The Watermark

[Topher1]

This sounds great... Where'd this information come from? So they're talking of having the offices and hotels IN ADDITION to the condos?

[PJA]

This is good news!! I'm not sure if this is where socaguy got his news from..but wjbf had a story on it yesterday.

[Pillsbury]

I hope it goes through, but this is not looking good.

[socaguy]

wjbf online is where I read the article. Check the website, should be yesterdays.

Pillsbury, why do you say its not looking good? Do you think it will get voted down? Hope not!

[socaguy]

Yes! They agreed to clean up the property! Now lets get this property cleaned up so we can see 3 new highrises go up! I cant wait for this to happen. The 2, 3 floor office buildings can go though...

Its on WJBF online. For some reason i cant get the link to work.

[Pillsbury]

Good, good, good!!!! I was at lunch the other day and someone mentioned that the commissioners had met the night before and done a preliminary vote and that they were probably going to vote it down because the city's broke. That's excellent news!!!

[augga706]

while i was downtown i noticed the area for the condos was block off by gates. Is was dark so i was wondering has construction started on this project or when will it start? Also there is a crane i think off broad st near a mural on a wall. Does anybody know what there bulding?

[socaguy]

They are probably just getting ready for cleanup. I dont see this project starting for a while. Not sure what the crane is for.

[Pillsbury]

while i was downtown i noticed the area for the condos was block off by gates. Is was dark so i was wondering has construction started on this project or when will it start? Also there is a crane i think off broad st near a mural on a wall. Does anybody know what there bulding?

[augga706]

They are probably just getting ready for cleanup. I dont see this project starting for a while. Not sure what the crane is for.

[augga706]

Downtown Augusta is continuing to get bigger and bigger with new projects everyday. I wonder what richmond county population will be in 2 or so years. With downtown adding the condos, the whites bulding, plus the new neighborhoods being built in west augusta on belair rd/jimmie dyess. There is alot of new neighborhoods also being built in south augusta in the hephzibah, blythe, mcbean area.

The land for the condos has been cleaned up now construction can begin. The plan is still for 2 10ft condos, but now instead of 1 hotel it will be 2 or 3 hotels according to the developer. Also there will be a office mix-used building on the site. The old train depot will be rennovated into stores like kinkos, starbucks, & others along with a resturant. Construction is set to begin in january of 08

[socaguy]

cool, do you have a link?

[PJA]

The two hotels could possibly be Hilton Hotels. Here are a couple of articles

article 1

article 2

[Topher1]

I found a decent amount of info on this project on the DDA website. This has been posted very recently, so it seems like the progress is legit. The DDA website is

DDA website

We're not looking at tall buildings unfortunately, but rather a very dense, midrise siteplan broken up into multiple blocks. Also, only one hotel is shown on the siteplan, so some changes will occur, I'd imagine, to accomodate a 2nd (maybe a little more height I hope?)... Either way, this density will be great for the 5th St. entrance to the city.

The stats:

-2 levels of parking, both underground/hidden (yay!). 650 structured spots, 85 on-street

-Condos: Looks like 3 separate buildings, 4 stories apiece. 180-190 units

-Hotel: 5 stories

-Office: 3 stories, 60,000 s.f.

-The depot stays (as reported before, Starbucks and Kinkos so far)

The siteplan appears to have pedestrian interactivity on ALL corridors, including the Riverwalk. Also 1st floor condos have street entrances rather than a common lobby entrance.

I'd post a few screenshots but I'm having trouble getting into imageshack... The PDF has a lot of siteplan/elevation info.

PDF of siteplan

[PJA]

Thanks for the link! I like this layout but yeah they will probably change the hotel portion around some to accomodate two buildings. And it's good they are utilzing underground parking so they make good use of the land.

[augga706]

Yeah im anticipating the watermark project even more than the new riverwatch mall & the augusta mall expansion. It seems to be shaping up very nicely. I hope the hotels are taller than 5 stories though atleast 8-12 would be great

[CanukInAugusta]

Yeah im anticipating the watermark project even more than the new riverwatch mall & the augusta mall expansion. It seems to be shaping up very nicely. I hope the hotels are taller than 5 stories though atleast 8-12 would be great