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Originally Posted by the Genral
From pic 1 and 5, it resembles the JW.
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When you put the two side by side, the similarity is uncanny. I really think both White Lodging and Manchester were working from the same Butterick pattern for this one -- a six or so story podium for public space and a flat rectangular obelisk for 1000ish rooms. Though to be honest, understanding that a hotel of that size needs certain things -- a parking garage, a certain amount of meeting space, a certain number of food outlets -- and given that both had about a city block to fill, the podium/obelisk setup just might be the best use of space.
I still think it's an important linchpin project for that strip of the city. I guarantee you'll see more development start to fill in there within the next few years.