3rd Ward Midrise Projects

[15895]

I will try to grab a picture on my way home from work today. When was construction "projected" to begin for this site?

End of 2013

[birky]

Just FWIW - my wife parks in the lot that is to become Woodfield and she has heard nothing from the parking company about the lot closing.  I'm not sure if that means anything or not. Just seems strange that it's supposed to start in Q1 or Q2 (or so I thought) and nothing has been passed along to the current people parking there.

Edited January 27, 2014 by birky

[MazzoMedia]

they are removing trees and asphalt at "The Mint" today.  I am timelapsing it for ya'll and will post it this evening.

[CLTProductions]

they are removing trees and asphalt at "The Mint" today.  I am timelapsing it for ya'll and will post it this evening.

oh my!! i cant believe this is actually happening.

[ah59396]

oh my!! i cant believe this is actually happening.

 

Yeah they wasted no time on that thing.  Parking lot is on the way out pronto.

[CLTProductions]

Question, refresh my memory: what is going to happen with the building Celebs (used to be Pesto) is in??? Is it going to be built around it or will it be torn down?

Edited January 28, 2014 by Jayvee

[Guest]

Question, refresh my memory: what is going to happen with the building Celebs (used to be Pesto) is in??? Is it going to be built around it or will it be torn down?

Its being built around it. Hopefully the construction will drive it out of business and it can open up as something better with the new residents coming.

[CLTProductions]

Its being built around it. Hopefully the construction will drive it out of business and it can open up as something better with the new residents coming.

Celebs actually isnt too bad. But with the influx of residents I hope it becomes a cool drinking establishment.

[MazzoMedia]

Here is a timelapse video I made of about 2 hours of prep work at the new site.

http://youtu.be/9-mFfgVmHko

[CLTProductions]

and here we go: http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/real_estate/2014/01/spectrum-preparing-to-break-ground-on-uptown.html

 

I wish the mint looked better

 

But to be fair, it is replacing an eye sore of a parking lot so thats a definite plus.

Edited January 28, 2014 by Jayvee

[jednc]

Celebs actually isnt too bad. But with the influx of residents I hope it becomes a cool drinking establishment.

You seem to really be stuck on drinking establishments...

[CLTProductions]

You seem to really be stuck on drinking establishments...

HA! Very true....just want more variety....sick of everywhere uptown.

[MazzoMedia]

Latta Arcade. With the explosive growth of the 3rd ward, and the unique niche of the small corridor, I envision greatness at this juncture.

Edited January 29, 2014 by MazzoMedia

[15895]

Latta Arcade. With the explosive growth of the 3rd ward, and the unique niche of the small corridor, I envision greatness at this juncture.

It doesn't have to be a small corridor.

300 South Tryon -if developed correctly- could be by far the most transformative project.

It fronts Tryon, Fronts Romare Bearden and directly beside Latta....

I'm thinking Epicenter #2 but in the style of Latta Arcade with retail like clothing, office supplies, lotions, bars etc,

That's the best, best hope IMO for A huge game changer. To bad we can't pick up crescent and move it to that location... I can't think of a more desirable place in Charlotte.

Edit; too bad they can't pull an epicenter and have the retail portion built and have the option for office/residential later!

Edited January 29, 2014 by AirNostrumMAD

[MazzoMedia]

It doesn't have to be a small corridor.

300 South Tryon -if developed correctly- could be by far the most transformative project.

It fronts Tryon, Fronts Romare Bearden and directly beside Latta....

I'm thinking Epicenter #2 but in the style of Latta Arcade with retail like clothing, office supplies, lotions, bars etc,

That's the best, best hope IMO for A huge game changer. To bad we can't pick up crescent and move it to that location... I can't think of a more desirable place in Charlotte.

Edit; too bad they can't pull an epicenter and have the retail portion built and have the option for office/residential later!

but I'm talkin about right now, not 3 years from now.

[mfowler12]

Does anyone have a view of the 4th street elevation for this project?

[Guest]

I'll pull it up when I get to work

[Durhamite]

Why do developers allow these types of buildings/designs in uptown?  Especially near the new ballpark, seems they'd want the architecture to blend with the ball parks throwback character because anything less than all or mostly brick should be the minimum in that part of uptown but what do I know.   The Hampton and Residence Inn were missed opportunities, such a tragedy...coulda been sleek small scalish urban designs to reflect modern Charlotte....who the hell is in charge?

 

Celebs?  I've been there, Charlotte could use more places like that uptown to deflate some of the vanilla persona and broaden appeal to a wide range of people.

[Miesian Corners]

Celebs actually isnt too bad. But with the influx of residents I hope it becomes a cool drinking establishment.

Worst name for a bar, ever.

[dubone]

It is one of many fauxades in this city, with plastic stucco being the main ingredient and resulting in a fake and low quality result.  

 

Once again, it isn't the worst building in the world, but it is just a shame on such a high visibility location that something more interesting wasn't done.   The scale is consistent with Gateway Village, so I think that is not a failure, especially if they are trying to keep rents affordable to fill a different market than the towers are.

[Guest]

Sorry for the delay, I couldn't get the site to load yesterday. Here is the elevation for the 4th Street Side. I love the scale, and it calls it "Retail Level" So woohoo Retail.

[CLTProductions]

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Sorry for the delay, I couldn't get the site to load yesterday. Here is the elevation for the 4th Street Side. I love the scale, and it calls it "Retail Level" So woohoo Retail.

That's great! I really think retail is a must for this location, especially on the 4th and trade st side.

[nonillogical]

One retail space is better than nothing, but this facade is still a bit of a bummer with so much of it just parking structure facing the ballpark. The Trade St. side will probably look nicer even though it doesn't include retail, just a lobby/leasing office. All that said I think there's a decent chance of material choice elevating this one to above-average compared to our other crop of stick-built apartment buildings.

[dubone]

The Celebs/Presto building remains as retail at Trade and Graham, so having a similarly sized retail spot at 4th and Graham will be good, especially as it faces the ballpark and the future train station.

[Guest]

Here are the callouts for the front materials.

One retail space is better than nothing, but this facade is still a bit of a bummer with so much of it just parking structure facing the ballpark. The Trade St. side will probably look nicer even though it doesn't include retail, just a lobby/leasing office. All that said I think there's a decent chance of material choice elevating this one to above-average compared to our other crop of stick-built apartment buildings.