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[Tony Starks]

brandon401, on May 18 2005, 08:17 AM, said:

I cant wait till all these structures go up, providence will be transformed!!!!!!

Grant's Block needs to be transformed into the a green space...

...think of it as the "Bryant Park (NYC)" of Providence.

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[EPBOY]

So there I was playing around with Googles "Street Views" when I found this.  When did our buildings start magically floating the upper floors?  (Nice trick of the light, eh?)

[ruchele]

EPBOY, on Mar 8 2008, 03:54 PM, said:

So there I was playing around with Googles "Street Views" when I found this.  When did our buildings start magically floating the upper floors?  (Nice trick of the light, eh?)

Wow, Bank of America does some really selective downsizing.

[mental757]

Cotuit, on May 18 2005, 09:15 AM, said:

I posted this in another thread, but keep forgetting where I put it when I want to look at it. So I'm making this new thread for it. Thanks to Baines for some info on the Power Block condos heights. This is all a best guess right now, and could change.

Updated 01/30/2008:

520ft. W Hotel and Residences (OneTen Westminster) Indefinitely Delayed
428ft. Bank of America ("Superman") Building
410ft. One Financial Plaza ("Hospital Trust Tower")
380ft. The Residences at the Westin Providence
329ft. Westin Providence
311ft. Textron Tower
310ft. Empire at Broadway Indefinitely Delayed
310ft. Power Block Condo (Gulf Station) Indefinitely Delayed
285ft. 50 Kennedy Plaza
250ft. Vista Della Torre (Atwells Parcel)
175-275ft.(?) GSA Building
239ft. Grant's Block
237ft. Blue Cross Blue Shield Headquarters
235ft. WaterPlace Tower
210-230ft. 190 Dyer Street
223ft. The State House
220ft. The Biltmore
210-230ft. Metro Lofts (West Service Road and Washington)
216ft. The County Courthouse
213ft. WaterPlace Tower
180-200ft. Sierra Suites
190ft. YMCA (Crossroads) Building
185ft. First Baptist Church
180ft.(?) Hilton addition
180ft. Brown Sciences Library
175ft. Dominica Manor Federal Hill
145ft. Belmonte Castello (Federal Hill)

* Existing
* Proposed
* In-Progress

any news, updates and/or rumors on the GSA building or 190 Dyer?

[Cotuit]

GSA is out the window so far as I know, I keep hearing 190 Dyer is moving forward, but have seen no concrete evidence of that.

[mental757]

so out of the above list, Sierra Suites is the only one that is pretty certain to happen, while VDT, 190 Dyer, and Metro Lofts are perhaps better than 50/50 in the short term?

[Garris]

mental757, on Mar 31 2008, 01:33 PM, said:

so out of the above list, Sierra Suites is the only one that is pretty certain to happen, while VDT, 190 Dyer, and Metro Lofts are perhaps better than 50/50 in the short term?

That's the way it appears...  Once BCBS, Sierra, Hampton Inn, the Chase Center, the Women and Infant's addition, and Capitol Cove are done, construction will seemingly get quiet for a while...  Brown may have a project or two up and running in the next five years, but not much more than that seems to be announced right now.

- Garris

[09/21/38]

One company can change that by themselves if they decide to.  With three possible projects in the power block the Proc. Group could keep things busy downtown for the next five years.

And then there is VDT, Brown Medical School New Campus, Conley Wharf, Parcel 12, New Intermodal light rail station somewhere downtown and who know's what else.

[Pseudo_Work]

09/21/38, on Apr 1 2008, 12:50 PM, said:

One company can change that by themselves if they decide to.  With three possible projects in the power block the Proc. Group could keep things busy downtown for the next five years.

And then there is VDT, Brown Medical School New Campus, Conley Wharf, Parcel 12, New Intermodal light rail station somewhere downtown and who know's what else.

Light rail station?

[Garris]

Not to be a downer, but...

09/21/38, on Apr 1 2008, 02:50 PM, said:

One company can change that by themselves if they decide to.  With three possible projects in the power block the Proc. Group could keep things busy downtown for the next five years.

Or they could just sit back and watch parking lot revenue come in...  Look how fast Citizen's Bank has moved to develop their parking lot...

09/21/38, on Apr 1 2008, 02:50 PM, said:

And then there is VDT, Brown Medical School New Campus, Conley Wharf, Parcel 12, New Intermodal light rail station somewhere downtown and who know's what else.

I won't touch VDT.  Brown Medical School's new campus is WAAAY off from everything I hear, although the naming of the new Dean yesterday may accelerate that process a bit.  I won't hold my breath on Parcel 12 and any new rail station downtown is just a wonderful dream in the minds of some right now...

- Garris

[09/21/38]

Would the Manchester Street Station be worth listing as a tallest structure in Providence?  The three smoke stacks are as visible from a distance as the tallest buildings.  Just a thought.  Not sure of the exact height but they look almost as tall as the buildings in the financial district.

[RLucas83]

My guess is that now that waterplace is filling up, the citizens lot, union station lot and the triangle parcel will be much mroe attractive to development as they are the last vacant lots remaining.

Considering in the past 3 years we went from nothing to, Westin II, G Tech and 3x at Waterplace,  I dont see those last remaining parcels sitting vacant for TOO long.  Im hoping at least one of those remaining parcels will have something over 20 stories, my guess is it wont be the union station lot.  Whatever goes there will likely be similat to the courtyard.

[mental757]

The tower at Carnegie Abbey comes in at 220 feet.