New Riverwalk District Site

And I love it! Especially compared to the old one they had. This is EXACTLY the kind of banding together and marketing as a ‘unit’ that downtown needs. The new site is fresh, nicely organizes the activities, eats, drinks etc downtown, and when you look at it as a whole, you really realize hey, there’s some awesome stuff to do downtown! Nicely done

100 North Sierra leaps closer to construction

100 North Sierra has moved closer to a construction/renovation date. I’ve been told a notice to vacate has been sent out to the current tenant, an antique store, which should vacate the building in September. Construction will start when the building is vacated. Paul Mitchell Beauty School has signed a letter of intent to occupy the entire third floor and they are in active discussions with major retailers and a restaurant for the remaining floors.

Grant’s Landing Foundations to be poured within a week

I’m glad I have at least a couple positive things to report today. Grant’s Landing will be pouring foundations within a week or so, with their sales office opening up in August. They expect the first units to be done in November.

Baseball Stadium Permit Application Post-Poned

As if the previous post wasn’t depressing enough for downtown, the two items related to the baseball stadium (one item for the GSR site, one item for the Freight House site) for the August 1 Planning Commission meeting have been postponed.

First new condo high rise may not be downtown

Well this certainly is depressing for downtown. In the August 1 Planning Commission meeting, there is a South Meadows PUD Amendment, specifically dealing with 2 buildings in a major expansion project of retail and condos at the intersection of Double R Boulevard and South Meadows. The amendment calls to allow 1,726, that’s right, 1,726 condominiums units to be built, 60,000 square feet of retail space, and 70,000 square feet of office space. It also calls for the building height restriction to be moved from 55 foot height limit to a 365 foot height limit. 1726 condominium units is more than three times the number that was to be in Wingfield Towers (499). So that’s that. This project should have been downtown.

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