Ally Charlotte Center (f/k/a Tryon Place) - 26 floors - 427'

[SydneyCarton]

7 hours ago, NcSc74 said:

I'm sooooo jealous of you guys.  The city must feel alive with all of this activity.

The good thing is that no where in the Carolinas is too far from Charlotte, so everyone can enjoy it.  For that matter, Uptown is a little less than 100 miles from the Virginia border to the north, so Charlotte is really the nucleus of a tri-state area.

Edited June 11, 2019 by SydneyCarton

[KJHburg]

9 hours ago, NcSc74 said:

I'm sooooo jealous of you guys.  The city must feel alive with all of this activity.

Uptown is a huge construction zone really every block or two is a construction site.  Then along Stonewall you have 3 blocks of towers going up.   It is amazing and I think some people here think this is usual it is not. 

[DMann]

I am not really good at this stuff, but the attached file gives a feeling of what is happening.

Project identifier.pdf

[tozmervo]

16 minutes ago, DMann said:

I am not really good at this stuff, but the attached file gives a feeling of what is happening.

Project identifier.pdf 72.11 kB · 8 downloads

The CC Development Map is also good for this

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1PhrG6g0gM_6_33x4ixzkhtPGb94&hl=en&usp=sharing

[CLT_sc]

I really like this building, but can’t help but ask, did they build this too short?  I know the cost will rise rapidly at certain points in height, but it seems like this could have been in the 35-40 story range.  Not complaining, I love the building visually, just thinking of the economics. 

[Crucial_Infra]

11 minutes ago, CLT_sc said:

I really like this building, but can’t help but ask, did they build this too short?

They’re all too short. 

[Matthew.Brendan]

[carolinaboy]

12 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

The good thing is that no where in the Carolinas is too far from Charlotte, so everyone can enjoy it.  For that matter, Uptown is a little less than 100 miles from the Virginia border to the north, so Charlotte is really the nucleus of a tri-state area.

I don't know bro, where I live in the Carolinas is very far from Charlotte. I can get in my car and be in DC in about half the time I could get to Charlotte.

[SydneyCarton]

28 minutes ago, carolinaboy said:

I don't know bro, where I live in the Carolinas is very far from Charlotte. I can get in my car and be in DC in about half the time I could get to Charlotte.

I’ve driven north up I-77 many times from Uptown, and it’s only about 90 miles to the Virginia border.  Thus, from Virginia to SC is only about 100 miles via I-77.  Since NC isn’t very big from north to south, and since Charlotte sits almost in the middle of the state from east to west, it’s very accessible to almost all of NC and must of SC. Thus, we can all enjoy it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 11, 2019 by SydneyCarton

[jordan704]

I have a friend that works at Ally in the current building uptown and he was was saying that he might not get to move into the new building because they are saying they don't have enough room.

[CLT_sc]

1 hour ago, jordan704 said:

I have a friend that works at Ally in the current building uptown and he was was saying that he might not get to move into the new building because they are saying they don't have enough room.

Maybe we will see Ally II by built at Legacy Union if the new BB&T does not beat them to it.  

I know I have mentioned this before, but I can’t believe another hotel is not being announced in that area with all of the office development.  With the growth of S Tryon and Southend, hotel rooms will be hard to get.  

 

[CLT2014]

1 hour ago, jordan704 said:

I have a friend that works at Ally in the current building uptown and he was was saying that he might not get to move into the new building because they are saying they don't have enough room.

The new building Ally is moving to is still 25% unoccupied so I think Ally would lease those floors if they were projecting to be out of space. Most likely there is confusion among employees at the existing Ally Center on Church Street since they are getting moved into WeWork facilities while the company is in between leases Uptown. Ally will be vacating their Church Street office over the course of 2019 and moving into WeWork / temp space. 

For reference, the 400,000 square feet Ally is moving into is almost double the 216,554 it leases at Ally Center on Church Street. The company will consolidate the South Park employees (~80,000 sq. feet) and Ballantyne employees (~25,000 square feet) too, but still have an extra ~80,000 sq feet in the new property for them to grow into over their current footprint.

