tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post6533737347221724070..comments2023-08-24T02:17:49.104-07:00Comments on LivingInUrbanSac: "Coolness in Crystal Ice"GAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13714870590167707217noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-10171653312505713022007-03-23T17:23:00.000-07:002007-03-23T17:23:00.000-07:00Yeah, you'll usually have a planner or your city P...Yeah, you'll usually have a planner or your city PM join you at these meetings. This way, the city gets a feel for what a neighborhood wants but also discourages items that might sound great but, for whatever reason (legal, financial, infrastructure), are impossible. The staffer can also answer specific questions regarding city policy or process that you simply don't know the answer to. A Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-20985747915053445872007-03-23T15:49:00.000-07:002007-03-23T15:49:00.000-07:00Very cool, TD. I really wanted to do it as well, ...Very cool, TD. I really wanted to do it as well, but life got really busy over the last 6 months, so I had to postpone doing itGAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714870590167707217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-22480358957357080172007-03-23T15:25:00.000-07:002007-03-23T15:25:00.000-07:00thanks for the insight, william. that was a great ...thanks for the insight, william. that was a great read. it's not often that you get to hear an unsolicited persective of a developer.<BR/><BR/>and a side note... i was just accepted to the City's Planning Academy. i've been waiting for this for almost two years now. should be cool :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-48482257639189125442007-03-23T14:35:00.000-07:002007-03-23T14:35:00.000-07:00Other than advance sneak peeks, the neighborhood h...Other than advance sneak peeks, the neighborhood has only gotten their first look this Wednesday. There was a city planning manager with the developer, so they are indeed getting their ducks in a row. The audience included a lot of pretty smart people who are involved in the local preservation community, so this was definitely a tough audience for Friedman, but he went over pretty well. I think wburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15811402557076044374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-62931401703970696342007-03-23T13:03:00.000-07:002007-03-23T13:03:00.000-07:00Our timeline usually starts about two years before...Our timeline usually starts about two years before we hope to break ground. Our due-diligence process typically lasts about three months (although I have done some in one!)and during that time we determine best/worst-case scenarios. Even just a few years ago, due-diligence could take up to six months but as a ever increasing number of players pursue a finite number of developable properties, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-70053413855694685792007-03-23T10:06:00.000-07:002007-03-23T10:06:00.000-07:00Thanks wburg. I think it was about a year to year...Thanks wburg. I think it was about a year to year and half that he closed on the land property, so a year out from submitting plans sounds about right.GAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714870590167707217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-24824885857448686262007-03-23T09:51:00.000-07:002007-03-23T09:51:00.000-07:00One things for sure, developers will say anything ...One things for sure, developers will say anything to give the impression that things are fine on a project to boost sales and the publics impression of a project. I have been close with several developers, and I was really sad that at the end of the whole dog & pony show on how much they mislead myself as well as the media, and the city as to what was really happening with the project. Well, justAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-50581706395505827732007-03-23T09:47:00.000-07:002007-03-23T09:47:00.000-07:00Typically, developers come to the neighborhood a y...Typically, developers come to the neighborhood a year or so before actually submitting their plan to the city. This is done to gauge neighborhood reaction as well as to get a certain amount of neighborhood input.<BR/><BR/>From what I heard at the meeting, the land-sale portion of the deal is done: Friedman bought the land from Tsakopoulis, he owns it already, so there won't be an issue with land wburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15811402557076044374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-81515692706254984912007-03-22T22:34:00.000-07:002007-03-22T22:34:00.000-07:00I hear ya. Its been pretty frustrating seeing all...I hear ya. Its been pretty frustrating seeing all these projects get held up.<BR/><BR/>Retail West Inc is looking for retailers, and the plaza has design funding from the city and CADA, but other than that I haven't heard much else other than Freidman saying in an article recently things are progressing "slowly".<BR/><BR/>Freidman has done other rehad projects (Elloit Building) so he seems to GAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714870590167707217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-12538692752061505622007-03-22T22:10:00.000-07:002007-03-22T22:10:00.000-07:00Man, I love the way the new Crystal Ice block will...Man, I love the way the new Crystal Ice block will look. What are the chances of this actually being built? I only say that cause it seems like nearly every large project proposed these days gets held up, stalled, and then dies on the vine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com