Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)

[urbanlover568]

44 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

One more thing on this executive parking level I think I misspoke.  This was planned before Deloitte came on board,  LH did this successfully at the Capitol Towers in Southpark and has some executive parking in Legacy BOAT at the Hill St S Church corner as well next to the tower.  It is a marketing tool that does seem popular having special parking areas for the decision makers.  Same as the old reserved parking spaces just in  a different area all together.   

Maybe they will get their own private elevator right next to their car! Wouldn't want to strain the muscles!

[Urban Cowboy]

Honeywell had their official ground breaking today. Gov Cooper was in town!

https://www.honeywell.com/en-us/newsroom/news/2019/10/5-things-to-know-about-honeywells-new-charlotte-headquarters?utm_source=TW

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/development/article235728407.html

[SydneyCarton]

5 minutes ago, Urban Cowboy said:

Honeywell had their official ground breaking today. Gov Cooper was in town!

https://www.honeywell.com/en-us/newsroom/news/2019/10/5-things-to-know-about-honeywells-new-charlotte-headquarters?utm_source=TW

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/development/article235728407.html

Sherwin Williams HQ as LU4 would be nice.

[KJHburg]

One thing about this Honeywell move to Legacy is this the first time a new company has moved to town and anchored a new office building.  Not happened before and it speaks the attraction of the center city these days.   Up to this point all our towers uptown have been started with local tenants or tenants already in the market.  

One point about economic slow downs is that companies sometimes move to cheaper locales like Charlotte to reduce costs and shed employees.  

[J-Rob]

Here is some Honeywell PR about their new building:

https://www.honeywell.com/en-us/newsroom/news/2019/10/5-things-to-know-about-honeywells-new-charlotte-headquarters?utm_source=TW

Interesting tidbits:

“We don’t want to just live and work here,” Darius said, adding “We really want to have a profound impact on the community.” 

Just weeks after officially making Charlotte our new headquarters, we organized a Family Code-in at Druid Hills Academy (pictured above.) We also supported a space exploration exhibit at the science center Discovery Place museum. Honeywell plans to continue investing in STEM education, disaster relief and inclusion and diversity initiatives in the Charlotte area.

"Honeywell has already established itself as a true community partner," the mayor said. "And they dedicated their time and their talent to making Charlotte a better place to live."

The 23-story office building will be built by Charlotte developer Lincoln Harris and construction is expected to be complete in 2021.

The building will be part of the Legacy Union site and will house 750 Honeywell employees during the next five years. It will include ground-floor retail, a rooftop terrace, a parking deck with about 800 spaces and Honeywell technologies for buildings.

[KJHburg]

More from the CEO of Honeywell at todays groundbreaking via CBJ article

"""Frankly, our only limitation today is space," Adamczyk said, adding the company is subletting floors across uptown. "I hope that this is not going to be the only Honeywell building, that this will be one of the many buildings we have here in Charlotte."  Chris Chung, CEO of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, told the CBJ on Thursday that recruitment at the state level remains busy, with 210 active projects in different phases. He said the state's business climate, investments in education, population growth and the ability to attract workforce continue to be cited as key priorities for businesses looking to potentially expand or relocate in North Carolina. Before landing on Charlotte, Honeywell also considered relocating to the Charlotte metro area in South Carolina, Houston, Atlanta and two cities in Florida, Tampa and Orlando.  ""    then this from Johno Harris of Lincoln Harris  "The evolution of Legacy Union would probably dictate that there’s some form of hospitality and multifamily and certainly the continued retail," Harris continued.""

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2019/10/03/photos-honeywell-ceo-says-new-hq-building-is.html

[Niner National]

7 hours ago, KJHburg said:

One thing about this Honeywell move to Legacy is this the first time a new company has moved to town and anchored a new office building.  Not happened before and it speaks the attraction of the center city these days.   Up to this point all our towers uptown have been started with local tenants or tenants already in the market.  

One point about economic slow downs is that companies sometimes move to cheaper locales like Charlotte to reduce costs and shed employees.  

Barings? While they moved here before 300 South Tryon was built,  I thought it was pretty much announced in conjuction with their move here and they just took temp office space until 300 South Tryon was completed.

[KJHburg]

Barings was here long before that tower under their old name then Mass Mutual bought Barings and merged both under Barings name.   I can't remember their original name but they were an original tenant in DEC.  It was called Babson Capital and Cornerstone development long owned by Mass Mutual

Edited October 4, 2019 by KJHburg

[dxartist]

Good morning UP and Charlotte from the Lynx. 

 

[704Dimitri]

Saw these on Instagram, they are from yesterday’s official ground breaking!! 

[KJHburg]

Go for the Gold    LEED that is.

 

[DownEast]

Call me when it's platinum. DEC for the win!

[KJHburg]

Legacy 1 and 2 all around and the Honeywell tower underway and the parking garage.  Today. Noticed they do have those little cards for you to remember your level. Legacy 2 up to 11. 

[QClifer]

Heard on the radio this morning for the first time a commercial for parking in the garage for panthers games. $25. Curious to see how many cars they get by next season 

[Crucial_Infra]

Via

 

[JacksonH]

1 hour ago, Crucial_Infra said:

Via

 

This LU building got a lot of trashing on this forum while it was being built.  I never understood why.  It's one of my favorite buildings there.  I think it looks glorious in the nighttime skyline.

 

 

[DamicoKaren]

46 minutes ago, JacksonH said:

This LU building got a lot of trashing on this forum while it was being built.  I never understood why.  It's one of my favorite buildings there.  I think it looks glorious in the nighttime skyline.

 

 

Agreed! Majestic at day and glorious at night. One of my favorite buildings as well. 

[nakers2]

15 hours ago, DamicoKaren said:

Agreed! Majestic at day and glorious at night. One of my favorite buildings as well. 

I think it's generally average during the day, not bad, but not like amazing either, it's skyline filler, but at night, I have to day it takes the cake from DEC. I know them's fightin' words for some people, but the lighting scheme is incredible. Maybe the DEC just needs a lighting upgrade, but the brightness of BofA is the first to catch my attention now from all angles. 

[steve_o]

Looking at it, I can't help but think it may one day transform into a robot and walk away!  From Tom Hank's 80s movie "Big".  Looks great at night, though.    

 

Edited October 7, 2019 by steve_o

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

How many more floors left in LU2? 6?

[captainjack]

7 hours ago, nakers2 said:

I think it's generally average during the day, not bad, but not like amazing either, it's skyline filler, but at night, I have to day it takes the cake from DEC. I know them's fightin' words for some people, but the lighting scheme is incredible. Maybe the DEC just needs a lighting upgrade, but the brightness of BofA is the first to catch my attention now from all angles. 

New DEC lights will hopefully be coming before the RNC. I know they were proposed for the 2020 budget.

[KJHburg]

2 hours ago, CarolinaDaydreamin said:

How many more floors left in LU2? 6?

7 since I count the top floor where they have poured a partial floor in my photos above. 

[King of the Queen City]

[SydneyCarton]

I think that LU is amazing.   However, in light of the mid-rise scale of the towers that are being built there, I'd like to see something like this get built as LU4 -- maybe as SW's new HQ.

Edited October 8, 2019 by SydneyCarton

[eastsider]

1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

I think that LU is amazing.   However, in light of the mid-rise scale of the towers that are being built there, I'd like to see something like this get built as LU4 -- maybe as SW's new HQ.

That building clearly doesn't have enough parking.