In addition, Ally might have bumped up their lease from 400k square feet. The building is showing 75%+ leased, but Ally's lease would account for less than 60% of the building at 400k. Haven't heard anybody else announced. 

Edited June 11, 2019 by CLT2014

[KJHburg]

12 minutes ago, CLT_sc said:

Maybe we will see Ally II by built at Legacy Union if the new BB&T does not beat them to it.  

I know I have mentioned this before, but I can’t believe another hotel is not being announced in that area with all of the office development.  With the growth of S Tryon and Southend, hotel rooms will be hard to get.  

 

I think you will see a hotel at Legacy just wait.  Residential who knows but Johno Harris stated he knows all the office space and HQ drives demand for hotels and hotels in a big development like that are considered an amenity to the overall project.    Would love a Four Seasons with a limited number of Four Seasons Residences on top! 

[Jasons0013]

47 minutes ago, CLT_sc said:

Maybe we will see Ally II by built at Legacy Union if the new BB&T does not beat them to it.  

 

I really hope BB&T s goes anywhere else but Legacy Union.

[CLT_sc]

1 minute ago, Jasons0013 said:

I really hope BB&T s goes anywhere else but Legacy Union.

I agree, I was hoping they will be a catalyst to develop the transit center site.

[ertley]

3 minutes ago, Jasons0013 said:

I really hope BB&T s goes anywhere else but Legacy Union.

I know there are lots more important factors that go into the decision of where to build/lease for a corporate HQ, and apparently BB&T has a reputation for being extraordinarily value-conscious, but I wouldn't want to put my HQ building chockablock with a tower named for my largest competitor. I'd definitely search for an independent plot or block.

[CLT_sc]

44 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

I think you will see a hotel at Legacy just wait.  Residential who knows but Johno Harris stated he knows all the office space and HQ drives demand for hotels and hotels in a big development like that are considered an amenity to the overall project.    Would love a Four Seasons with a limited number of Four Seasons Residences on top! 

Very good idea, a Four Seasons with residences would be awesome.  And, they typically have cool looking buildings.  

[CLTProductions]

Stonewall is closing for an entire day to pour a 1200 yard mat foundation concrete pour for the JW, thats awesome

[Bruco72]

1 hour ago, Jayvee said:

Stonewall is closing for an entire day to pour a 1200 yard mat foundation concrete pour for the JW, thats awesome

How many truck loads is that?

 

[Urban Cowboy]

[tozmervo]

12 minutes ago, Bruco72 said:

How many truck loads is that?

 

The rule of thumb I've always heard is 10 yards per truck, so 120 trucks. For a job that big they may have some oversize concrete trucks they bring out. 

[Urban Cowboy]

The deck is about halfway complete, it seems. Based on the renderings it will come all the way to Hill street and front it/277 without much screening. It will be interesting to see how the deck looks along College and the against the JW. I hope Crescent will do something to dress it up.

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Urban Cowboy said:

The deck is about halfway complete, it seems. Based on the renderings it will come all the way to Hill street and front it/277 without much screening. It will be interesting to see how the deck looks along College and the against the JW. I hope Crescent will do something to dress it up.

per crescent "rendering is meant to represent the building, not the deck."

[CharlotteWkndBuzz]

I know the jw will butt up against the deck for the most part, but I'm a little surprised they didnt add any retail in the deck along college. Those sidewalks see a lot of foot traffic with the westin, regions, convention center right across and college bridge provides connection to southend. Just kind of sucks to have another blank parking deck wall in a pretty crucial area. The project overall has a ton of retail, so that is a plus. 

[KJHburg]

Say  what you want about Legacy and their garage but it will have retail along S Church I think it is a mistake not to do so along S College especially since there is 85% leased office building across the street not to mention a Westin and coming soon JW Marriott.