MIRAGE 1705 · OWNER LOCK — F-FRONT (UNDER ~$100k ARCH UPGRADES)
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Status: RECOMMENDED LOCK · Jul 20, 2026
Footprint: PERFECT RECTANGLE — no structural tower, no lost rooms/windows
Spend: SOUTH FRONT ONLY · sides/rear stay base IMP
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CRITICAL RULE (DO NOT VIOLATE)
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The vertical “MIRAGE” feature is FAÇADE TREATMENT ONLY — NOT a real wall/tower.

  ✗ Do NOT build a 12–16′ wide projecting structural tower through hotel floors
  ✗ Do NOT eat center guest rooms or kill front windows

  ✓ 6–12″ deep aluminum / ACM / fiber-cement decorative skin on flat south wall
  ✓ Vertical wood-look or metal fins (applied)
  ✓ Backlit MIRAGE letters + LED accents
  ✓ Windows remain in the real wall BEHIND / BETWEEN the decorative skin

Street reads “dramatic tower.” Plan stays a box. Waterproofing = cladding detail, not a new volume.


DUAL ENTRIES (UNCHANGED FROM A1.0 / A2.0)
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Left  · O1 MIRAGE hotel lobby — strengthen with better canopy
Right · O2 CRAVE — own identity (warmer storefront) · independent airlock


SPEND ORDER (FRONT ONLY)
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1. Front façade two-tone + decorative center skin / fins     ~$25–40k
2. Main hotel canopy (serious, ~12–15′ — not 20′ palace)    ~$35–50k
3. CRAVE storefront warm-up (mullion/sign/glow)             ~$12–20k
4. Lighting (canopy + center mark + CRAVE wash + crown)     ~$15–25k
5. Signage (MIRAGE vertical + CRAVE)                        ~$8–15k
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TARGET TOTAL                                              ~$95–$130k
Stretch ceiling                                             ~$150k
Sides / rear                                                $0 delta (base IMP)


WHAT THIS BUYS (LOOKS LIKE MORE THAN IT COSTS)
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· Fiber cement or ACM color-block (not full rainscreen rebuild)
· Shallow decorative center feature (6–12″)
· One hero canopy + light
· Restaurant personality at glass you already have
· Crown LED strip

ANTI-MOTEL RULES (must look $5k/mo tier — still in F-FRONT budget)
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· NO through-wall PTAC under windows (use VRF/PTHP per MEP — hide equipment)
· NO cheap white horizontal sliders — dark bronze aluminum punched / storefront
· NO chunky gas-station porte columns — slim canopy / elegant drop
· NO sparse “empty lot + plastic sign” look — pavers at entries + planting + uplights
· Warm limestone-look / sand panel + charcoal accent (not motel beige grid)
· Soft linear canopy LED + crown — not harsh floods
· Target comps: boutique hospitality / premium monthly — not roadside motel

SKIP (saves money, little drive-by loss)
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· Side / rear upgrades
· Structural Mirage tower
· South walk-out balconies
· Sconce on every pier
· Full building re-clad


CONSTRUCTABILITY
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· Attach skin to CFS/sheathing per PE (160 mph Exp C C&C)
· Continuous WRB behind decorative skin — windows flash as usual
· Canopy separate PE attachment to structure
· No change to A1 floor plans / unit SF / joist spans


OWNER INITIALS
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___ LOCK F-FRONT (~$100k front-only) — recommended
___ F-FRONT + L5 pool balconies later (+$20–30k)
___ Defer

Next drawings if locked: revise A2.0 south elev notes + canopy/skin details only.
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