February 24, 201015 yr They have literally done nothing in terms of installing curtain wall for the month of February. In January they installed 5 floors worth of aluminum siding and completed the south bottom facade. This month, they did 1.5 floors of aluminum siding and a small section of facade on the west side of the building. I know it snowed, but it only snowed for a few days and most of those days were on the weekend. I believe they're sleeping on the job now. And when are they supposed to start installing the Tiara? Begining or End of March??
February 24, 201015 yr LED's would be an excellent choice, as the color can change cheaply. If I'm correct, the Empire State Building has gel caps that are placed over a series of white LED's, rather than different colored LED's themselves. With the blue-ish curtain wall, the color choices could be limited. Orange and black Bengals stripes would be awesome, but ugly compared to the blue. LED's would be sweet. I hope someone in authority is thinking about this.
February 25, 201015 yr Hm... According to the mural at Lucy Blue Pizza, it looks like QCS has already been completed. Why does the webcam not show this!? :? “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
February 25, 201015 yr Hmm...I love the local pride, but I don't think I like that mural. I'm not expecting everyone to be Da Vinci, but there's a little TOO much "artistic license" there. And Lucy Blue is creeping me out. Get out of the fountain!
February 25, 201015 yr and why is QCS shorter than the scripps building. Terrible depiction of cincinnati if you ask me! :x
February 26, 201015 yr FWIW driving in from the Westside, Carew "looks" substantially taller than QCS. Even when the Tiara is added, Carew will stand tall. It even looks a little chubby.
February 26, 201015 yr LIG and Ram, you guys crack me up. BRM, it could've been made by a middle school ... you never know!
February 28, 201015 yr It looks like the Central Trust building is taller than Carew there, too. You're right! The Central Trust's nipple peaks right over the top of the Carew's flagpole. Perhaps what QCS's tiara needs is a nipple?
February 28, 201015 yr Why is the chick climbing the fountain. That's illegal. she's why they put that fence up
March 2, 201015 yr Off topic but I couldn't find a thread for this -- They took the letters off the top of the National City tower, now that they've rebranded as PNC. Anyone know if they're going to put a PNC logo on the tower now? Might look a little strange since it's right next to the other PNC tower.
March 2, 201015 yr We now have the PNC Tower (SW 4th & Vine), PNC Tower (SE 4th & Vine) and PNC Center (SE 5th & Main) No building is safe...
March 2, 201015 yr ^They are trying to beat Great American Insurance in naming things! The race is on!!! “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
March 2, 201015 yr New Office Tower On Schedule, Nearly Full CINCINNATI -- The Queen City Tower will add about 1 million square feet of office and retail space downtown, and developers said most of that space has already been filled. "Our goal is to be pretty much totally leased up by the time we open the building next year," said Tom Stapelton, of Eagle Realty. http://www.wlwt.com/news/22709383/detail.html
March 2, 201015 yr ^They are trying to beat Great American Insurance in naming things! The race is on!!! The former National City Tower (SE 4th & Vine) is owned by Great American and not all their operations will be going into QCS so maybe they'll take the naming rights? "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
March 2, 201015 yr "Our goal is to be pretty much totally leased up by the time we open the building next year," said Tom Stapelton, of Eagle Realty. Would love to know who the retail tenants are. There seriously needs to be a UDF in there! Any new Skywalk (to Atrium) talk? "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
March 2, 201015 yr New Office Tower On Schedule, Nearly Full CINCINNATI -- The Queen City Tower will add about 1 million square feet of office and retail space downtown, and developers said most of that space has already been filled. "Our goal is to be pretty much totally leased up by the time we open the building next year," said Tom Stapelton, of Eagle Realty. http://www.wlwt.com/news/22709383/detail.html Does this mean a QCIII or there are none in the immediate plans?
March 3, 201015 yr Does this mean a QCIII or there are none in the immediate plans? No, because Eagle Realty relied almost exclusively on tenants that were already in the center city office market. Cincinnati won't get another office tower until 1) a user-specific tower is built for a new company, or 2) older Class B and C office space is filled through new office users or residential conversions.
