Changes at 50 Monroe?

[Greedo]

^^Too ABN-Amro/LaSalle for Mac. and Hunt.

[GR8scott]

^^ haha, thats the same as the standard federal symbol in Rotterdam, and yes that would look very nice in that parking lot, make it 50 stories

[egrguy]

I like the look of that. I think it would certainly add some character to the GR skyline.

[sparky05]

I think so too. Mostly glass, with maybe a little bit of brick border (maximum). Nothing like that brick/glass building across from Devos Place (name escapes me right now).

Gotta go make supper

[joeDowntown]

I had a thought about 50 Monroe the other day which made sense to me (but probably no sense to anyone else).

A great way to build a new building but save the existing tenants would be to:

1. knock down the "building" on the west side.

2. Put existing tenants in the eastern "building" during construction (knowing that some will leave because of the burden, there should be space).

3. Construct a new tower on the northern edge of the property on the current parking lot and part of the old western footprint.

4. Move the tenants from the eastern "building" into the new building, knock down the east building and sell the property to Macatawa?

Make sense? You can call me Joe Faust, or maybe Joe Buchanan.

Joe

[localtalent]

I had a thought about 50 Monroe the other day which made sense to me (but probably no sense to anyone else).

A great way to build a new building but save the existing tenants would be to:

1. knock down the "building" on the west side.

2. Put existing tenants in the eastern "building" during construction (knowing that some will leave because of the burden, there should be space).

3. Construct a new tower on the northern edge of the property on the current parking lot and part of the old western footprint.

4. Move the tenants from the eastern "building" into the new building, knock down the east building and sell the property to Macatawa?

Make sense? You can call me Joe Faust, or maybe Joe Buchanan.

Joe

[GRDadof3]

Makes sense to me, in a "medical mile' sort of way.

If you made the new tower something the tenants wanted to stick around for, it could make a lot of sense.

How big is 50 Monroe currently?

[localtalent]

162,000 square feet.

[GRDadof3]

Really? I thought it was bigger for some reason...

[localtalent]

I found it here in this Grubb & Ellis Report (cached and highlighted for your viewing pleasure)

[towermart]

Just to clarify that those numbers in that report are rentable sq ft not Gross.

I found it here in this Grubb & Ellis Report (cached and highlighted for your viewing pleasure)

[snoogit]

(I was bored, so I played with sketchup figured this is similar to what GR dad was looking for.)

[dtown]

Not bad...I like it, with windows of course, lol. I dont think there shoudl be green space along Louis and Monroe.

[Allison Slater]

I'm really not sure I like that one, but maybe it's because of the lack of textures. I just can't visualise it looking good there.

[GRDadof3]

Just to clarify that those numbers in that report are rentable sq ft not Gross.

[towermart]

My recollection is that it is about 215,000 sq ft gross. Plus or Minus

Is it bigger than 162K then?

Not a bad sketch snoogit.

[DwntwnGeo]

There is a little update on Chris's blog about 50 Monroe. He hopes to hear some thing in the next couple of weeks. Sounds like it will depend on what happends with the new tower along the River at 275 Fulton.

"Huntington has to fish or cut bait on its future plans for that building. What Huntington ultimately decides could play a role in what Macatawa Bank does with the former Custer Office Interiors building it owns at Louis and Ottawa."

You can read the blog here:

http://www.mlive.com/grpress/knapescorner/

[Eridony]

There is a little update on Chris's blog about 50 Monroe. He hopes to hear some thing in the next couple of weeks. Sounds like it will depend on what happends with the new tower along the River at 275 Fulton.

"Huntington has to fish or cut bait on its future plans for that building. What Huntington ultimately decides could play a role in what Macatawa Bank does with the former Custer Office Interiors building it owns at Louis and Ottawa."

You can read the blog here:

http://www.mlive.com/grpress/knapescorner/

[Yankee Fan]

They are painting/primaring (sp?) the north side of 50 Monroe.

[GRDadof3]

They are painting/primaring (sp?) the north side of 50 Monroe.

[Allison Slater]

I'll check it out tomorrow and grab a photo with my low-quality phone camera.

[sparky05]

Caught it on the way home:

[tamias6]

Caught it on the way home...

[snoogit]

ugggghhhhhh *stamp stamp stamp*

Whoda thunk days inn would be a trend setter :/

[torgo]

I am very glad to see this! The white panels looked absolutely atrocious.