SouthEnd "Gold District"

[KJHburg]

Miscellaneous Gold District photos from today.  I can't remember all these projects but I know some of yall will know.  I don't go by this mural but it is great.  

Edited June 11, 2018 by KJHburg

[SouthEndCLT811]

The bodega looks great, gives off a NoDa Company Store vibe which I love   

Edited June 12, 2018 by SouthEndCLT811

[CTiger]

7 minutes ago, SouthEndCLT811 said:

The bodega looks great, gives off a NoDa Company Store vibe which I love   

I agree, I think the artwork that they are putting up is cool as well (If you haven't seen it, it was in the Agenda today: https://www.charlotteagenda.com/130476/max-and-lola-bodega-charlotte-gold-district/). 

This corner is going from being barren, to having a bodega and two new restaurants, basically overnight.  I hope that these places can survive, because this intersection does not get as much foot traffic as the rest of Southend.

[CTiger]

Spotted some dumpsters and fencing up outside the WePak building.  It looks like we are kicking off demo here.  This will hopefully be an awesome development and it should do wonders for the connectivity between Church and Mint st.

[KJHburg]

From Beacon Partners twitter feed and their photo

The Fowler Building’s new sign, ‘South End Golden Grid,’ installation earlier today! The art piece was inspired by the neighborhood’s history as #thegolddistrict - a grid connecting the past to the present. #dontforget2lookup #artists #local #community #historicalsouthend #clt

[Matthew.Brendan]

Uhhhhh. Ok. 

[JorgiPorgi]

7 hours ago, Matthew.Brendan said:

Uhhhhh. Ok. 

Ditto.  

[CTiger]

Took a stroll through Southend's Gold District yesterday.

1-2. The old WePak building renovations underway.  They uncovered part of an old painted sign on the wall. Anyone know what it was?  It ends with a "KS"

3. 300 W Summit update

4-5.  Accross from 300 W Summit. No renovations have started yet, but there are construction signs up outside this building.  Think it is going to be a bike helmet company?

6-7. Max and Lola's Bodega looks to be about ready to open.

8. Building that houses Bardo and Yume.  Two new restaurants.

9. Pasta and Provisions. So happy they kept the mural on this one.

 

 

 

Edited July 30, 2018 by CTiger
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[videtur quam contuor]

Years ago that arch roof building on Summit with the truck size roll up door was the Diamond-REO truck building. Maintenance and repair for a big rig tractor company. The REO was from Ransom E. Olds of Oldsmobile fame. 

https://www.dieselworldmag.com/features/diesel-history-retrospective-reo-worlds-toughest-truck/

After the demise of REO other truck and car uses for the building.

[KJHburg]

New boutique small office user office building coming to the Gold District

From the subscriber article "" The Cunnane Group, which has built homes in area communities like Ardrey, Ardrey Commons and Burning Tree, is now underway on a three-story, 17,000-square-foot office building at the corner of West Summit and Merriman avenues. The building will be catered to office tenants seeking suites in the 900 to 2,200-square-foot range, an often-overlooked market in Charlotte, according to John Cunnane, president of The Cunnane Group.""    the building looks great.

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/08/07/charlotte-homebuilder-pivots-to-commercial-real.html

[CTiger]

12 hours ago, KJHburg said:

New boutique small office user office building coming to the Gold District

From the subscriber article "" The Cunnane Group, which has built homes in area communities like Ardrey, Ardrey Commons and Burning Tree, is now underway on a three-story, 17,000-square-foot office building at the corner of West Summit and Merriman avenues. The building will be catered to office tenants seeking suites in the 900 to 2,200-square-foot range, an often-overlooked market in Charlotte, according to John Cunnane, president of The Cunnane Group.""    the building looks great.

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/08/07/charlotte-homebuilder-pivots-to-commercial-real.html

That looks a lot like the building that is already almost complete right at the corner of Summit and Merriman.  Is another one getting built, or is this article just late to the party?  I'm not a subscriber so I can't see the article.  The building I am referring to is already visibly under construction on Google Earth:

[atlrvr]

That's the building this article is about.  It is close to being completed.

