Texas Roadhouse Construction Update, 5/2016

23 05 2016

Just a few other photos from this past Sunday. As of 4 PM today, Texas Roadhouse is open. The landscaping is complete, the parking lot is paved and striped. If you love the food, fantastic. If you don’t, well, at least it’s bringing tax money into municipal coffers.

For me personally, it’s been kinda cool to watch this from start to finish – I broke the story on the Voice in March of 2015, and have been keeping tabs on it since. I didn’t realize it was due to open today until taking photos this past weekend, so once again, it became a popular article for the Voice’s website.

The $1.35 million project at 719 South Meadow Street was formerly home to Cellular One, a 1990s one-story masonry building that was demolished in 2013. The restaurant was originally slated to open in Q1 2016, but construction started a little later than anticipated last fall.

Texas Roadhouse corporate developed the site, leasing the land from plaza owner DDR Corp. of Ohio. GreenbergFarrow of suburban Chicago is serving as an architectural consultant for the project. Edger Enterprises of Elmira served as general contractor.

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Texas Roadhouse Construction Update, 3/2016

24 03 2016

Some readers love it, others hate it, but Texas Roadhouse is well on its way to a May opening. The steakhouse chain has made pretty good progress on their 7,193 SF restaurant on Elmira Road across from Ollie’s and the Vitamin Shoppe. In fact, a small temporary space next to the Vitamin Shoppe is where Texas Roadhouse is conducting interviews for the 170 staff it plans to have at opening.

The lap cedar siding is coming along, covering up the Tyvek housewrap from most angles (brick and metal flashing will cover what’s left). USG Securock glass-mat sheathing has been applied to the exterior walls facing and near the kitchen/food prep area for fire safety – the sheets are noncombustible and serve as a form of passive fire protection. The roof has been covered with felt paper, but no shingles have been attached yet. Closer to the ground, brick veneer has been applied to the base of the eastern and northern walls. I’m not sure what’s going on next to the street-facing foundation wall; but that is where the entrance ramp will be going.

Texas Roadhouse corporate is developing the site, leasing the land from plaza owner DDR Corp. of Ohio. GreenbergFarrow of suburban Chicago is serving as an architectural consultant for the project, and Edger Enterprises of Elmira is the general contractor.

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Texas Roadhouse Construction Update, 2/2016

22 02 2016

Color me impressed on how quickly Texas Roadhouse has gone up. Just a month ago, this was just a filled lot. Contractors on-site (the general contractor appears to be Edger Enterprises of Elmira, given the branding on the equipment) have sided the wood-frame skeleton with plywood and exterior wood trim has been attached on the lower half of he building, and most of the rear (east) wall. Brick veneer will be plastered to the exposed concrete at the base of the building.

Where the wood trim has yet to be applied, DuPont Tyvek housewrap is visible; Tyvek is a common brand of sheathing used to keep moisture away from the plywood, but lets the boards breathe out, keeping them dry and making it less likely to mold over or rot in Ithaca’s relatively wet climate. On pitched portions of the roof, it appears that felt paper is in the process of being applied, which also helps in waterproofing.

No doors and windows just yet, although some plastic sheeting has been hung to keep the winter winds at bay. Peering inside through one doorway showed some exposed wood studs and an interior undergoing rough-ins.

The architecture is the standard corporate theme, which might have helped the process along since there wasn’t a great need for unique architectural elements.

The $1.35 million project at 719 South Meadow Street was formerly home to Cellular One, a 1990s one-story masonry building that was demolished in 2013, leaving a vacant lot until now. The 7,163 sq ft store looks to be the standard corporate design theme for the 430-restuarant chain. Expect a late spring or early summer 2016 opening.

Texas Roadhouse corporate is developing the site, leasing the land from plaza owner DDR Corp. of Ohio. GreenbergFarrow of suburban Chicago is serving as an architectural consultant for the project.

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Texas Roadhouse Construction Update, 1/2016

20 01 2016

Another project just getting off the ground in big box land is the Texas Roadhouse restaurant. This is one of those projects where people either love it, or they hate it, reinforcing my belief that at the typical Ithaca family’s Thanksgiving table, the topics to avoid discussing are religion, politics and restaurant preferences.

At the moment, the site is being prepped and graded, with a telehandler, skid steer, drill machine, excavators, and other equipment taking care of the pre-foundation work. About 575 cubic yards of fill is being added to the site (not 100% sure if feet or yards, the FEAF reads “575′ CY fill”), since the existing soil at the site is prone to excessive settling and compacting – in the county’s NYSDOT study, it was noted that the slab foundation of the previous building on-site was subject to chronic foundation problems. The added fill will help compact the soil and limit further problems.

The $1.35 million project at 719 South Meadow Street was formerly home to Cellular One, a 1990s one-story masonry building that was demolished in 2013, leaving a vacant lot until now. The 7,163 sq ft store looks to be the standard corporate design theme for the 430-restuarant chain. Expect a Summer 2016 opening.

Texas Roadhouse corporate is developing the site, leasing the land from plaza owner DDR Corp. of Ohio. GreenbergFarrow of suburban Chicago is serving as an architectural consultant for the project.

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