Collegetown I
A 5.74 acre site and this mixed use project brought to life developments on Madison Street; Tallahassee’s first-of-its-kind living, dining and entertainment complex. The Collegetown complex is ideally located to become the heart of game day festivities for students and alumni. It provides approximately 54,000 sf of space for 8 restaurants & 5 retail shops and 75,000 sf for 72 units of student housing. A Ground level parking lot provides for 150 on-site, tenant parking spaces; and, 78 metered, public parking spaces were also part of the project.
The complex is anchored by a three story restaurant and entertainment building on the corner of Madison Street and Woodward Avenue, near the main FSU Campus. Madison Social Club occurs on the ground floor, space for a future banquet facility occurs on the second floor and the building is capped off by a roof top pool and bar focusing on FSU’s Doak Campbell stadium.
Adjacent to the restaurant/entertainment complex is a building that accommodates retail shops on the ground floor level and four levels of student apartments above. One, two and three bedroom apartments each have their own kitchen and laundry rooms as well as a dedicated hot water heater and HVAC DX unit. Each bedroom is provided its own bathroom in all unit types. Balconies are provided on select units.
Construction included concrete slab on grade for the first floor and steel frame and poured concrete decks on upper levels. Exterior windows and doors are aluminum. Elevator and stair towers are constructed of poured in place concrete and/or concrete masonry units. EIFS and brick veneer finish systems are used to sheath the exterior walls. Rigid insulation over metal deck with modified bitumen membrane roofing complete the exterior package. Drywall, insulation and steel studs are used for interior partitioning. Granite counter tops are featured on kitchen cabinets and center island.