Warner Building/Hyatt Place - Lyon and Ottawa/Pearl and Ottawa

[GVSUChris]

Not a ton of changes but you can see that they’ve completely  framed out the first two floors for glass and facade treatments. I will be curious to see how that turns out. 

[x99]

Is this project going vertical Motel 6?  I hope not.  But I'm afraid of it.  Those dark panels on the original renderings appear to be vertical PTAC units (through the wall A/C) for each individual room that may have been less than honestly rendered.  They're now being trimmed out with pieces of bright aluminum that are in there at sort of an angle.  I'm hoping this doesn't end up looking as cheap as I'm picturing.  But I'm afraid we're probably getting some less than attractive looking louvers.  Yippee.

[MJLO]

19 minutes ago, x99 said:

Is this project going vertical Motel 6?  I hope not.  But I'm afraid of it.  Those dark panels on the original renderings appear to be vertical PTAC units (through the wall A/C) for each individual room that may have been less than honestly rendered.  They're now being trimmed out with pieces of bright aluminum that are in there at sort of an angle.  I'm hoping this doesn't end up looking as cheap as I'm picturing.  But I'm afraid we're probably getting some less than attractive looking louvers.  Yippee.

[mpchicago]

Warner Tower has filled out their spec floor with an East Grand Rapids insurance agency.  Van Wyk Risk Solutions is taking up the full 10th floor of the building.   Orion/Ellis probably would have been safe to add a few more spec floors, but as we know they were being ultra conservative with this building.   No announcements for filling retail on the ground floor, with the exception of the Chemical Bank branch we knew about already.   Everything should be wrapped up on the site by the end of summer.

https://mibiz.com/sections/real-estate-development/with-van-wyk-risk-solutions-lease-warner-building-in-downtown-gr-fills-up

 

 

 

[SupercityGR]

This building 16 to 18 floors could of worked 

[GRDadof3]

Posted from my phone. Looks way cooler in real life that in those pictures. Wow. 

[Allison Slater]

Interesting how the courthouse went from feeling like a tall building to feeling like just ordinary infill.

[ironyisadeadscene]

16 hours ago, GRDadof3 said:

Posted from my phone. Looks way cooler in real life that in those pictures. Wow. 

Get out of the road, jerk! Kidding!

But it's amazing how your pictures look like 90s developed photographs.

[ironyisadeadscene]

Street presence from several blocks away is a big change

[mpchicago]

2 hours ago, ironyisadeadscene said:

Street presence from several blocks away is a big change

 

 

And the AC Hotel is also coming along nicely!  It will be interesting to see what they do with that cornice.  Thanks for the pic!

[MJLO]

3 minutes ago, mpchicago said:

And the AC Hotel is also coming along nicely!  It will be interesting to see what they do with that cornice.  Thanks for the pic!

lol It feels like they started that project in 2011.

[ironyisadeadscene]

17 hours ago, mpchicago said:

And the AC Hotel is also coming along nicely!  It will be interesting to see what they do with that cornice.  Thanks for the pic!

They are actually finally exposing some of the street level work. There is an awning and glass doors showing the lobby. Looks good

[crinzema]

[GVSUChris]

[GRDadof3]

4 hours ago, GVSUChris said:

Nice pics Chris! 

[HavingAhoot]

I love the Hyatt's set back on the lower floors. 

[joeDowntown]

Construction photos, / details about the Hyatt Place.

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/05/35m-hyatt-place-hotel-in-downtown-grand-rapids-taking-shape.html

Joe 

[GRDadof3]

On 5/15/2019 at 7:19 AM, joeDowntown said:

Construction photos, / details about the Hyatt Place.

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/05/35m-hyatt-place-hotel-in-downtown-grand-rapids-taking-shape.html

Joe 

It's looking good with the construction barriers gone on the Ottawa side and sidewalks and trees planted now. Are they going to open that sidewalk soon to pedestrians? It's been closed for what, 2 years? 

Just about, June 12th (my birthday), 2017. 

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[GRDadof3]

Here's what to expect on the ground floor of the Hyatt Place:

A "coffee to cocktails" lounge is being proposed. 

 

[joeDowntown]

Interesting article about Class A office space demand. I wonder if Orion is kicking themselves for not adding a few more stories of speculative space. Sure would have been nice to have some extra height!

https://mibiz.com/sections/real-estate-development/flight-to-quality-amenity-rich-class-a-office-space-still-in-demand-in-gr-suburban-markets

[GRDadof3]

So when does this project open? Looks like it's getting close.

 

[ctpgr34]

1 hour ago, GRDadof3 said:

So when does this project open? Looks like it's getting close.

 

The sign could be better :/

[RegalTDP]

7 hours ago, ctpgr34 said:

The sign could be better :/

Could've made it just a little more stately.  This looks like a sign you'd see by a strip mall near the M-6 / Kalamazoo Ave exit. 

[joeDowntown]

1 hour ago, RegalTDP said:

Could've made it just a little more stately.  This looks like a sign you'd see by a strip mall near the M-6 / Kalamazoo Ave exit. 

Dang, that is a bad sign. Almost laughable.

[wingbert]

16 hours ago, joeDowntown said:

Dang, that is a bad sign. Almost laughable.

West Michigan in a nutshell