Furman Condo/Hotel Tower

[atlrvr]

Bidding on the land becomes expensive when there are clauses that require them to lay down non-refundable cash, and completed the transaction in less than a 6 month period.....I have a feeling that they have something a bit more concrete in mind than they are letting on.

[Charlotteman]

Can someone post a pic showing where the sliver of land is?

[dubone]

Can someone post a pic showing where the sliver of land is?

You can get more details from the attachment on their agenda.

Council Agendas are found here:

http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/City+C...cil+Agendas.htm

Tonight's agenda is here:

http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/City+C...+Agenda+TOC.htm

The details of this parcel and the bids are in this attachment:

http://www.charmeck.org/NR/rdonlyres/e4vjj...EDP+Revised.ppt

As to sleightofhand, I wonder if the city knows how casual Blvd Centro is about this, as they are being selected, despite a 300k lower bid because of the experience and the higher likelihood of a successful project. The end result is much more important to the city than the sales price (once over their minimum expectation, as both bids are).

[turbocraig]

Looks like we're all about to find out. The City Council just accepted the BC bid.

[A2]

Looks like we're all about to find out. The City Council just accepted the BC bid.

[Charlotteman]

Courtyard, and now Trademark are being criticized for having backsides that aren't quite so pleasing to the eye~~

Hopefully for this one, developers will have learned their lessons, and it will be attractive on all sides:)

^^^Courtside:)

[dubone]

I think this parcel is so small, that the tower will have units facing all directions, and, thus, no back.

[AuLukey]

I think this parcel is so small, that the tower will have units facing all directions, and, thus, no back.

Good point. I think that is mostly how all pencil towers are, so this shouldn't be a worry.

[queensguy06]

With such a small parcel of land and it still having a parking deck, I wouldn't be surprised if this building is cylindrical, much like the Marina City towers in Chicago. While these buildings are much larger, the concept is still the same. Here is a picture:

Marina City

On a side note, I am still in Chicago visiting family, and the Trump Tower is coming along nicely as well as many other projects.

[Charlotteman]

Uptown doesn't have a cylindrical does it? This would be a cool first!

[turbocraig]

With such a small parcel of land and it still having a parking deck, I wouldn't be surprised if this building is cylindrical, much like the Marina City towers in Chicago. While these buildings are much larger, the concept is still the same. Here is a picture:

Marina City

On a side note, I am still in Chicago visiting family, and the Trump Tower is coming along nicely as well as many other projects.

I remember as a kid in the 70's those Marina Towers were on some record label... Remember records? Anybody recall the label that used their image in the center of the vinyl?

[jlwillia]

I remember as a kid in the 70's those Marina Towers were on some record label... Remember records? Anybody recall the label that used their image in the center of the vinyl?

This is more recent than you're talking about, but they were on the cover of Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."

[cinco]

I remember as a kid in the 70's those Marina Towers were on some record label... Remember records? Anybody recall the label that used their image in the center of the vinyl?

are you sure your not talking about capital records... they used to put their LA HQ on records and it looks alot like one of the marina towers. thats the only thing i can think of...

[appatone]

Looks like the site across Trade from this development has been purchased. It's the Child Care Center now. Here's the link to the article. I didn't think it was worthy of its own thread just yet.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/14935579.htm

[schmopperX]

didn't know where to put this but, I have it from a good source that the "pencil tower" beside the Arena is a go. I should be able to get my hands on some drawings with-in a couple of weeks if all goes as planned. It's 28 story residential. Stay tuned.

[atlrvr]

Good to hear....I heard the same thing a couple of weeks ago....that Furman was planning to go ahead with this....I didn't get any more info....I wonder if the extended-stay hotel is still being considered.

[schmopperX]

I'll see if I can get some details by the end of the week. The only thing I had heard about was the 28 story building. A proposal was going out for the engineering drawings. Of course that doesn't mean it will get built but it is a step in the right direction.

[RaleighHeelsfan]

Sweet!

When will construction begin?

Can't wait to see what this one looks like!

[dubone]

This is a very interesting project to me, as most parcels that get developed, especially into high rises, are significantly larger than this land. It almost makes me wish that the city would force smaller lot sizes downtown.

[Charlotteman]

I agree dubone. Enormous block-filling projects get monotonous after a while. I'm looking forward to this project, and for the same reason---the Berkman Tower.

[crispin]

This is a very interesting project to me, as most parcels that get developed, especially into high rises, are significantly larger than this land. It almost makes me wish that the city would force smaller lot sizes downtown.

I think this is a great point, something that would really help create greater texture downtown. And even with the current generation of "superblock" projects, we are seeing some of this. The Berkman building would variegate that block, just like the Avenue on its block.

[28202]

The tax plats on Polaris do not reflect the size of the parcel for this tower. Anyone know the dimensions or have a link to the city offering that was put out for bid?

[atlrvr]

Presenting....Concourse....or, the penthouse level at least.

[cinco]

^ gosh, what a tease. from that it appears as if it will be pretty sweet, but if you compare the little people on the balcony with what you see of the building... well, it just looks like it would command a bigger foot print than the pencil tower site could hold. can't wait to see the full rendering.

[turbocraig]

Hmm.. kinda origami looking. Reserving judgment.