Hampton Inn and suites

[virginia pe]

Im expecting something like the Crystal City Hampton Inn but with an above ground parking structure.

[lammius]

But in Norfolk, 15 stories usually means 10 stories of parking, 5 stories of people space.

I fully expect to see something like this (sorry for the poor photoshop work)

[urbanfan]

From the article in today's VP: http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=136312&ran=175200

So, no parking structure, just a building on stilts.

[vdogg]

"we may not see a rendering until the design is approved"

@%4#9&!!! Somehow, I think we'd be seeing better design if the process allowed more public input. Is thois going to be yet another fait accompli? As you say, the lot size indicates a slender building, so we have reason to be hopeful, but I'd love to see renderings put out for public discussion before they are agreed upon in their entirety. Perhaps this is too much to hope for.

[spiker3]

Think that byline should say 'Granby Tower' site...?

[vdogg]

Guys, I just realized a mistake I made in a comment earlier. This project is being done by "Aniesh Corp", not LTD. This means that there may as yet still be one more hotel planned for downtown.

LTD has a portfolio of 22 hotels and is developing 13 more. It is a fast-growing company that has built four hotels in Norfolk and has plans for two more downtown, including a nine-story Residence Inn by Marriott on Brambleton Avenue.

[vaceltic]

But in Norfolk, 15 stories usually means 10 stories of parking, 5 stories of people space.

I fully expect to see something like this (sorry for the poor photoshop work)

[cpeakesqr]

Guys, I just realized a mistake I made in a comment earlier. This project is being done by "Aniesh Corp", not LTD. This means that there may as yet still be one more hotel planned for downtown.

[vdogg]

They're in on the Hilton right?

[vdogg]

Demolishing the vault

It's tough breaking into a vault - even if you're armed with an excavator.

Workers from Noble Abatement & Demolition Inc. of Chesapeake have spent more than a week tearing down a one-time bank building in the 100 block of W. Brambleton Ave. In its place will rise a 15 -story Hampton Inn & Suites, due to open in 2009.

All that remained standing Friday morning was the vault.

[vdogg]

This project goes up for preliminary review before the design review committee on Novemember 14th.

Meeting location and details:

Following is the preliminary agenda for the Norfolk Design Review Committee meeting on Wednesday, November 14th at 4:00 p.m. in the 10th Floor Conference Room at City Hall. There will be an informal discussion of the agenda at 3:30 p.m. in the 5th Floor conference room for those who are interested.

[lil-bear]

It's been about three weeks.

I wonder why there hasn't been a rendering of what the hotel will look like.

It will be sort of slender given the small footprint.

[stillill]

The only slender Hampton Inn I have ever seen. At 19 stories, 4 higher than ours.

[vdogg]

Wow, that's pretty sweet. It'll be about the proportions that ours will have to be too. Where was this taken, New York? Looks like that area is pretty dense.

[stillill]

Thats by Madison Square Garden.

[Sky06]

Thats by Madison Square Garden.

[mikeas]

The world's most famous arena?

Interesting that this project will likely be pretty slender, while the Cosmo was rejected for same. Oh well, let's focus on the positive.

[brikkman]

The only slender Hampton Inn I have ever seen. At 19 stories, 4 higher than ours.

[vdogg]

This project goes up for preliminary review of its downtown certificate of appropriateness on Jan 7th. They'd still have to do one more review b4 going on to the planning commission and City Council. A March groundbreaking may be pushing is as they may not have all their approvals in time.

[vdogg]

This project goes up for final review before the design review committee on January 22nd at 4pm. At this rate they will probably get all their approvals in before their target construction date of march.

We also may be able to finally see a rendering shortly there after.

[kjice2]

This project has been approved 6-0 tonight. "Now that this is done, we can move forward with the project," said Raj Randeria of the Aniesh Corp., a Norfolk hotel management company developing the 146-room hotel in the 100 block of W. Brambleton Ave.

City officials asked Randeria to make significant changes to initial designs done by Atlanta architect Jennifer Pickler.

Working with Urban Design Associates, a Pittsburgh design firm on retainer for the city, Pickler gave the hotel "a more urban feel," said Mark Warlick, chairman of the Planning Commission.

"They changed some materials and some of their exterior designs," Warlick said.

Pickler said she took out some windows and added some granite-based cornices. "We gave it a more linear look," she said. (ALL QUOTED FROM THE ARTICLE.)

Norfolk Hampton Inn Project

[vdogg]

More linear and more urban, they're definitely moving in the right direction. I'm surprised the pilot didn't show a rendering though. Now that the planning process is over, one should be available.

[vdogg]

This thing looks like it was drawn on a napkin. I should hope this was the preliminary sketch and that the final design is far more intricate. Oh well, a rendering is a rendering. Guess I have to add this to the P&C thread now.

[gosscj]

You know what I like most about this design? All those windows. In fact, I almost think it could do with fewer windows.

Why would the Pilot print a nondescript rendering of the SIDE OF THE BUILDING?

[spiker3]

Is that a pedestrian bridge on the bottom left? Gleaning what i can from the rendering, not half bad, depending on what the colors represent, lol. I do like the columned tiers