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Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: August 25th, 2016, 2:18 pm
by EOst
For a city and populace with general aspirations of being a global city we should aim for both. No reason we can't have both, and there is no reason we shouldn't aim for both.
But there are reasons we can't have both: market-rate demand and speculative financing are both finite.

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: August 25th, 2016, 3:30 pm
by MattW
I'm with EOst, height is a distraction that can cause mid-size cities similar to ours to misdiagnose their issues. Ten blocks of four-to-six-story brownstone-like apartment buildings would do much more for our city than a couple status symbols that worldwide skyscraper fans briefly talk about.

This exactly. The whole continent of Europe has multiple world class cities with city centers that top out at 6-7 floors.

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: August 25th, 2016, 8:28 pm
by grant1simons2
Has this broken ground yet?

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: August 26th, 2016, 5:00 am
by bapster2006
Nope, the parking lot is still open for business.

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: August 26th, 2016, 3:51 pm
by mplser
before the end of the month they are breaking ground
http://northloop.org/opus-ready-start-b ... ent-tower/

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 8th, 2016, 10:09 am
by Silophant
The signs posted in the parking lot pay stations now say that the lot will be closing at 7pm Friday, and reopening on Monday with an entrance on 3rd St. only.

When you get right down to it, August and September are basically the same month anyway.

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 8th, 2016, 12:32 pm
by mnmike
There's a blurb in The Journal's development section that says they plan to officially break ground in early October.

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 9th, 2016, 9:05 pm
by uncle phil

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 10th, 2016, 12:07 am
by matthew5080
Is the second tower still happening? I'm probably well behind with information on this project...

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 10th, 2016, 8:14 am
by Silophant
Not along with this project, but as a second phase sometime in the nebulous future.

Which is concerning, given that the twins of the Accenture tower and the Thrivent building never made it off the ground. We don't have a super good track record with this type of phased development.

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 10th, 2016, 9:11 am
by Nathan
Paternal Twins? I think the second tower is 36 stories and this one is 30, and they look quite different :)

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 10th, 2016, 10:41 am
by BBMplsMN
I hope this one looks better in person. The rendering makes it look like the facade has cracked and fallen off in places. Like a chipped tooth.

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 10th, 2016, 5:40 pm
by grant1simons2
The lot is all fenced off now.

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 11th, 2016, 10:26 am
by jtoemke
Does anyone think the balconies are strangely reminiscent of Studio Gang's Aqua in Chicago? There, they have horrible problems with thermal bridging because its a continuous slab. I really hope the renderings are just idealistic/representative because that would be a terrible mistake in our climate

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 11th, 2016, 7:59 pm
by grant1simons2
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Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 11th, 2016, 11:19 pm
by Silophant
Paternal Twins? I think the second tower is 36 stories and this one is 30, and they look quite different :)
Is that the most recent pitch? I feel like we've seen two proposals for the second tower - a 36 story office tower more oriented towards Marquette, and a twin of this one. Hope you're right.

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 12th, 2016, 9:28 am
by Nathan
Paternal Twins? I think the second tower is 36 stories and this one is 30, and they look quite different :)
Is that the most recent pitch? I feel like we've seen two proposals for the second tower - a 36 story office tower more oriented towards Marquette, and a twin of this one. Hope you're right.
I think that's consistently what I've seen since they switched the orientation of the buildings

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 12th, 2016, 9:31 am
by acs
I thought the office building would be considerably shorter, like 12 floors, but without a parking podium. At least that's what I remember from the original proposal.

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 12th, 2016, 11:57 am
by grant1simons2

Re: 365 Nicollet - (Opus Ritz block)

Posted: September 13th, 2016, 8:39 am
by grant1simons2