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[Front_Range_Guy]

Downtown is more active during the summer months in general because the weather is better... but I'd venture the increase in crowds downtown is at least partially due to tourists. Certainly I've seen groups of people crossing Cascade to get to the Antlers Hilton on more than one occasion.

  KRCC does have some pretty good programming, it's actually run by Colorado College.

[Front_Range_Guy]

According to Experience Colorado Springs at Pikes Peak, which I believe is ran by the convention and visitors bureau, that 6 Million number is accurate. It also says that Garden of the Gods alone brings in 2 Million of those visitors.

http://www.experienc.....?pageid=11|41

  Scroll down to "2005 Statistics"

[Front_Range_Guy]

At first I thought this was the Cooper Tower site, but I'm realizing this work is actually happening on the Pikes Peak Place site next door to where Cooper tower will be built. Nor'wood Development Group has been annoyingly hush hush about Pikes Peak Place, but it is supposed to be between 20 and 25 stories. I can only imagine this is a good sign.

  More on the demolition and some photos here:

http://newsblab.com/.../nfblog/?p=1297

Edited by Front_Range_Guy, 10 January 2007 - 02:54 PM.

[timbucktuna]

Front_Range_Guy, on Jan 10 2007, 03:50 PM, said:

Nor'wood Development Group has been annoyingly hush hush about Pikes Peak Place, but it is supposed to be between 20 and 25 stories.

are there any pictures floating around out there?

[Front_Range_Guy]

No. You may be able to find renderings of the original concept for Pikes Peak Place, which was two 12-Story towers... but Nor'wood never released renderings after announcing they would build One 24-Story building instead. I'm going to send some e-mails and make some calls in the coming week and try to find out SOMETHING. The Business Journal comes out tomorrow too, so maybe they will have something on it.

[Front_Range_Guy]

www.coopertower.net is online.

The project is now slated to have 23-floors.

There is a new rendering on the site. The original rendering was infinately better. I'm still happy the project is moving forward.

Edited by Front_Range_Guy, 28 October 2007 - 12:18 PM.

[Front_Range_Guy]

According to a posting by a local nimby that I stumbled across...
  There is a public meeting tomorrow night to discuss Cooper Tower's request to have it's height increased from 23-stories to 26-stories.
  I can't wait  

I've wanted to start getting active in the community again after a few months focused on job promotions and buying a house. This affords me the perfect opportunity.

  I'm not worried. I've heard developers say that as long as you have the support of your neighbors, you'll be fine. Cooper Towers neighbors are Pikes Peak Place and City Hall. Cooper is golden.

Edited by Front_Range_Guy, 04 November 2007 - 11:36 AM.

[The Voice of Reason]

Front_Range_Guy, on Nov 4 2007, 11:33 AM, said:

According to a posting by a local nimby that I stumbled across...
There is a public meeting tomorrow night to discuss Cooper Tower's request to have it's height increased from 23-stories to 26-stories.
I can't wait

I've wanted to start getting active in the community again after a few months focused on job promotions and buying a house. This affords me the perfect opportunity.

I'm not worried. I've heard developers say that as long as you have the support of your neighbors, you'll be fine. Cooper Towers neighbors are Pikes Peak Place and City Hall. Cooper is golden.

Any news on this project?

I absolutely loved the origonal rendering and can not stand the new one.  how sad.

[RestedTraveler]

If COS is anything like Greenville, none of the proposed projects are getting off of the ground.  We actually witnessed the dismantling and removal of a tower crane here in Greenville this past week from the Peacock Hotel & Spa project which suddenly ran agound in the blustery sea of financial woes that are troubling the industry.  They had already driven piles and begun to pour concrete columns...and now it just sits idle.  

[Front_Range_Guy]

It's hard to say what the status of Cooper Tower is. The website is still up and there haven't been any officials announcements saying that the project has been scrapped or delayed. Obviously, though, the economy is not doing well. El Paso County is on track to set another record year for foreclosures. This isn't a great time to be trying to sell pricey condo's. I still have hope for Cooper Tower. A similar project called Pikes Peak Place was also proposed for the lot next door. I'm less optimistic about it's future. The project may not be dead, but it's fair to say it's on indefinite hold.

[The Voice of Reason]

HMM i did a search with the search feature of the business journal on cooper, and found this snippit


Reworked Cooper Tower


A revised 22-story Cooper Tower development plan was approved by the city's planning department reviewers and by City Council.

Following multiple public meetings and a complex entitlement process, Realty Development Services announced that its residential condominium sales office will open at 28 N. Tejon Street during the first quarter 2008.

A three-level above-grade parking garage, nine stories of hotel, amenity and meeting facilities and another nine floors of residential condominiums selling for about $400 per square foot are planned. The total cost for the project is just under $100 million, said RDS vice president Steve Boyette.



here
http://www.csbj.com/story.cfm?id=15458

It seems it was news from Q4 2007


and this from 12-7-2007
http://www.csbj.com/...p...r and tower

the article is very optomistic.  it is 5 months old, but I have not found any coffin nails yet

Edited by The Voice of Reason, 08 May 2008 - 07:40 PM.

[Pikes Peak]

The recession killed this project. The developer scrapped it just weeks after getting the go ahead from the city to start construction. The developer went bankrupt and left town.

The good news is the old Cooper Theater, which was to be the site of Cooper Tower, is bustling with life in the form of a unique new gym, complete with a huge climbing wall.