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Originally Posted by CIA
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Yup
: . I'll say it again, very exciting news! It explains why Harwood seemed in such a rush to move ahead with its plans for the Arts District. When they presented their plans they repeatedly referred to details of the leasing at Journal Squared. Obviously they have some moles in the Journal Squared leasing office who told them how well it's going.
Also, according to the Hilltop Neighborhood Association group on Yahoo, the developers of 500 Summit Ave (the HAP tower) met with them again on January 30. A resident took down the following notes:
- The building will be 458 ft high - max 42 stories (JSQ towers are 700 ft high) - will be on the footprint on the parking lot and then a park behind it all the way to Baldwin Avenue.
- Luxury rentals
- It will have sustainable components
- The park would have 3 entry points - Summit Ave, East St and Baldwin Avenue, have a neighborhood center, playground and retail.
- The park will be a total of 800 ft. (3/4 acre when finished)
- The park will be given to the city but maintained by the building
- Parking (230 spots) would be under the building and portions of the park (it would be underneath) - available to building residents and community to use
- Proposed that parking would exit from Baldwin Ave and West St and spill onto Magnolia - that received a lot of negative feedback - they said they would look at Summit Avenue exit
- Once the building gets approved - it will take 2 - 3 years to finish
- They presented renditions of the building and the proposed park
- Feedback was given about the traffic, the security, where would the construction trucks go, how would deliveries be handled.
Not much new information, but surprised to see this long-dormant plan showing signs of life. Boggiano said in the Yahoo group that he's pushing to limit development at the site to 8 stories.