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Wednesday sunset photo from Two Rivers Park featuring a skyline peek.

Interesting Lincoln Harris is finally marketing this tower they got rezoning for a few years back. This is directly behind their Capitol Towers project. from their webpage https://www.lincolnharris.com/properties/5954-carnegie/ 300,000 SF office / ground floor retail 10 stories Available late 2024 Remarkable views of Uptown Expansive balcony on penthouse floor Sky terraces on upper floors Glass facade Structured parking with direct access into building Premier location providing direct access to Charlotte’s most upscale neighborhoods

Livability.com feature entitled "Alive and Kicking: Inside Nashville SC's new soccer stadium." https://livability.com/tn/nashville/experiences-adventures/alive-kicking-inside-nashville-scs-new-soccer-stadium/

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They applied for a stormwater permit yesterday.

Government gas subsidies, pro auto zoning and parking ordinances, along with modern transportation planning succeeded in eviscerating the downtowns of America's cities as thoroughly as the Allies carpet bombing campaigns did to the centers of downtown Dresden, Berlin, etc...etc., during WWII. We often use comparison maps showing the downtowns of US cities before the Federal Highway Act of 1956 and the results unleashed by it a generation later. They are stark. Pre War maps of the same area of Charlotte would show a rich fabric of buildings (in black), as opposed to large swaths of parking and highway ROW's by the late 1970's early 1980's (shown in white). Same are true for pre and post War Detroit, Cleveland, etc, etc. Viewed side by side with maps of European cities pre and post war and tears will well up in your eyes. And, unlike the War in Europe, we visited this devastation upon our cities voluntarily, even reallocating large amounts of National wealth for it....something we continue doing to this very day.

Insta: @mattshdr Awesome view!

Some higher quality renderings from the Development Tracker. I added the labels.

Just north of Old Concord: The Midnight Diner is opening a second location at Tom Hunter station. (UNCC newsletter reported this from a paywalled Observer story)

Atlantic City, New Jersey: a 140 acre, $3 billion mixed-use plan has been announced for the former Bader Field Airport to be built in 5 phases over 12 years. It will feature 10,000 residential. units, 400,000 sq. ft. of retail/office, a marina, and 20 acres of public amenity space (courtesy of YIMBY Philadelphia):

NC added tech jobs at the 4th fastest rate in the USA after some big states like Texas, Florida and California according to CompTIA in 2021 the height of the pandemic. https://wraltechwire.com/2022/11/25/nc-adds-tech-jobs-businesses-at-one-of-fastest-rates-in-us-study-shows/ https://www.cyberstates.org/#interactiveMap?geoid=0__usa In total tech jobs we are #11 in country but gaining fast on Georgia. NC having multiple tech hubs really helps our state. Charlotte, Raleigh Durham and even Wilmington is burgeoning tech hub.

well they have a couple floors in 201 South Tryon where their uptown branch is and several floors in Truist Tower. I think we discussed this before and came up with like 200K sq ft of space. But I am not sure. All I know is Truist Bank does not want a competitor in their Truist bank owned building.

GEODIS Park:

My thoughts are since most of our tech employees are with smaller companies we will not be affected as bad. Google employs some here as does Apple but they pale in comparisons with homegrown companies both in Charlotte and Raleigh Durham. Microsoft may have already laid off some people in NC as they have operations in both CLT and RTP. Cisco is trimming people too and they employ several thousand in RTP.

Is that a study done by the 7 old people that had TomTom GPS on in their car?

I'll settle for 2 scoops, please. With sprinkles.

I look at your Instagram every day. It’s a great resource. Thanks for all of your effort to keep us informed.

while I like their neoclassical look they need a modern looking office building as they have the dome topped Phillips Place tower to be built anyway. They said 2024 late completion which means it would need to get started in the next month or so.

Yes this is the first retail space to be taken hopefully the others will be leased soon. They need a few more food options in downtown K town.

Thanks for the postings. Looks like the new wine bar will be located in the newer retail sections of the VIDA apartment complex. I believe there about 4-6 sites for street level retail in the building.

I can't remember the last time I drove a car to the airport and parked it in long term parking. It's such a joy being able to just pay a couple bucks, get on a train, not have to worry about traffic delays, and have a train drop me off inside the terminal. Of course, I'm usually traveling solo and rarely need more than one suitcase.

