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Originally Posted by wburg
If it's any consolation, I have been reviewing the city's general plan updates and noted that there have been 1700 new housing units built in the entire city since 2010, and 75% of them (about 1300) were built in downtown or midtown. Ice Blocks was set back by the fire but they have started vertical construction on the apartment building and foundation work on the office portion. 16th Street is mighty interesting these days, another 8 story project is going on the parking lot at 15th and Q pretty soon. And while I still think they should have built the parking next to the nightclubs, I supported it anyhow because the fundamentals were there: housing and neighborhood supporting retail.
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To be fair, the Whole Foods building will have 2 or 3 levels of parking, above the Whole Foods which will be at ground level. There will be 4 or so levels of apartments above that, so really people would be living on the third floor and above. Also, there will be some retail space at ground level of the parking structure at 21st and Capitol, so at least that's something!
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