March 3, 201015 yr But hopefully, once the economy gets strong again, a company will see QCS and realize they can build here. After all, isn't the land here very cheap to build a headquarters? It's all about a positive chain reaction. You have more entertainment and things to do which brings more people which brings more need. Tenants have a big influence too.
March 14, 201015 yr Does this mean a QCIII or there are none in the immediate plans? Where would a QCSIII go?? "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
March 14, 201015 yr ^Where the other WS garage is!! :wink: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Cincinnati,+Hamilton,+Ohio&ll=39.099502,-84.505699&spn=0,359.995145&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=39.099455,-84.505823&panoid=IfWBB6OF9TXKAGtoNV7TQQ&cbp=12,29.46,,0,-10.02
March 14, 201015 yr Wasn't the other garage built so that a building could be built upon it? Not that they'd actually do that, but it's a possibility.
March 14, 201015 yr I'm thinking they are referring to the currently under construction QCSII garage?? "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
March 14, 201015 yr ^Where the other WS garage is!! :wink: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Cincinnati,+Hamilton,+Ohio&ll=39.099502,-84.505699&spn=0,359.995145&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=39.099455,-84.505823&panoid=IfWBB6OF9TXKAGtoNV7TQQ&cbp=12,29.46,,0,-10.02 I'm thinking they are referring to the currently under construction QCSII garage?? Ahem! http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Cincinnati,+Hamilton,+Ohio&ll=39.099502,-84.505699&spn=0,359.995145&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=39.099455,-84.505823&panoid=IfWBB6OF9TXKAGtoNV7TQQ&cbp=12,29.46,,0,-10.02
March 15, 201015 yr No, I mean the other W-S garage that has the spinning time/temperature thing on it. For some reason, I recall hearing that that garage was built in such a way that it could support a high-rise on top of it. (This could be complete urban myth, however.)
March 15, 201015 yr As a complete random aside, we can now see the QCII tower from our window in the American Building. Before all we could see was the crane. :-) "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett
March 17, 201015 yr A lot of work is being done to the exterior on the N & NE/NW sides of the garage/main entrance. "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
March 17, 201015 yr What I mean is that on the webcam, there has been no sign of curtain wall being added to the north side of the building. The top 8 or 9 floors do not have the curtain wall, and have not had it for some time. Am I wrong about this?
March 17, 201015 yr webcam webcam webcam webcam webcam!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
March 18, 201015 yr A lot of work is being done to the exterior on the N & NE/NW sides of the garage/main entrance.
March 19, 201015 yr The north tower crane is being disassembled today "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
March 19, 201015 yr That must mean that Queen City Square is an official dead project. No work has progressed on the skinning, the crane is being dismantled, and the steel is rusting. May the Mothership reign another 70 years!
March 19, 201015 yr They could at least add a flagpole, so the skeleton can deliver on the tallest-building promise.
March 19, 201015 yr I ask a simple question, and all I get is sarcasm...this is not the place for it...I just inquired if anyone knew why no outer skin has been installed for the last several weeks.
March 19, 201015 yr Jack there's no sarcasm. They've been installing that curtain wall for almost two months. They have to go floor by floor that's why it doesn't look like they've done much. Trust me man, it's getting done;)
March 19, 201015 yr I ask a simple question, and all I get is sarcasm...this is not the place for it...I just inquired if anyone knew why no outer skin has been installed for the last several weeks. Well, you got several (real) answers. We can't be all serious, especially on a Friday. It's just great follow-up seeing as how this thread was specifically lampooned in the Business Courier!
March 19, 201015 yr I ask a simple question, and all I get is sarcasm...this is not the place for it...I just inquired if anyone knew why no outer skin has been installed for the last several weeks. Well, you got several (real) answers. We can't be all serious, especially on a Friday. It's just great follow-up seeing as how this thread was specifically lampooned in the Business Courier! Link?
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