OFFICIAL - Loews Convention Hotel (formerly Hyatt)

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UrbanKC wrote:It passed the P&Z Committee and is on to the Council, which meets at 3:00pm today.
What was the result? You would think this would be big news but I cannot find any mention of it in the Star today. I had heard that CFRG may take it to the courts if the city ignores their petition process (although I read somewhere they did not have enough signatures in the initial delivery - but still had time to gather more).
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Highlander wrote:
UrbanKC wrote:It passed the P&Z Committee and is on to the Council, which meets at 3:00pm today.
What was the result? You would think this would be big news but I cannot find any mention of it in the Star today. I had heard that CFRG may take it to the courts if the city ignores their petition process (although I read somewhere they did not have enough signatures in the initial delivery - but still had time to gather more).
The latest: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/ar ... 68874.html
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it was on the front page earlier today....I remember reading that the bond sale would be ready in "a couple weeks"
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hartliss wrote:
Highlander wrote:
UrbanKC wrote:It passed the P&Z Committee and is on to the Council, which meets at 3:00pm today.
What was the result? You would think this would be big news but I cannot find any mention of it in the Star today. I had heard that CFRG may take it to the courts if the city ignores their petition process (although I read somewhere they did not have enough signatures in the initial delivery - but still had time to gather more).
The latest: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/ar ... 68874.html
I watched both segments, from the PZE and the Council. Dan Coffey & others did get up and speak against it, accusing them of trying to bypass the will of the votes & petitioners. Basically PZE completely shot down those accusations. Councilman Shields really dug into the applicants for a more definitive series of dates. I suspected that was mainly to counter the arguments by Coffey & others. Basically she asked when we could see the final financing completed and a list of financials to show the public. As well as when they should expect to break ground. I think they said August or September for breaking ground and late July to August for the financing to be completed.
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CM lucas tweets that hyatt is out and loews is in.

https://twitter.com/QuintonLucasKC/stat ... 4441223170
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Could this affect the design? The Loews in chicago is pretty nicely designed as are Loews in general.
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I read that as "Lowes" at first. I thought, damn, that devolved quickly!
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No change in design. Logo on building changed and that's it.

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... -flag.html

This may be good for KC because Hyatt still wants to be back in downtown KC so they may do their own separate project from the convention center now.
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GRID wrote:No change in design. Logo on building changed and that's it.

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... -flag.html

This may be good for KC because Hyatt still wants to be back in downtown KC so they may do their own separate project from the convention center now.
4 light Hotel/Apt combo?
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I'm not convinced the design won't change
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The cladding is different. The Hyatt pics have more non glass...the loews rendering is all glass.
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the new rendering looks far better IMHO. still looks like a hospital but now it's a glass hospital.
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Loews is an incredible win for KC if this hotel is ever built. They are a step above Hyatt in many ways and having the Tisch family put a stake in the KC ground awesome.
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This seems like a very positive development, especially them investing equity. I'm guessing the rest of the financing remains the same, including catering?
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After staying at the Loews in Chicago, I'm pumped about this flag change. This is a win for KC :D
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Not only is Loews a quality upgrade, Hyatt may still want to be in downtown KC, which may spawn another project even if smaller.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics ... 30409.html
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Big win.
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Mods: Time to change thread title. Or KC Powecat can in original post.
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