Our new home

If you happened to visit the City Center's website yesterday... or today you may have noticed some changes. The good folks at ICOM Tech Services spent some time crafting a lovely new website for us. So with that in mind our blog is moving to the new site. Everything is built right into our new webpage... so check it out!

http://www.saratogacitycenter.org/?cat=11

If you've driven down Broadway in the last week or so, you may have noticed that the construction fencing has taken over a lane of traffic. This is so that some new drains and sidewalk curbs can be put in.

Also in the works this week... expect to see some bricks! The north wall, facing the hotel, is being prepped for bricks which should arrive by the end of the week.

It actually looks like a building!

Steel deliveries have been happening every day! More and more the building is taking shape... soon bricks will start to go up on the north wall next to the Saratoga Hilton.

Last week before one of the big support beams for the second floor went up, the staff took the opportunity to put our marks on the building.




Also, in the next couple of weeks, be on the look out for updated entrance information. As demolition of the Ellsworth Jones Place wall starts, our entrance will be moved to a temporary location.

Check out the article in today's Saratogian!

http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2010/04/13/news/doc4bc3dd54300c3764633911.txt

even more updates

While all of the construction is going on out on the former loggia... inside our team is starting to break through the wall where the new entrance will be.

It's starting to look like a building now! These were taken at the end of last week- even more has been done since!

After sorting though all of the pictures from Steel Delivery Day... here are our favorites!

We are still sorting through pictures, but promise to have a bunch up by the end of the week. From this point on the building will be ever changing so there will be a lot more updates!

But while you wait for the pictures... stop by our new neighbors the Cup Cake Lab! The are across the hall from our temporary offices above Roohan Realty. Delicious coffee, cupcakes and comfort food!!

With close to 100 photos to search through from just this morning.... here is just one to give you an idea of the size of the steel coming in.

Judy, our Director of Sales, is standing in between the two pieces... she is 5ft tall.

It's HERE!!

The large steel pieces were delivered this morning around 10am. Be on the look out for pictures of this very exciting event!

Here it comes!

A truck delivered some of the smaller pieces of steel for the meeting room addition this morning. The huge beams are expected bright and early tomorrow morning! If your on the North end of Broadway tomorrow, stop to check out the progress... should be a great sight to watch!

The foundation is all prepped and ready for the steel delivery that is expected by the end of the week.

The sun is shinning as construction continues. The foundation and footings for the new meeting rooms are complete! We are just waiting for the steel delivery, which is now expected next week. Along with the foundation work... the new fire exit ramp that will be between the City Center and the Hotel has seen some major progress as well as some of the electrical systems inside the building.

Behind the Construction Wall...

finally some snow

While the snow that we finally got last week was good for winter sports tourism... it was not so good for City Center Construction. Construction took a small break while it snowed over a foot, and then rained even more, but we are back in full construction mode this week!

But despite the bad weather and the construction the annual Home Show was well attended!

Steel??

Not much updating has happened in the last month, but rest assured work has been moving forward. The footings and foundations are just about finished! So expect to see some steel being delivered soon! Inside the building work has been going on as well. Some of the electrical systems are being put into place, including a new fire alarm system.

Construction is not the only thing happening at the City Center though. In the past few weeks we've hosted the annual Bartenders Ball, Dance Flurry and a Bridal Show. Coming up next- The Rotary Home Show! Stop by this weekend, check out the Home show and the construction progress .

Saratogian Article

Photographer Emily Miller from the Saratogian got some great shots of the construction yesterday, check them out!


And read the article by Patrick Donges here: http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2010/01/22/news/doc4b59156b3ae50015696296.txt

Foundations

Demolition is finally complete! Well, at least is is on the front of the building. The footings are in place and the foundation is ready to be poured.