OFFICIAL - Strata (H&R Block's 2nd Tower)
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Re: Five Light
I like the design overall. I wish they would do better with the exterior of the parking levels though.
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Re: Five Light
That is my rough guess based on HR Block's height of ~236 w/ 17 stories.
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Re: Strata
I wish/hope they can find a way to convert the parking levels to office/residential levels in the future. Perhaps, instead of sloped whole levels just ramps from one to the next that could be removed at a later time.
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Re: Five Light
I was just reading this before I read your post beautyfromashes.
We Need to Design Parking Garages With a Car-less Future in Mind
https://www.citylab.com/design/2013/11/ ... ture/7583/
We Need to Design Parking Garages With a Car-less Future in Mind
https://www.citylab.com/design/2013/11/ ... ture/7583/
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Re: Five Light
This is spot on:
“His three key elements to an adaptable garage design are flat floors, comfortable floor-to-ceiling heights, and enough loading capacity (in other words, strength) to support another structural use.”
https://www.citylab.com/design/2013/11/ ... ture/7583/
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Re: Five Light
Wasn’t the Copaken garage in the Crossroads built with that in mind?beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:59 pm This is spot on:“His three key elements to an adaptable garage design are flat floors, comfortable floor-to-ceiling heights, and enough loading capacity (in other words, strength) to support another structural use.”
https://www.citylab.com/design/2013/11/ ... ture/7583/
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Re: H&R Block's Second Tower?
Can the mods merge this thread and the 5 Light thread under the new official name of the project?
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Re: Five Light
The more I look at the design, the more it reminds me of a more advanced One Light. I still like it though.
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Re: Five Light
Wow, I really like this design. I think it's perfect for the location. Putting the garage up above the retail keeps the street interaction intact and increases the height of what would otherwise be a rather small office tower. The design is something very new and different for downtown. Looks like a really nice infill project.
The incentives are pretty aggressive, but I think this is what it will take to get some spec office space constructed downtown. If it's successful, it could easily lead to some other new construction such as the tower near Sprint Center.
Is Copaken coming around and trying to step up a bit? I'm really surprised that they actually built one residential tower and are starting another and they seem to be aggressively trying to get some office space built now.
The incentives are pretty aggressive, but I think this is what it will take to get some spec office space constructed downtown. If it's successful, it could easily lead to some other new construction such as the tower near Sprint Center.
Is Copaken coming around and trying to step up a bit? I'm really surprised that they actually built one residential tower and are starting another and they seem to be aggressively trying to get some office space built now.
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1. Design is nice. It would have been preferred if they could have added a few levels of rsedential directly under the office tower. It would have improved the view from the north. Over all, I am impressed that Copaken is following through on some pretty unique designs.GRID wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 9:52 pm Wow, I really like this design. I think it's perfect for the location. Putting the garage up above the retail keeps the street interaction intact and increases the height of what would otherwise be a rather small office tower. The design is something very new and different for downtown. Looks like a really nice infill project.
The incentives are pretty aggressive, but I think this is what it will take to get some spec office space constructed downtown. If it's successful, it could easily lead to some other new construction such as the tower near Sprint Center.
Is Copaken coming around and trying to step up a bit? I'm really surprised that they actually built one residential tower and are starting another and they seem to be aggressively trying to get some office space built now.
2. The incentives help show the true cost of “free parking”.
3. There are many factors in action here a number relocations we barely missed out on, very strong KCADC and Port KC support, etc
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Re: Five Light
I don’t understand the call for residential. What company wants people bringing their groceries through their lobby or moving their new bed in the elevator? It’s a corporate tower. BTW, it will be fully leased before completed.
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Re: Five Light
Separate entrances, lobbies, and elevators solve that problem.
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Re: Strata Tower
This is a very crappy attempt at adding into the skyline. It's hard to do with the rendering so I guesstimated the height with 1201 Walnut and H&R Center. My guess is 350FT but I may be off.
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Re: Five Light
If they ever build four light, it won't matter anyway, It will be behind the wall. But Main street will become quite the urban canyon in the loop.
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A few things...
- 4 Light won't happen for some time.
- If 4 Light does happen, I would hope that they put the tower part on the lot portion so it blocks the President Hotel. Along main should be something of no more than 8 floors to belnd in better.
- If 4 Light does happen, and they plan to go with the original plan, I could see them knocking some floors off of the design whcih would allow this new building to show.
- Even if the height is retained and my ideas do not come true (whcih I am sure of), this tower will look great when viewed form other angles and, as you said, the urban canyon will be quite impressive.
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Re: Five Light
The upper floors will have sick views of the top of the Power and Light Building at night.
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Re: Five Light
Thank you Chris Stritzel and Last Gentleman. Its odd that all the mid rise towers built in the south loop this century are in the same height range. The foothills of DT. Glad Copaken did not put this at 12th and Grand, still hoping for a real skyscraper there someday.