Historic Congaree Vista Developments

[krazeeboi]

Anyone have a picture of this building?

[CorgiMatt]

It looks like Canal Side is in good company. The attached picture is from UP and is grouped with pics from Boston, so I guess that's where it was taken.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanmechanic...ol-41534544@N00

[BrasilnSC]

The empty green space at Canalside would make great soccer fields for the time being .

[krazeeboi]

twelve14Pulaski project is coming one step closer to reality!

http://www.thestate.com/business/story/872733.html

So how's this coming along? Any "vertical" construction yet?

[CorgiMatt]

Yes, for several weeks now. Framing-wise it's as vertical as it's going to get. They have a demolition bin sitting in front of the little gas station beside it and the for sale sign in front of the gas station is gone.

[krazeeboi]

Next month, SCANA will start cleanup of the old bus barn lot; the process is expected to take 4-6 months.

[krazeeboi]

Here are a few more renderings of twelve14 Pulaski going up on the old Hood Tire location:

[krazeeboi]

All pictures taken 10/25

twelve14 Pulaski:

521 Gervais:

Lofts at Printers Square:

[johnpro318]

Nice update Krazeeboi!

[Spartan]

what's going on at the Publix building? What's up with the stairs leading to the windows? I'm pretty sure that those haven't always been there.

[krazeeboi]

http://www.521gervais.com/future.php

[emerging.me]

LOVE the tweleve14 building. I can't wait to see it done.

I still wonder how The Hanging Gardens at Printers Square is ever going to sell. I wish the developer the best, but can't help but feel that the place is a monument to the excesses of a housing era that has passed.

[CorgiMatt]

He probably pre-sold them all. It took forever for them to break ground.

[digital_sandlapper]

http://www.521gervais.com/future.php

This is hard to believe--that picture of bumper-to-bumper traffic wasn't the smartest one to include. Anyone who knows the area realizes the picture doesn't lie, and that's what it will be like most of the time. Not sure if they will have many takers for "townhomes" facing that extremely busy intersection. It's not exactly a residential street.

How many people can say they live in the same building as a grocery store? Or that they pull into a Publix parking lot to park when home? I wouldn't want the unit right next to it--I'd be fearful of vermin and noise. This development is a curiosity to say the least! A stand-up comic could have a field day with this . . lol.

[CorgiMatt]

It only looks that way at rush hour and after USC football games. The rush hour part is their point.

[waccamatt]

This is hard to believe--that picture of bumper-to-bumper traffic wasn't the smartest one to include. Anyone who knows the area realizes the picture doesn't lie, and that's what it will be like most of the time. Not sure if they will have many takers for "townhomes" facing that extremely busy intersection. It's not exactly a residential street.

How many people can say they live in the same building as a grocery store? Or that they pull into a Publix parking lot to park when home? I wouldn't want the unit right next to it--I'd be fearful of vermin and noise. This development is a curiosity to say the least! A stand-up comic could have a field day with this . . lol.

Actually I think it exemplifies the point that if you live and work downtown you don't have to deal with that traffic.

[Spartan]

Man, how did I miss 521 Gervais? I hate that they are tearing up the old building, but the stoops on Gervais will improve the pedestrian qualities of that portion of the street.

[krazeeboi]

Taken 11/27

SC Bar Conference Center (steel framing went up quick on this one, but it's not a large building to begin with):

Twelve14 Pulaski (exterior is a neutral color brick):

521 Gervais:

[krazeeboi]

Here's an example of something I'd like to see come to one of the corner parcels at Gervais and Assembly. This project is planned for downtown Montgomery:

[Spartan]

That would be perfect.

[waccamatt]

That would be nice and that corner would be a great location for a hotel as the gateway to the Vista.

[krazeeboi]

Pics taken 12/24

twelve14 Pulaski:

521 Gervais:

Lofts at Printers Square:

SC Bar Conference Center:

[CorgiMatt]

Two Vista restoration projects are coming up before DDRC this month for some design tweaking. One of them is the Columbia Supply building portion of Center Vista for accommodation of a new restaurant. You have to scroll to find the Vista properties (with photos and elevation diagrams) on the attached agenda.

http://www.columbia.sc.gov/tasks/sites/coc/assets/File/Dev_Services/Agendas/DDRC/PDS_DDRC_2010_01_05_Agenda.pdf

[emerging.me]

Two Vista restoration projects are coming up before DDRC this month for some design tweaking. One of them is the Columbia Supply building portion of Center Vista for accommodation of a new restaurant. You have to scroll to find the Vista properties (with photos and elevation diagrams) on the attached agenda.

http://www.columbia.sc.gov/tasks/sites/coc/assets/File/Dev_Services/Agendas/DDRC/PDS_DDRC_2010_01_05_Agenda.pdf

Here's the Loopnet listing for the Columbia Supply w/ rendering:

http://www.loopnet.com/lid/16380036

In other news, 912 Gervais, the building next to Cloud Nine (I think), is being retrofitted with three restaurant spaces w/ a patio in the rear.

http://www.loopnet.com/lid/16450921

Price per sq ft. is ridiculous on that one if you ask me!

Edited January 1, 2010 by emerging.me

[krazeeboi]

I'd pretty much thought the Columbia Supply renovation/Center Vista was dead. It's good to see that it's not. I also didn't know that a Chili's was originally planned for that building, but now it will be another restaurant. I wonder which one. I also hope that within the next year or two, the office portion will see construction.

I'm hoping that "Miller-Valentine Group" signage is just a placeholder in the rendering for the actual name of the restaurant.