Coralville: Iowa River Landing

[icia]

http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050921/NEWS01/509210314/1079

[Brady]

That's awesome. The drive thru Coralville on I-80 is going to be just amazing in about five years --what a great impression of Iowa

[dmluvr]

so what's this about?--i can't link it here at work--and the luvr is too impatient to wait untill tonight! Brady--my fellow band buddy--can you post some bullet points on what's going on here!?!?!?!?!

[icia]

Wednesday, September 21, 2005


Council sees development plans

River Landing project would cost $8 million



By Adam Pracht
Iowa City Press-Citizen



CORALVILLE -- City Council members saw the initial plans for an $8 million commercial and residential development Tuesday night -- the first of many planned for the Iowa River Landing development southeast of Interstate 80 and First Avenue.

Nearly the area of one and a half football fields at 80,000 square feet, the development would rise up to four stories and include restaurant and retail space and more than 60 apartments.

The building is planned to run along Quarry Road, west of the convention center portion of a $60 million Marriott hotel and conference center that would anchor the Iowa River Landing. It's a joint venture for two Iowa City-based companies -- designed by Neumann Monson Architects and built by Hodge Construction.

Councilor Tom Gill said part of the goal of the city-led development was to spur private enterprise in the area and he was glad to see that starting.

"It's great to see we're turning the corner and having local development and private control," he said.

Dwight Dobberstein, vice president of Neumann Monson Architects, presented the designs. The first floor would be taken up with more than 23,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space.

"It's not a small project," Dobberstein said.

The retail space would be divided into four parts by walkways, allowing people to walk from parking at the rear of the building to the storefronts along Quarry Road. The second and third floors would extend above those walkways and would have apartments ranging from studio to three bedrooms. The northernmost part of the building also would have a fourth floor for residential space.

The building would use a variety of brick to give it a design similar to the Marriott, Dobberstein said.

"It should screen the big blank wall over at the convention center and provide a nice downtown feel," he said.

Councilor Jean Schnake said she was impressed by the design and thought that it would work well as development expanded in the area.

"It's stunning, and once you have that to look at it sets the standard for the rest of the area," she said. "You're not setting a low bar; you're setting a high bar."

City Administrator Kelly Hayworth said the city still is working to find an area developer that would oversee the creation of retail and residential space throughout the Iowa River Landing area, such as along East Ninth Street leading up to the Marriott now under construction.

He said this initial project also could expand along Quarry Road and Edgewater Drive.

"For all those things to happen, we would have to be successful as well," he said.

He said expanded retail space in those areas probably would happen only if the hotel was successful and the surface parking lot south of the hotel was made into a parking garage. That way, the retail and residential space would provide a good screen to the garage, he said.

[Ingersoll1978]

When I drove past there on my way to Chicago, the steel structure of the hotel is on its way up. It's going to be a dramatic improvement! I'm excited to see it come to fruitation. Sounds like the new portion announced above is similiar to the development near Jordan Creek.

[BenRoethig]

Here's something to get our minds of the flooding. I just came across the site for the entire river landing development. It includes the full site plan on the brochure (page 4). Included in the plan are the proposed arena and a second parking ramp at the site of the current south parking lot of the convention center. Three office towers and a Drury Inn along First ave. the south entrance. A semi urban retail plaza, a marina, a a trio of condo towers.

http://www.descogroup.com/property_deta ... propid=268
http://www.descogroup.com/cms/uploads/2 ... remail.pdf

[speeder]

I have a good friend who wants to build a indoor skydiving facility in this development.

[couch]

Also, what is happening to protect the Iowa River Landing from future flooding?

Mwahahahaha

[BenRoethig]

Also, what is happening to protect the Iowa River Landing from future flooding?

Praying, lots of praying.

[SharpHawkeye]

Also, what is happening to protect the Iowa River Landing from future flooding?

Praying, lots of praying.

Well, that's part of it I suppose.

