  Bvos Member Username: Bvos Post Number: 1494 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.238.170.38 |
Here's the latest from the Freep on the ULI conference this morning. Some good news, notably George Jackson's comments on trasportation in the area. http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20060607/NEWS11/ 60607018 | ||
Tiorted Member Username: Tiorted Post Number: 4 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 141.217.55.103 |
anyone have details and/or drawings of what "Atwater West" will look like? | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 410 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 198.103.184.76 |
"Eventually, water taxies and other forms of transportation may be added to the mix." Of course, "eventually" often means never, but water taxies would be cool. | ||
Mind_field Member Username: Mind_field Post Number: 570 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.38.16.35 |
Yes, in Detroit, eventually and possibly mean not a snowball's chance in hell. | ||
Archy Member Username: Archy Post Number: 23 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 63.242.134.66 |
Atwater west is a misprint - its the Chene West site by Dave Bing's group, called Spingarn Development, that was previous discussed on this forum. | ||
Rocket_city Member Username: Rocket_city Post Number: 49 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 141.217.214.203 |
The two renderings that were at the forum were the same ones that were posted in the online newspapers some time ago. | ||
Archy Member Username: Archy Post Number: 24 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 63.242.134.66 |
Kraemer Design Group has posted new renderings and a video on their website. http://www.thekraemeredge.com/ | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 911 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 70.226.44.119 |
more dense than I had expected. I like the layout of the "village" | ||
Swingline Member Username: Swingline Post Number: 513 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 172.132.186.77 |
There's lots of talk and buzz on these projects, and the development teams seem to be very credible (I could be wrong, but I don't think that there is a Kilpatrick cousin or in-law among them), but I'm pretty sure that financing is only in the very preliminary stages. I wish there was less talk and more progress. It's a long, slow road. These projects and the announced ones in the CBD are at the mercy of the market. In terms of actual construction, there's not many units in the pipeline right now. Plenty of announced projects, just not a lot of them getting built. Is this an indicator of the market or just a coincidence? | ||
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx Post Number: 516 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 71.159.22.4 |
Very credible, very nice looking too. I suspect this'll be done sometime around 2011. Yep, the city's coming along nicely.... the riverfront at least. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 1710 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 70.141.78.246 |
I'm guessing it's 'Chene West' on that website that we're supposed to be looking at...it reminds me of something seen across the river along the east Windsor/Riverview waterfront, combined with several trendy architectural elements from something like the Ellington. Beggers can't be choosers when it comes to the riverfront, so anything remotely like this would be awesome. They key is to make it seem like it's own community, but not completely turn its back on the street. This would be done by putting street level retail in facing Atwater. | ||
Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria Post Number: 342 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 216.223.168.132 |
Totally. |
