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#1 johnfwd

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Posted 21 April 2017 - 07:25 AM

I drove by this Carvana glassy structure (just north of the 121 North toll way) on my way to McKinney for an Easter Sunday family visit.  It's an eye-catcher.  Maybe one of these will be coming to Fort Worth some day?  More details in this FWBP article.

 

http://www.fortworth...e66b64a4bb.html



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Posted 21 April 2017 - 11:52 AM

I'm interested in the economics of car elevators such as these vs concrete garages.

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Posted 07 December 2022 - 01:19 PM

Any suggestions on what these Carvana structures could be used for in the (possible near) future other than a car vending machine?  Perhaps a high-end luxury car showpiece or maybe converted into an art gallery.  I wonder if these have any real HVAC / AC?  A giant greenhouse / vertical farming? 

https://www.edengree...34aAnTmEALw_wcB

 

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Posted 08 December 2022 - 06:56 AM

A look inside one of the towers starts at 1:20:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=NYWa6LDrCO8

 

I wonder what kind of floor plan the steel structure would support?



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Posted 08 December 2022 - 11:29 PM

Most realistic outcome is they become an eyesore covered in signage until they absolutely must be torn down.

 

50 years from there will be like 1 or 2 left that went through various other lives as a storage shed, cell tower, billboard, etc and someone on the internet(whatever it looks like then) will ask what this place used to be and someone will respond "hey remember there was this chain called Carvana that lasted a few years".






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