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Beacon now has updated their website to reflect this, and renderings are now public. https://beacondevelopment.com/properties/building/3473/common-square  

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So this is neat. Office, apartments, retail, potential hotel and plaza space connecting to Wilmore park. 130k of office 10k of retail This is great Beacon Partners working with Fur

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So happy this got out of the ground before this mess started. Can’t wait for this and the two smaller projects just down the street.

No tea leaves on possible tenants?

Their Scaleybark project has an anchor, not sure about this one.


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11 hours ago, KJHburg said:

and just like that we have a high rise.  this steel framing flew up like VantageSouthend from my friend  Geocatchlight on the gram

 

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This project reached vertical prominence very quickly with this framing.  The Lowe's Tower has thicker and heavier "bones," and is going up quite a bit more slowly.  Both are office towers, if I understand correctly.  In layman's terms, can someone explain the different construction approaches between these two towers and what that means for the final product?

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On 3/30/2020 at 10:07 AM, RANYC said:

This project reached vertical prominence very quickly with this framing.  The Lowe's Tower has thicker and heavier "bones," and is going up quite a bit more slowly.  Both are office towers, if I understand correctly.  In layman's terms, can someone explain the different construction approaches between these two towers and what that means for the final product?

Great Question!  First off - the Two Most prevalent types of Office Tower Construction is Poured In Place Reinforced Concrete w Pretensioned/Post Tensioned Slabs or the Steel Framed Construction with Lightweight Concrete Flooring types.  The Common Square Office Tower Designer has chosen to use the Steel Framing Office Tower model as well as the Spectrum (Vantage) Site up the road and here’s why.  Both Sites (The Square & Vantage) have Parking Facilities that are separate from the Office Building itself allowing for the more Lightweight Construction.  These buildings are strong, durable and go up faster than Concrete although they do have some drawbacks whereby they’re more susceptible to damage from Fire which is why that spray foam is applied to all the beams and sprinkler systems required by all building codes everywhere.  The price of Steel too can cause Designers to chose it or different building materials.  Typically now in Charlotte you’ll find that most lower rise Towers (10 to 15 stories) will be designed to be Steel Framed.   Just so many reasons why...

The Lowes Tower & Honeywell Tower (As well as the future Stiles East-West Tower) are designed to be Reinforced Concrete (Post Tensioned\Prestressed) Construction due to the Parking Facilities being Constructed as a part of the Office Tower.  The Portman Office Tower as well will most likely be Concrete.  Vehicles are very heavy to support and require thicker floors and more columns to support them and once the parking levels are completed the Concrete construction just continues up through the Office levels.  There are Concrete Towers without parking included like the Ellis or Northwood Ravin Towers but if you look those floors are not as thick as the Lowes or Honeywell Towers.  These types of Towers do not go vertical as quickly as Steel framed Towers but are very durable once finished.  You will find that the Towers in older cities (NYC, Pittsburgh, Boston) tended to be Steel Framed earlier on (1900’s) but now a lot of Modern Towers (LU1, DEC1, DEC2, etc.) are typically designed to be Concrete.  The price of Concrete/Portland Cement can also a factor.  Concrete towers as well must have sprinkler systems too.   Just a quick rundown.

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45 minutes ago, Hushpuppy321 said:

From this overhead shot,  how/where is the parking going?

So the concrete walls, are the parking deck. Then the deck will be surrounded by stick built.

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