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Factory redevelopment: DRC probes thin‑brick panels, mechanical screening and a wider hotel canopy; zoning limits accent materials
Summary
Designers showed updated hotel, parking structure and service‑area plans for the Factory site; staff warned the combination of concrete banding and metal panels would push accent materials above the zoning limit and commissioners asked for on‑site mockups and revised façade plans.
Designers for the Factory redevelopment presented an updated package that included material studies for a new hotel façade, a multi‑story parking structure, mechanical equipment sight lines and refuse locations.
Project lead Benton Smothers and the design team showed a detailed window‑module study, new canopy (marquee) options for the hotel drop‑off and a material study that tested a thin‑brick face integrated into structural precast panels as an alternative to conventional full‑bed masonry. The team also outlined locations for rooftop mechanical equipment on the new parking deck and precise siting for two refuse enclosures, including a compactor adjacent to the garage and a smaller enclosure serving the hotel back‑of‑house area.
Staff told the committee the zoning ordinance requires rooftop mechanical equipment to be fully screened from adjacent streets or…
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