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I'd be very interested in seeing what a primarily residential development in that area would look like. I'd think that something primarily made up of townhouse/single family units with some 2-3 floor mixed use buildings would be perfect.
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There are renderings of the old proposals for this property here: 7 Block Development The news that there has been activity there is interesting, especially given the low office vacancy rate downtown. There's a lot to speculate on, but I'd imagin…
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Yeah the Deluxe Inn concept was mentioned recently and I dug up the rendering to repost a few pages ago. Here it is:
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As far as I know, the larger building to the left in the new rendering is at best conceptual, or even something just thrown in the background by Studio Intrigue. If they do build on the lots around the rowhouse style buildings I hope that they rehab…
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This is a small two floor, likely single user office building taking up only a fraction of the site that would fit well along any suburban corridor. What was proposed before was a four floor mixed use building that took up most of the site, it had a…
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CBRE is marketing a 19k sq ft office building for Washington & St Joe, there's a sign with the rendering up at the corner: 616 S Washington. It's not an ugly building, but It's disappointing compared to what was proposed. I'm really curious abou…
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@Jared It does say in the article that a test bus they built traveled 258 miles a single charge and it separately states that it can charge in "as little as 5 minutes." I doubt their claims, but I'd agree that at the rate things are going it should …
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The "Alive After 5" part is kinda cheesy but I definitely like the style of it.
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The more thought I've put into it the more I feel like there is no saving the current market; the location is poor for a market, the building is cheaply built and small with little to no room to expand and there's very little parking. I continue …
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I'm surprised that they have the ability to travel 250 miles and that they can charge the battery in five minutes. I wonder if the 250 mile range counts in stopping and starting every half mile? If these are for real and priced competitively they wi…
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Well, it's a start. I'm not sure whatever you can squeeze into a 1k sq ft space is going to be enough to convince people to frequent it though. It seems like a general purpose grocer is also kind of counterproductive to the idea of a market. Then ag…
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Yeah, I think the Entertainment Express can probably be considered a failure at this point, it always looks empty. I could imagine it being much more successful if it were free, I'd also agree that it'd probably be better off served by traditional b…
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A free to ride route like the one you discuss could probably do the city a lot of good, it would be such an easy thing to do also. I hadn't even thought about the lack of a route like that here. It may be worth writing CATA or the city on this if yo…
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They just put that siding on recently, maybe 2 or 3 months ago. That house is certainly weird and has always caught my eye, it's never been nice looking but the vinyl siding makes it look horrible. BTW, I saw a Google Streetview car around so exp…
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Yeah the Olds HQ would make a decent spot for a new RE Olds museum also, although I'd personally like to see them move into a space with more vertical room to accommodate larger items/exhibits. I've always wanted to see them expand their focus beyon…
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@gbinlansing I'd agree with you that the best possible reuse for Eckert or the property is as some sort of attraction because of its isolated location. I was thinking it would make a great location for a new R E Olds museum if only they could fund s…
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The cost of razing the building, the smokestacks and environmental cleanup necessary after razing will probably mean the property either gets reused or sits empty a very long time before demolition. I also don't expect GM to save the day by buying u…
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It serves as a reminder of how soon the decommissioning of Eckert is. I still can't imagine what can be done with that building after its life as a power plant.
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All that construction stuff has been sitting on that property for three of four weeks, maybe more. My first impression was also that it was related to the Skyvue project, but it could just as well be for the Michigan Ave underpass work.
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I'm going to hold off on judging the Oliver Towers redevelopment until I see what the facade will look like and how the retail space will be situated. It's just nice to finally see some real progress on this property.