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jessejb · May 14th, 2012, 08:57 PM

I dig the glass marquee! Lights lights lights!

BoulderGrad · May 14th, 2012, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jessejb

I dig the glass marquee! Lights lights lights!

I dont dig the fact that their render shows the paramount featuring Cats... I'm sure they've played it before, but I'm just moving if they ever play it again...

jessejb · May 14th, 2012, 11:53 PM

I think its playing there now, actually. haha

BoulderGrad · May 15th, 2012, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by jessejb

I think its playing there now, actually. haha

I'm out... Peace everyone... Be back when it leaves

***desertpunk*** · May 15th, 2012, 02:47 AM

Excellent!

LCIII · May 15th, 2012, 03:27 AM

Haha

SJM · May 15th, 2012, 03:40 AM

Noiice, this news made my day!

mhays · May 15th, 2012, 03:58 AM

Sounds promising. Of course not counting chickens before they hatch. This would be a nice dose of density, say 500 residents, in an area that doesn't have enough due to voids such as Convention Place station and the convention center (as important as they both are) as well as parking lots. Skyline is secondary, but it'll certainly help there too.

Capitol Hill · May 15th, 2012, 10:14 AM

The Convention Place land grab is going to a fascinating spectacle to watch. I hope the Metro/King County don't screw it up.

***Bond James Bond*** · May 15th, 2012, 08:47 PM

WHOA!!!!

BoulderGrad · May 15th, 2012, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Seasun

Here's how they layout AFAIK. The thin tower is actually on the little lot at 9th and Pine I think.

Just re-bumping this. If they ever get AVA going again, and the site next to the Camlin ever goes thru, that will be quite the neighborhood:

http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/AppDocs/G...endaID3447.pdf

jessejb · May 15th, 2012, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BoulderGrad

Just re-bumping this. If they ever get AVA going again, and the site next to the Camlin ever goes thru, that will be quite the neighborhood:

http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/AppDocs/G...endaID3447.pdf

I'd totally live in AVA. I really like how this 'hood is turning out.

RMacherat · May 15th, 2012, 11:20 PM

I do too. I thought decades (?) ago that Tower 801 was the beginning of something great for the area. Just took a little longer.

BellevueBoy · May 16th, 2012, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jessejb

I'd totally live in AVA. I really like how this 'hood is turning out.

Same here. I was really excited about that project. The hotel was going for a very LA/Miami type vibe with a rooftop lounge with pool and cabanas. Probably not the most practical concept for Seattle but it would've been cool.

Black Box · May 17th, 2012, 04:17 AM

I think that my next move will be downtown. I'm a few years out from buying property. I love my neighborhood, but I would also love living in a high-rise for awhile. This area of downtown attracts me most. It's a short distance from all of my favorite Pike/Pine favorites, right along Central Link, near the SLUT, and close to all the retail and Pike Place. Of course, the booming SLU area is up the road. It's under serious consideration. If I can get a decent unit for around $1700-$2500, I'm signing up.

SJM · May 17th, 2012, 04:51 AM

Its insane how much this area of downtown has exploded in recent years and for years to come. Meanwhile the core CBD is stagnant.

kub86 · May 17th, 2012, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by BoulderGrad

Just re-bumping this. If they ever get AVA going again, and the site next to the Camlin ever goes thru, that will be quite the neighborhood:

http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/AppDocs/G...endaID3447.pdf

oh yeah! Don't forget the greyhound site's hotel-office complex. And when are they going to put apartments over convention place station?? I know they wanted to put TOD over it eventually...but they kinda missed the perfect timing.

mhays · May 17th, 2012, 07:40 AM

More likely would be a convention center annex at the Convention Place Station site.

Rogue Linguist · May 17th, 2012, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by mhays

More likely would be a convention center annex at the Convention Place Station site.

I wonder if they'd be able to incorporate residential or office towers into an annex of the Convention Place Station site, in order to maximize use of space?

mhays · May 17th, 2012, 05:41 PM

That would be very difficult. It's a tight site. They'd have to integrate that physically with the convention center itself, reducing the CC's size and creating some undesirable design trade-offs. The CC and the private stuff will both have their own timing, which would be particularly challenging since they're not separatable. You could do the tower in a second phase but even then someone would have to pay for its base section in phase 1.

With a hotel it would make more sense because of the synergies, though I suspect the small site will keep that from happening too. With office, this isn't like One Convention Place, which was off to the side and basically just needed to be an entrance with elevators and escalators and still had plenty of space for a tower.

I don't know whether the bus station stays for transit in some way. If so, that would restrict the volume of parking below-grade....not an issue for the CC necessarily, but possibly one if more intensive uses are built.

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May 15th, 2012, 03:40 AM	#107
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May 15th, 2012, 03:58 AM	#108
mhays Journeyman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 8,374 Likes (Received): 118	Sounds promising. Of course not counting chickens before they hatch. This would be a nice dose of density, say 500 residents, in an area that doesn't have enough due to voids such as Convention Place station and the convention center (as important as they both are) as well as parking lots. Skyline is secondary, but it'll certainly help there too.

May 15th, 2012, 11:20 PM	#113
RMacherat Buy used books Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,721 Likes (Received): 84	I do too. I thought decades (?) ago that Tower 801 was the beginning of something great for the area. Just took a little longer.

May 17th, 2012, 04:17 AM	#115
Black Box Black Box Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 904 Likes (Received): 26	I think that my next move will be downtown. I'm a few years out from buying property. I love my neighborhood, but I would also love living in a high-rise for awhile. This area of downtown attracts me most. It's a short distance from all of my favorite Pike/Pine favorites, right along Central Link, near the SLUT, and close to all the retail and Pike Place. Of course, the booming SLU area is up the road. It's under serious consideration. If I can get a decent unit for around $1700-$2500, I'm signing up. __________________ mountains water city water mountains

May 17th, 2012, 04:51 AM	#116
SJM Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,234 Likes (Received): 3	Its insane how much this area of downtown has exploded in recent years and for years to come. Meanwhile the core CBD is stagnant.

May 17th, 2012, 07:40 AM	#118
mhays Journeyman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 8,374 Likes (Received): 118	More likely would be a convention center annex at the Convention Place Station site.

May 17th, 2012, 05:41 PM	#120
mhays Journeyman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 8,374 Likes (Received): 118	That would be very difficult. It's a tight site. They'd have to integrate that physically with the convention center itself, reducing the CC's size and creating some undesirable design trade-offs. The CC and the private stuff will both have their own timing, which would be particularly challenging since they're not separatable. You could do the tower in a second phase but even then someone would have to pay for its base section in phase 1. With a hotel it would make more sense because of the synergies, though I suspect the small site will keep that from happening too. With office, this isn't like One Convention Place, which was off to the side and basically just needed to be an entrance with elevators and escalators and still had plenty of space for a tower. I don't know whether the bus station stays for transit in some way. If so, that would restrict the volume of parking below-grade....not an issue for the CC necessarily, but possibly one if more intensive uses are built.

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