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^ for someone who only does chicken fingers, they aren't very good. And way over priced.

I think something has slowed them down, not sure what but t have definitely slowed them down. They are turning a small space into a leasing office on the sign it said opening July 17th, then it never opened and work continued on the space well past that date. Then it appears work was finished and the "opening on July 17th" was removed from part of the sign and it still isn't open.

I think the Banks is struggling to land a hotel for two reasons. It is very expensive to build brand new. All of these "new" hotels are in old buildings that have been bought on the cheap. The second reason is that now there are a bunch of new hotels coming online, making the hotel a riskier investment to banks/investors. I now worry the Holiday Inn could be in jeopardy now, as they have already reduced the size and scope of the project.

Great shots. Thanks for posting.

^ I am going to take a wild guess and say financing is a major reason why. Also, the developer may not want to over extend itself, like many did pre- bubble. Developers and banks are much more conservative these days.

Another building coming back to life. The Trevarren Building Stabilization on Vimeo

Same thing happens in the Federal government, they just have smaller deficits or even a surplus that quarter.

Good point, there is a lot of concrete down there.

I am not sure why they don't just pave it? Wouldn't that be more cost effective then laying brick/pavers?

They have quite a bit of foundation work completed.

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If you do any sort of gambling chances are you will park for free. It will be just like the Cleveland casino.

The only thing that may hold it back from apartments is parking. Is there any close substantial parking?

Wow, sold for $8M 7 years ago and bought for $535,000.00. Someone took a hurtin and someone got a great deal.

The big sign is also now under construction....

They may be trying to re-negotiate their lease rate.

http://www.queencitysquare.com/303_current.php I don't see W&S. A subsidiary is not W&S.

Not for their own use....

A hotel directly across from the stadium and town homes right in front of the "event" lawn.

^ wow, that did move quick. I wonder if it will have an effect on the potential apartments above Macy's.

^ maybe fifth third will also step their game up after making 1.5 billion.

The dorm next door really looks like a prison now.

Hamilton House Progress Report on Vimeo Video Update on the building next to the fire house being stabilized.

And you know this... how? If dunnhumby didn't want to be involved with residential, then why did residential even come up in the first place when the initial discussions about the building came up? It seems to me like the "oh hey we're expanding faster than we thought and actually need to take up the whole site" explanation makes considerably more sense. It just seems fairly obvious that "we need more space" is spin to draw attention away from the fact that they're dropping the residential component. (And it worked, judging from the Business Courier's headline: "DunnhumbyUSA needs more room, residential out at new HQ".) I'm not saying I have any insight into the exact reason why the residential component was dropped, but mostly likely 3CDC was pushing for it hard and Dunnhumby just didn't want any part of it. Do you honestly believe that Dunnhumby just realized how fast they were expanding? I disagree only for the fact that the building size did actually get bigger from the original proposal. Sooo... I stand by my original theory. If they're growing so fast and need so much space, why'd they cut it down to just 4 floors of office space? The "we need more space" argument was nothing but spin to drop the residential component. They made the floor plates bigger....

You always seem to bring up the down fall of Dunnhumby as if you wish it to happen.