Most of the site sits well above flood level. The Marriott had to cancel on some outdoor events (people didn't really want to get married in waders) and some spaces on the first level of the parking garage were underwater, but the hotel wasn't flooded and didn't even close during the flood. So it's really only the area between the hotel and the river that is vulnerable and as far as I know, any major building out there would be between the hotel and 1st Avenue.

[BombaBVI]

The River Landing front has been very quiet. Leads me to suspect something big is coming. Anyone know the latest news/rumors?

[BenRoethig]

I wouldn't except too many big announcements until the economy rebounds. Its very hard to get financing for new construction right now.

[DMRyan]

Sounds like things are close to popping again at the Iowa River Landing, with the potential for a few big announcements coming up. According to the article linked below, a new extended stay hotel project to be located on top of upscale retail space is proposed for construction in 2012, including an announcement for a significant 60,000 sq. ft. retailer. Any guesses on the caliber of retailers they're looking at here? Sounds like a logical choice for a Trader Joe's with their recent midwest expansion, but what about the 60,000 sq. ft. retailer? Is this too small of a floor plate for a potential Costco store or Cabela's/Bass Pro Shops?

Does this all but doom realistic chances for Cedar Rapids to ever get a foot hold for gaining retail marketshare in the Corridor? Does this in any way affect the Quad Cities' ability to land more high profile retailers if the likes of Pottery Barn, Apple store, Brooks Brothers, Williams Sonoma, etc. locate in Coralville?

Article:
http://www.easterniowagovernment.com/20 ... l-part-ii/

Here is a conceptual site layout for the development.


The new 150,000 sq. ft. U of I Hospital Outpatient Clinic has broken ground:

[Ingersoll1978]

When I read the article, I interpreted it as a 60,000 sq. ft. retail building AND an anchor store.

[SharpHawkeye]

No telling whether this means that Von Maur would pull out of Sycamore or use it as a second location. Hope for the latter. The brochure in the article can be seen here: http://www.olivermcmillan.com/news/article.php?DID=61&curid=14

Coralville negotiating for Von Maur

B.A. MORELLI • IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN • JANUARY 4, 2011

Von Maur department store and Coralville are in negotiations for the "anchor tenant" spot in Coralville's up-and-coming retail district known as Iowa River Landing, said Deanna Trumbull, a consultant for the district.

However, despite a promotional brochure presenting Von Maur as a done deal, Trumbull downplayed it, saying Von Maur is one of several retailers Coralville is in talks with for the space along Interstate 80, and no deal is in place.

"They are a prospective tenant that we've been talking to for IRL. At this point it is not something that is complete. We negotiate with a number of tenants at any time," Trumbull said, but declined to identify other tenants.

Von Maur currently is an anchor store in the Sycamore Mall in Iowa City, and it is unclear if the Iowa River Landing deal goes through if Coralville would serve as a new home in the area or a second one. Officials from Sycamore and Von Maur did not return messages seeking comment.

[...]

A brochure created by OliverMcMillan, a San Diego-based firm also working on the area, states, "Iowa River Landing provides the opportunity for 330,000 (square feet) of retail, entertainment, anchored by an 85,000 square foot Von Maur department store."

http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20110104/NEWS01/101040312/1079

[Mastermind]

Iowa's Largest Brewery proposed by Backpocket Brewing



http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/blogs/b ... ea273.html

[Cyclonefan]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but a new Costco is set to open somewhere in Coralville in October

[DMRyan]

Lots of action at the Iowa River Landing. Looks like plenty of dirt being pushed around and a new street being installed for the proposed retail/hotel development at this site. I didn't notice if the Backpocket Brewing Company building had started construction yet.

The largest project going on right now is the U of I Physcians's and Clinic's Building, which is very visible from the Interstate.

[DMRyan]

News broke today that Von Maur will build a new store at the Iowa River Landing. This will probably be the nail in the coffin for the Sycamore Mall location on the SE side of town.

