DENVER | Main Development Thread #6 - Page 209

TakeFive · #**4161** Posted **May 27, 2015, 7:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by comoneymaker

Cause you are an idiot.

Ask a stupid question get a stupid answer.

Yikes, we have one honest question and get two vacuous replies. This forum can do better than this I hope.

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Originally Posted by Fritzdude

I own a retail store and looked into opening a site on Tennyson recently. Starting around $35/sft before 3NET. Ouch... that's pricey. The only people making money at those rates are commercial property owners. If you ever wonder why there isn't a better selection of retail options, you can blame basic overhead costs that have skyrocketed.

Wowser... there's a clear downside to all this upside. Kinda sad IMO.

bunt_q · #**4162** Posted **May 27, 2015, 12:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denver

There is a retail component to this project. Granted it is not the entire ground floor but it looks to be around 50% of ground floor facing Tennyson From the developer's website:
Source:http://www.allanteproperties.com/tennyson-place.html

Oh, good. That sounds completely appropriate to me. Why did we think there was none? (Because we are lazy!)

corey · #**4163** Posted **May 27, 2015, 2:06 PM**

That sunrise skyline photo is awesome, Lumos! Colorado has some incredible sunrises. I remember being woken up by blazing sunrises since my bedroom windows faced east. The rec. center at Colfax and Josephine is a terrific use for that site. Easily accessible, next to East HS, and next to City Park. I bet that place is slammed with people from the start. I can't wait to see how Lumina turned out over in Lower Highland. I saw the articles about the Pagliacci neon being re-installed, but inside the building, I am glad they saved the neon signs, but I am disappointed that only building tenants/guests can now see them. I liked the design of the building from the renderings.

RyanD · #**4164** Posted **May 27, 2015, 2:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by comoneymaker

Cause you are an idiot.

Ask a stupid question get a stupid answer.

Dude, seriously?

RyanD · #**4165** Posted **May 27, 2015, 2:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by seventwenty

Ryan's air superiority is facing its greatest threat.

Nah. It's more of a community thing. I'm sure at one point lumos and I are going to collaborate and it's just going to be ridiculous eye candy all over the place.

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

Ryan, like many great powers before him, has grown complacent and distracted in the face of wealth and women. Alas, the tree of forum power must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of inebriated skyscraper nerds.

Complacent? Hmmm. Distracted? You bet. Photo projects, woman, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc! Greatest distractions!

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Originally Posted by lumos

Ryan is producing art whilst I am merely recording events. I think he is secure in his position.

That's the nicest thing I've heard in a long time. Thank you. I, too, am really just recording events. If art comes out of it, bonus!

RyanD · #**4166** Posted **May 27, 2015, 8:22 PM**

Union Tower West has always been a bit of a weird project to me. Here's a little bit of a better rendering of what's going on at the base, courtsey of Colorado Construction and Design:

http://goldenbellpress.com/index.php/ccd-2014-issue-2015-spring-summer-2

bunt_q · #**4167** Posted **May 27, 2015, 9:02 PM**

Who is the moron who wrote that caption? If that person gets paid to write, they should be fired. "A rendering...in which millennials grudgingly share space with generation x-ers and young at heart baby boomers." Really?

TakeFive · #**4168** Posted **May 27, 2015, 9:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by RyanD

Union Tower West has always been a bit of a weird project to me. Here's a little bit of a better rendering of what's going on at the base, courtsey of Colorado Construction and Design:

Especially when you consider that John Portman also has the Embarcadero Center and the Shanghai Centre in their portfolio.

Base treatment looks good.

RyanD · #**4169** Posted **May 27, 2015, 9:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

Who is the moron who wrote that caption? If that person gets paid to write, they should be fired. "A rendering...in which millennials grudgingly share space with generation x-ers and young at heart baby boomers." Really?

We are obviously having generation and class warfare here in Denver... Times are rough.

Sam Hill · #**4170** Posted **May 27, 2015, 9:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

Who is the moron who wrote that caption? If that person gets paid to write, they should be fired. "A rendering...in which millennials grudgingly share space with generation x-ers and young at heart baby boomers." Really?

I was about to say the same thing. That's the most idiotic "journalism" I've read in a long time.

corey · #**4171** Posted **May 27, 2015, 10:11 PM**

They seriously have to do something with the steam plant next door to the Union Tower West building now. They could hide it with a high wall, or do something cool like build a mostly glass structure around it so the public could get a glimpse of what the plant looks like. They could have some interpretative signs about it, etc.

corey · #**4172** Posted **May 27, 2015, 10:46 PM**

Why are all of the renderings for Union Tower West so hard to read? They all have like ghost walls and overdone reflections. Are they trying to disguise how mundane the building is? I do like the arbor over the plaza, though. It reminds me of Miami and of some Mid-century Modern buildings I have seen.

corey · #**4173** Posted **May 27, 2015, 10:49 PM**

I wouldn't exactly call it a "tower" either.

bunt_q · #**4174** Posted **May 27, 2015, 11:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by corey

They seriously have to do something with the steam plant next door to the Union Tower West building now. They could hide it with a high wall, or do something cool like build a mostly glass structure around it so the public could get a glimpse of what the plant looks like. They could have some interpretative signs about it, etc.

Why? It looks fine. Not everything needs to be sanitized in a city.

enjo13 · #**4175** Posted **May 28, 2015, 1:04 AM**

Denver Dweller · #**4176** Posted **May 28, 2015, 1:09 AM**

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_28...-rino-neighborhood-add-hotel-next-source

urbanAcheiver · #**4177** Posted **May 28, 2015, 2:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by enjo13

I saw this today and couldn't believe it. 1144 will become a reality.

TakeFive · #**4178** Posted **May 28, 2015, 5:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by Denver Dweller

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_28...-rino-neighborhood-add-hotel-next-source

Nice catch; this is good.

I recall someone who worked with Zeppelin mentioning this was in the works awhile back. They had mentioned a "lifestyle" hotel along the lines of a Portland chain whose name escapes me. They've wisely spread he risk but I think it can do well.

DownhomeDenver · #**4179** Posted **May 28, 2015, 1:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by urbanAcheiver

I saw this today and couldn't believe it. 1144 will become a reality.

NO WAY! Someone get me a pair of depends...cuz...well ya know

lumos · #**4180** Posted **May 28, 2015, 1:20 PM**

I am still waking at 0400 so...