615 South College (Portman Office Tower near Westin)

[KJHburg]

Another new tenant moving into 615 South College anybody know what floor? I assume it is higher than 10 as most of the bottom half is leased up with just some space here and there. https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/09/20/digital-marketing-company-to-double-headquarters.html?ana=TWT_staffAF

[atlrvr]

Yes...their space is on the 11th floor.

[KJHburg]

^^^Thanks. I think WeWork is going to take another floor which would be 10 that is my hunch

 

 

 

[KJHburg]

Heard today WeWork is indeed taking 10th floor making 3 full floors for them. That only leaves top 5 floors available and vacant and parts of about 5 other floors. 

[KJHburg]

With WeWork's lease of the 10th floor they will have about 75xxx sq ft there and they would be the biggest current tenant even bigger than Regions with their signage rights. 

[Nick2]

Really? That's nuts. Maybe WeWork will push for their name on the building too. 

This tower is so elegant and simple at the same time. Very well done in my opinion. I LOVE the way the sky and clouds are reflecting off of the blueish glass.

[KJHburg]

12 minutes ago, Nick2 said:

Really? That's nuts. Maybe WeWork will push for their name on the building too. 

This tower is so elegant and simple at the same time. Very well done in my opinion. I LOVE the way the sky and clouds are reflecting off of the blueish glass.

It pays to be first and Regions was the first tenant to sign on with their 63,xxx sq ft. 

[Scoopbth]

They have their name on it just not on the actual building.  It's on the garage side closest to Blue Line.  You can see it from stonewall station.  

[Finkle]

You can see it the We Work Signage from I-277 also

[KJHburg]

^^I will have to check that out next time I am uptown.  They will be the largest tenant in the building once expand to the 10th floor unless one company takes the top 5 floors. 

[KJHburg]

WeWork is growing again.  I heard  a couple of months ago they were taking the 10th floor but now they are taking the 11th floor as well  total of 90,000 sq ft in this building by far the largest tenant.  https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/11/22/wework-doubles-its-footprint-in-uptown-charlotte.html?ana=e_clt_bn&u=oAaDx%2B74FoP4qOJ%2By4AU6dhJPpc&t=1511388880&j=79220321   Took this photo Monday. 

[kermit]

Coolio:

 

 

[asthasr]

It seems small, and it's recessed compared to the bulk of the building -- is it visible from the ground?

[Scribe]

13 hours ago, asthasr said:

is it visible from the ground?

It is.  There is also another sign on the South Blvd side which is clearly visible from I-277

Looking at he pic again, that is the South Blvd side -- and that particular one is visible from I-277.

[Spartan]

Does anyone know how the building signage ordinance work? I've always liked that most of Charlotte's largest buildings aren't loaded with signs and have attractive crowns. It gives us a very distinguished, uncluttered skyline, and I generally don't care for the addition of signage for that reason. That said, the signs they add do tend to be small, so it's not the end of the world.

[KJHburg]

First time I have seen the WeWork signage (and the Regions signage) and I heard today they WeWork  are doing a mural I guess on the wall by the station platform or maybe along the freeway side.  

[navigator319]

[KJHburg]

Wow Little Architecture is moving to 2.5 floors of 615 South College basically bringing this building 84% leased which is great news!  Moving from the suburbs its longtime home off Tyvola. 

""Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, whose service lines include architecture, engineering and land planning, will move out of its longtime home at 5815 Westpark Drive to 615 South College, where it will lease 60,000 square feet across two-and-a-half floors on 14, 15 and 16. """   Subscriber only article 

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/01/02/why-this-prominent-charlotte-architecture-firm.html?ana=e_mc_prem&s=newsletter&ed=2018-01-02&u=oAaDx%2B74FoP4qOJ%2By4AU6dhJPpc&t=1514901530&j=79432421

[navigator319]

How many people fit on a floor on average? Depends on the building of course, but of the buildings Uptown. Like 200 maybe?

[KJHburg]

In an open format probably 100 or so each with desks 

[tozmervo]

47 minutes ago, navigator319 said:

How many people fit on a floor on average? Depends on the building of course, but of the buildings Uptown. Like 200 maybe?

In a dense office setting, I would assume about 100 square foot per person. So in a 20k floor plate, you'd have about 200 people. If you start adding conference areas or better (larger) office areas, that number goes down. 100 per person is tight.

[jordan704]

I believe WeWork has around 500 desk on floor 8 if I recall correctly. 

[KJHburg]

Wework is packed and stacked they count every sofa or table as work space

[jordan704]

4 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Wework is packed and stacked they count every sofa or table as work space

I work there and thats actually only counting dedicated desk. Not shared meeting rooms, phone rooms, or couches.

[KJHburg]

^^ I know WeWork very well myself.  It is just a very high density environment that outside of other co-working spaces would not be done in other more typical office layouts. 

An architectural firm would need much larger desks and workspaces, more conference rooms etc.  It says Little has 67,000 sq ft now and will have 60,000 sq ft at 615 South College on 2.5 floors.