GM to plan move from RenCen to Dan Gilbert’s Hudson’s tower

[Cincinnati_Kid]

I read somewhere that it would be cheaper to tear down the RenCen that to re-purpose it.

[13606Cedargrove]

I read somewhere that it would be cheaper to tear down the RenCen that to re-purpose it.

I am not sure that is true, but having worked throughout the hotel for over 3 years, I came away from the experience concluding it is a fundamentally flawed design throughout. If emotions are not factored in, a tear down and rebuild is the solution. But that will not fly due to "optics" of tearing down an iconic symbol of the City. I don't have the answers, but I hope someone does. My concern is if the 5 towers are broken up into separate parcels, this could turn into the Downtown version of the Packard Plant.

[401don]

I am not sure that is true, but having worked throughout the hotel for over 3 years, I came away from the experience concluding it is a fundamentally flawed design throughout. If emotions are not factored in, a tear down and rebuild is the solution. But that will not fly due to "optics" of tearing down an iconic symbol of the City. I don't have the answers, but I hope someone does. My concern is if the 5 towers are broken up into separate parcels, this could turn into the Downtown version of the Packard Plant.

I was going to make a joke about world's tallest Amazon warehouse but who knows, with robotics these days maybe one tower, or a portion, could be utilized for warehousing, storage or parking. The Marriott is primarily a convention hotel. There's certainly enough space on the lower tower floors to have exhibit space for small conventions that might not compete with Huntington. It's going to take some out-of-the-box thinking that's for sure.

[Henry Whalley]

I read somewhere that it would be cheaper to tear down the RenCen that to re-purpose it.

Towers may be the right size for Maralago Mussolini's diaper depository.