
Today we’ll check in on three other ongoing projects that, generally, line up along Vine Avenue, though none of them are oriented toward that partial street. We’ll start at the bottom and climb the hill.
First up is the sculpture, Pier 865, on the 200 block of Gay Street, which seems essentially finished. I’m anticipating a ribbon cutting in the near future. Most of the equipment, supplies, and machinery have been removed, offering a more clear view of what will remain. I think I’ve said it before: I’m liking it better than I expected. It’s interesting and will, no doubt serve to pull curious visitors to the city in that direction. I see lots of Instagram in its future.



One interesting variable will be how the sculpture is presented at night. As a friend of mine pointed out, it practically screams for up-lighting. There is no evidence on the site that lighting is coming, but I’m hoping. It’s the difference between a dynamic night-time outdoor feature drawing in passersby and a dark, somewhat foreboding spot along the way that will more likely become an overnight encampment. Here’s hoping.
Watch for the official reveal sometime soon.

Moving west and across the street from the sculpture, great progress to Lone Tree Pass is obvious. After what seemed a slow start, the building, projected to be completed this year, is quickly rising. The project includes two buildings with a pass between them. The rear, taller building adjacent to the Crowne Plaza appears to have reached its final height, with exterior surfaces beginning to take shape. Along the front of the building, larger openings for commercial spaces are now visible, as is what will be the passageway between the buildings.
This larger (west) building will include residential on the top floors with commercial spaces on the bottom facing the interior (public) plaza. The smaller (east) building will be constructed next and will also include a mix of residential and commercial space. The commercial space in the east building will line both the east and west first-floor sides of the building, facing both the “pass” and the 200 block of Gay Street.




When completed, the project will include fifty-seven homes, fifty three for sale and four for lease as work-force housing. Pre-sales on the homes begin this spring, according to the website. Also included will be over 22,000 square feet of commercial space, split roughly evenly between each side of the interior passageway and the side facing Gay Street. Commercial space is already available for pre-lease. I confirmed with Tim Hill that the project is on schedule and expected to open “October or November, 2025.”


Finally, for this update, we’ll move up up the hill to City Summit. When last we checked in (November, 2024), the Carpenter’s Union Building had been demolished and debris removal was underway. The site was filled with large pieces of the former building.
Construction quickly began and the site is now filled with pipes, footers, and other signs that a building will soon emerge. The footprint of the building is easier to visualize and the entire area crawled with workers when I visited. You can read in much greater detail about the project here, but once completed, the five story building will provide an additional 89 homes to downtown. While the entire project is designed to be more affordable, nine of the units will be dedicated to work-force housing.




My understanding from earlier information led me to think the project finish timeline sat somewhere mid-to-late 2026. For this article I reached out to project manager Joe Petre with Lawler Wood who said the anticipated completion date should come a bit earlier, around “March or April, 2026.”
I’d thought I could finish the review in two parts, but there’s just a little too much to cover. Next week I’ll hit you up with another round of photographs of the projects we’re all watching, including the stadium. We have a few other things to hit first.
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