[KJHburg]

It is an article about it today in Charlotte Agenda.  Not sure why they waited so long to announce it either.  https://www.charlotteagenda.com/136672/wilmore-gathering-office-space-south-end/

[KJHburg]

Miscellaneous photos from the Gold District today including Cunnane Group's new boutique office building, Stiles office building on West Summit, various retail projects. 

[KJHburg]

New renovation of old warehouse on Bland St into office and retail space.  

from the subscriber article

""A nearly 100-year-old property in Charlotte's Gold District is in the process of being converted into new commercial space.  Magnus Capital Partners, a real estate investment management firm out of New York, acquired the roughly 40,000-square-foot building at 332 W. Bland St. in April of this year, according to Mecklenburg County real estate records. The group has begun work on upfitting the building, which dates back to the 1920s, to market it for new office and retail tenants. It sits on a 1.3-acre site at the corner of West Bland and South Church streets, next to Craft Tasting Room and Growler Shop.""
 

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/10/26/renderings-adaptive-reuse-project-to-add-new.html

Here is marketing for the space by Trinity http://www.trinity-partners.com/listing/332-w-bland-street/

Edited October 27, 2018 by KJHburg

[CLTProductions]

14 hours ago, KJHburg said:

New renovation of old warehouse on Bland St into office and retail space.  

from the subscriber article

""A nearly 100-year-old property in Charlotte's Gold District is in the process of being converted into new commercial space.  Magnus Capital Partners, a real estate investment management firm out of New York, acquired the roughly 40,000-square-foot building at 332 W. Bland St. in April of this year, according to Mecklenburg County real estate records. The group has begun work on upfitting the building, which dates back to the 1920s, to market it for new office and retail tenants. It sits on a 1.3-acre site at the corner of West Bland and South Church streets, next to Craft Tasting Room and Growler Shop.""
 

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/10/26/renderings-adaptive-reuse-project-to-add-new.html

Here is marketing for the space by Trinity http://www.trinity-partners.com/listing/332-w-bland-street/

I love that they post this as a subscriber article and the Agenda covered it back in March. Lol 

[kermit]

Nice article in the O on Charlotte mine locations and conditions. Its a good read.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article220499915.html

[Norm2]

3 hours ago, kermit said:

Nice article in the O on Charlotte mine locations and conditions. Its a good read.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article220499915.html

I really truly wish that we had a gold museum. 

[WCUP]

13 hours ago, norm21499 said:

I really truly wish that we had a gold museum. 

No disrespect, but while gold does have some amazing chemical and physical properties, this is a bad idea.  The costs would be far to great to support any gold structure of significant size.  Would it be built for ants!?  Also, how would you secure the structure from looters and vandals?   Love the vision.  Just not realistic.  

 

Edited November 12, 2018 by WCUP

[KJHburg]

There is Reed Gold Mine in Cabarrus county that has a little museum and a tour of the tunnels in a mine shaft.   

[Windsurfer]

15 minutes ago, WCUP said:

No disrespect, but while gold does have some amazing chemical and physical properties, this is a bad idea.  The costs would be far to great to support any gold structure of significant size.  Would it be built for ants!?  Also, how would you secure the structure from looters and vandals?   Love the vision.  Just not realistic.  

 

Besides, if it caught fire, it'd ruin all those bankers' ethic uptown. ;-)

I've said it before, if I could sell my business I'd have to seriously consider opening a micro that served "Charlotte Gold", and have it located atop one of the old shafts.  So much could do with that theme.  One could even incorporate UNCC 

[KJHburg]

Had some time to kill so I drove through the Gold District.  New boutique office building on Summit by Cunnane Group and the  Stiles group building at 300 W Summit.  Like that Cunnane building design wise. 

[Missmylab4]

If the city works at it with zoning and building restrictions (setbacks, ground floor retail a must) the Gold District could be one of, if not the best neighborhoods from an Urban Standpoint in the city. 

[Hushpuppy321]

I'd love to see mid-Rise & High-Rise Construction proliferate throughout the Gold District.  The area has such nice unobstructed views of Uptown.  Surprised this hasn't happened...

[KJHburg]

Kask Helmets building renovation coming along as well as other retail projects and the Summit ave office building (which in my opinion is not turning out as good as the renderings)  I can't remember the name of the new development by Seoul Food.