The Water Street Townhomes project is starting to lease up. Two of the new tenants have personalized the front patios with furniture, flowers and in one case, lights. Very nice! I want to go down there some Friday evening and see how they fare with the Mayor’s Summer of Music in River Park Square. The Water Street Townhomes patios should be prime listening spots!
I spent a little time there before a meeting pulling some weeds in the beds. The cooler wet Spring has allowed the landscaping to become established. I’m hoping it didn’t suffer too much through the heat we’ve been having. Things are looking good and I am hopeful that the Creeping Thyme will fill the tree lawns and put on a vibrant display next Spring. What i can’t figure out is how to stop the birds from dive-bombing and pooping on the back wall! What’s up with that!?
We haven’t gotten the final software connections made on the solar panels yet, so I’m eagerly waiting to see the effects on the electric bills. Things are set up for tenants to pay the difference. If things work like they were sold, tenants should mostly be without electric costs in the shoulder months… unless they are big bakers… Ha! The units are all electric, so that should be a plus for them. All of the residential units have supplemental solar. The solar panels are mostly invisible from the ground, but Brent Martin from SRKM Architecture took the picture to the right from the roof of The Heartland Arts Center. He is the Architect for that renovation project as well as the Architect for Water Street Townhomes.
There was supposed to be a sister project, Spirit Townhomes in Culver, but the Town Council withdrew support, instead pursuing other projects.
Other than some subcontractor/supplier delays, this was a good project. I’m happy to see some progress towards the project leasing up and supporting itself.
