Iowa City
A few updates from some projects in Iowa City.
The Hieronymous Square project is all but completed. It contains an Element Hotel, apartments, condos, and first floor commercial space. This turned out well!
This twin 15-story housing proposal called 12 E. Court has been discussed for a few years. It sits right across from the historic county courthouse, so it's ultimate approval will be quite controversial. This just seems out of scale for the context of the area and needs some design refinement. This is a 918 unit(!) apartment project.
This old building in the heart of downtown is being converted to a smaller format urban Target store.
Northside Marketplace progress from last October
The Riverfront Crossing Park is a reclaimed brownfield that is proximate to a creek that has historically flash flooded. The city acquired the properties in the flood zone, made stormwater improvements, and created a nice park in the middle of the city that will continue to have additonal enhancements made periodically.
New art piece
The park is being rung by new mid-rise apartment buildings. Two more of what's shown in the background will be built in 2020.
Taken in a season where not everything is brown or snow-filled.
Footings are being poured for this hideous monster, which is the new $50 million University of Iowa Art Museum.
The U of I Psychology and Brain Studies Building is nearing completion.
The Park Road Bridge is part of a nice, new gateway into downtown Iowa City from Interstate 80 that passes by just a few miles to the north.
And just a fewof the small, but growing skyline of the best little city in the Big 10.
