Former Tribune Building, Terre Haute, Indiana
-Terre Haute Candlewood Suites Progress-
Recent Activities:
Dec. '06 - Structural Testing (Interior and Exterior)
Jan. '07 - Salvage Work to Interior
Feb. '07 - City Council approves $1.3 Million Bond
Incentive
Feb. 23 - Environmental work...white suits, red
barrels, BIRD SEED...chuckle. Also, a
small service pit in the basement full of oil,
ink, and waste water to pump out, clean,
and fill. Nothing the pros can't handle
though! Anxious to see this project move
forward.
Mar. '07 - Service Pit pumped out
Apr. '07 - T-T goes to "Closing"; Design Work Continues
May '07 - (2nd) - Theater emptied of contents
- Fence installed
- Bank of windows removed from 6th floor of Trib
- Old National Bank Announces gift of
$200,000 toward Children's Museum
- Interior demo of former Trib under way
(3rd) - Demolition of Liberty Theater to begin
(7th) - Remainder of theater fenced in
- Awning removal continues (11th) - Demo well under way
June '07 - (1st) - Liberty Theater Gone
(7th) - Fire escape removed
(16th) - Liberty/Grand Clean Up Continues
- Trib gutting down to 2nd floor now
July '07 - (31st)- Trib gutting down through 1st floor
- Trib gutting down through 1st floor and into basement; heavy equipment
and scrap removal from basement.Dec. '07 - (3rd) - Construction Begins!
(5th) - Groundbreaking Ceremony! - 11am
Jan. '08 - Floor Prep, Patching, Leveling
- Steel reinforcements added in back
- Elevator replacement
Feb. '08 - South exterior enclosure
- Interior Framing (6th Floor) - Ground Floor Walk-In Vault DemolishedMar. '08 - Interior Framing, Electrical, Plumbing
2nd-6th Floors, Floor Repairs, Facade Restoration Begins - Drywall and Children's Museum Begin SoonMay '08 - Drywall, plumbing, electrical continue
More floor repairs, facade restoration Roofing Begins Utilities Hooked Up Elevator Work Begins New Stairwells Underway Children's Museum Foundation Begun! Painting Began on 5th and 6thOct. 9, 2008 - The Hotel is Open for Business!
-SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICS HERE!
