Rumormill: The Cassidy still in the works?
We reported last year of some stirrings related to The Cassidy, the long-planned Sundance Square condo tower for the corner of 3rd & Throckmorton in Downtown. The work last year turned out to be related to the adjacent parking lot, but the word on the street is that the Cassidy may not be dormant for much longer.
We’ve been hearing rumors in a few places to the effect that Sundance Square may be starting work on the Cassidy in the fall. Construction of the condo tower would involve the demolition of the building housing Zippy’s and Sammy’s. The new building would feature a condo tower rising only over the location of the current parking lot at 3rd & Throckmorton – the rest of the block would be a low-rise base of perhaps 2-4 stories running from the tower to Houston Street, replacing the Zippy’s/Sammy’s building. The Sanger Lofts building and the Fakes Building (housing Starbucks and Pappagallo Classiques, as well as more loft apartments linked to the Sanger Lofts) would be unaffected.
If these rumors are true (and that’s a big “if”), the Cassidy would make a pretty noticeable impact on the Downtown streetscape. Details are a bit thin on the long-rumored project (the New York Times mentions the building as far back as 1996), but the published information indicates that the building would be 22 stories tall, feature 78 units, and have ground-floor retail. Whether those details are still accurate is unknown. The building was designed by David M. Schwarz Architects. Parking for the building would be underground, in the existing garage that is used by the Sanger Lofts and the Sundance West apartments – that garage in fact already has the foundation, elevator core locations, etc. for the Cassidy and was constructed larger than needed to support the new tower.
One other bit of information related to the topic – on August 1st last year, the web site domain thecassidy.com (no site currently exists at the URL) was registered by the Enilon Group, a local web design and marketing company. One of Enilon’s clients is Sundance Square Management.
Again, this is pure, 100% unconfirmed speculation and rumor-mongering. Don’t take this as a done deal until there’s an announcement from Sundance Square. We’re confident the building will be built at some point, but whether that point is this fall or not is simply not known.
Here’s a Google Street View look at the building at 3rd & Houston housing Zippy’s and Sammy’s which would be demolished for the Cassidy, if the rumors prove true.
