocks save the historic market that being braced and readied to withstand the excavation. You can monitor the progress 24 hours a day by going to:  http://oxblue.com/pro/open/clarkconstruction/citymarket.

Construction Update at O

Construction fence is going up today at O.


Roadside will be closing on projec financing and taking control of the Giant site in mid-November. In the meantime, Clark has begun work on the facade support on the market building itself in preparation for full bore demolition of the Giant building and excavation in mid-November.


Stayed tuned news of community celebration of the beginning of the transformation of the site which is being planned for November 15.