Posted Nov 16, 2018, 4:20 AM
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somewhere in-between
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: The Zoo, Michigan
Posts: 3,815
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Well you guys beat me to it! I was wondering when PlazaCorp would release more info about the Rose St. Market redevelopment. Glad to see this is still alive! The building in the foreground of the second image LMich posted is what exists today. Everything else behind that would be new. Looks like the new building will consist of a 6 story and 8 story portion, with several different facades. The article is somewhat unclear on whether the 6-story piece would be part of the Home2Suites or the "Boutique Hotel" portion.
What intrigues me is that it almost looks like there are two new skybridges proposed; one jutting south from the new addition, and one east, from the existing building. The east one makes more sense to me; it would connect to the existing Arcadia Parking Deck that PlazaCorp bought from the city last year. But that would cross over Rose Street and the article makes no mention of it. The one that connects south though...that's rather interesting. It would go over Eleanor Street and presumably tie-in to the existing Arcadia Buildings, which contain leasable office space, and which PlazaCorp also owns. I wonder if any of the proposed hotel function might spill over into these buildings, which I think are not leased to full capacity.
I'm a little confused by the wording in the article too, on the point of sequencing. Would they start work on just the boutique hotel (within the existing building) in 2019, and then the separate hotel (the new building) would come after, in 2021? I guess I'm confused by the article title, and this sentence in particular, in the article -
"PlazaCorp is planning $40 million in projects including the addition of residential units, office and retail space and a second hotel in 2021."
So..is the 2nd hotel the Home2Suites (and the first the boutique hotel)? The article title says that the Hilton Garden Inn redevelopment is $42 on its own. Is the Hilton Garden Inn the same thing as the "Boutique Hotel"? And is that different from the Home2Suites? Almost makes it sound like there are 3 different hotels planned, which I think is wrong. MLive generally falls short when it comes to clarity though.
The retro gaming bar sounds cool too (although I think the name sounds dumb). I didn't even notice that Casa Bolero had closed until a few weeks ago. This should do well, near all of the breweries and the downtown AMC theater.
I would die a happy man if there were three tower cranes gracing Kzoo's skyline all at once. But I am sure that the tower crane at The Exchange will come down long before PlazaCorp gets moving on their new hotel building.
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