Transit-Oriented Mixed-Use Block
Offices, homes, shops and a public plaza stitched onto a rail station, built without closing the platforms.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Location
- U.S.
- Market
- Mixed-Use
- Delivery
- CM at-risk
- Scale
- 6 acres
- Completed
- 2025
Offices, homes, shops and a public plaza stitched onto a rail station, built without closing the platforms.
The six-acre block wraps a working rail station, and trains kept running the whole time. Foundations went in close to live track, and a skybridge had to span the line to connect the buildings. Every activity near the railroad needed agency review, flagging and work windows set around the train schedule.
The approach.
- 01
Railroad windows in the schedule
Track outages and flagging were booked months ahead and built into the CPM schedule as fixed constraints.
- 02
Monitoring near the track
Vibration and movement sensors watched the rail bed during foundation work, with stop-work limits agreed in advance.
- 03
Skybridge lifted in one night
The bridge span was assembled off site and set in a single overnight track outage, rehearsed in the model beforehand.
- 04
Retail open as phases finished
Storefronts and the plaza opened in stages, so commuters gained shops and seating while upper floors were still being built.
The outcome.
“The trains set the schedule here, not us. We just made sure we were ready every time a window opened.”
Project executive, GilbertLanham
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