Plaza-Midwood Projects (Central, Commonwealth, The Plaza)

[hokiehigh]

That was fast!   I never even tried it out and I used to go to Healthy Home a lot.   

[SpiritOf76]

Update - across from teeter:

[sakami]

I snuck around the back of Pinhouse yesterday to take some pictures. I wanted some of the front too but there was someone working up there and all their parking is roped off. It looks like it is getting pretty close to opening, working on landscaping always feels like a last step. 

[gpecan]

 

An audio tour of Plaza Midwood recorded live under The Penguin sign.

[KJHburg]

^^^ is that Astroturf?

[pathb]

Per the update on this Charlotte project page, looks like construction on The Plaza street conversion is imminent.  Some nice bike, ped, and streetscape improvements coming through here. 

[hokiehigh]

Good news...    It seems the Victor Shaw house on Mecklenburg will be saved.   It's near the entrance to the country club.   It seems that some of the land behind the house may be subdivided for new homes.   Also, I noticed the main house in the Cramer Estate is 'contingent'.

Also, is there still a rumor that the country club will go through a makeover/expansion?   I think I read a rumor about that a few months ago. 

[archiham04]

On 7/12/2019 at 9:22 AM, hokiehigh said:

Good news...    It seems the Victor Shaw house on Mecklenburg will be saved.   It's near the entrance to the country club.   It seems that some of the land behind the house may be subdivided for new homes.   Also, I noticed the main house in the Cramer Estate is 'contingent'.

Also, is there still a rumor that the country club will go through a makeover/expansion?   I think I read a rumor about that a few months ago. 

I don't think the fate of the Victor Shaw house is sealed quite yet.  Preserve Mecklenburg Inc has an option on the property.  They have until Dec 1, 2019 to sell the option to a developer.  If they don't the house will come down.

 

I have heard a similar rumor about the Cramer house.  Thank goodness.

[lit]

Pinhouse is opening this Saturday in the old Midwood Cleaners building.

[SgtCampsalot]

3 hours ago, lit said:

Pinhouse is opening this Saturday in the old Midwood Cleaners building.

 

They Park Road Shopping Centered it!

[videtur quam contuor]

3 hours ago, lit said:

Pinhouse is opening this Saturday in the old Midwood Cleaners building.

We have a new record. That pole has six (6) support wires for a single utility pole. Previous was five on a pole on Ideal behind Long Animal Hospital. 

 

[Crown]

What a lovely addition to the neighborhood

[hokiehigh]

I saw that...   Can't Edens or some other company come in an buy this property?  It's such a waste.

[Guest]

54 minutes ago, Crown said:

What a lovely addition to the neighborhood

WHY ARE THE Q AND U SO CLOSE TOGETHER IT HURTS MY EYES

[Madison Parkitect]

2 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

WHY ARE THE Q AND U SO CLOSE TOGETHER IT HURTS MY EYES

It's the real crap cherry on top of that waste of space eyesore sundae.

[nakers2]

On 7/26/2019 at 10:50 AM, Crown said:

What a lovely addition to the neighborhood

This was featured on the r/Charlotte Reddit page today. Seems to be a relatively common consensus, if not demand for this to become a pay lot. It's far too much parking for the businesses in here, and they could easily make it "validated" parking like the Whole Foods uptown, while also gaining revenue from an OBVIOUS demand. By doing nothing this is evidence of either some kickback scheme or a not very savvy business owner who doesn't see the potential profits they're missing out on. 

[videtur quam contuor]

Also a kern fail

[SpiritOf76]

Hey they poured a new sidewalk around the building.  

[Crown]

Nichols company is out marketing the post office w/ 19,000 s.f. of office on top  

[CLTProductions]

16 minutes ago, Crown said:

Nichols company is out marketing the post office w/ 19,000 s.f. of office on top  

Here be a rendering 

[Matthew.Brendan]

Nice. I guess the parking lot will stay as is?

[archiham04]

^yes, they engaged Plaza Midwood and Commonwealth Morningside neighborhoods and neither objected to the rezoning request to reduce parking requirements.

[nakers2]

11 hours ago, archiham04 said:

^yes, they engaged Plaza Midwood and Commonwealth Morningside neighborhoods and neither objected to the rezoning request to reduce parking requirements.

Hallelujah, I love this. As a Plaza resident I can say that walking anywhere in the area is easy. In a city like Charlotte with limited public transit the best way to reduce congestion is to provide people with a secure "home base" to keep their passenger vehicles, while creating a dense, car free, or car limited area around the residential. 

[PMrez]

Looks like possibility of a boutique hotel in old Kickstand spot. Paywalled article so i can't see the details...

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2019/08/28/chapel-hill-group-under-contract-to-buy-plaza.html

[SgtCampsalot]

14 minutes ago, PMrez said:

Looks like possibility of a boutique hotel in old Kickstand spot. Paywalled article so i can't see the details...

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2019/08/28/chapel-hill-group-under-contract-to-buy-plaza.html

This means the group behind the storage facility with street-level retail on Hawthorne (Hawthorne Pizza) are looking to go another way...?