Duke Energy Plaza Headquarters | 40 Story formerly Charlotte Metro Tower

[atlrvr]

per Accela this morning:

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Work Location

522 S COLLEGE ST CHARLOTTE NC 28202 Project Description:   Charlotte Metro 35 story office tower, retail at lobby level and approximately 1,400 parking spaces in a below grade garage. Applicant:   Mike Haney CHARLOTTE, NC, [email protected] Owner:   DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS LLC 526 S CHURCH ST ECO3T CHARLOTTE NC 28202

 

[KJHburg]

Interesting the permit has a College St address. Great news 35 stories that is 2 30 plus towers that will be underway this year. (and maybe the 3rd Tryon Place tower)

[atlrvr]

^^^ Also note that the parking is underground.

[KJHburg]

2 minutes ago, atlrvr said:

^^^ Also note that the parking is underground.

that is going to be a deep hole. wonder if it will tie in with the Green garage already by St Peters or will it be separate?  There might be some gold dust flying 

[Spartan]

I guess that means everyone who works in this building will be entitled to free parking. 

Should we change the title of the thread to 525 S College?

[Richhamleigh, DC]

Duke says it has no knowledge of the project on land they own, according to the Bizjournal?!?

[CLT704]

15 minutes ago, Phillydog said:

Duke says it has no knowledge of the project on land they own, according to the Bizjournal?!?

Just going on from that:

"We did not file this document," said Neil Nissan, a spokesman for Duke Energy. "We had no knowledge a third-party group was filing this document. It was done without our approval. At this time, we have no definitive plans for this property."

 

That has to be a white lie. 

[Richhamleigh, DC]

32 minutes ago, CLT704 said:

Just going on from that:

"We did not file this document," said Neil Nissan, a spokesman for Duke Energy. "We had no knowledge a third-party group was filing this document. It was done without our approval. At this time, we have no definitive plans for this property."

 

That has to be a white lie. 

What would be the point?  To buy time for a more formal roll-out?

Edited June 21, 2017 by Phillydog

[CLTProductions]

Basically Childress Klein hit send before they were supposed to and now Duke is pissed. It's still gonna happen. Anyone in DEC that can grab a pic of the lot for me please?

[tozmervo]

never knew land development permitting could have such juicy drama

 

[GeauxCLT]

 

[15895]

So office towers literally being built on all sides of Tryon Place... Portman, Lincoln Harris and this one.

[Guest]

I guess that means everyone who works in this building will be entitled to free parking. 
Should we change the title of the thread to 525 S College?

For those concerned about it only being 35 floors, It's going to be a tall 35 floors. Could hit 610-625


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[CLTProductions]

@GeauxCLT , can I use those pics? Want insta credit??

Edited June 21, 2017 by Jayvee

[GeauxCLT]

Free to use - that's why I took 'em. No credit needed.

Edited June 21, 2017 by GeauxCLT

[QClifer]

How many spaces and levels underground does the DEC tower have? im guessing 1400 spaces is about 3-4 floors underground. Would this building take about 2.5-3 years to complete since there will be so much excavation?

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, QClifer said:

How many spaces and levels underground does the DEC tower have? im guessing 1400 spaces is about 3-4 floors underground. Would this building take about 2.5-3 years to complete since there will be so much excavation?

2100 spaces on 9 levels. 

Edited June 21, 2017 by Guest

[Guest]

ANNNNND Withdrawn. lol

 

Someone from Childress Klein just looked at my linkedin profile maybe I should be a little less transparent on twitter and urban planet LOL

Edited June 21, 2017 by Guest

[KJHburg]

I am afraid the Jeanie is out of the bottle Duke in no way bought this land to hold it for long term. I guess they were not ready for the instant knowledge of their plans. Can't wait to see what Childress Klein and Duke have in mind in terms of design. 

Edited June 21, 2017 by KJHburg

[Guest]

Just now, KJHburg said:

I am afraid the Jeanie is out of the bottle Duke in now way bought this land to hold it for long term. I guess they were not ready for the instant knowledge of their plans. Can't wait to see what Childress Klein and Duke have in mind in terms of design. 

@uptownliving had an interesting angle. perhaps Duke needs permission from federal regulators to spend $500M on a project, and that hasn't occured yet. 

[urbanlover568]

6 hours ago, Jayvee said:

Basically Childress Klein hit send before they were supposed to and now Duke is pissed. It's still gonna happen. Anyone in DEC that can grab a pic of the lot for me please?

This means it should be more than 35 stories now. If they want to make a spectacle, they gotta do better than this now. 

[cltcane]

3 hours ago, KJHburg said:

I am afraid the Jeanie is out of the bottle Duke in no way bought this land to hold it for long term. I guess they were not ready for the instant knowledge of their plans. Can't wait to see what Childress Klein and Duke have in mind in terms of design. 

 

[DMann]

i would vote for Jeanie!

[KJHburg]

To the person who already added this tower on the proposed building list on wikipedia I say thanks! I would put a PLUS sign by the height as it will be way more than 500 feet. wonder if Charlotte Metro Center is the name of the whole complex? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Charlotte,_North_Carolina

[dxartist]

As a Duke employee, when I saw that article on the Charlotte Observer blog, my thought was, "Oh boy."  Then I thought about it some more and it became an LOL moment.  It was such a huge deal to the company that we received an internal e-mail addressing what was posted on the Charlotte Observer.

I always thought that lot had a chance of an office tower development, albeit very remotely.  But I never thought my own company would purchase that parcel.  It'll be interesting what becomes of it.  In any case, you don't purchase 2.1 acres of land for $27.5 million in the central business district just to build a doggie park. 

Edited June 23, 2017 by dxartist