GRapcity

Soooo we can expect maybe 20 stories by the time the city rejects the height and Hinman realizes the cost to engineer a 42-story building in a footprint that small. So much inherently wasted space with a wedge shape, too but I'd still love to see it. They'd definitely have to add levels to that parking garage. My office used to be in the Michigan National Bank Building (that Hinman owns) and we rented parking spaces in that ramp for company cars and employee cars and it was already always almost full then. There's no way a four or five story ramp can support this project and the MNB building.

With all of the attention and redevelopment the city has had and with more and more building sites in the CBD being snapped up, I'm surprised a big announcement of a new skyscraper hasn't happened already. It seems like all of the publicity from changing the skyline would be worth big $$$. Just think of all the photos, letterheads, merchandise, etc that reflect the skyline that would have to be updated because of your building. Also, and I doubt it will happen anytime soon, but I've always hoped that the next big project would commission a renowned architect. It doesn't have to be Frank Gehry (although I do love his work) but something a little more interesting than what we have...

where is the build site? Is the post office finally moving out of downtown? The parking lot at Fulton and market? The vacant Kent County parcel on north Monroe? I feel like it has to be a prominent waterfront location.