Learning from Other Places

[CLT>]

On 8/24/2019 at 9:18 PM, KJHburg said:

I heard about this company because they are doing this in Atlanta a pop up hotel!  what they do is rent brand new apartments furnished them and for 36 months rent them out as daily hotel type rentals but they have full kitchens of course.   This could be done in Charlotte and I know someone said the SkyHouse has something like this.  This company is called Whyhotels and based in DC

their rates are incredibly affordable for these markets and it helps new apartment communities by stabilizing their occupancy right off the start when they are completed.  

https://whyhotel.com/

There are a few groups doing this, including The Guild (http://wwwtheguild.co) in Dallas, Austin, Nashville, Miami, Cincinnati 

[KJHburg]

Miami sure dreams big wonder if this 98 story 1000 plus foot tower gets built.  what would be the wind speeds up at the top as they increase the higher you go???  

https://www.thenextmiami.com/sales-gallery-for-miamis-98-story-supertall-waldorf-astoria-tower-to-open-in-early-2020/

[ertley]

12 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Miami sure dreams big wonder if this 98 story 1000 plus foot tower gets built.  what would be the wind speeds up at the top as they increase the higher you go???  

https://www.thenextmiami.com/sales-gallery-for-miamis-98-story-supertall-waldorf-astoria-tower-to-open-in-early-2020/

From what I know and understand about climate change, building anything in Miami or south Florida in general is a losing proposition in the long term... I hope they make back their investment sooner rather than later, or sell all the units to Russians.

[tarwater]

Neat site someone made about minimum parking requirements in Los Angeles: https://noparkinghere.com/

[KJHburg]

Savannah has great architectural standards especially in downtown near and around the historic district.   Look at these all newer or new buildings and hotels.  Today.

More on the Savannah UP page here https://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/forum/293-savannah/

1. new hotel  2 3. . brand new townhomes at Eastern Wharf  4.  brand new hotel on W River St 5. brand new not opened yet JW Marriott which is part new construction and converted power plant.  

[KJHburg]

Charlotte can learn a thing or too from Hilton Head for sure.  As the MOST bike friendly community in the southeast and as one of only 21  Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Communities in the USA bike and multiuse trails connect every commercial district on the island, the major resorts and all the parks.   64  miles of trails on island only 12 miles long and at it widest 5 miles wide. 

https://www.hiltonheadisland.org/see-do/biking/biking-maps

https://www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov/ourisland/pathways.cfm?menuheader=4

Hilton Head parks are legendary and nature land preserves are throughout the town.  Some are shown below.

Info about land preservation efforts on the island and HHI was eco-tourist friendly way before that was even a phrase.

 https://www.hiltonheadisland.org/island-time/eco-wellness/protecting-our-home-conservation-hilton-head-island

Tree Ordinance  basically they won't let you cut down a hardwood tree and you will pay if you do. Pine trees are okay to cut.  The Walmart parking lot on the island is totally wooded and the town planner travelling around the country always gets questions on how HHI has that.  (hint strong tree ordinance)

While not having a transit system per se, many people ride their bikes to work and some free shuttles exist on the island.

Thinking a lot about the island with the Hurricane out there brewing and no one knowing exactly where it will go.

 

First 3 photos the Walmart on HHI parking lot

Photos 4-8 parks and example of the bike multiuse paths.

 

 

[KJHburg]

One more thing about HHI is that ALL of the electrical lines are buried and this has been a multi year process.  the only above ground lines are the major trunk lines bringing power to the island.  Rarely is power lost there and during Hurricane Matthew power was out for 3 days but the entire island was brought back up when the trunk lines were restored to the island and some individual power transformer boxes were repaired.  It adds to the beauty of the island for sure and that is something that should be required of many of these new developments in Southend and elsewhere.

[urbanlover568]

Hilton Head is really nice, beaches just suck. Hunting Island is much better IMO. 

Edited September 2, 2019 by mpretori

[Bikeguy]

1 hour ago, mpretori said:

Hilton Head is really nice, beaches just suck. Hunting Island is much better IMO. 

Haunting Hunting Island... 

[urbanlover568]

23 minutes ago, Bikeguy said:

Haunting Hunting Island... 

I'll take this over dirty beaches any day of the week. 

 

Edited September 3, 2019 by mpretori

[KJHburg]

Best of new projects in Silicon Valley and some of these fantastic designs.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/09/10/svbj-silicon-valley-structures-awards-2019.html

and from the east coast and capital of Latin America Miami we have this new 57 story office tower in Brickell (and huge high rise office towers are rare in Miami these days) tall but not much space only 600,000 sq ft of office space.  Podium parking of course as most of Miami is (you know high water table and all)

https://www.thenextmiami.com/new-details-released-on-830-brickell-set-to-begin-vertical-construction-now-become-miamis-most-modern-office-tower/

and the boys and girls down in Miami are very vocal about designs and so forth read the comments reminds me of here LOL

[KJHburg]

from the town down south they call the Atlanta

the tallest 10 buildings in the city note how spread out they are Midtown Downtown and Buckhead

https://atlanta.curbed.com/maps/atlanta-tallest-buildings-high-rises-map-pictures

[Desert Power]

On 9/13/2019 at 5:13 PM, KJHburg said:

from the town down south they call the Atlanta

the tallest 10 buildings in the city note how spread out they are Midtown Downtown and Buckhead

https://atlanta.curbed.com/maps/atlanta-tallest-buildings-high-rises-map-pictures

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I like how centralized Charlotte's skyline is.  More height in SouthEnd is nice, but there is still plenty of space uptown for 450'+ towers

[southslider]

On 9/13/2019 at 5:13 PM, KJHburg said:

from the town down south they call the Atlanta

the tallest 10 buildings in the city note how spread out they are Midtown Downtown and Buckhead

https://atlanta.curbed.com/maps/atlanta-tallest-buildings-high-rises-map-pictures

Notice how old they are. None of the 10 tallest built since the Great Recession. 

