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joeDowntown Metropolis

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I think this is unfortunately one of those situations where the market will dictate what happens. I could see a 200 seat restaurant having real struggles if patrons can't park. And tenants will have an overwhelming number of choices in the coming years. Will be interesting to see if Third Coast wins the battle but loses the war on this one. 

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If I was going to start a new restaurant/bar, and invest at least 3/4 of a million, in interior work, a new kitchen, I would make sure there is enough parking, patrons are finicky, if they can't find parking, they will go to the next place down the road. A lot of restaurant customers have problems with walking a block away, in the snow, and ice, because of age and health issues. 

A solution with this stretch of Michigan Street, is to make it a two lane street, with parking on both sides. This will hopefully slow down the traffic from freeway speeds they are now, put in a traffic light at Grand Ave., so the residents have a chance to make left hand turns. It will just like the nightmare Cherry and Wealthy Street areas of restaurants, with people wanting to back into parking spots, with 20 cars behind them! Of course the city traffic engineers will have to have put in those bike lanes for that hill, and have bumped out curbs, so the bikes will have to cut into traffic, to avoid them, going 2 mph up the hill. Then, put in those fancy crosswalk signs that drivers think are stop signs, it will slow down traffic!

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GRDadof3 Ecumenopolis

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On 11/6/2016 at 9:26 AM, arcturus said:

Ah!  Must have been tunnel visioned.  

I can see why you missed it, there's a big setup that holds what looks like a construction cam, a solar panel array, and it's surrounded by concrete barriers. Had to squeeze around it. We'll have to see if we can find that construction cam...

"...still just a rat in a cage."

 

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Midtown is finally shaping up. To be a true "Midtown" there needs to be a little more height like some midrises lol. This vantage point below looks like it would be 15-20 floors up from the ground and would be sweet!!!Even a GR standard 12 story-er in that vicinity would be awesome  Rise First Building.jpg

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GRDadof3 Ecumenopolis

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2 hours ago, joeDowntown said:

You can tell the scope of this development when you drive by and realize the parking structure will be completely hidden by other buildings. Excited to see how they handle the facades. 

Joe

Looks like your standard brick and vinyl siding. Maybe cement board/hardie plank?

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On 9/29/2016 at 2:14 PM, mgreven said:

From the Midtown minutes...enjoy! 

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Just doing some digging around on the Third Coast website, ran across this:

https://thirdcoast.appfolio.com/listings/listings/09a5828b-1099-46d8-82e1-4d9c15c2f70e

Might help allay (or further) some fears for this project, looks wise at least...

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Don't love it, don't hate it. Honestly these renderings have seemed to do a terrible job of translating what these buildings will look like in the real world, so who knows. One positive take-away, it adds a retail component to the block between Grand and Benson. With the 300 units Rise is putting in behind, It'll be nice to add a few more shops within walking distance.

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