Could this be the retail anchor lynchpin needed to spark additional retail space at the Iowa River Landing? Surprising choice for a department store location in relation to the other retail closer to Coral Ridge Mall. With the recent announcement of the Coralville "Galleria" going on the south side of the Coralville Strip, I'm surprised Von Maur chose to go it alone at the Landing.

Iowa City Press Citizen Article:
http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20 ... 9004/1079/

[Ingersoll1978]

Could this be the retail anchor lynchpin needed to spark additional retail space at the Iowa River Landing?

We had a representative of this development come into the store a few months ago. He showed me the details of this development and inquired if we'd thought about expanding to Iowa City. He said they had already landed other "national" retailers, including a department store (and I said it had to be a new Von Maur). It sounds like it will be what West Glen wish it was.

[Young DSM Social Club]

While I think it's ridiculous Coralville would lure away a store from Iowa City (sounds like what happens to DSM by its western suburbs...), I do like this little development. I think that Marriott is the far nicer than any hotel we have in DSM.

[DMRyan]

Combine this Marriott with the Hotel Vetro in Iowa City, and it becomes evident that DSM is not up to speed on upscale hotel options. There is no answer for a comparible hotel in DSM to Hotel Vetro. The Hyatt Place is as close to a contemporary luxury hotel as we've got. All of the other upscale hotels, including the Suites of 800 Locust are much more traditional in design.

[BenRoethig]

While I think it's ridiculous Coralville would lure away a store from Iowa City ...

Then maybe Iowa City should have thought about a trying to build a similar development to the west of Dubuque st. on its side of the Iowa river or doing some kind of southwest I80 to 218 bypass to make the highway corridor more accessible. Store patrons don't care about whether a store or not is in a city proper or a suburb, only how easy it is to get to. Coralville has land available right on I-80, Iowa city does not.

[econboy]

All things considered, I don't see how the Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Iowa City area won't explode twice as much in population this next decade as it did the last 10 years. With all of the business, Bio-Science/Medical, Shopping and Entertainment there plus the obvious educational draw, this will no doubt be Iowa's next big metro only surpassed probably in number by Des Moines still.

As to this development, landing this retail outlet might have been a bit of a stretch in terms of development incentives but will no doubt cause a further retail expnasion.

[DMRyan]

Coralville is getting funding put together for a $24 million dollar transportation facility at the Iowa River Landing, receiving their first $4 milion in transportation funds today. I couldn't find any renderings yet. Always seemed like a terrible waste of resources to have Cambus, Iowa City Transit and Coralville Transit all in operation in the same small metro. What about regionalism and pooling resources to make one common system better?

[RDCFIC]

Here is another article on the IRL and use of incentives to lure future development and tenants:

http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20111208/NEWS01/312080016/1079/

[RDCFIC]

Some renderings of proposed plans for park-like redevelopment on the river near the IRL where it forms some of the border between IC and Coralville. At lest some of the area depicted is already park land. Some might be part of what's left of the industrial park there. Difficult to tell. Click through the images to see renderings for an ampitheater, ped bridge, whitewater course and zip lines!

http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=D5&Dato=20120229&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=202290801&Ref=PH

[hawk61401]

This is a week old but news to me. I didn't know there was a lawsuit to keep Coralville from offering incentives to bring the Iowa City Von Maur department store to the Iowa River Landing. http://bit.ly/xCBpIz

This photo blows me away. I remember when the Hawk I Truck Stop was located at the current IRL West Parking Facility and the area east of the truck stop was nothing but one story butler type buildings all the way to the river. http://bit.ly/xtDp7Q

[Mastermind]

This project will be pretty dense when all is said and done. It will eventually have 4 parking ramps!

[hawk61401]

This project will be pretty dense when all is said and done. It will eventually have 4 parking ramps!

4 parking ramps? Are they trying to look like downtown Des Moines? Didn't know that.