An exception for the construction shutdown is “projects at hospitals and schools”. Wondering if this will continue since there is a school part of it. Another exception is for affordable housing which i believe this project will have some affordable housing apartments.
Unfortunately Murphy’s order only allows 100% affordable housing to continue, so this project would not be exempt under that provision. So whether this will be allowed to continue l depends whether the school is considered part of the same “project” as the tower or not…the school is technically a different property lot and has its own construction permits.
I find Murphy’s order really poorly written. A 30% affordable housing building would not be covered (NY’s order allows 30%+ affordable buildings to continue), but a luxury single-family home WOULD be allowed to continue under the order.
Thanks for the great updates guys!
Looks like workers are back on the project today. Must be exempt from shutdown
I would guess that as the reopening process begins, last things to shut down (like outdoor construction) will be first to open. Bars and restaurants later, large gatherings last. So we may see construction pick back up soon.
Yup, they were in full swing on this project, as well as both of the Marin towers. There were also workers on site at 88 Regent and the tower on Park View Ave & Marin Blvd.
I don’t know if all of those projects are exempt, but sure seems like it. But I asked workers on a smaller project on Academy St that had about 10 workers on site whether they were exempt, and they said no, they are just being allowed to wrap up construction phases that would be dangerous if left in their current state. They figured they had until the end of the week before they’d be out of work.
Walking and biking around, I’d say about half of projects in JC still have workers on site as of now, mostly larger and more complex projects. I imagine it will be a lot less by next week.
Here are the full criteria for exemption:
According to Executive Order 122, exceptions or “essential” construction include:
- Projects necessary for the delivery of health care services, including but not limited to hospitals, other health care facilities and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities;
- Transportation projects, including roads, bridges and mass transit facilities or physical infrastructure, including work done at airports and seaports;
- Utility projects, including those necessary for energy and electricity production and transmission, and any decommissioning of facilities used for electricity generation;
- Residential projects that are exclusively designated as affordable housing;
- Projects involving pre-K-12 schools, including but not limited to projects in Schools Development Authority districts, and projects involving higher education facilities;
- Projects already underway involving individual single-family homes, or an individual apartment unit where an individual already resides, with a construction crew of 5 or fewer individuals. This includes additions to single-family homes such as solar panels;
- Projects already underway involving a residential unit for which a tenant or buyer has already entered into a legally binding agreement to occupy the unit by a certain date, and construction is necessary to ensure the unit’s availability by that date;
- Projects involving facilities at which any one or more of the following takes place: the manufacture, distribution, storage, or servicing of goods or products that are sold by online retail businesses or essential retail businesses, as defined by Executive Order No. 107 (2020) and subsequent Administrative Orders adopted pursuant to that Order;
- Projects involving data centers or facilities that are critical to a business’s ability to function;
- Projects necessary for the delivery of essential social services, including homeless shelters;
- Any project necessary to support law enforcement agencies or first responder units in their response to the COVID-19 emergency;
- Any project that is ordered or contracted for by Federal, State, county, or municipal government, or any project that must be completed to meet a deadline established by the Federal government;
- Any work on a non-essential construction project that is required to physically secure the site of the project, ensure the structural integrity of any buildings on the site, abate any hazards that would exist on the site if the construction were to remain in its current condition, remediate a site, or otherwise ensure that the site and any buildings therein are appropriately protected and safe during the suspension of the project; and
- Any emergency repairs necessary to ensure the health and safety of residents.
Exempt permanently from the lockdown due to the pre-school portion of the project. The first pic is looking west from Washington St. The last two are looking toward the northeast from the Montgomery St urban renewal wasteland
It’s the first setback, meaning this is around halfway up now.
The materials have apparently changed but the massing is the same.
Growing and growing. They seem to be starting to prep the lower floors for the facade, there’s brackets being installed. But that’s just a hunch.
