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Maybe it’s just my perception, but it seems like CWD has bitten off a lot more than they can handle. They have done some great work downtown over the years dating back to theie Second Story Properties days, but there was no movement on this or the Fifth Third campus for quite a while now. And the 50 Monroe Place is taking a very long time. Again, not judging them by the quality of their work or what they’ve done for downtown in the past, but their new projects are at best moving at a snail’s pace, and at worst dead in the water.

Wow, very underwhelming.

Sorry, not familiar with who Brady is. What are those pics of?

One thing to keep in mind when bringing up the lower cost of living is the wage scale is lower too. So whatever money is saved from lower costs may be offset by smaller paychecks.

We’ve eaten there several times, and enjoyed it every time. Not your usual meat and potatoes menu, but something different if you enjoy being a little adventurous with your dinner. Also, the decor very much reminded us of a French cafe. They did a very good job keeping it authentic.

Seems like it would be kind of small for a flagship Marriott it Hilton. Hilton Garden Inn would be perfect for that size, because I am sure they are not going to have all the amenities that go with a flagship brand.

Was wondering why they would put glass over a parking garage. Seems like it would become a gas chamber with all that carbon monoxide being trapped.

Except for the turrets not being as tall on top, looks pretty true to the drawing.

From the preliminary drawings, it reminds me of a smaller scaled version of Portland’s South Waterfront development: http://www.southwaterfront.com/

It seems like they are reading from a manual on how to make a “cool city”, and are forcing it to happen. But what they are failing to understand is by doing that, it comes across as contrived and cheap.

Nothing like hot asphalt to relax on and watch a movie. That’s going to be uncomfortable as hell.

Didn’t realize there was a rush of 12+ story projects in the pipeline. Lol

Grid70

Hopefully it looks better than the precast panels on 70 Ionia. The panels on that building make it look like suburban schlock, IMO.