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[Charlotte_native]

Correction to my post above -- the Double Oaks redevelopment is in the planning stages and is set to start sometime this year.  It includes 98 acres of all types of development, residential, commercial, a park, multi-family, etc, bounded by I-77, LaSalle Street, and Stateville Ave.

The correct, completed project, is The Park at Oaklawn which is in the same general vicinity, was completed in 2005 as a partnership between the Charlotte Housing Authority and Crosland as a tax credit development.  32 acres, 332 residential units, mixed income, seniors housing, and affordable housing.

[CharlotteUrbanPioneer]

monsoon, on Feb 20 2008, 05:28 PM, said:

^Exactly what is "Northend" beyond what this developer has cooked up?

The www.northendsquarecondos.com has a lot of info on the "Northend".

[CharlotteUrbanPioneer]

CharlotteUrbanPioneer, on Feb 21 2008, 03:00 PM, said:

The www.northendsquarecondos.com has a lot of info on the "Northend".

This project is the subject of Doug Smith's next big thing article today.

It has much of the information that's shown on the www.northendsquarecondos.com website plus comments from other area stakeholders, namely City officials.  Just FYI.

[shawnpaul]

monsoon, on Feb 14 2008, 11:53 PM, said:

^Given they have already cooked up another nonsensical trendy name "North End" I don't know. It sounds more like a developer that found some relatively cheap land, wants to throw up a cheaply built condo project just so he can make his bucks as fast as possible. I don't see anything about this project to like and if it was located, say in the University area, it would be derided by most here as another cookie cutter mess. It's bland, boring and typical Charlotte.

Aside from that, the powers to be have decided this area will only be served by buses and cars for the forseeable future and it is too far away from downtown to benefit from it's proximity. It could go either way.

Although I do also question the name of this project and potential name of this corridor, I do believe that this product is the perfect opportunity for the "suburbanite" who has never experienced living in or near the center city, but has heard all the great things and wants to experience living in an urban setting, the opportunity to experience an urban lifestyle; while at the same time purchasing a product (1400+ sf condos or 1800+ sf townhomes) at the same price per square foot they are use to paying in "suburbia". Charlotte's center city is evolving and has only began to offer a "real" urban lifestyle over the past 5 years. This project gives people options in housing types at the urban core of the city.

Saussy Burbank is the builder for the residentail portion of this project. They have a great track record and from what I have seen from them they build good residential single family homes and townhomes(e.i. Garden District Row on 8th Street). Any project that aims to bring life back to a abandoned and run-down corridor can't be viewed as a cookie cutter project.

[lefty23]

shawnpaul, on Feb 28 2008, 08:19 PM, said:

Saussy Burbank is the builder for the residentail portion of this project. They have a great track record and from what I have seen from them they build good residential single family homes and townhomes(e.i. Garden District Row on 8th Street). Any project that aims to bring life back to a abandoned and run-down corridor can't be viewed as a cookie cutter project.

Is Saussy Burbank building parts of the Northend Sq.? IMO That would be great, I like their style, I know not everyone does. I know they built the Park at Oaklawn single family homes that are already completed. The name I heard of involved with NorthEnd was Drakeford, not sure though.

But I agree this offers a great option for people to live very close to downtown and not pay the prices of downtown.

[CharlotteUrbanPioneer]

lefty23, on Mar 3 2008, 02:36 PM, said:

Is Saussy Burbank building parts of the Northend Sq.? IMO That would be great, I like their style, I know not everyone does. I know they built the Park at Oaklawn single family homes that are already completed. The name I heard of involved with NorthEnd was Drakeford, not sure though.

But I agree this offers a great option for people to live very close to downtown and not pay the prices of downtown.

Saussy Burbank is the builder and The Drakeford Company is the developer.  The architectural style is different from what Saussy Burbank is known for.  It has a lot of brick and a more urban look.  I like Saussy Burbank as well.

[lefty23]

Ok I am clear now, thanks...that's great Saussy is involved in this area again. It will be good to have it a little different from their typical style, being so close to the more typical Park at Oaklawn homes they built, although I like the 'Edward Scissorhands' look of the single family homes over there, funky colors.  

I just got an invite to the Launch event for the North End for Thursday Mar 6th. They are calling it 'Charlotte's Newest Ring Neighborhood'. Interesting

[Raintree21]

Charlotte_native, on Feb 21 2008, 09:39 AM, said:

Correction to my post above -- the Double Oaks redevelopment is in the planning stages and is set to start sometime this year.  It includes 98 acres of all types of development, residential, commercial, a park, multi-family, etc, bounded by I-77, LaSalle Street, and Stateville Ave.

The correct, completed project, is The Park at Oaklawn which is in the same general vicinity, was completed in 2005 as a partnership between the Charlotte Housing Authority and Crosland as a tax credit development.  32 acres, 332 residential units, mixed income, seniors housing, and affordable housing.

The Double Oaks project got final approval from the City Council at last week's meeting.

[lefty23]

They are slowly destroying the old buildings there at Double Oaks. Each week I drive by a few more are down to just the foundation.  Good sign, but it needs to go faster to prevent the crime problems that are popping up from empty vacant building sitting in this area.

[tozmervo]

The Charlotte Fire Department is about to build a new headquarters at the intersection of Statesville/Graham/Dalton. Should provide a bit of a boost for the area, if for no other reason than getting a substantial vacant building out of the way.

http://charlotte.biz...1326400^3758691

[Urbanity]

^^I'm disappointed that they couldn't save the original structure for historical reasons though fully understand the reasons.   In spite of that, I do hope that the new building is something completely different and sets a tone for that intersection.  Now if they could only do something about that empty lot across Graham from the Crisis Assistance/Salvation Army complex

[Spartan]

Hopefully the new CFD HQ will be a building worth keeping. That's a nice corner for a signature building.

[lefty23]

Spartan, on 20 August 2010 - 02:14 PM, said:

Hopefully the new CFD HQ will be a building worth keeping. That's a nice corner for a signature building.

It looks like the old building on this corner has been completely demo'd now. I can't wait for this new CFD building to start rising out of the ashes. It sure is a great corner to have a building. I am hoping for something to rival the CFD building off Steel Creek on Lake Wylie, something that can really spur some new development on this corner.

Many people on this thread have mentioned it, but this little five points area has a lot of potential.

[rjp212]

Work is slated to being on Brightwalk at Historic Double Oaks.  It is to include "hundreds" of affordable and market-rate homes.

http://www.bizjourna...alk-begins.html

http://www.brightwalkcharlotte.com

Edited by rjp212, 09 December 2011 - 08:18 AM.

[rworkman09]

Model home construction underway in Brightwalk:



Picture taken from their Facebook Page: http://www.facebook....arlotte?sk=wall

[dubone]

http://charmeck.org/...resentation.pdf

The budget proposal includes major streetscape improvements to Graham and minor street improvements throughout this area.

[dubone]

In conjunction with the streetscape, I read somewhere that Charlotte will also include Graham (and Independence and a few other corridors) as eligible for grants to remove blight.