Boards are down, Windows are up t 2nd and Sierra
June 30, 2007
I mentioned a while back I saw some serious construction going on inside that old building with the black boards of the windows across from the future Longs Drugs and across from the Montage, on 2nd and Sierra. Well, the boards are down! The new windows are up. And a reader confirmed the rumor I heard that it will be a Mexican Cantina. The exposed brick arches in the building are amazing, and I look forward to having some chips and salsa there.
A trip to the Montage
June 30, 2007
In my last post, I mentioned sales at the Montage were so-so. Well, that got the attention of Montage staff real quick! They invited me to their sales office to have talk about their progress, what they are up to, completion dates, and more.
Where downtown stands
June 27, 2007
Given the market downtown I felt an update shedding light on multiple projects at once is in order. Here’s a ’snapshot’ of downtown, with lots of new developments tied in. Click here to read.
Remaining Idlewild Condos to Become Apartments
June 23, 2007
Citing disappointing sales of their condo units (they anticipated selling 12-15 a month and are currently selling about 4 a month) Capstone Partners plans to change the six remaining unreleased buildings into luxury apartments for lease. A letter went out to all Village at Idlewild residents to attend a townhall meeting to discuss the upcoming change.
Major project planned for Northeast Downtown?
June 23, 2007
Another goodie in the City Council Agenda that I overlooked is a request for alley abandonment for the block between Evans and Lake, and 6th and 7th. This is a huge block of property with about 20 homes on it and a parking lot (see pic below), and in the text from staff, it reads ‘The applicant is planning for a large scale project over the entire block so the abandonment of the alley is required prior to any mapping to consolidate each individual parcel into one large parcel.’ I am guessing a major apartment or condo or townhome project?
