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

[GRLaker]

15 hours ago, GRDadof3 said:

 Have you seen the average convention goer? They're not exactly 25 and sprightly. That Michigan St hill is a beast. Does that hotel run a shuttle bus? 

I would hope they do if they want to compete. Unless, of course, they only ever planned on being a hotel used by people utilizing the healthcare services of the Michigan hill.

[GRDadof3]

14 minutes ago, GRLaker said:

I would hope they do if they want to compete. Unless, of course, they only ever planned on being a hotel used by people utilizing the healthcare services of the Michigan hill.

Downtown has become a HUGE wedding destination. A lot cheaper to book a block of rooms there then at the Amway-run hotels. 

[ctpgr34]

20 hours ago, MJLO said:

I would agree with the Ann St hotel, but I'd consider the Hampton borderline, you can get anywhere downtown within a reasonable walk from there.

This is what Experience GR has listed as downtown hotels

[arcturus]

After looking at those rates AirBnb has a bright future.

[ironyisadeadscene]

They were drilling at the site today when I walked past like they are at the Hinman site

[GRDadof3]

On 2/2/2017 at 7:08 PM, ironyisadeadscene said:

They were drilling at the site today when I walked past like they are at the Hinman site

Drill baby drill. 

[GRDadof3]

Updated drawrings with the new hotel. It's officially 150 Ottawa (Warner Tower) and 140 Ottawa (Hyatt Place).

 

Quite a large main floor retail space. I thought maybe for the restaurant but I see that's on the second floor. 

 

 

 

 

Yada yada yada, and the requisite Grand Rapids - mandated top floor/12th floor.

The whole packet is here if you want to see. It didn't appear that anything was changed on the office tower portion:

http://grcity.us/engineering-department/BoardsCommissionAndAuthority/DT Agenda 02.22.17.pdf

[GRDadof3]

New imaginery. It's too bad these aren't twice as tall. But then where would everyone park?

 

[GRLaker]

53 minutes ago, GRDadof3 said:

New imaginery. It's too bad these aren't twice as tall. But then where would everyone park?

 

I like it a lot more with the lack of the minifridge handle. Also, is this a sign of a move toward a bluish grey exterior? Or am I just seeing blue sky reflecting off of it? It just seems lighter than previous renderings that paint it to look as black as the Spectrum Health north office building. 

[GVSUChris]

Looks like the permit for this building was filed yesterday. That's good news. 

[ctpgr34]

It has started............

[GR_Urbanist]

Oh wow!

I had no idea this was anywhere near this far along that dirt was about to be turned.  A nice surprise!

[mpchicago]

Looking forward to this infill after 50 years as parking lot.  WOW a half century!  Unreal.

Edited June 12, 2017 by mpchicago

[GRDadof3]

Awesome. Seriously, awe.some.

[SupercityGR]

Really going to change that corner. Crazy driving through the s curves now and seeing all the new infill. Arena Place and bobville filled one hole and this will fill another between the Courthouse and Mckay tower 

[arcturus]

Providing a little perspective from then and now - 

 

[WMrapids]

15 hours ago, arcturus said:

Providing a little perspective from then and now - 

 

A real throwback. Old West Michigan Grand Prix, you can watch it on Vimeo but it won't show on here.

 

 

Edited June 14, 2017 by WMrapids

[GRDadof3]

"22 story tower crane" 

http://www.grbj.com/articles/88264-two-tower-project-downtown-breaking-ground

A picture of the site, through wavy glass in the parking ramp stair tower. 

[Guest]

Another surface lot gone!  I wish this was twice as tall, but I like the look of it so far, good infill.

[GVSUChris]

 

I actually thinks this gives a great vision for what it's going to feel like. Overall I'm pretty excited about the infill here. 

[WMrapids]

3 hours ago, GVSUChris said:

 

I actually thinks this gives a great vision for what it's going to feel like. Overall I'm pretty excited about the infill here. 

Same. Only thing I'm a little worried about isn't the parking structure but I guess we'll see!

[ironyisadeadscene]

looks quite a bit taller over the courthouse. That stands pretty tall in that part of downtown. 

[joeDowntown]

4 hours ago, ironyisadeadscene said:

looks quite a bit taller over the courthouse. That stands pretty tall in that part of downtown. 

Yeah, if the Courthouse is to scale, it should be pretty visible in the skyline.

Joe

[GRDadof3]

4 hours ago, ironyisadeadscene said:

looks quite a bit taller over the courthouse. That stands pretty tall in that part of downtown. 

Uhhh, yeah, I don't think the video is to scale.  The courthouse is 13 stories and 206 feet tall, which are unusually tall floors, even for a commercial building.

https://www.emporis.com/buildings/133758/kent-county-courthouse-grand-rapids-mi-usa

 

[GRDadof3]

20 hours ago, GVSUChris said:

 

I actually thinks this gives a great vision for what it's going to feel like. Overall I'm pretty excited about the infill here. 

All joking aside, it's a cool video and the project is a lot bigger than I thought it would end up. It will put a lot more pedestrians on the street with convention-goers not being able to use the hamster tubes.