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Waynestudent82
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Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 8:36 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey everyone, long time lurker here... I was just wondering if the closing date of the Book Cadillac had been pushed back? I seem to remember that they specified a new closing date of March 2006... anyone know anything??? TIA
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Aiw
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Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 9:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

As far as I know, still finalizing the last few details.

Hopefully soon.
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Sfdet
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 2:29 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

wayne,the projected closing date of march 2006 was detroit speak. translation: march 2009. but i hope they prove me wrong.
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Broken_main
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 3:43 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I wonder if it will ever happen???
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Hamtramck_steve
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 7:33 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The paperwork is getting the final once-over by a tax guru to make sure all the i's are dotted and t's crossed.
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E_hemingway
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 7:45 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I hope so. I really want to see that project happen. That would be the BIG construction project in downtown this summer once, and if, it goes forward.
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Mind_field
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:29 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"The paperwork is getting the final once-over by a tax guru"

Well Brian BETTER not mess up this Book Cadillac deal.

But seriously, can you imagine a Washington Blvd. anchored by Rock Financial on the north, Cobo on the south and the four star (i'm guessing) Westin Book Cadillac in the middle. Talk about a transformation.
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Bobj
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:32 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

This is what Washington Blvd needs and that whole area could use a boost - maybe it would lead to some interest in the old Freep bldg.
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Broken_main
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:36 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Is Brian involved with this??? Is he the tax Guru???
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Mind_field
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:39 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

^duh, have you been living under a rock?
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Broken_main
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:46 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No...I just don't know who he is.

In other words, what does Brian have to do with the Book. Those were questions. This is a forum. And i was just desiring answers.

It's little remarks like yours that often sway the way a thread on this forum which ususally leads others to say something stupid and it gets the entire thread off the original topic.

By the way, i stay in a house, not under a rock.
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Jt1
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:55 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

B_M - Brian has beena consistent vocal critic of the project and pretty confident in the fact that it will never come to fruition because it is not economically feasible for any company to do it, even with all of the tax credits.

Brian is also a big critic of CoD money or tax credits being used to spur development downtown.
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Broken_main
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:00 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thank you Jt 1

I appreciate it. i don't get to much into the politics of these projects, as you can see. Just trying to add my say whenever I can.
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Hamtramck_steve
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:01 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Brian's knowledge about how various tax programs work has also been shown to be somewhat...deficient many times in the past.

Are there no other longtimers here to laugh at this?

(Message edited by Hamtramck Steve on March 20, 2006)
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Jt1
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:02 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I guess I should amend my first post. I do not know if Brian is a vocal critic but he is a critic on this board.
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Rustic
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:04 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

plus who knows ... in real life Brian may very well be a tax guru going over the plan ... ya never know ...
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Darwinism
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:06 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

This thread is not about Brian - it is about the Book-Cadillac project. Let's get back to the topic.
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Rustic
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

on another thread someone wanted to know what "Skipper's Rule" meant ...
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Mind_field
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:16 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

B_M, as you can tell by now my post #521 was gross sarcasm, as was my "duh" post...didn't mean to offend you, you're a good guy. Actually it's more my fault since you are a relative newcomer and haven't witnessed numerous Book Cadillac threads devolve into a bitchfest over the tax structure of the deal.

Anyway, the end of March is only 11 days away, hopefully there will be NO MORE DELAYS. At this point, Detroit and Wayne County need all the positive press and new development that they can get. The news has been overly negative lately from the economy, to the zoo, crime and political corruption.
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Rustic
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Brian: "Beware the ides of March."
Skulker: "He is a dreamer; let us leave him."

:o
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Broken_main
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:31 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Forgive me all, I guess i am partially responsible for this sway. I just asked a question and it lead to this.

I really hope this project gets moving because it will be beneficial for the entire Washington Blvd corridor.
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Funkycarrie
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:47 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It'd be great to see the BC breathe life back into Washington Blvd. once again...I hope this FINALLY goes through.
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Goat
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 1:02 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ham_steve, I remember...but I try not to. : )
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Llyn
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 2:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

By the way, welcome to Waynestudent82. There'll be laughter, there'll be tears, there'll be temptations to smash your monitor. And there's social events (see Detroit Connections).

I would have said "socializing" but I was afraid Karl would interpret that as "socialism".
:-)

HammSteve, I thought it was funny!
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Supersport
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 4:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I heard it's coming down.
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Waynestudent82
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Thanks alot everybody... im kind of proud of the fact that my first post has gotten 25 replies...
Im just a huge fan of the building and this site
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Matt
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 5:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You won't be a fan of this site once people start yelling at you to do a search or to spell/grammar check your post. :P
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Dalangdon
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I'm a long time lurker to this site. Glad to hear that the B/C project is coming along, and a quality brand will be managing it. Ironically enough, Sheraton and Westin are the same company now (Starwood) so it's sort of a case of "deja vu all over again". Hopefully, Westin will be able to have as long a run as Sheraton did, and will be able to undo some of the damage Sheraton inflicted.
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Gmich99
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 9:20 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Matt

So true! Its a hate love relationship here, but I keep coming back so I must love it slightly more than I hate.
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Andyguard73
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 9:43 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I seem to remember stumbling across a book-cadillac website. Not the one by the friends of book-cadillac, but one from the developer. I know I've found others for rehabed Detroit land marks like the Guardian. Does anyone know if there is a book site or am I just imagining it? If there is one would you post the link?
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The_aram
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:18 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Who can forget how these threads used to turn into Skulker and Brian trading posts numbering into the tens of paragraphs EACH?

One bitter person going after another, page after page after page... And that was before Skulker declared war on the FOBC.
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Jt1
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:20 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

All he wanted was the list of 100 buildings.
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Marcnbyr
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 10:26 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

So he could personally knock them all down under the cover of nightfall. As we all know, Skulker hates buildings. We should all be glad that said list was never produced for him, it would only be the start of his madness; who knows how many buildings would fall to the wrath of Skulker?
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Aiw
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:09 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No one hates buildings like Skulker.
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Gumby
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:47 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I once heard that skulker took down a skyscraper with one swing of a sledgehammer.
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Gumby
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Also, I once saw skulker scissor kick Angela Lansbury.
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Matt_the_deuce
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Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 4:01 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I once heard that while riding on a motorbike, Skulker opened his mouth and accidentally swallowed a building.

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