Reports by Briona Arradondo
STREET. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Downtown St. Pete became the center of his second-largest concrete pouring Friday night when trucks filled a structure on Central Avenue.
Workers laid the groundwork for The Residences at 400 Central, a high-rise luxury residential construction that will be the tallest on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The developer of the assignment, Red Apple Real Estate, said construction will be a 46-story condominium. with 301 luxury homes. It is an assignment of about 4 years. The basis for moving the allocation forward can now be established.
“What’s in that foundation right now is the reinforcing metal that holds it all together,” said Bill Unger, Apple’s senior vice president of structure.
Unger said what will be covered with concrete is about five full-size basketball courts about 8 feet deep.
The structure of Central Avenue before pouring the concrete.
“The trucks will arrive one after the other in order, and they will come and avoid in it and empty their concrete into bomb trucks. Then the pump trucks will pump it into the sole,” Unger said.
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It will take about 68 trucks to sell about 650 concrete lots from 4 local plants.
“When it’s all over, it’s going to be this gray concrete box, and you never know there’s all this metal and all these paints inside,” Unger said.
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The trucks will ship about two million pounds of concrete for the project. This is one step, and the local department store on Central Avenue is eagerly waiting for it to take off.
“Aspects of the cursed things and structure, which spoil things here, some jars fall off, and the seasonings fall off. At the most sensitive of that, it’s exciting to see how explosive St. Pete is when it comes to infrastructure, new buildings. “said Joseph Bruno, director of St. Petersburg. Pete Meat and Provisions on Central Avenue, across the site. . I think tenants will be pleased to have a high-quality butcher shop across the street. “
The proposer said staff work shifts will run from Friday night through Saturday. Unger said work will continue uninterrupted and the procedure is expected to take about 18 hours.
Construction is expected to begin vertically until the end of May.
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