[U_R_]

26 minutes ago, southslider said:

Notice how old they are. None of the 10 tallest built since the Great Recession. 

This is in part because of FAR in Midtown and economic conditions not necessitating such tall buildings. The tallest building built this cycle has been a 500 footer in Buckhead. Just look at NS, they chose to go with a massive 400ft building while avoiding anything taller. There were a ton of parking lots that needed to get filled, which has happened.  There are still quite a few lots, but there are significanlty less. I believe next cylce Atlanta will see some more height.  The areas in Atlanta also have to compete with the areas around the Beltline which are exploding with growth. 

Atlanta is going to get some height though (maybe not all this cycle though).

Opus (690 ft) (No one really knows if this is still the actual height)

1105 WP

Buckhead Office Tower (I forgot the name)\

And a 500ft Cousins proposal

[KJHburg]

This is  a good idea from San Antonio  CANstruction which brings awareness to food drives.   SouthPark or Northlake would be perfect for this.

https://therivardreport.com/sas-design-and-construction-community-unites-to-fight-hunger-with-canstruction/

[tozmervo]

14 hours ago, KJHburg said:

This is  a good idea from San Antonio  CANstruction which brings awareness to food drives.   SouthPark or Northlake would be perfect for this.

https://therivardreport.com/sas-design-and-construction-community-unites-to-fight-hunger-with-canstruction/

AIA Charlotte has hosted CANstruction annually for several years (at least 8 or 9). Some of the recent years can be viewed here: https://aiacharlotte.smugmug.com/Architecture-Month/CANstruction

 

 

[KJHburg]

1 minute ago, tozmervo said:

AIA Charlotte has hosted CANstruction annually for several years (at least 8 or 9). Some of the recent years can be viewed here: https://aiacharlotte.smugmug.com/Architecture-Month/CANstruction

 

 

where is it held?  where do they do the displays I would like to see them. 

[tozmervo]

Just now, KJHburg said:

where is it held?  where do they do the displays I would like to see them. 

I think it's usually in the main concourse of the convention center. I helped build a can of WD-40 and a roll of duct tape many years ago ("fixing" hunger, get it??) We cleaned out several Food Lion's worth of La Suere Peas forInsert other media the duct tape.

[KJHburg]

1 minute ago, tozmervo said:

I think it's usually in the main concourse of the convention center. I helped build a can of WD-40 and a roll of duct tape many years ago ("fixing" hunger, get it??) We cleaned out several Food Lion's worth of La Suere Peas forInsert other media the duct tape.

well when CANstruction comes again to Charlotte please alert me and others.  

[KJHburg]

American Airlines new HQ in Fort Worth has room for 12,000 employees. Very nice design look at the photos.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2019/09/25/american-airlines-headquarters.html

[KJHburg]

something like this rooftop mural would be great in uptown Charlotte even on top of a parking garage.  From the ATL

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2019/9/25/20883377/atlanta-murals-street-art-peachtree-center-rooftop

[ertley]

46 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

something like this rooftop mural would be great in uptown Charlotte even on top of a parking garage.  From the ATL

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2019/9/25/20883377/atlanta-murals-street-art-peachtree-center-rooftop

A place where I've thought this is definitely needed is on the roof of the Carolina Theatre. I was surprised they weren't able to figure a way to construct the hotel on top of the auditorium, but since they weren't all of those rooms are going to be looking down on its roof, and it's the perfect place for a cool mural.

[Dale]

On 9/16/2019 at 6:17 AM, Ric0_0 said:

This is in part because of FAR in Midtown and economic conditions not necessitating such tall buildings. The tallest building built this cycle has been a 500 footer in Buckhead. Just look at NS, they chose to go with a massive 400ft building while avoiding anything taller. There were a ton of parking lots that needed to get filled, which has happened.  There are still quite a few lots, but there are significanlty less. I believe next cylce Atlanta will see some more height.  The areas in Atlanta also have to compete with the areas around the Beltline which are exploding with growth. 

Atlanta is going to get some height though (maybe not all this cycle though).

Opus (690 ft) (No one really knows if this is still the actual height)

1105 WP

Buckhead Office Tower (I forgot the name)\

And a 500ft Cousins proposal

For a going, glowing, growing city of its size and stature, Atlanta sure is height-challenged for this historically long boom.

 

[Matthew.Brendan]

Charlotte 2011-2019 built 13 (avg 334') with another 9 under active construction (avg 388')

Atlanta 2011-2019 built 2 (avg 456') Atlanta wiki has no data on active under construction. Curbed shows perhaps 13 u/c?

 

Charlotte 2000-2010 built 13 (avg 412')

Atlanta 2000-2010 built 17 (avg 499')

 

Charlotte 2000-2019 (including u/c) 35 built (378' avg)

Atlanta 2000-2019 (unknown u/c, not counted) 19 built (477' avg)

 

I'll try to determine the under construction count for Atlanta. (yes, it's a very slow day at work)