OFFICIAL - Loews Convention Hotel (formerly Hyatt)

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Leows just announced for Memphis. Only 500 rooms but still taller then ours :roll:

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/new ... ntown.html
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IMHO. I think that our building looks quite a bit better than theirs.

Has there been any news on that ultra luxury hotel next to the Loews? Did the project end up dying? If so, I would love to see a Loews branded residences or second hotel tower there eventually.
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normalthings wrote: Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:28 pm IMHO. I think that our building looks quite a bit better than theirs.
Agreed. The base on theirs is too long. It looks like it isn't filling up its site well.

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Ours just looks more balanced. Personally, I'll take better architecture over height any day.

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Looks a bit like 1 Light.
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normalthings wrote: Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:28 pm IMHO. I think that our building looks quite a bit better than theirs.

Has there been any news on that ultra luxury hotel next to the Loews? Did the project end up dying? If so, I would love to see a Loews branded residences or second hotel tower there eventually.
https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/new ... xt-to.html
Though these renderings presented to Council are rough sketches, Loews executive vice president Alex Tisch promised the hotel will be beautiful.
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The meeting room wing is looking massive. Anyone know the floor heights of the ballrooms?
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moderne wrote: Tue Nov 13, 2018 5:26 pm The meeting room wing is looking massive. Anyone know the floor heights of the ballrooms?
Elevations are on page 20

http://maps.kcmo.org/kcgis/rest/service ... ments/8008

The lower ballroom is up to 30 feet
The one above 35 or so

Depends on if there’s a false ceiling or not
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Today.

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Tower now visible from 30th & Main.
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Leows just announced for Memphis. Only 500 rooms but still taller then ours :roll:

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/new ... ntown.html
Enjoyed fanily time downtown today and this project is moving along great. The look of the renderings for Memphis are way more disappointing than our Loews IMO.
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Curtain glass is starting to go up on the north side
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They're moving super fast on the room floors. Must want to get this space up quicker than the convention space.

I didn't count the floors this morning but they're at about 2/3 height on the main tower.
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Guest tower is scheduled to top out in April. Parking/convention was scheduled to be framed out in November.
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flyingember wrote: Mon Dec 17, 2018 9:59 am They're moving super fast on the room floors. Must want to get this space up quicker than the convention space.

I didn't count the floors this morning but they're at about 2/3 height on the main tower.
I counted the floors today. Looks like 9 more floors to go:

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Can we incorporate that red stripe as an LED light band....that would be awesome.
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I could see it popping up onto the skyline from 24th and Troost.
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That glass looks very much like the glass in One & Two Light. Hope the masonry parts of the building give it a different look.
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It’s hard to tell from the rendering, but there are two different colors of masonry. The north side is a dark slate and the south is a lighter tan. It gives the building two distinct feels, similar to the Arterra building further south. Crossroads is turning mullet.
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