Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)

[NCMike1990]

3 hours ago, AirNostrumMAD said:

Was in Charlotte this weekend. Went uptown with some friends and when they saw legacy, they were like “omg look at that building, it looks so good” and my other friend responded “yeah. It has really good proportions.”

lol. 

If they think it looks good now just wait till it's lit up.

[Guest]

Via. J. Potter on Facebook

Yea so. Legacy will look really good lit up in this, not going to lie.


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[Dale]

Yeah, it’ll look good at night, grant you that.

 

[C85]

Always updates every 10 minutes.

https://api.ibeamsystems.com/api/cameras/6a0926d114/large/latest/?timestamped=true

Edited December 25, 2018 by C85

[KJHburg]

Legacy 2 has started check it out the  foundation pilings. Today all was quiet of course but count Legacy 2 under construction! 

[NCMike1990]

1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

Legacy 2 has started check it out the  foundation pilings. Today all was quiet of course but count Legacy 2 under construction! 

That's a great Christmas present for the Queen! 

[SydneyCarton]

Wow!

[asthasr]

I am, frankly, amazed that they started LU2 so quickly.

[Guest]

I am, frankly, amazed that they started LU2 so quickly.

It’s like 60% leased from what I hear so that’s all they needed


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[asthasr]

17 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

It’s like 60% leased from what I hear so that’s all they needed


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Yeah, it was more just the time between reveal and groundbreaking more than anything else. It feels extremely fast, especially compared to some of the other projects in town (admittedly many of which are on far more challenging sites that aren't totally under the developer's control).

[KJHburg]

1. Lincoln Harris is secretive remember they started work on Legacy 1 tower before they revealed it.

2. They had a public hearing and final vote on Dec. 17 with City Council on the rezoning which included the tower encroaching slightly over the public right of way and they said then it would start immediately.

Deloitte needs the space so they can turn over the old space in DEC to Wells probably and that is great news if it is 60% leased too! 

[SgtCampsalot]

26 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

1. Lincoln Harris is secretive remember they started work on Legacy 1 tower before they revealed it.

2. They had a public hearing and final vote on Dec. 17 with City Council on the rezoning which included the tower encroaching slightly over the public right of way and they said then it would start immediately.

Deloitte needs the space so they can turn over the old space in DEC to Wells probably and that is great news if it is 60% leased too! 

Is there anything about this Lincoln Harris/Charlotte Observer site that was different than other projects beyond the developer not wanting to announce things too early? A layman onlooker might think the city approved with with little scrutiny, although that can't be true, (although large companies and large city governments have always been friendly bed fellows...)

[TheOneRJ]

How much sq footage does Wells Fargo lease in DEC? 

[KJHburg]

2 hours ago, SgtCampsalot said:

Is there anything about this Lincoln Harris/Charlotte Observer site that was different than other projects beyond the developer not wanting to announce things too early? A layman onlooker might think the city approved with with little scrutiny, although that can't be true, (although large companies and large city governments have always been friendly bed fellows...)

No by right they had the ability to build that Legacy 2 tower however it would be a straight up box.  with the rezoning they could have it flare out a little towards the top I think about 8 floors up.  that was what the rezoning was about. LH was going to start that tower even if they could not get the rezoning.  I was the only person to attend the public meeting and you know I put my full support behind it LOL!

Under current zoning at Legacy site tower after tower can rise as long as they meet all city requirements.

2 hours ago, TheOneRJ said:

How much sq footage does Wells Fargo lease in DEC? 

I will look back and see what they originally agreed to occupy. Remember they own the building but I think it was originally about 400K space but someone noted on here that they are quietly taking space from others when they vacate like Barings. 

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[KJHburg]

4 hours ago, TheOneRJ said:

How much sq footage does Wells Fargo lease in DEC? 

Took me a few minutes to find it but it looks like Wachovia aka Wells Fargo now was going to occupy 450,000 sq ft of in the now named Duke Energy Center but as noted they are quietly expanding their space there and now 2 tenants will move to Legacy both Deloitte to the Legacy 2 and KPMG to Legacy 1.   And as someone said Wells took over Barings space.  

I hope Wells keeps pushing people out of their building DEC and many will end up in Legacy somewhere.  

PS to the UPer who updated that Legacy 2 is under construction on wikipedia thank you!  

source   https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2007/08/27/daily53.html

Edited December 26, 2018 by KJHburg

[midtownclt]

Yes, thanks to any of you that update Wikipedia - now if someone could update skyscraperpage.com  that would be great.

I am not smart enough to do that myself unfortunately.

[Spero]

19 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Took me a few minutes to find it but it looks like Wachovia aka Wells Fargo now was going to occupy 450,000 sq ft of in the now named Duke Energy Center but as noted they are quietly expanding their space there and now 2 tenants will move to Legacy both Deloitte to the Legacy 2 and KPMG to Legacy 1.   And as someone said Wells took over Barings space.  

I hope Wells keeps pushing people out of their building DEC and many will end up in Legacy somewhere.  

PS to the UPer who updated that Legacy 2 is under construction on wikipedia thank you!  

source   https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2007/08/27/daily53.html

This article is from 2007. Before Wachovia was sold in a fire sale

[UPNoDa]

Wish the webcam had a live stream,  looks like a top quadrant of the pyramid is being hoisted up.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2018 by UPNoDa

[KJHburg]

5 hours ago, Spero said:

This article is from 2007. Before Wachovia was sold in a fire sale

Yes I know but they still reserved that much space in there but left some vacant for a while 

[KJHburg]

Johno Harris was named by one of the newsmakers of 2018 by the Business Journal was featured in an article. 

There was a recap of all their developments and this comment on Capitol Towers 3 

""Lincoln Harris continues to make a big bet on local office expansion and growth with the projects it has planned or under construction. When looking ahead with a project like Capitol Towers 3, Harris said the firm will continue to monitor the market and see where demand is following rezoning.  “When we started Capitol Towers, there were no big blocks of contiguous space and we did it spec and we leased it up,” Harris said. “That is a piece of property that we feel very good about, even if we hold it through the next cycle.”""

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/12/27/charlottes-newsmakers-in-2018johno-harris-staying.html?ana=e_du_prem&s=article_du&ed=2018-12-27&u=oAaDx%2B74FoP4qOJ%2By4AU6dhJPpc&t=1545950241&j=85735981

anyway he thinks Charlotte will continue to attract big office users like headquarters. 

[southslider]

Uptown has several architecturally complementary buildings. Hearst and BofA CC. DEC and Westin. But DEC and LU? Most definitely not. 

[King of the Queen City]

12 hours ago, southslider said:

Uptown has several architecturally complementary buildings. Hearst and BofA CC. DEC and Westin. But DEC and LU? Most definitely not. 

Though I think that the new Duke Power Tower will most likely be built more as a complementary tower to DEC, I feel like LU1 makes for a nice neighbor. I believe that the up triangles of the pyramid will complement the down triangles of DEC, especially when they are lit up at night.

[jey_8888]

Great view from the webcam today.

[nicholas]

Much clearer view from ground level:

Granted, these were taken on Wednesday.

Edited December 29, 2018 by nicholas