300 South Tryon and Kimpton Hotel

[Cadi40]

Great to hear that towers continue to ultimately rack in tenants with ease.

[tarhoosier]

Way late to this. Merchant and Trade last night after the rain and with the cool incoming breeze and sunset, just the perfect place for after dinner. Service at the bar was comfortable and there were fewer customers than expected. Plenty of seats outdoors, bar order available immediately. Drink pricing was normal uptown bar pricing and less than I expected.  Colored lighting overhead from building display adds interesting motif. Excellent view of Ascent residents enjoying the temperature and breeze on their balcony on floors 20-23. I was looking for dress code issues and no obvious trainer shoes, some canvas rubber soled, one man with ball cap in his back pocket, a colored t-shirt or two. No novelty t's. Women, as usual, were more on their game. I was in the outside covered seating area with comfortable all weather sofas. The inside seating area with tables was more couples. There is a DJ spinning on site with techno/house music. There were two men working the ground floor elevator entry and the once over happens there. Elevator exit took us to the hotel lobby.

It has a special big city feel and not at all my little Charlotte (N. C.). I would definitely return if the weather and crowd allowed.

Edited July 7, 2018 by tarhoosier

[CharlotteWkndBuzz]

Thus far, I think this is the most transformative recent project completed.  The lobby of the tower is a little big/useless for my taste but at least the La Belle is next to it. Below is a sneak peak of the new french restaurant. Taken from outside the window, found a spot where there was an opening to peer through lol. Looks fantastic and has tall ceilings. 

Edited July 8, 2018 by CharlotteWkndBuzz

[Scribe]

I gotta say, I love the feel of Bearden Park!

You walk and see people -- people everywhere, different languages, different socio-economic backgrounds, all in the same place just enjoying our awesome city...  I had to just stay and people watch for a bit.

Second, I did NOT expect Merchant & Trade to have a line out the door to Tryon Park entrance before 8 pm.

Third, Angeline's was full, people walking up for a table were given ~1 hour wait.

Lastly, coming out ~10 pm the line to Merchant & Trade was at least 50% longer then when we walked into Angeline's. (might have been double the length).

And the atmosphere at Bearden Park past 10 pm was still as lively as it was ~7pm. Hard to believe this is possible in third ward (think back to late ninety's or early 2000's)

But if this is the level of life we can achieve in Third Ward, just imagine what can happen with Brooklyn Village or LevineLand™ in First Ward!

[HighRiseHillbilly]

33 minutes ago, Scribe said:

I gotta say, I love the feel of Bearden Park!

You walk and see people -- people everywhere, different languages, different socio-economic backgrounds, all in the same place just enjoying our awesome city...  I had to just stay and people watch for a bit.

Second, I did NOT expect Merchant & Trade to have a line out the door to Tryon Park entrance before 8 pm.

Third, Angeline's was full, people walking up for a table were given ~1 hour wait.

Lastly, coming out ~10 pm the line to Merchant & Trade was at least 50% longer then when we walked into Angeline's. (might have been double the length).

And the atmosphere at Bearden Park past 10 pm was still as lively as it was ~7pm. Hard to believe this is possible in third ward (think back to late ninety's or early 2000's)

But if this is the level of life we can achieve in Third Ward, just imagine what can happen with Brooklyn Village or LevineLand™ in First Ward!

Early weekend mornings at Romare Bearden are just as nice on a different level.

It's quieter so you can hear the waterfalls & fountains, the birds chirping, and the hum of traffic. Street sweepers are very relaxing white noise. 

Last Sunday morning there were the ubiquitous photo shoots, people jogging & riding bikes & scooters, meditating on the benches, eating breakfast & catching up with friends at the picnic tables, grabbing coffee at the new place, taking their dogs and kids for walks, walking to church all dressed up, and others hanging off of their balconies watching everything in their pajamas. The smarmy brunch music from Ink & Ivy was a bonus.

I love that park.

