Cylo will only be cool if it has that "Peoples" vibe to it.
I'm really interested in who they are going to find to fill this space. Based on this the building footprint will be ~9600 sq ft. That's a really large restaurant. For comparison, here are approximate building sizes of other restaurants in Ames.
Agreed it’s pretty substantial. Does the 20k sq fr include the outdoor terrace?
I tried to not grab it when measuring Hickory Park but it's tricky when looking top-down.
Size-wise that seems comparable to 30Hop in Ankeny
Looks like 30Hop is around 10-11,000 sq ft footprint, so good call. Never been there, but the 30Hop pictures online look like the CyTown renderings.
I would guess its on the south end instead of the north for a couple of reasons. Jack Trice Way is a more main roadway that will give easier access (parking is also slightly more straightforward on that end). This is all about non football and basketball game days, on those days location doesn't matter as much because there will be donor parking next to it regardless of where you put it in the development. The view of the football complex from the second level terrace is probably a better view than the brutalist architecture buildings of the Iowa State Center (even though I tend to like them) and Maple/Willow/Larch.
CyTown thrives or dies because of ~320 days without those sports where it is trying to make money.
What is that rendering supposed to be of, doesn't look like the footprint even? Unless it's oriented some weird way that doesn't make sense. The clinic currently in construction isn't even included, for instance?
The top picture was the first rendering of Cytown
The top one looks way better?
