I was by here this afternoon and I find the final product very disappointing.
It seems the Mandarin pulled the old switcheroo. Even though all the latest renderings clearly show a facade clad in in stone or some stone-like material, both buildings are in fact clad in brick.
There are dark colored control joints plainly visible all over the place on the brick facade of the newly unveiled northern building, and in my opinion, it looks like shit. Very cheap-looking.
Does anyone wonder why they had that viel up so long? I seem to remember another building that did the same exact thing.
But it isn't quite a repeat of the Hotel Commonwealth -- although it is a huge letdown nonetheless. Im just amazed that they can advertise a clearly stone clad building and then turn around and give people a penny-pinching, poorly executed brick one instead.
And you wonder why no one trusts developers in this city.