FreeMore Projects (West Morehead, Freedom Drive, Bryant Park)

[Freddy bonerpants]

Not bad for storage 

[Finkle]

It's an office building not storage with ground level retail.

[lit]

On 10/21/2016 at 4:37 PM, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

 I never noticed the shear sexiness of the bottom pictures. I have a unnatural obsession with Low Slung semi historic warehouses. I mean. DROOL

I drove through there last night and at least one of these buildings was missing. It was the long one with all the bay doors that was closer to the highway. There was a bunch of wood very neatly stacked in its place 

[KJHburg]

26 new townhomes proposed for Bryant Park area by Saussy Burbank. Given the hill that area is on these should have a good view of Uptown. http://charlottenc.gov/planning/Rezoning/RezoningPetitions/2017Petitions/Pages/2017-034.aspx

[KJHburg]

And these new up to 350 apartments would be built behind the townhomes. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/development/article124355539.html

[KJHburg]

Not sure if this a new building or a new rendering of a building proposed but this looks like it will be starting soon. It is a great design in my opinion. http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/02/14/new-office-building-coming-to-morehead-corridor.html?ana=RSS%26s%3Darticle_search&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter  Evidently the original developers sold the site to this development partnership. 

Edited February 14, 2017 by KJHburg

[Guest]

16 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

Not sure if this a new building or a new rendering of a building proposed but this looks like it will be starting soon. It is a great design in my opinion. http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/02/14/new-office-building-coming-to-morehead-corridor.html?ana=RSS%26s%3Darticle_search&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter  Evidently the original developers sold the site to this development partnership. 

Its a resign of 1213 West Morehead from a new firm. Originally it was CitiSculpt, here is the higher res image. 

Edited February 14, 2017 by Guest

[Mike B]

Demolition started this morning on the building on the corner of McNinch and Morehead street (right outside of my condo, actually) - property appears to be 801 McNinch Street.  Does anyone know what's happening there?

 

https://goo.gl/maps/pqym6YxAYE62

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, Mike B said:

Demolition started this morning on the building on the corner of McNinch and Morehead street (right outside of my condo, actually) - property appears to be 801 McNinch Street.  Does anyone know what's happening there?

 

https://goo.gl/maps/pqym6YxAYE62

There were apartments proposed there... I didn't think they were happening though. The elevator cores on the adjacent corner is for a super ugly PoMo, City Fair looking storage facility.

[deleted]

A ton going on from Pinky's to the stadium, most of it good...

[AP3]

51 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

There were apartments proposed there... I didn't think they were happening though. The elevator cores on the adjacent corner is for a super ugly PoMo, City Fair looking storage facility.

The latest information in Accela is from 2015:

West Morehead Apartments 212 units. 2 levels of parking deck and 4 floors of residential with the potential for some ground level commercial

[birky]

3 hours ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

There were apartments proposed there... I didn't think they were happening though. The elevator cores on the adjacent corner is for a super ugly PoMo, City Fair looking storage facility.

I believe the original plan called for development from McNinch to Cedar, but the lot next to Cedar is currently being used as parking space for the storage building construction next to Steve's Motorsports.

On 2/14/2017 at 2:44 PM, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

Its a resign of 1213 West Morehead from a new firm. Originally it was CitiSculpt, here is the higher res image. 

Quick question: after completing the demo of the previous building, why did the developers lay down grass?  Why not just leave it as a dirt lot?

[birky]

This building on W Morehead between Cedar & McNinch is coming down. Demolition started on Saturday. The low brick building next to it, on the McNinch side, is already gone.

[Matthew.Brendan]

Another one bites the dust....

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5 hours ago, birky said:

This building on W Morehead between Cedar & McNinch is coming down. Demolition started on Saturday. The low brick building next to it, on the McNinch side, is already gone.

 

Shame really.  That low brick building is no loss but this one is a bigger loss.  I was in Birmingham (again) and Chattanooga last week.  Both have many old brick buildings.  Chattanooga is very impressive with river access, bridges, topography.  Reminds me a lot of Asheville, very funky.  What we have lost in Uptown I guess is irretrievable but I'd love to see someone build new with materials and scale that mimic what we lost.

[KJHburg]

More apartments to the FreeMore area and this is good news for building up this neighborhood. http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/04/25/more-apartments-under-consideration-for-west.html?ana=e_ae_set1&s=scroll&ed=2017-04-25&u=oAaDx%2B74FoP4qOJ%2By4AU6dhJPpc&t=1493148593&j=78024341

[AP3]

38 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

More apartments to the FreeMore area and this is good news for building up this neighborhood. http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/04/25/more-apartments-under-consideration-for-west.html?ana=e_ae_set1&s=scroll&ed=2017-04-25&u=oAaDx%2B74FoP4qOJ%2By4AU6dhJPpc&t=1493148593&j=78024341

According to the article, the office building with rooftop retail at Freedom and Wesley Village was approved.  That was a quiet approval.

[NCMike1990]

44 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

More apartments to the FreeMore area and this is good news for building up this neighborhood. http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/04/25/more-apartments-under-consideration-for-west.html?ana=e_ae_set1&s=scroll&ed=2017-04-25&u=oAaDx%2B74FoP4qOJ%2By4AU6dhJPpc&t=1493148593&j=78024341

These apartments will have awesome views of the skyline.

[AP3]

Here are the renderings of the office building from the approved site plan.

 

[uptownliving]

What does rooftop retail mean?

[AP3]

10 minutes ago, uptownliving said:

What does rooftop retail mean?

It was initially announced to have a rooftop restaurant.

[nowensone]

That highlights a little disappointment I have with this - the height.  A roof top restaurant, the closeness to the creek here, and the views of uptown BEG a more dense project, I think once complete they could demand a corresponding premium in lease/rents to justify it.  And of course preserve every single tree possible, the canopy here is spotty but in recovery.

[KJHburg]

These new apartments proposed look like they are next to the grassy overflow parking lot for Pinky's if you look at the site plan image in that article. This project fronts West Morehead too right near the creek. 

[KJHburg]

New apartments by 77 on West Morehead near the new office building. Sorry I can't  remember the name it was a persons name I think. Garage going up and I guess they will be wrapped with apartments. Top floor should have some good views. Here is the article about these apartments http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2016/10/05/permits-apartments-heading-to-west-morehead-site.html

Edited June 4, 2017 by KJHburg

[Guest]

Got a lot of stuff today. Here are the Bid Docs for "The Refinery" Hopefully this building's materials stay amazing. 90 feet is going to stick out nicely from 277.