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(from previous pics) Very impressive. SST is really standing out now. It's a nice bookend to the skyline.

I'm guessing the top of the core is about 10 floors now with about 6 more planned plus whatever they have planned for the mechanical extension.

When I first saw the rendering, my initial reason was big woof, another downtown glass tower. But the finish product is quite impressive and (imo) a big improvement. My only mild criticism is that I wish they were a bit more aggressive with the red highlights, perhaps at the crown. It does make...

Maybe so, but how many times do you order from amazon instead of patronizing your local businesses? That's the society we live in. Next, amazon will be using drones to deliver packages to our doorstep.

It's clear that Millennium didn't deliver on what was "promised" in its proposal but let's be real here ... open 18 hours a day as a "great hall", huh? What we have is a beautiful lobby for the locals to grab a sandwich and coffee at lunch time but nothing more.

Pre-pandemic, this was just fanciful marketing hype. Post-pandemic, it's dead on arrival. There are major malls going out of business now. We don't congregate like years ago. I've been working remote for 3+ years, never to return to the office and the insane daily drive to the city.

I know there was a lot of hoopla when they were designing the tower regarding the lobby but I wouldn't expect much from it nor would I want to go out of my way to visit/patronize it. I suppose if I worked locally I might feel different. In the end, it's just a lobby in an office tower.

they are bumping up the the cocoon wrap. It will be interesting to see the setback peaking up now.

Be still my beating heart, the aB forum has unanimous consensus. make note of it.

The setback in the final phase will provide a different dimension, which IMO will be a nice complement. We should relish this one. I believe there are no further high-rises in the planning stages, just a few mid-rises (~300').

Full disclosure, this was the corporate HQ for a major US business for decades, until it was demolished about 25 years ago.

This IS the hobby.

A fair amount of street activity on a cold day ... nice to see that in the Chinatown / downtown area.

Those crane operators earn every penny, especially in the cold / windy winter months.

Agreed and I doubt we'll ever see the high-rise expansion that we've seen during the past 10 years or so, ever. There is such a glut of commercial real-estate with more vacancies coming as leases come to term that they will need to re-purpose existing building.