Winthrop at 6:30 am

Big turnout this morning at Tully's on Broadway for the Winthrop meeting with Tim Quigg and his group of developers. Waaaay too early for me, but well worth being bleary-eyed.

Exit133.com and Kevin already posted on the meeting. What I found most interesting was the proposal to actually finish the Winthrop. Many may not know that a planned North Tower was never completed. Quigg & Company want to complete the tower with condos or perhaps more room. It's a fascinating piece of the project and a plan to not only renovate but expand the Winthrop is pretty awesome.

The other really great piece of the morning was the announcement that they want to create an additional 80 units of housing when the move the low-income housing out of the Winthrop. That would take 170 units and boost it to 250. The affordable housing advocates were well represented at the meeting, and I have great hope that the prospect of a new hotel (plus all the new jobs) plus the increase in affordable housing will make this project a winner.