There’s a new building going up at the site of the under-construction Gathering Place.
Project manager Jeff Stava says the temporary office building will have space for Manhattan Construction — the company building the park — and everyone else involved.
"They'll have their procurement people, their site supervision, a lot of their costing and administrative type folks, so there will be a lot of people there," Stava said. "Plus our architects, MVVA, will have an office there, the foundation will have an office, too."
The 7,200 square foot building is 19 feet tall. It will be at 31st Street and Boston Place. The temporary metal building will be gussied up a bit.
"On the exterior, to the north and on the east side, we're actually putting up 3.5 feet of a stone veneer, and then it's got a shake-shingle board — that's kind of a painted board that's used then," Stava said. "And then we put shutters on all the windows to kind of make it fit in."
Right now workers are laying the foundation and running utilities.
"And by the end of the month — we'll continue to work and get the interior built out — but by the end of the month, the first of January, we should have it complete," Stava said.
The metal building will be torn down when the park is complete in 2017. Stava said it can be reused. There may be some lane closures on 31st Street while it’s being built.
