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[cityboi]

on other news, another person has bidded on the county land across the street from the ballpark. His name is Len White and he is a managing partner of the Greensboro Grasshoppers. I cant wait to see what goes up on that land.

http://www.news-reco.../-1/NEWSREC0201

Edited by cityboi, 12 September 2006 - 10:01 AM.

[cityboi]

(I've changed this to the center pointe thread)

Its intersting that Roy is going with dark colors similar to the color the Old Wachovia Building was origionally painted.

http://www.news-reco...EC0101/61022007

Edited by cityboi, 24 October 2006 - 07:08 PM.

[DigitalSky]

Interesting about Mt Airy having one of the world's largest granite quarries!

[rooster8]

It's refreshing in this day of EFIS that a developer is spending this much time and money on quality materials.

[cityboi]

rooster8, on Oct 23 2006, 12:55 PM, said:

It's refreshing in this day of EFIS that a developer is spending this much time and money on quality materials.

It really is considering alot of developers like to take cheap shortcuts. This is going to be a high qaulity project.

[ezcheese]

that was a cool article, but i thought courtside was brand new, not an office conversion.

[cityboi]

The highrise crane has finally been erected. What a sight for soar eyes. the exterior of the Old Wachovia building is about to be stripped and the only thing standing will be the steel frame.

photos of the crane erection on link.

http://www.news-reco...EC0101/61025001

[luvdowntowngso]

It is so nice to finally see a crane in downtown Greensboro!  I totally agree with Roy Carroll's statement in
the News and Record about this being a great marketing tool...a symbol of progress!  I hope this will spur other developers to invest in our downtown. I hope we see a few more cranes in the near future.

Edited by luvdowntowngso, 25 October 2006 - 05:40 AM.

[cityboi]

luvdowntowngso, on Oct 25 2006, 04:40 AM, said:

It is so nice to finally see a crane in downtown Greensboro!  I totally agree with Roy Carroll's statement in
the News and Record about this being a great marketing tool...a symbol of progress!  I hope this will spur other developers to invest in our downtown. I hope we see a few more cranes in the near future.

I think you are right. Roy's project will start a chain reaction for other highrise proposal. Downtown needs to start going up. Its been long overdue. Its exciting to see that the transformation of the Old Wachovia Building is actually happening.

BTW I see this is your first post. welcome to the forum

Edited by cityboi, 25 October 2006 - 06:40 AM.

[cityboi]

some pics I took today






they are beginning to take the facade off

Edited by cityboi, 28 October 2006 - 05:58 PM.

[DigitalSky]

hmmm you're right. thanks for the pictures

[Route]

Finally!! This is so huge for DT G'boro.

[cityboi]

Route, on Nov 16 2006, 04:17 AM, said:

Finally!! This is so huge for DT G'boro.

now I cant wait to see those cranes building new towers I long for the day when we see 4 or 5 cranes standing tall in downtown Greensboro.

Edited by cityboi, 16 November 2006 - 07:21 AM.

[RiverwoodCLT]

It will look nice. Great for a developer to go to the trouble he has to make this project that would be welcome in any city.

In the artical:
He also examined balcony railings on Charlotte buildings, 230 South Tryon and Courtside, both former office buildings being converted to condos. He also looked at their interiors.

Courtside was built as a condo tower and never was an office building.
Courtside was just finished in the passed year.

[ezcheese]

RiverwoodCLT, on Nov 16 2006, 07:58 PM, said:

It will look nice. Great for a developer to go to the trouble he has to make this project that would be welcome in any city.

In the artical:
He also examined balcony railings on Charlotte buildings, 230 South Tryon and Courtside, both former office buildings being converted to condos. He also looked at their interiors.

Courtside was built as a condo tower and never was an office building.
Courtside was just finished in the passed year.

yeah, i commented on that earlier in the thread.

[ezcheese]

so, i noticed today that they have started pulling off the old exterior in earnest now. exciting!

[cityboi]

ezcheese, on Dec 13 2006, 11:43 PM, said:

so, i noticed today that they have started pulling off the old exterior in earnest now. exciting!

yea particularly on the west side of the building. It wont be long before the building is stripped to its steel frame. I really need to take more pictures of this construction process.

For those of you who havent seen the rendering, here it is

Edited by cityboi, 14 December 2006 - 06:15 AM.

[cityboi]

here is a webcam showing construction. You can see quite abit of the building facade is removed

http://gsowebcam.wcsr.com/

[luvdowntowngso]

cityboi, on Dec 18 2006, 10:10 AM, said:

here is a webcam showing construction. You can see quite abit of the building facade is removed

http://gsowebcam.wcsr.com/

Wooohooo! That webcam is being bookmarked as I type! THANKS Ciyboi!

[ezcheese]

they're making real progress! taken today: