Design Center Expansion in South End

[Guest]

There was (still is?) a wine and painting shop right on the corner of Camden and West. My husband and I had one of our first dates there. [emoji4]

It’s a Fifth Third Bank now [emoji24]

 

On the plus side you can get a home loan and celebrate one of your first dates.

 

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[nicholas]

22 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

It’s a Fifth Third Bank now

 

On the plus side you can get a home loan and celebrate one of your first dates.

 

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God, this is so great and so savage all at once.

[CLTranspo]

Lol growing pains - both personally and for the city

[Madison Parkitect]

Took a closer look at the Hawk last night. I'm really surprised they didn't just go with the vinyl units typical in apartments these days, but good for them. Looks like maybe the center glazing panels will be operable and that's why they're not installed yet? I'm also not sure how any kind of skin is going to attach to the precast because I didn't see any visible attachment points. Unless whatever system they're using just screws into the precast panels somehow?

 

[Guest]

25 minutes ago, Madison Parkitect said:

Took a closer look at the Hawk last night. I'm really surprised they didn't just go with the vinyl units typical in apartments these days, but good for them. Looks like maybe the center glazing panels will be operable and that's why they're not installed yet? I'm also not sure how any kind of skin is going to attach to the precast because I didn't see any visible attachment points. Unless whatever system they're using just screws into the precast panels somehow?

The skin will be the precast. It'll just get cleaned up and painted. As far as not using Vinyl goes... This will be the most expensive apartments in Charlotte.

Edited October 17, 2019 by Guest

[Madison Parkitect]

1 minute ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

The skin will be the precast. It'll just get cleaned up and painted. As far as not using Vinyl goes... This will be the most expensive apartments in Charlotte.

That would explain the lack of skin attachment points! And yeah, they're gonna have to get high rents off those units because those thin frame metal window systems that still adhere to energy requirements are... not cheap. That must be where the exterior budget went.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Madison Parkitect said:

That would explain the lack of skin attachment points! And yeah, they're gonna have to get high rents off those units because those thin frame metal window systems that still adhere to energy requirements are... not cheap. That must be where the exterior budget went.

They are going to be beautiful units. Full of amenities you don't find in the penthouses at Ascent and Museum Tower.

Edited October 17, 2019 by Guest

[Matthew.Brendan]

Too bad they are not for sale.

[jtmonk]

I was just thinking the same.    I can actually see this switching over to condos somewhere in the near future. 

[Guest]

55 minutes ago, Matthew.Brendan said:

Too bad they are not for sale.

Probably would have to start at around 800k+ though.

[j-man]

How much will these apartments be. 

[Guest]

13 hours ago, j-man said:

How much will these apartments be. 

they haven't set prices, but "top of market." 

[kermit]

Tower crane going up at Lowe’s today

 

[KJHburg]

The Hawk getting its glass windows.  Today from all angles .

[KJHburg]

The Hawk is getting more and more glass.  Today. 

[Cpink]

How long do we think it'll be until Balfour Beatty Construction moves out of the Design Center? I feel like that is prominent retail space for larger retailers like H&M, Zara, or even a Tj Maxx. I'm not sure how large the space is to be honest as I've never been inside. But from the outside, I assume it's a large space. 

[Guest]

25 minutes ago, Cpink said:

How long do we think it'll be until Balfour Beatty Construction moves out of the Design Center? I feel like that is prominent retail space for larger retailers like H&M, Zara, or even a Tj Maxx. I'm not sure how large the space is to be honest as I've never been inside. But from the outside, I assume it's a large space. 

I think the question should be, how long do you think it'll be before Balfour Beatty expands and builds a taller building adjacent to the Design Center.

[DMann]

[KJHburg]

You bet I had lunch here with my niece in Nashville's Gulch area near downtown like Southend but very high density with lots of high rise apartment and condo towers and a few hotels and office bldgs. 

In Nashville it is pronounced SUPER ree-ca  check out the sign! 

couple of shots of Gulch area separated from downtown by lots of railroad tracks similar to what we have off North Tryon 

[Madison Parkitect]

Man, Nashville has changed so much since I went to college there in 2001. It's turned into something hardly recognizable at this point.

[ertley]

I am not trying to troll or start anything, but at least from those pictures the Gulch looks super generic and not (visually) interesting. If the pictures are an accurate representation of the entire area, South End has nothing to worry about.

[JorgiPorgi]

For some reason I thought  ‘Sup Erica was a Charlotte restaurant. Had no idea it was a chain. 
 

Nashville has so much development outside of downtown.  Their core seems small but their development goes way outside of their central core.

[KJHburg]

11 minutes ago, JorgiPorgi said:

For some reason I thought  ‘Sup Erica was a Charlotte restaurant. Had no idea it was a chain. 
 

Nashville has so much development outside of downtown.  Their core seems small but their development goes way outside of their central core.

It is more of a collection there are a couple in Atlanta, 1 now in Charlotte 1 now in Nashville, 1 in Houston but there is less than a dozen.  I don't call that a chain 

Gulch is separated from downtown by RR tracks but the heart of Southend is further away from our uptown core.    I might never complain about parking in Charlotte after driving around here in their central core.  

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

On 11/11/2019 at 5:55 PM, KJHburg said:

It is more of a collection there are a couple in Atlanta, 1 now in Charlotte 1 now in Nashville, 1 in Houston but there is less than a dozen.  I don't call that a chain 

Gulch is separated from downtown by RR tracks but the heart of Southend is further away from our uptown core.    I might never complain about parking in Charlotte after driving around here in their central core.  

Its a Ford Fry restaurant concept. The first was at Krog St. Market in Atlanta.

[KJHburg]

5 minutes ago, CarolinaDaydreamin said:

Its a Ford Fry restaurant concept. The first was at Krog St. Market in Atlanta.

Yes he has a few concepts and there is talk of bringing another one of his concepts to the Design Center according to my sources.   He plans another location in Nashville and one in Cary too.