[Cadi40]

With multiple entertainment and dining opportunities and a large park with unique interactive features, Romare Bearden has become a hot spot outside of the epicenter. 

[KJHburg]

Story about Barings new corporate headquarters atop 300 South Tryon.  And their offices are gorgeous.  Cafeteria type kitchen for employees on the 25th floor with outside balconies available. 

""In July 2017, Barings moved into the top seven floors of the 26-story office tower at 300 South Tryon that bears the company’s name. About 500 employees work in 200,000 square feet over seven floors. Charlotte architecture firm LS3P designed the building.""

Now up  to 500 employees and plenty of room to grow in that building.

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/09/27/barings-intentional-design-of-charlotte-hq-boosts.html

This building and the SpringHill Suites are my favorite new building completed in the last 2 years. 

Other offices featured in the article

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/09/27/creating-a-culture-by-design-how-charlotte.html

Edited September 27, 2018 by KJHburg

[Cadi40]

Easily my new Favorite Building. 

Edited September 27, 2018 by Cadi40

[J-Rob]

Cushman & Wakefield is consolidating some office space in 300 S. Tryon.  Per article, the building is 70% leased.  I sometimes worry about all of the vacant space in these new towers, but love 300 S Tryon, and glad for them to be making headway toward full occupancy.

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/10/12/national-real-estate-firm-with-charlotte-office.html

Also, nice photo of 300 S Tryon in the article...

 

[KJHburg]

^^I read that 70% occupied too but they are only advertising 36,xxx sq ft on Loopnet so not sure which is correct.   Their own website is woefully out of date in terms of leasing. 

It and the Kimpton is a great project for sure.  

[J-Rob]

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[KJHburg]

I really love this whole development Spectrum did with the 300 South Tryon tower and the Kimpton and the retailers and restaurants they picked.  Really a great project can't wait for their Southend  project to get underway.   La Belle Helene is fantastic finally went and the Parliament Coffee shop is really nice too.  

[atlrvr]

Another tenant coming soon 

McKinsey (on of the major management consulting firms) is relocating too 300 S Tryon from BofA Corp Center.

[KJHburg]

^^^ Wondering if BofA is back filling that space I bet they are.  Is there any more room in 300 South Tryon? 

[SydneyCarton]

This building is really beautiful.

[NYtoCLT]

The Christmas train set is back up in the lobby this year.  One of the best Christmas decorations around uptown (better than the dancing bears in my opinion).

[KJHburg]

14 minutes ago, NYtoCLT said:

The Christmas train set is back up in the lobby this year.  One of the best Christmas decorations around uptown (better than the dancing bears in my opinion).

I think it is the BEST decorations of any uptown high rise.  I will check out BOAT and Ally Center just to make sure but that layout is great! I would love the model of their building for my own Christmas village. 

[QCxpat]

1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

I think it is the BEST decorations of any uptown high rise.  I will check out BOAT and Ally Center just to make sure but that layout is great! I would love the model of their building for my own Christmas village. 

Today 10:15 a.m.

Edited November 24, 2021 by QCxpat

[atlrvr]

The Leonard Bearstein Bears are a Charlotte institution!  Favorite part of Christmas shopping with my mom at Eastland Mall was to go watch the bear quartet .

https://www.wfae.org/local-news/2019-12-07/charlottes-singing-robot-christmas-bears-celebrate-20-years-in-uptown

For the early-80's, this was cutting edge tech!

[KJHburg]

Saw the Barings Christmas village and decorations myself.  One if not the best in uptown Charlotte.  and this building is still one of my favorites in the last decade.  CATS must run their train there too as it was not running or on a 30 minute headway. 

 

[NYtoCLT]

11 months of the year, I think the lobby is unnecessarily large (the side with Parliament/Waterbean to Tryon would have been enough) and having that space on Tryon available for additional retail would have been useful.  

But when Christmas comes (except last year ), I am so happy they have space for the train set.