Camperdown (Greenville News Building Site)

[ausrutherford]

19 hours ago, gman430 said:

Site grading permit was approved on August 19th with Fontaine Construction. 

Major announcement soon.  

Is this for the apartments and garage?

[gman430]

4 hours ago, ausrutherford said:

Is this for the apartments and garage?

My guess is yes but I can't confirm that.

[gman430]

Looks like work is about to start on the apartment building possibly. 

[gvegascple]

On 10/25/2016 at 9:03 AM, gman430 said:

Looks like work is about to start on the apartment building possibly. 

This along with the Bohemian are right up there at the top for me as far as expectations and excitement for downtown development  at the moment.  I like how the AC Hotel will have a water feature along main and some retail (it must be tricky "connecting" with main street when its going down a slope) and even like the weird suspended banner that goes into the plaza assuming it might borrow elements from the pedestrian bridge.   How tall is the apartment building going to be? I think some height would be pretty cool at this spot and give the residents good views of downtown and the mountains.  Also, what is the tall structure in the corner behind the new Greenville News building?  Is that just artist fluff? It looks great.

Edited October 26, 2016 by gvegascple
clarification

[bikeoid]

On 10/25/2016 at 9:03 AM, gman430 said:

Looks like work is about to start on the apartment building possibly. 

Main Street Sidewalk is blocked off now around that area.

[Jet-set]

..that doesn't add up. The apartment building is going up on the opposite side of the property right?

[gman430]

5 minutes ago, Jet-set said:

..that doesn't add up. The apartment building is going up on the opposite side of the property right?

The apartment building will be around 150 feet tall I believe. Barricades are up around the entire property. Demolition has started on the printer building. The garage will be built first followed by the apartment building and hotel. 

Edited October 27, 2016 by gman430

[ausrutherford]

52 minutes ago, bikeoid said:

Main Street Sidewalk is blocked off now around that area.

I believe the parking garage is being built up to Main St...though at ground level here. 

[gman430]

http://www.senserasystems.com/public/BrasfieldampGorrie/M68625134439

[SVL]

[gman430]

https://www.collettre.com/images/Properties/Camperdown_Flyer___reduced_01.24.17.pdf

[gman430]

Goodbye to the white elephant for good: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2017/02/24/greenville-news-farewell-305-s-main-street/98357670/

[gman430]

[gman430]

Any news on the controversial office building or the Grand Bohemian Hotel? 

[vicupstate]

The office building as originally proposed is dead. It may be dead altogether. I really don't see why Wyche doesn't just go in the new 12 Camperdown office building.  

[gman430]

34 minutes ago, vicupstate said:

The office building as originally proposed is dead. It may be dead altogether. I really don't see why Wyche doesn't just go in the new 12 Camperdown office building.  

Gotcha and agreed. They should move there or into ONE phase II which has several floors of office space available. 

[gman430]

Tower crane base was installed for the apartment building today. Much quicker and sooner than I thought it would be. I expect another separate tower crane for the hotel. 

Edited March 20, 2017 by gman430

[cabelagent]

1 hour ago, gman430 said:

Tower crane base was installed for the apartment building today. Much quicker and sooner than I thought it would be. I expect another separate tower crane for the hotel. 

When is demolition scheduled for newspaper building?

[gman430]

11 minutes ago, cabelagent said:

When is demolition scheduled for newspaper building?

Within the next few weeks. Barricades went up around the building last week. 

[cabelagent]

2 hours ago, gman430 said:

Within the next few weeks. Barricades went up around the building last week. 

Thx...this is moving along quickly. I'm old enough to remember seeing 50s  building and the present one (just abandoned) being built. You see many changes to a city in your lifetime...knew Greenville would take off one day & it's happening now.

[gman430]

3 hours ago, cabelagent said:

When is demolition scheduled for newspaper building?

Perfect timing: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2017/03/20/greenville-news-building-demo-expected-may/99418662/ The crane will be two hundred feet tall. Total project cost is $200 million.

Edited March 21, 2017 by gman430

[gman430]

Correction: the crane will be 240 feet tall and had to get approval from FAA to be erected. 

[GvilleSC]

I'm not sure I have seen this rendering, so I thought I would share:

 

http://wbassociates.com/work/camperdown-residences/

Edited March 22, 2017 by GvilleSC

[Gville2012]

Kind of sad to see zero retail facing this side. Someday the old post office site will be redeveloped and this might seem like a miss however I get that the economics wouldn't support it today.

[ausrutherford]

9 hours ago, Gville2012 said:

Kind of sad to see zero retail facing this side. Someday the old post office site will be redeveloped and this might seem like a miss however I get that the economics wouldn't support it today.

They tried, but couldn't with the parking needs.