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Originally Posted by 1487
There was a forum last night hosted by the Design Advovacy Group and Alan Greenberger spoke. He said the City would have independent analysis done of developer cost estimates to show people they weren't blindly accepting the figures during Historical Commission meetings on hardship.
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I wouldn't believe any estimate put together by the City any more then I would believe in the validly of this $15M or the tooth fairy. But maybe Greenberger has some crazy beliefs. Even Greenberger saying this with a straight face tells me he hasn't fully recovered from his last 8 years work for Nutter.
The $15M figure pretty much is based on replacing alot of the ext. walls, a new roof, all new systems, and a complete rebuild of the inside. So this $15M figure isn't just pulled out of somebodies pocket. The problem is, IMO, what the figure is based on.
How much is being spent on the Divine restoration/rebuild on N. Broad? That's probably 4 or 5 times the sq. footage as the Warwick.
If the City wants this project to go forward and include Sansom St. their estimate will be higher then $15M, but if Southern isn't playing the game in the right way----which usually takes a certain amount of political balls---then the estimate will suddenly turn out to be a nice low figure.
There were people living here until PPA kicked them out and unless theres been huge water damage then there shouldn't be any need for a complete re-structuring of the Warwick. All the windows look they have been kept closed. Water is always the big problem.