I put it here because his detailing (see the whole thread) of the development strategy is beyond Iron Hill which I felt was relevant to the current discussion of Cortex and its amount of auto-orientation.sc4mayor wrote: ↑Jan 10, 2020^ Should this be in the Iron Hill thread?
The rendering appears to be a different perspective from the West that we haven’t seen. I hope they kept the same design, it would be a shame if they didn’t.aprice wrote:Is anyone else concerned that they changed the design? That rendering doesn't have that token sandcrawler look to it.
Looks like tic-tac Tech (t•t•T) will be adding a significant presence.addxb2 wrote:PLEASE let an outside company with a large employee presence get this building full. Cortex needs a new anchor tenant. One that can inspire a new subset of startups.
As this is office and lab space, this could potentially push close to 200'. I would expect a tower crane, depending on the length of the building and how aggressive the construction schedule is we may see 2.sc4mayor wrote: ↑Jan 15, 2020Will 4210 use a tower crane?
Who are they? Haven’t heard anything about them.wabash wrote:Looks like tic-tac Tech (t•t•T) will be adding a significant presence.addxb2 wrote:PLEASE let an outside company with a large employee presence get this building full. Cortex needs a new anchor tenant. One that can inspire a new subset of startups.
We have confirmation that the new Wash U Neuroscience Building will be 600K sq.ft. Perhaps the two sites "adjacent" and "co-located across the street" are the two parking lots across the site's footprint along Duncan, east of the Facilities Building? Including the one behind Cortex One?In terms of the 200 acres here at Cortex, what's going to drive future physical development of this district?
I think there'll be three things. I think the geospatial consortium and the cyber consortium could really attract a lot of startups and established companies. The neurosciences research center, which is 600,000 square feet, was a wonderful decision that was made by the Washington University medical school to bring that research into the district. I think that building itself is going to drive additional buildings adjacent to it, of companies that are in the neuroscience field who want to be co-located across the street next to that seminal basic research. There are two or three very strong and globally recognized research initiatives that Wash U has, and neuroscience research is right at the top. The opportunity to commercialize that research could really drive one or two new buildings and attract established corporations that want to be next to it. Also, it can drive new startup companies in the neuroscience area. Then of course, the companies that are already here, We have a lot of IT companies and they're going to continue to spin out new tech.
All the chatter I've been hearing is that they plan to put residential right in the heart of the district, near the new med school building and the old printing plant they just rehabbed. Going north of FPP, I think Cortex will be limited due to the borders of their redevelopment area (if people are unwilling to sell, that is).gone corporate wrote: ↑Jan 17, 2020
- Current site expansion: I see them eventually working in the north side of Forest Park Parkway for office buildings, specifically between Sarah and Boyle. There's a couple smaller buildings (a print shop, a car restoration shop, a Salvation Army shop, and a Wash U Med facility for kidney disease) that all could be supplanted by either office space or residential. Concurrently, I see them actively furthering new residential coming on along Vandeventer between the 64/40 overpass going south to Manchester at the Chroma building.
