Posted May 16, 2013, 1:00 AM
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Originally Posted by MightyYoda
I could agree with holding off on the hotel and office building, but I think not doing both residential blocks at once would be a mistake. With current migration and occupancy rates, you pretty much can't overbuild.
Holding off on hotels would be prudent to see how the current projects further along are absorbed and between 3rd and Colorado, IBC, and Whole Foods, a 500k office building would take a while to get leased.
As a whole design wise, the material choice and colors of the latest renders leave something to be desired. I guess it will tie into Seaholm, but overall new render is the worst yet. Not Hyatt bad by any means, but I would have a hard time deciding between the Whitley or any of these for the meh award. Actually Whitley has grown on me largely because of the stone work on the bottom. I will hold judgement until more renders are released.
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Agrred. I love Gensler, but this current design is nothing compared to the MITHUN plan (that was originally chosen). If something is gonna block 360 it better be pretty damn good lookin!
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