R-123 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 ORF Flyer you work in the AT&T Building? I have always wondered what tenants are in that building. Can you elaborate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORF flyer Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 AT&T and Verizon are the only tenants that I'm aware of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORF flyer Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Third floor parking now being prepared. Also noticed that the first floor has plumbing going in where I thought retail may be. My guess there will be no retail in the building. Was really hoping for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil-bear Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 I would never want an urban apartment on the ground level. IMHO, there shouldn't be ground level residential in urban area. They should be above commercial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic_Tern Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 15 hours ago, ORF flyer said: Third floor parking now being prepared. Also noticed that the first floor has plumbing going in where I thought retail may be. My guess there will be no retail in the building. Was really hoping for something. Some businesses need plumbing now, don't they? Still holding out hope that there'll be first floor retail. There's gotta be a good demand for it, seeing how close it is to Granby. Could probably get some business from the Wells Fargo building tenants too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil-bear Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 a CVS? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-123 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 A CVS located downtown makes way too much sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil-bear Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 As does a grocery store! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helium3 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Is there a way to contact Marathon to find out whether or not this is going to include retail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORF flyer Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I located this online this evening... I'm not in the construction field, but appears to be lofts on first floor along Boush St. http://www.norfolk.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/1490?fileID=1838 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdogg Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 This project has no retail. That part was discarded some time ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghentite Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 1 hour ago, vdogg said: This project has no retail. That part was discarded some time ago Yeah, at some point there were negotiations with CVS to go on the corner spot but I haven't heard anything on that in about a year so I'm assuming that was washed from the plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinaboy Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Every building doesn't have to have commercial. It's OK to have a purely residential building. Granby Street is booming right now. Not necessary for every ground floor to have competing commercial spaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghentite Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 2 hours ago, carolinaboy said: Every building doesn't have to have commercial. It's OK to have a purely residential building. Granby Street is booming right now. Not necessary for every ground floor to have competing commercial spaces. It's not the best option in a downtown area. First floor commercial space instantly activates the block and increases pedestrian traffic. Otherwise, you're basically killing the flow of foot traffic. Granby Street is a model for this as all of the buildings all have commercial space on the ground level. The more they do this in other parts of the city, the more likely the downtown area is going to expand. That's the major issue with the residential development in St. Paul's. It's basically a huge block of ground level units which creates a wall in the middle of quadrant to be developed (if they were to build mixed use on either side of it). You almost always want mixed-use in any project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeas Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 It's a prime corner with a high traffic count. Retail makes sense there and it can help connect to the Freemason district which has a scattering of retail along Bute Street. The Wainwright should have retained retail as well. Every single first floor unit in the Wainwright has floor to ceiling blinds installed that are pretty much always closed. No one wants to have their entire apartment in view of someone walking on the sidewalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFG Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 If I'm one of the 6,000 people living downtown, I don't wanna always go to Ghent for something, especially late at night. Outside of the umpteen 7-11s (not counting the one at Wells Fargo), the only other option is the Walgreen's on 21st, which isn't that close to downtown. Same goes for grocery stores. You have about double the number of residents you did when Farm Fresh was open, so a ground level store is a much more attractive option, esp. if you want to lure people downtown. Honestly, I think more retail outside of MacArthur would be a great draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil-bear Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 In time, I think more stores will be wanting to open locations downtown. It's cool to see the urban style 7-11 on Monticello, so I think we will see a CVS or Walgreens at some point. A grocery store hopefully sooner than later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORF flyer Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 3rd floor parking garage poured today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil-bear Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 If not the ICON then the new downtown employees of ADP & NS will have these new apartments amongst all the other options downtown! WOOHOO! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil-bear Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 http://pilotonline.com/news/local/transportation/traffic/lane-reductions-planned-for-norfolk-s-boush-street-saturday-for/article_1c1ef695-b905-5f4f-bd83-693c965b7034.html Looks like the crane is coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORF flyer Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 The final section of the 4th floor got poured today. The prefabricated wall panels began to be installed mid week in the far corner. I can see this flying by now. Last I heard was a September completion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORF flyer Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Progress being made. Photo taken today during the lunch hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brikkman Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 nice still wish they put a corner store or something there. Its going to look dead that portions of night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORF flyer Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 4 hours ago, brikkman said: nice still wish they put a corner store or something there. Its going to look dead that portions of night. I'm still hoping that may happen. I noticed in the 1st quarter Investment Report for 2016, it has the following info listed: 450 Boush Street Location: Downtown Use: 150 apartments with first floor retail 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bseven37 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 The first floor looks pretty tall to just be apartments. I think that maybe the retail was kept (hopefully). Anyone have a picture update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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