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Super Developer Splits Hotel into 2 towers; Ponders Biz to Res Switch
Posted on Thursday, March 25 @ 02:25:39 EST by jfbailey
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WPCNR Common Council Chronicle-Examiner. By John F. Bailey. March 24, 2004: Louis Cappelli walked into the Common Council with a new design for the Cappelli Hotel project Wednesday evening, and received a tentative o.k. to prepare a site plan from a Common Council, which wants an overhead view of his striking three tower design at site plan stage. The new design incorporates open space at street level between the hotel and Grace Church and creates open space greenery and pools, and amenities on the roof of the hotel and connecting space, presenting a cleaner, graceful, less dense presentation with a panache of excellence.
21st CENTURY CAPPELLI: The Triple Towers. There are three towers. The Bar Building is at center of picture. You are viewing the corner of Main Street and the Church Street extension. Photo by WPCNR News.
Cappelli said his new architects, Donald Trump’s architects of choice, Costis, Kondylis, had come up with a new design separating the condominium portion of the hotel-condoplex into two distinct towers. They appear slimmer, all modern glass. The third tower, the business headquarters, he also plans to be similar in design to the condo towers atop the hotel. In between the two marching condo towers and also between the middle tower and the office tower would be rooftop open space amenities of greenery and swimming pools. Cappelli said the surfaces of the towers would be glass and granite, and be “completely new look completely different from the City Center, completely 21st Century in every way.”
The Super Developer said he was going to apply for a Demolition Permit within 30 Days, and upon expected approval in May, looked to demolition the abandoned buildings between the Bar Building and Grace Church, put up an aesthetic construction fence, to begin construction in June, and then he would “start digging a hole, because we need something else to do.”
The Mayor joking said of The Bar Building that is adjacent to the impending demolition, “Please don’t weaken the foundation. (of the Bar Building).”
Everyone laughed nervously.
Mr. Cappelli noted that he is entertaining the possibility of turning the business portion of the project into a condominium tower, too. In the bustling Mayor’s reception area, afterwards. Director of Planning, Susan Habel said Cappelli would have to file a Long Form Environmental Assessment, which would include a traffic plan, environmental, and infrasture (including sewer) impact assessment before the building could be changed to residential.
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