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[Cotuit]

Hotel project revived in Theater District. But now it's slated to be a hip, new W instead of Loews. [Boston.com]

[atlrvr]

The W Hotel in the Theatre District was approved by BRA yesterday.  

Per the BBJ.

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A new, 235-room W Hotel, 123 residential condo units and 12,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, and spa uses was also approved. The 26-story, 350,000-square-foot hotel and residential building will replace a vacant lot at the intersection of Stuart and Tremont streets. The developer -- W Boston Hotel Ventures LLC -- plans to break ground on the $200 million project by the spring of 2007. The project, expected to be complete in two years, will generate 250 construction jobs and more than 300 permanent jobs.

This is great news, because it replaces an ugly surface parking lot, and will pull the skyline even further southwest, closing the gap between downtown and Back Bay.

[Cotuit]

Yikes, ours is supposed to break ground in Spring too. Maybe we'll have a W Hotel race at either end of the Providence commuter rail line.  

[TheBostonian]

Cotuit, on Dec 22 2006, 09:26 PM, said:

Yikes, ours is supposed to break ground in Spring too. Maybe we'll have a W Hotel race at either end of the Providence commuter rail line.  

Providence's W is going to reshape the skyline.  Boston's W won't.

[CtownMikey]

ours will be cheaper im assuming?  in price not quality

[tombarnes]

Is this near the site of the ill-fated Cocoanut Grove?  I'd also like to see something better done with the old Bradford Hotel (aka Wyndham/Tremont House).

[Cotuit]

tombarnes, on Jan 1 2007, 04:27 PM, said:

Is this near the site of the ill-fated Cocoanut Grove?  I'd also like to see something better done with the old Bradford Hotel (aka Wyndham/Tremont House).

It's the surface lot to the left of the arrow on this map.

[atlrvr]

Here is a slightly update rendering of the street-level facade....it's difficult to tell at first, but the higher facade has changed dramatically from earlier versions from this same view point when it was a Lowes....the facade is now much smoother, and has less angles breaking it up.  Either way, I'm just ready for that surface parking lot to go!

[Cotuit]

atlrvr, on Feb 8 2007, 11:23 AM, said:

Either way, I'm just ready for that surface parking lot to go!

AMEN!

This rendering is pretty damn boring though. Where's the Giant 'W'? Are they going to put any electronic signage on the building? It doesn't say "Theatre District" to me.

[atlrvr]

Well, this is supposed to go across the street. (where the large target adds recently went up).  I'm not sure of the status of this proposal, but I'll take it.  It should liven things up  

[Cotuit]

It'd be nice to see some of that cross the street to the W facade.

[tocoto]

The first 2 pix are the W hotel, 26 stories supposed to break ground in spring 2007.

The last pic is a smaller building on the corner across the street from W. It has been dubbed the times square building because it is supposed to have lots of lighted signs, videos, etc. on the outside - like times square

W Hotel...





Times square building...

[atlrvr]

Those pics I believe are of the Lowe's...it underwent a design change before becoming a W.  Compare the second pic to the one I posted a few days ago...you can see a difference in the higher-up facade....it's now much less angular.

[atlrvr]

The site of the W Hotel is now "taped off"....no other sign of progress, but its something.