Monday, August 11, 2014 CORPUS CHRISTI (Caller Times) – Workers stood knee-deep in concrete as the largest concrete pour of The Cosmopolitan was completed Monday. A total of 80 trucks delivered the 750 to 800 yards of concrete, which was used to pour the swimming pool and foundations for apartments and a deck area. The work began about 3:30 a.m. so traffic wouldn’t overwhelm downtown street throughout the day. The Cosmopolitan is a 29 million mixed-use development at the site of the former Lichtenstein’s...
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Monday, March 31, 2014 CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) – Corpus Christi Mayor Nelda Martinez got her hands dirty Monday helping to pour concrete for the new Cosmopolitan high rise going up at the site of the old Lichtenstein building on Chaparral Street. Crews began pouring concrete for the structure Tuesday, March 11, starting with the northern base of the high rise, and then pouring concrete for over 600 separate pilings for the six-story structure a week later. “It’s an honor to be here,” Martinez...
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Staff Reports Wednesday, March 12, 2014 CORPUS CHRISTI — What a cost-effective way to speed the pace of downtown Corpus Christi’s rejuvenation — code enforcement. Think about it. City code enforcers already are on the clock. Might as well give them stricter codes to enforce against owners of vacant, unsightly downtown property. Vacant doesn’t have to appear synonymous with abandoned, that uncomfortably close cousin of seedy. Vacant should be synonymous with move-in ready, kissin’ cousin of “site of your future successful business.” As Kirsten...
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Tuesday, March, 11 2014 CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) – The concrete started pouring Tuesday as contractors began building the new Cosmopolitan high rise at the site of the old Lichtenstein building on Chaparral Street. It is a milestone for the $28 million high rise and retail complex planned for the block located at Chaparral and William streets. The largest single block of concrete for the building was poured by an Austin contractor Tuesday afternoon. It will be the northern base of the new high...
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PIER POUNDING FOR THE COSMOPOLITAN TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY By: Mike Baird Friday, February 28, 2014 CORPUS CHRISTI — The sound of progress will get louder downtown beginning Wednesday as 490 piers are pounded into the ground for The Cosmopolitan. Demolition of the former Lichtenstein Department Sore building, built in 1941, is complete and site utility installation is being finished at the first of the week, officials said. “It will be as loud as pile driving and will create some vibration,” said Project Manager Robert...
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