The Floridan

[SkyDave]

Maybe they should lower the price per square foot and talk with Capital City Bank about a 30 Story Tower!!!!!

[Florida]

Maybe they should lower the price per square foot and talk with Capital City Bank about a 30 Story Tower!!!!!

[seminole]

^That's my kind of thinking!

[cityboy05]

( smacks teeth) Man i was really looking forward to having the office building. I care less about the hotel than the office building. O well!

[thetoolman]

BREAKING NEWS!

UP{sodEmoji.{sodEmoji.|}}Tallahassee Exclusive

Classified Source:

[Florida]

Sounds like the broker is confirming the news broken to me by my "inside source". Good to know "it" is still a good place to get info from.

[seminole]

Are they still scheduled to break ground this summer, or has it been pushed back to the fall/winter?

[csmurphy8885]

this is not sounding so bad... what's a couple of months!

[Florida]

I wonder what happened to Starbucks and Jason's Deli and the banks that wanted to go in on this building. Knowing that stuff would be in the same building as me, I would have chosen this site over any other pending office project downtown.

[poonther]

I've got bad news concerning this project and all other projects w/in the two CRA's in town. Due to the FL Supreme Court ruling on TIFF's which extends to funds for CRA's, The Floridan and Aloft Projects are on hold b/c the parking they are required to have will be in the parking garage which will be using some CRA funds. The same goes for the private convention hotel that is proposed for Madison St. Until this ruling is clarified, there will be no progress on these projects. Alliance Center will continue since it's privately funded only. I obtained this info. from the "horse's mouth" so to speak. This problem is occurring throughout the State.

Not good news at all.

[Florida]

I spoke to a "horse" myself last week regarding the ruling and they didn't mention any delay for this project as a result of the ruling but spoke of a delay for the office tower component of this project because of the difficulty finding quality tenants to lease the space with all of the competition in the downtown office market.

My horse probably had far less hair than your horse Poonther.

[poonther]

I really hope your horse is correct and mine is not. I did specifically asked about the Aloft and my horse stated that was put on hold too.

You know more horses than I do, so if you get a chance mosey on over to the corral and ask some of the other horses to verify this for us b/c if it's true, it's bad news.

[Florida]

Not necessarily bad news Poonther, just not good news. And if your horse told you something new this week then your info is more current than mine.

Now... I'm going to make a quick phone call. I'll be back in a minute with results.

[Florida]

How about a look back in time at that old Floridan Hotel again:

a few more...

[TD]

cool we just need to convince them to build the new one,

[south park county]

So the building had the tallest part abutting the corner of Tennessee and Monroe just like the new one eh? Why was this thing torn down anways?

[csmurphy8885]

nice reminder of what we lost.

In the pictures looking north, up monroe, what were the two buildings on the East side of monroe past tennessee?

[Florida]

nice reminder of what we lost.

In the pictures looking north, up monroe, what were the two buildings on the East side of monroe past tennessee?

[TD]

Thought this was pretty nifty, Apparently Jim and Milts grabbed a piece of Tallahassee History and our displaying it on their wall.

The same Information Display in the pics posted by florida once hanging in the Floridan Hotel now has its home at a Local BBQ joint.

[Florida]

That is too cool that you found that! What brought this to your attention? Did you just stumble upon it?

[TD]

That is too cool that you found that! What brought this to your attention? Did you just stumble upon it?

[Florida]

Well you were so right! I really enjoyed it.

[Florida]

McKibbon Looking to Go Green with Hotels

Two properties earn Green Lodge designations

SPECIAL TO BUSINESS MATTERS

McKibbon Hotel Management Inc. has announced its first two properties to achieve Florida Green Lodge designations from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection . Courtyard by Marriott Tallahassee North at I-10 and Capital Circle and the Residence Inn by Marriott Tallahassee North , also at I-10 and Capital Circle, were granted the designation.

"We are proud of our McKibbon associates for their hard work in achieving this important designation," said John McKibbon , McKibbon Hotel Management's CEO. "The practices implemented through the DEP's comprehensive requirements make sense not only in helping to preserve our natural resources and attract environmentally responsible business partners, but also in running our hotels more efficiently and cost effectively. We look forward to achieving Green Lodging status with other McKibbon properties throughout the state."

The Florida Green Lodging Program was launched in 2004 to establish environmental guidelines for conservation and clean air in the hospitality industry. Certification is based on water and energy conservation, waste minimization, recycling, indoor air quality, environmentally preferable purchasing, pollution prevention and program sustainability.

Source: TDO.com

[TD]

Mmmm. I smell fresh dirt on the Floridan site

[south park county]

Such a tease.