CONSTRUCTION THREAD: ONE Greenville (Main @ Washington)

[gman430]

Mallguy will like this: http://twitter.com/DolphBell/status/375694585210478593/photo/1

[mallguy]

Mallguy will like this: http://twitter.com/DolphBell/status/375694585210478593/photo/1

Absolutely- thank you for sharing!  Landing a Brooks Brothers is impressive; I'm not aware of any other Southern downtowns that have them, other than Charleston.  Downtown Atlanta's store closed, and even SouthPark and Roosevelt Field Malls lost theirs.

[gman430]

The countdown clock has started again: less than 7 days away.

Edited September 12, 2013 by gman430

[motonenterprises]

The countdown clock has started again: less than 7 days away.

Countdown for what?

[gman430]

Countdown for what?

Hotel announcement.

[GvilleSC]

Great! Can't wait to see demolition and more construction! Hopefully they'll share other details as well?

[gman430]

Piazza Bergamo or whatever the city is planning to call it is really starting to look impressive:

Edited September 14, 2013 by gman430

[gman430]

Two hours to go. Keep an eye on the Greenville News website.

[gman430]

Aloft by W is the chain.

[Greenville]

It isn't my kind of hotel, but this will be a new offering compared to the traditional hotels already downtown like Westin, Hyatt, etc.  The 20s-40s crowd looking for a modern/trendy hotel will like this.

[Gville2012]

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130917/BUSINESS/309170050/Aloft-Hotel-planned-downtown-Greenville?odyssey=mod{sodEmoji.|}breaking{sodEmoji.|}text{sodEmoji.|}FRONTPAGE - I like it.

[gman430]

Edited September 17, 2013 by gman430

[gman430]

Another one:

[GvilleSC]

This will be another entire block developed. Can't wait to see that eyesore of a parking garage come down!

[gman430]

Couldn't have timed it any better: http://www.greenvillesc.gov/PlanningZoning/PlanningApplications/Applications/2013/OCTOBER/DesignReviewBoard/10-03-2013/CA-13-215-WestWashingtonandNorthLaurens.pdf 143 feet and 10 inches tall. The phase II building is 150 feet tall to give you some comparison. 

Edited September 17, 2013 by gman430

[gs3]

I'm guessing the rumor has morphed a little.  I heard "Aloft by W", which make sense, as most Alofts are in the 100 to 200 room range.  The typical full line W tends to be greater than 300 rooms and obviously, in higher profile cities.  With 125 rooms expected for this, count on the lesser Aloft, if Starwood makes a deal.  Also, given the set-up (hotel on top of parking garage / retail), this is a very common set-up for the Aloft brand (think Aloft at Epicentre in Charlotte).

Seems a few of us knew it was Aloft months ago. ^

Aloft is OK, but they can tend to draw a good amount of cheesiness. Overall good to see.

[johnpro318]

Aloft hotels are awesome. They are very good at appealing to my age range. Great service, implementation with technology and bar. Glad to have another ugly parking garage demolished and a new one put in its place.

 

Hopefully the one across Washington (with the bus station) is next. Would love a mixed use building over there (retail, apartments, office) surrounding/on top of a new garage. Think it would be good to create a new "grand" station down Washington which would include the train and bus station. Then have the free trolley go from there towards Main.

[mallguy]

This is certainly good news.

 

How about another office building downtown, to help provide customers to all of these new hotels and retailers?

 

I wonder if Fluor would ever realize its mistake and move back downtown?

 

I'm also hoping that the Greenville Summit/old Hotel Greenville will be remodeled and redeveloped (not torn down). It's in a good location that gets better every day.

[goodbye]

This is certainly good news.

How about another office building downtown, to help provide customers to all of these new hotels and retailers?

I wonder if Fluor would ever realize its mistake and move back downtown?

I'm also hoping that the Greenville Summit/old Hotel Greenville will be remodeled and redeveloped (not torn down). It's in a good location that gets better every day.

Fluor has been poorly managed in Greenville and is currently struggling to compete as a result. They recently laid off or transferred lots of engineers and vacated a significant amount of office space at their campus near Haywood Mall.

[GvilleSC]

The bottom of Bank of America tower is blocked off along Richardson Street. Renovations are beginning I suppose.

[GvilleSC]

Maybe we need a "Washington @ Richardson" thread..? We have moved on to a completely different block now.

[ausrutherford]

Maybe we need a "Washington @ Richardson" thread..? We have moved on to a completely different block now.

 

Its still part of ONE though...

[RiverWalker]

Or THREE...

[GvilleSC]

Its still part of ONE though...

While that's true, the title of the thread doesn't reflect the development's name, just its location... Just splitting hairs, but this is going to become a misleading thread...

[gman]

While that's true, the title of the thread doesn't reflect the development's name, just its location... Just splitting hairs, but this is going to become a misleading thread...

I think most know we are talking about ONE as it relates to the entire project, including the BofA building. There is nothing misleading to the discussion.