East Village Truman Hotel | 24m | 6s | Truman | NORR

Yeah 4 downtown hotels by the same developer is wild. Unfortunately I worry that the city is so desperate to get development moving in the EV that they'll approve this with the Riverwalk wall still included 🫤
 
Mountain Man said:
The city will 100% approve this with the wall. Is there even a requirement the city has for retail to open onto the riverwalk?
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This is the same setup as Concorde and some of the other fancy condos in Eau Claire, so the precedent is there, but it would be nice at least have retail in this location. :)

trtcttc said:
Didn't think we'd ever have this problem, but maybe it's time to add additional descriptors to thread titles, now that we have multiple Truman hotels proposed.
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I renamed it East Village Truman Hotel for now. Us regulars know the difference but for others, this at least separates it from the other hotel proposals.
 
Surrealplaces said:
This is the same setup as Concorde and some of the other fancy condos in Eau Claire, so the precedent is there, but it would be nice at least have retail in this location. :)


I renamed it East Village Truman Hotel for now. Us regulars know the difference but for others, this at least separates it from the other hotel proposals.
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Does Eau Claire have any retail along the RiverWalk? That's what makes the EV special, is the activation of the waterfront. It will be a major loss to the master plan, if arguably the most important corner becomes a fenced wall at grade.
 
Chinatown popup? There is the bike repair container on the river path by 10st, that's the only one I can think of aside from the couple buildings in east village.
 
I cycle past Riverhall every day (well, 4 days a week lol) and I think it's neat. I do hate how they close the access to the river path from 3 Ave every time there is an event at Riverhall though. I'd be happy that summer and events at Riverhall are over, but now they are paving 8st with paving stones and I can't get to the river path again!. Anyway, I digress.. lol
 
Yes River Hall, I couldn't think of the name in that moment. Outside of that I think Chinatown is the closest retail. I do think the brick fence should be a no, no. Once this gets on dmap I'll definitely be leaving that as a comment and writing to my councilor. I think there can be a lot done to soften the barrier between the hotel and the RiverWalk. There has been a very large municipal ratepayer investment in this section of the river, and it would be a waste to let it become a hotel's hot tub view. I would argue the hotel itself would be better off by having some kind of activation for the public there that would serve the hotel and people on the RiverWalk, otherwise I hope they're ready to be constantly patrolling that fence.
 
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Urb said:
Does Eau Claire have any retail along the RiverWalk? That's what makes the EV special, is the activation of the waterfront. It will be a major loss to the master plan, if arguably the most important corner becomes a fenced wall at grade.
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There are a couple of kiosks next to Concord that do mounds of business in the summer. We really need some more retail along the pathway.
 
Does anyone know how high the fence is going to be? If it's short enough to allow people to see in, then I don't really have a problem with it. Any patio with a liquor license needs to be fenced in. If we are talking about a 7 foot high solid wall, then that's no good.

I would love to see, what I assume is a restaurant patio, the pink dots (umbrellas) are moved to the spot with the hot tubs are and vice versa. This could also help the viability of the restaurant, as it becomes more available to those that aren't hotel guests.

This will be a great addition to East Village compared to residential. Most hotel guests will be out and about and that helps with making the neighborhood feel a little more safe, due to more people on the streets and that will make it more attractive to potential residents in the future. When I stay in an inner-city hotel, I'm out walking around every evening for dinner, drinks or just to check out the neighborhood, while when I was a downtown resident, I would just stay home on many evenings, especially on weeknights.
 
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