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[RaleighHeelsfan]

RaleighHeelsfan, on Feb 11 2005, 04:42 PM, said:

Could someone give us a run down of what is being proposed, approved or under construction.

Emporis shows there are 12 buildings in all that might be built.  Is it up to date?

Include the new buildings that have been talked about this week. Maybe rumors also.

Thanks

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Again, it sure would be nice for someone to post whats going on in ONE spot instead 20 different places. Was my last post ignored or something? I'm from out of town, thats why I can't post the stuff my self....I'm outta the loop. Should I have said please? lol

Edited by RaleighHeelsfan, 16 February 2005 - 12:40 PM.

[uptownliving]

dubone, on Dec 20 2004, 03:12 PM, said:

I found a rendering of the Metro School that CMS is building in 2nd ward.  The site plan also displays the extended S. Davidson St., which I think must be coordinated with this project. 

I'm disappointed that it is only a single level (not counting the underground parking).   I know that almost all schools are built single-story since the columbine massacre, but i had figured since this project was uptown, that they'd make it less sprawling.  Oh well.  I still like this project, though, especially since it is contributing to the reconnection of the grid streets in 2nd ward.

Metro School

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Uhh, the renderings show its 2 stories....also the recent addition to First Ward School is 3 stories.

[dubone]

uptownliving, on Feb 16 2005, 01:19 PM, said:

Uhh, the renderings show its 2 stories....also the recent addition to First Ward School is 3 stories.

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there are no stairs in the floorplan (unless i'm missing it).  I think the extra height on the corners that seem to be two levels in the renderings are simply high ceilings for the gym/food court/arts center/pools areas at the corners.  

Don't get me wrong, i think it is a good design, and i know there are more accessibility needs at metro school.  I was disappointed because i think the architects could have resolved the accessibility issues but kept the footprint to a one block section of uptown, like First Ward ES.  Instead, the design takes  up two full blocks in a neighborhood we all hope will be a dense urban landscape during this building's lifespan.  Two blocks is a lot of uptown land, especially when you consider the opportunity cost of what that land could be used for in the next 20 years...  

First Ward ES, (which has a design i really like) and a handfull of other schools are the rare exception where multiple levels are used.  I think a significant majority of new construction schools are sprawling single level buildings, with all the charm of a warehouse.

[dubone]

RaleighHeelsfan, on Feb 16 2005, 12:39 PM, said:

Again, it sure would be nice for someone to post whats going on in ONE spot instead 20 different places. Was my last post ignored or something? I'm from out of town, thats why I can't post the stuff my self....I'm outta the loop. Should I have said please? lol

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I think atlvr had a good synopsis in the first couple pages of the "For Sure Projects" thread.  That is pretty recent.

[RaleighHeelsfan]

dubone, on Feb 16 2005, 06:06 PM, said:

I think atlvr had a good synopsis in the first couple pages of the "For Sure Projects" thread.  That is pretty recent.

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oh, ok!  Sorry, did not see that.

Does anyone have any info on the 300 south tryon project?

[atlrvr]

dead.....never going to happen....actually, i take that back.

The county hired a parks consultant to design a new park for that part of uptown.  The consultant recommended the park going on that parcel and the one behind it across Church St.  The county has since fired that consultant because they thought he was too concerned about where the park would be located and should have instead been designing the land already owned by the county.

This takes the pressure off of Cornerstone to do a land swap with the county.  Seeing as Spectrum (who has become Cornerstone's Charlotte development partner) has had much greater success with residential than office, I forsee this building being a pretty tall residential tower in a few years (they probably would need to go 40 stories to make it economics work) unless the office market improves dramatically....though with two fairly good size office towers set to start in the next year or so, I can't see that there will be much demand for this space unless we can find a huge HQ relocation that doesn't mind waiting.......or what I'd like to see is SunTrust (now that they've bought CCB) to build a tower for it's expanded NC operations.

[BryanH]

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I forsee this building being a pretty tall residential tower in a few years (they probably would need to go 40 stories to make it economics work) unless the office market improves dramatically....though with two fairly good size office towers set to start in the next year or so, I can't see that there will be much demand for this space unless we can find a huge HQ relocation that doesn't mind wa

atlrvr...which two office towers are you talking about? the only one i know of is wachovia's proposed one. whats the other?

[atlrvr]

Wachovia......and a tower at 7th and Tryon that will include the Mint Museum in the project.....

[UptownJ]

atlrvr, on Feb 17 2005, 01:44 PM, said:

......and a tower at 7th and Tryon that will include the Mint Museum in the project.....

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Do you know any information about that one?  I don't remember hearing or reading along about that one

[atlrvr]

Hmmmm....Betchler museum was originally to be included....now they're not.....ummmm.....Hall House was to be demolished rebuilt, now it looks like it might be saved......look for a official release within a month

[BryanH]

Center City Development

...this website has a great rundown of high profile projects going on in the center city. it has an interesting rendering for the proposed "urban village" by levine/cousine properties. also, check out the j&w apartments being built by spectrum. very nice.

[skysdalimit]

Pretty spiffy, thanks Bryan.

[atlrvr]

Today they were adding pedements and a new exterior to the southern elevator shaft between the uptown Hampton Inn and Hilton Garden.

[moonshield]

That is good to hear, so it is a clock tower now right?

[atlrvr]

I guess that's what it is supposed to be.....it looks like they might end up bricking the exterior.......they just started the work.

[JunktionFET]

The Raleigh News and Observer did a large segment on downtowns and features a lengthy article on Charlotte, including a picture on the front page of the section

http://www.newsobser...p-8545301c.html

[monsoon]

Nice article.

[atlrvr]

Two new developments that aren't technically uptown but are more southend.

1.  A building permit was issued for another building at the Village of Southend......This will sit next to the building that now houses EQ3 furniture and will front South Blvd........it finally completes the whole block and will create a more urban feel sense it eliminates a big overgrown field in front of Furman's condo project.

2.  The former Lafayette Jewelers at Morehead and Tryon has been sold to an out of town developer who is planning condos........I think the Business Journal should have more info in the upcoming issue.

[rockhilljames]

Atlrvr, I was wondering about that lot in front of the Village of Southend. I thought that perhaps the developer didn't own the lot.

Any idea of the size/purpose of the building? Will it be condos or a single story retail building to compliment the EQ3 store? I'd love to see another large condo building there, it would help with the urban feel of the area.

As for the Lafayette building, any word on the size of the condo project? That's a pretty prime piece of real-estate.

Thanks for the rundown!

[dubone]

rockhilljames, on Mar 2 2005, 12:55 PM, said:

Atlrvr, I was wondering about that lot in front of the Village of Southend. I thought that perhaps the developer didn't own the lot.

Any idea of the size/purpose of the building? Will it be condos or a single story retail building to compliment the EQ3 store? I'd love to see another large condo building there, it would help with the urban feel of the area.

As for the Lafayette building, any word on the size of the condo project? That's a pretty prime piece of real-estate.

Thanks for the rundown!

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the developer didn't own the lot when vose was under construction (i haven't checked to see if that is still the case).  Last i checked it was simonini.