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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby Nathan » April 5th, 2016, 4:52 pm

The 6 is taking forever in this traffic I'll be in a gray sweater ;D fantastic news!

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby grant1simons2 » April 5th, 2016, 4:55 pm

Cream sweatshirt now.

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby mullen » April 5th, 2016, 5:02 pm

530 feet including the spire.

JMI is the hotel partner. 300 room, five star hotel.

And I'm here wearing a bright red rain coat.
so no mention of the actual hotel brand? or is JMI a hotel? never heard of it. this must be the hotel developer.

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby grant1simons2 » April 5th, 2016, 5:03 pm

Yes, JMI Realty.

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby David Greene » April 5th, 2016, 5:04 pm

Beauty is clearly in the eye of the beholder. However, no "inside info" is needed to know the track record of floor count reduction in taller buildings built or proposed in Minneapolis in the last 20+ years. It's not negativity it's facts.
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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby Didier » April 5th, 2016, 5:13 pm

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby seamonster » April 5th, 2016, 5:20 pm

Rendering at bizjournal. Four Seasons named specifically in talks...

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby David Greene » April 5th, 2016, 5:31 pm

That's pretty stunning. Would be even better if those fake rendered light columns from the top and the spire flare could actually exist.

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby Silophant » April 5th, 2016, 5:39 pm

They can. 24/7 fog machines.
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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby John21 » April 5th, 2016, 5:45 pm

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby Silophant » April 5th, 2016, 6:01 pm

Audience member is concerned that this is out of scale with the surrounding environment, which I will admit I did not expect to hear about a proposal downtown.
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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby Daboink » April 5th, 2016, 6:10 pm

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I like it. Iconic? Maybe not so much, but certainly better than i think many were expecting. I love the glass at street level and the lighted spire will look cool crossing the river on Hennepin.

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby Daboink » April 5th, 2016, 6:20 pm

Audience member is concerned that this is out of scale with the surrounding environment, which I will admit I did not expect to hear about a proposal downtown.
Did someone wander over the river from Our Lady of Lourdes...? ;-)

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby SamHartmen » April 5th, 2016, 6:54 pm

Sounds like this is going to be a very awesome project! Not so sure about the tower on the top, maybe it lights up?

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby matt91486 » April 5th, 2016, 6:59 pm

Sounds like this is going to be a very awesome project! Not so sure about the tower on the top, maybe it lights up?
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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby min-chi-cbus » April 5th, 2016, 7:06 pm

Did anyone catch whether there'll be LED lighting features, which was hinted about at one point by the developer? If this thing is lit up with synchronized multi-color LEDs it could very easily be an icon, even at "only" 530 feet.

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby bapster2006 » April 5th, 2016, 7:11 pm

Yes, LED lighting. When they looked at the sketchup model and rotated around the north side of downtown this building really stood out. It was obvious that it was quite a bit taller than 4Marq even without the spire.

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby TroyGBiv » April 5th, 2016, 7:47 pm

Four Seasons... nice touch!

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Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Postby matthew5080 » April 5th, 2016, 7:50 pm

I left feeling more optimistic about the project than before. This new design is far better than what they released earlier, but I wouldn't call it iconic. Still, it's very exciting and it looks a LOT better than the other Four Seasons buildings mentioned earlier in the thread...


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