DDA OKs $3.2M loan for Redico office building

[resourcefulidiot]

that is barely coherent

[rbdetsport]

I lost some respect for Redico after getting this email. Dale rushed to write that. All he could tell me was when E&Y were moving in.

[Zissou]

Maybe thats all he could tell you.....think of that? It would be nice to think that these people could answer in depth every email sent to them but Im guessing Dale has better things to do.

[Michi]

The arrow and toothpick visions are pretty funny. Imagine an olive at one end, or a martini umbrella on the top.

[rbdetsport]

Hurry up and check out the campus martius webcam because the lighting is on the decorative spire that goes up the building.

[statedude3]

now the lights are off on the fountain. I'm definately confused.

[Michi]

Must be the start of Blackout: 2006.

[rbdetsport]

Must be the start of Blackout: 2006.

LOL! Seems like there both on tonight!

[tapezord]

i actually wouldn't mind another blackout like 2003... it was kinda nice to have that little roughin-it, vacation smack dab in the middle of summer! Of course, we'd have to deal with the national media reports of widespread looting in detroit again

[rbdetsport]

i actually wouldn't mind another blackout like 2003... it was kinda nice to have that little roughin-it, vacation smack dab in the middle of summer! Of course, we'd have to deal with the national media reports of widespread looting in detroit again

I thought that the blackout was really fun. When we didn't know what was going on, that was when it was crazy.

[BarGal]

Hurry up and check out the campus martius webcam because the lighting is on the decorative spire that goes up the building.

I tried to find this webcam the other night and didn't have any luck...any clues as to where it's at??

[Michi]

www.campusmartiuspark.com

[bobjgumby]

www.campusmartiuspark.com

thats .org not .com

[Ramcharger]

thats .org not .com

Actually, both work.

[Ramcharger]

Kennedy Square rounds out area

Whether the new tower was strictly needed is another matter.

It doesn

[bobjgumby]

Kennedy Square rounds out area

It doesn

[RustTown]

I hope One Kennedy is like Woodward Place in Brush Park, in that it is only a hint of what good is to come. There's just something(s) about the design that I can't seem to get over. I'll appreciate it much better, though, when I see people frequenting it, and the extra life it will add to the already busy C-Mart Park.

[Michi]

It's appreciative, but the back side is unfogivable. Maybe Redico should move its offices there.

[wolverine]

It was a very tough site to work with. Typically these buildings have their garages face alleys where shipping/receiving and garbage is picked up. But loading docks do have the potential to be very nice things. It might have helped if they inset the loading area back into the building. Additionally they could offer a secondary entrance right by the docks which could help reduce the utilitarian feel to the back of the building.

It's very unfortunate it ended up that way because Griswold is technically Detroit's "skyscraper mainstreet." The ground floor should be embracing the street rather than having its back to it.

[hudkina]

Hopefully they'll find ways to make it more asthetically pleasing.

[RustTown]

It's a little too late for that, now, but it really isn't that big of a deal, IMO. I thought it was going to be far worse from what I'd heard having only viewed the building from C-Mart.

[rbdetsport]

What I want to know is why they didn't cut up the storefronts a bit so that there were stores facing Griswald. Or is it already like that? I mean that is a big space for 2 shops. I hope we get an ESPN ZONE!

[RustTown]

Because, they needed to put the loading docks, somewhere. Would you rather them be on the facade facing C-Mart?

[Ramcharger]

Couldn

[RustTown]

They may have been able to recess the docks further into the building, and glass over the entrance to thse docks creating a small pocket. I wonder how much more space that would have taken out of the ground floor, though? All things considered, I'm far more disappointed with the overall design than what they've done to the back of it.