More 10 North Virginia Drama

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Bibos Opening Downtown Location

I’m excited about this in particular because I frequent this building. Bibo’s coffee will be opening a downtown location inside the B of A Building on Liberty and Virginia. It will go in the cavernous lobby area of the building, which for a while has been sectioned off for construction. Now we know what they are constructing! They are set to open Jan 08.

First Look at 10 North Virginia

Here is the first look for most of the public on the new proposed design for 10 North Virginia, mainly concentrating on the retail aspect (I beleive the canopy will be the last one proposed to the council). What do you think? Keep in mind I will delete any inflammatory comments, let’s keep it constructive and professional on here, lol.
I am still adamently against filling in the Virginia St. portion of the property with buildings. From the concept, we lose the amphitheater function entirely without the grassy hills on that side. So far this is still just being referred to as an option. The building itself is modern, although a bit more square than the previous building. The graceful U-shape from the previous building is gone, but I still like the design. The design is by the same architect who designed the canopy, Sheehan Van Woert Bigotti.

Train Trench Cover

As you know from my interview, Fernando has some plans drawn out for the train trench cover that are quite different from the original plans, which include actually building retail buildings on the trench cover itself, along with a permanent stage and other entertainment elements. When I saw the plans and schematics, the plaza covered two blocks West of Virginia over to West St. One block would be in front of the Fitz,and one block in front of the Montage. However, in this Northern Nevada Business Weekly article, the project is described as extending East on one side of Virginia, and extending West one block on Virginia. I wonder if it’s inaccurate information in the article, or if the trench covers actually moved West one block? Does it make sense to cover the portion of the trench that goes under the Fitz parking garage?

My Palladio Video

Yesterday I had the chance to tour the Palladio, and it’s finished pool area, models, retail spaces and lobby. The building turned out much better than I thought…I could definitely live here. Check the videos out, it was a fun little project to do.

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