This is a phased project. I will see if I can find a phasing document (believe I have seen one)

Gleaves Farm at 2400 Pennington Bend Rd. is entering into a development partnership with Northgate Resorts to develop a farm-themed RV park on 220 acres next to their existing RV park. The new area will include 450 more campsites, a 120 room hotel, 300 unit apartment complex, community center, restaurant, etc. Gresham Smith is the architect. More at NBJ here: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/11/22/rv-park-proposed-for-gleaves-farm-northgate-resort.html

Been playing around with this interesting tool I found where you can easily compare two maps at the same scale. Usefull for illustrating the relative density of various urban areas. https://acme.com/same_scale/ American cities I have lived in... Nashville vs. Philadelphia, PA: Nashville vs. Washington, DC: Nashville vs. Knoxville, TN: ...international cities... Nashville vs. Berlin, DE: Nashville vs. London, GB: (Judging by my back-of-the-napkin math, London inside the M25 has well over 10x as many people in an area 100sq miles smaller than Davidson County...but it feels *so* much bigger size-wise because of the variety of neighborhoods.) ...sprawling sun-belt cities... Nashville vs. Houston, TX: Nashville vs. Phoenix, AZ: (After seeing this I'm not convinced Phoenix isn't some dystopian vision of a suburban hellscape, by the way.) ...peer and near-peer US cities... Nashville vs. St. Louis, MO: Nashville vs. Portland, OR: Nashville vs. Jacksonville, FL: Nashville vs. San Diego, CA:

Vanderbilt Univ. has purchased the prime .48 acre site of Qdoba Restaurant (closed 7 months ago) at 2109 West End Ave. for $12.1 million. This is the SE corner of West End and 21st Ave. South. More behind the Nashville Post paywall here: https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/vanderbilt-pays-12-08m-for-ex-qdoba-site-in-midtown/article_3dfca88e-6792-11ed-9b3e-a329432bd4f9.html And at NBJ here: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/11/21/vanderbilt-university-buys-west-end-qdoba.html

Looking SE from Summit Ave. at Cliff Drive:

Hey I had a TomTom but no longer use it but still have it I need to get rid of it LOL.

I'm surprised you didn't pull out a historic photo of the strip from your archives South Orange Ave has come a long way. It used to have such a depressing, foreboding vibe to me back in the day.

Jackson Place re-development moves forward. https://richmondfreepress.com/news/2022/nov/23/jackson-place-mosby-south-advance/

Mosby South re-development study moves forward. https://richmondfreepress.com/news/2022/nov/23/jackson-place-mosby-south-advance/

Insanity. Awesome set. Thx again.

What could possibly go wrong lol

It will be interesting to see what states fair the best during this tech downturn for 2022... and which states have the majority of the layoffs.

It’s amazing how powerful visualizations can be. After seeing this map, I think I’d trade in a ton of the short paths for 2 lengthy and contiguous bike paths - an east/west and a north/south…

I love pics that include SouthEnd because it always has such eye-catching structural density. Good view indeed.

My dear friends - I just wanted to wish everyone and all in our wonderful RVA/UP community a very Happy Thanksgiving!! May today be a day of family, friends, food, football, fun and festivity for all of you. Hope the weather in the River City is nice, particularly if you're going out to visit family/friends today/tonight. Everyone - enjoy the day - stay safe and be well!

You are correct about that. Totally non-descript, one story strip center. Matte finish, aluminum mullions between plate glass window storefronts. I think there was a uniform supply place there and/or maybe a dry cleaners. Possibly (and likely given its proximity to ORMC) a medical equipment supply place too. I'm thinking like three, maybe four businesses.

This tower is going to totally transform SouthEnd. According to Wall St. analysts, there are strong signs that inflation is starting to come under control. It’s entirely possible that the economy will be booming by the time that this tower opens. Bring it on!

Some updated pics from Illume (5 stories, 75 units, internal garage) at 909 Hawkins St. which opened 2 years ago:

HCA Healthcare buys 6.8 acres inside Century Farms at 2121 Century Farms Parkway for $12.2 million. "We periodically purchase land for potential growth in the future. We don’t have any immediate plans for the property at this time," HCA said in a statement to the NBJ. More at NBJ here: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/11/21/hca-healthcare-buys-century-farms-land.html And behind the Nashville Post here: https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/hca-pays-12-2m-for-antioch-area-property/article_baab5cca-69bf-11ed-a0f0-a79607c8e536.html

2015

Alton Foundry (5 stories, 231 units, ground level retail, internal garage) has been open for about 6 months. Here's a promotional shot looking west from above intersection of Warner St. and 19th Ave. North:

From Warne Riker Photography-November 19, 2012. Oh my, how things have changed in ten years!

445 Commons at Fairgrounds (6 stories, 335 units, ground level retail, internal garage) has new renderings on signage at site:

Saint Thomas Midtown expansion (4 stories) update. Looking SE across 21st Ave. North from 222 22nd Ave. North parking garage:

Today this morning from SKY5.

Haha right?!

Diner, what diner?

Century Farms retail strip. Looking south off of Cane Ridge Parkway, 1/2 block east of Century Farms Parkway: