More elite accommodations coming to Manhattan soon!

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If this thing is an Aloft, I am going to have a SPG gold qualifying stay-cation every year.

aloft would be perfect but I bet it will be an independantly owned non chain.

This.  They want it to be like The Oread.  Sounds like it will be called The Bluemont.

[p1k3]

i wonder if it will have astro turf like the Oread?

['taterblast]

i'm glad this is happening.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

Awesome news.  I just hope they don't eff it up.  Manhattan development is like the Royals.  They give you all the hope in the world and then they build the thing and you're like, what the eff is that thing?  i.e. Manhattan Ave. Condos and downtown redevelopment.

What exactly is the problem with the downtown redevelopment?

[Belvis Noland]

What exactly is the problem with the downtown redevelopment?

Original plans called for a moderately dense mixed use development with restuarants, retail, and residential.  There was supposed to be a movie theatre and condos, among other attractions.  In large part, I think they pulled off the South end fairly well with the Museum, hotel and convention center.  Missed out on the movie theatre and condos. 

The North end, on the other hand, is a strip mall with a grocery store as the "anchor tenant."  To my knowledge, there hasn't been any residential developed in the North End yet.  I may be wrong. 

[Kat Kid]

What exactly is the problem with the downtown redevelopment?

Original plans called for a moderately dense mixed use development with restuarants, retail, and residential.  There was supposed to be a movie theatre and condos, among other attractions.  In large part, I think they pulled off the South end fairly well with the Museum, hotel and convention center.  Missed out on the movie theatre and condos. 

The North end, on the other hand, is a strip mall with a grocery store as the "anchor tenant."  To my knowledge, there hasn't been any residential developed in the North End yet.  I may be wrong.

Strasser Landing is residential.

[GoodForAnother]

I don't really care if the redevelopment ended up being a strip mall, it looks a fuckload better than what was there before

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I don't really care if the redevelopment ended up being a strip mall, it looks a fuckload better than what was there before

Better than Prince!

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

What exactly is the problem with the downtown redevelopment?

Original plans called for a moderately dense mixed use development with restuarants, retail, and residential.  There was supposed to be a movie theatre and condos, among other attractions.  In large part, I think they pulled off the South end fairly well with the Museum, hotel and convention center.  Missed out on the movie theatre and condos. 

The North end, on the other hand, is a strip mall with a grocery store as the "anchor tenant."  To my knowledge, there hasn't been any residential developed in the North End yet.  I may be wrong.

So you're upset with the fact that in this economy we built a grocery store instead of a movie theatre? There aren't exactly a whole lot of movie theatres just popping up around the country these days. HyVee was pretty eager to get into the Manhattan market, so they got the spot.

[Belvis Noland]

I don't really care if the redevelopment ended up being a strip mall, it looks a fuckload better than what was there before

Agreed.  And this hotel will be a fuckolad better than what is currently there.  But, I'd prefer an ALoft over a LaQuinta.  You know what I mean? 

It's a high profile parcel.  With proximity to campus and AVille, this thing has the potential to be amazing.  Just afraid townie city planners will deliver something "meh."   

[Kat Kid]

I don't really care if the redevelopment ended up being a strip mall, it looks a fuckload better than what was there before

Agreed.  And this hotel will be a fuckolad better than what is currently there.  But, I'd prefer an ALoft over a LaQuinta.  You know what I mean? 

It's a high profile parcel.  With proximity to campus and AVille, this thing has the potential to be amazing.  Just afraid townie city planners will deliver something "meh."   

The majority block of our county commissioners are penny pinching morons that got elected by railing against the redevelopment projects that have already been completed, so your fear is well founded

[steve dave]

It better be a W.  We've been needing one for a fucklong time. 

[Belvis Noland]

So you're upset with the fact that in this economy we built a grocery store instead of a movie theatre? There aren't exactly a whole lot of movie theatres just popping up around the country these days. Price Chopper was pretty eager to get into the Manhattan market, so they got the spot.

I'm not upset with anything.  ya know, I don't lose any sleep over it or anything.  Just saying that the downtown redevelopment missed a real opportunity to be something special.  It's certainly nicer than what was there before.  The Gateway to MHK has been drastically improved. 

But let's be real here.  The North End is a strip mall with massive surface lots.  This "downtown revelopment" was in the works back in the early-mid 2000s.  years later, they delivered a strip mall with a Hy-Vee anchor tenant.  Just think it could have been more. 

FWIW, the grocery store and movie theatre weren't competing for the same parcel.  The movie theatre was slated for the south end by the hotel/convention center, not the spot where Hy-Vee ended up.   

[ChiComCat]

Whoever is building this, know that I can be convinced to return. I know mhk and now have elite resort experience. I would require a bucketload of money.

Prepare said buckets and pm me

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[Dr Rick Daris]

yeah. i love hyvee but the people that lived in manhattan thought they'd get a kohls and an old navy or something and ended up with another grocery store when they already had a superwalmart, dillons and rays all within a half mile of that location. i get people being upset about that.

[XocolateThundarr]

I really hope they manage to fit an Applebees or Cracker Barrel in with the new hotel.  That would be glorious.

[8manpick]

The chances of the new accommodations being elite are very small, please remove that from the thread title.

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[Pete]

The chances of the new accommodations being elite are very small, please remove that from the thread title.

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Not if your threshold for "elite" is a Hilton Garden Inn.

[waks]

The chances of the new accommodations being elite are very small, please remove that from the thread title.

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Not if your threshold for "elite" is a Hilton Garden Inn.

Take it easy on the Hilton Garden Inn. I hear their complimentary breakfast is absolutely fantastic. Best breakfast in the downtown area for sure.

[steve dave]

The chances of the new accommodations being elite are very small, please remove that from the thread title.

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Not if your threshold for "elite" is a Hilton Garden Inn.

Take it easy on the Hilton Garden Inn. I hear their complimentary breakfast is absolutely fantastic. Best breakfast in the downtown area for sure.

complimentary only for gold/plat HH members broseph

[wabash909]

The chances of the new accommodations being elite are very small, please remove that from the thread title.

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No. Denied.

[SkinnyBenny]

This project will absolutely be Manhattan'd up. If you don't believe that then you should just go take a stroll through PetCo and MacAllister's Deli and HyVee. 

[CanConfirm]

Hey, guys, CanCo here.

I just got out of a meeting with my buddy BigShotArchitectCat, and he leaked me these rendos that have already been secretly approved by the City Commission. (It looks like The Animal has pull in local politics, too...) Apparently they're going to call it "KatPak'r Towers." People are already considering it the SE gateway to campus, just like the new stadium will be the NW gateway.

Highlights:
-250 elite rooms
-5.2 dedicated premium elite suites
-KatPak laser gargoyles
-Built entirely of native Kansas limestone (of course)
-Rooftop pool (Hard Rock style)
-Manhattan's newest, most elite, and non-racist nightclub: Klub KatPak
-Easy access to local amenities
-No astroturf
-Revolving Olive Garden (already nicknamed "Revolive Garden"), though there are rumblings that this could be replaced by a second Houlihans or the return of Gold Fork

[WillieWatanabe]

Oh man.

[SkinnyBenny]

That waterslide looks fun as crap.

Get these rendos to tmcats immediately.