ZirMed Towers Penthouse & Roof Deck
The ZirMed Towers aren’t planned to open until this summer, but considerable progress is being made towards completing the building. The glass curtain wall is set to be finished by the end of February and, once the building is water-tight, interior spaces can be fit up for the mixed-use project. The first floors of offices could be open as soon as late March or April. With the building currently showing several level of completeness, we went inside the structure to check out the views from the top level penthouse and see just what’s in store for the building and the surrounding Glassworks area.
We luckily made it through just before Ice Storm 2009 rolled through town and we snapped quite a few photos. Leading the tour, Ken Brown of City Properties Group helped portray an image of what the finished product might look like. Starting at the top penthouse level stunned us the panoramic views and offered a bird’s eye view of surrounding blocks and what might be in store for future development.
The rest of the block on which the ZirMed Towers will be developed incrementally after the towers are complete. Initial plans call for a landscaped courtyard at the interior of the block, sidewalk retail along Market Street and a 285-car parking garage. Tentative plans call for another tower at the opposite corner of the block that could potentially house a hotel. Ken Brown notes that City Properties Group, led by Bill Weyland, keeps it’s plans flexible and able to respond to changing market conditions, so the master plan for the block is still a work in progress. The real estate group has amassed a substantial amount of property in the Glassworks District, most of it surface level parking lots, and plans to eventually transform it all with future development.
In time, City Properties Group plans an expansive and vibrant neighborhood stretching south along Ninth Street that will significantlyenlarge the existing Glassworks district. Redeveloping a district is a challenge Ken likens to a game of “urban chess.” A small one-story building on the corner of Market and 8th Streets will eventually be torn down, but finding homes for existing tenants and shifting spaces around is a time-consuming process.
Looking down from the Penthouse roof terrace, it’s hard to imagine a sea of cars suddenly transformed into a dynamic urban environment, but looking beyond at the rest of the city, we are easily distracted. Check out the rest after the click below.
- Snapshot: ZirMed Towers Nearly Covered In Glass (Broken Sidewalk)
- ZirMed Towers Terminate Ninth Street (Broken Sidewalk)
- Topping Off At ZirMed Towers (Broken Sidewalk)
- Special Report: Inside The ZirMed Towers (Broken Sidewalk)
Go inside and tour the ZirMed Gateway Towers after the click.
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