the brief
The Row is a mixed-use development along busy SW 13th Street/US Hwy 441, adjacent to the University of Florida. The building is 8 stories with approximately 7,955 square feet of non-residential on the lower floors, with 66 units and 182 total bedrooms on the upper residential floors. It has three stories of internal parking. The project’s location within the I-District Infrastructure Improvements Area (IIA) necessitated additional utility improvements.
services provided
Surveying
- Prepared detailed boundary and topographic survey of the subject property showing the locations of trees, above-ground improvements, and underground utilities
- Performed additional survey work to investigate the concrete footer and/or foundation along the southerly portion of the building directly to the North of the project site, and determine the extents of said concrete
- Performed additional topographic survey of 5th Avenue to support engineering design of the water main extension
- Prepared legal descriptions and sketches of easements
- Prepared as-built surveys
Planning
- Processed a Right-of-Way vacation application for approximately 0.40 acres of SW 5th Avenue, east of SW 13th Street in order to restrict vehicular traffic to the Inner Road intersection, creating safer conditions for pedestrians
- Obtained special use permit approval from the City Plan Board to allow increased density
Engineering
- Developed full construction plans for engineering site design, including detailed utility plan and paving, grading, and drainage plan
- Designed modifications to the existing public parking in city right-of-way to allow better ADA access for the site
- Obtained Environmental Resource Permit approval from the St. Johns River Water Management District, including stormwater calculations and design for a new stormwater basin
- Received Drainage Permit approval from FDOT
- Prepared, coordinated, and secured major development plan approval through the City of Gainesville’s permitting process
- Processed a revision to the previously approved Development Plan due to proposed site changes
- Provided construction administration services
