200 block W Gregory? (Old Brandsmart)

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200 block W Gregory? (Old Brandsmart)

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Anyone know what this is going to be? There's some extensive new additions/renovations underway, but it appears the Brandsmart sign will remain.
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There's a thread on this somewhere, but I can't find it.  If I recall, I thought it was going to be condos, and the guy developing it is just really, really slow, but he's done other projects in the city.
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studentper wrote: There's a thread on this somewhere, but I can't find it.  If I recall, I thought it was going to be condos, and the guy developing it is just really, really slow, but he's done other projects in the city.
That's a weird looking project, huh? I believe it's being done by the Abdiana guy, so it'll probably take nearly a decade to complete.
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thanks, i think your right about abdiana.  i haven't seen the "progress" in a couple months.  a signboard with renderings of the finished exterior would really help.
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I thought high-end retail was going to be going into it?
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Boy that was a fun place to go with your dad to look at high-dollar VCRs back in the eighties.
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Tosspot wrote: Boy that was a fun place to go with your dad to look at high-dollar VCRs back in the eighties.
as was VOLUME off 435 and 23rd and whatever.  our VCR was like $600!
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Some friends of my parents had one of the very first home VCR's I ever saw - the thing actually came in two pieces - there was one small suitcase-sized box where you put the tape and another small suitcase-sized box wired to it that actually had all of the controls (which were mechanical push button - like an old tape deck).  I am sure they paid a small fortune for the thing. 
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I think I remember that VCR. Made the loudest noise ever when it opened. First movie I watched on that bad boy was An Officer and a Gentleman. Great movie for a 5 year old. No wonder I cuss all the time.
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We had a top loading VCR.  Thing weighed as much as a tube tv.
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The bottom sure looks like retail, with several bays and metal french doors. I still don't understand why the Brandsmart signage has been left up and even built around.
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Selling TVs in the early 80s while is school we had this monster Magnavox VCR, top-loader, click-knobs on the front to select the channel and weighed as much as a Japanese car.  Coolest feature - "remote control," which was actually a box the size of a couple of packs of smokes tethered to the VCR by a 20-foot wire.  Yours for a mere $900 (in 1981 money).
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also liked when Brands Furniture Outlet gave this tv away when you bought things. Now that was a long time ago.

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chingon wrote: The bottom sure looks like retail, with several bays and metal french doors. I still don't understand why the Brandsmart signage has been left up and even built around.
He's adding a second (and possibly third) story to the sign in order to secure extra tenants.
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a couple of weeks ago i saw some progress (glass, etc) but now it's at a standstill - anyone know anything at all?
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Isn't this an Abnos project?

Sure acts/looks like one.
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loftguy wrote: Isn't this an Abnos project?

Sure acts/looks like one.
Oh yes, this is definitely an Abnos hot mess.  I believe he just added windows to enclose the building after a complaint in the Star's Watchdog column.  I don't think this was an indication of any real progress on finishing the building.
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RIDICULOUS.

I saw that glass too, and got a bit excited...probably unnecessarily.
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Saw this article online tonight even though it's a few months old:
http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/old ... ins-vacant

I have seen an uptick in activity over the last 6 months. Hopefully the activity along 63rd is acting as a catalyst for Abnos to get this project going.
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drumatix wrote:
studentper wrote: There's a thread on this somewhere, but I can't find it.  If I recall, I thought it was going to be condos, and the guy developing it is just really, really slow, but he's done other projects in the city.
That's a weird looking project, huh? I believe it's being done by the Abdiana guy, so it'll probably take nearly a decade to complete.
This is starting to seem optimistic.
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