August 7, 2024. Very busy construction site.
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They are fully excavating the footprint of the 23s tower, as we've all suspected. I wonder if they'll roll right into that along with or after the hotel addition. What would they do otherwise? Cap the garage and fence it off? Surface parking?

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When is the last time we heard about that planned building? It's been ages... wonder what the last render or floorplate even looked like.
 
pgagnon said:
When is the last time we heard about that planned building? It's been ages... wonder what the last render or floorplate even looked like.
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We haven't seen any updates since the project was proposed and approved about a decade ago. With the Hampton Inn site included, I'm very suprised Claridge hasn't presented a whole new proposal for the entire site.
 
I can't see surface parking, because quite frankly it would be a security nightmare in that location. Same with a park. If they aren't building out the other tower, I can only imagine it being a fenced off site for a few years.
 
hoggytime said:
Why is it only Claridge that has projects in this city where we don't know exactly what's going on and what the end result will be?
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I don't necessarily think there's deep seeded corruption, but Claridge and City Paulicians and staff seem pretty tight. I go back to Icon when Claridge proposed 42 floors while the City told them "why not 45" while rejecting 35 floors across the street. I think campaign contributions have an influence on what a developer is allowed to do.

That said, I'm hoping Claridge's part ownership in the Sens helps the arena project go forward a little easier through City Hall.
 
It's hard to tell where it is. Is it placed for the Andaz expansion, the Hampton Inn (that wasn't approved, though I guess that's not a problem for Claridge), the tower on George or just the parking garage?
 
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