Charlotte Photo of the Day

[UrbanCharlotte]

28 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

this is wayback Wednesday photo my friend @  geocatchlight took of the Eastland sign he saw in storage at a undisclosed location in the QC

Eastland coming back to life hopefully sooner rather than later.  

Oh man glad to see these are still around. Talk about some nostalgia... Eastland was my go to growing up

[turbocraig]

So this isn’t a photo I realize but I don’t know where else to put this.  I stumbled upon this on YouTube.  Great footage!

 

 

[navigator319]

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, navigator319 said:

this photo is 25% Parking deck

[navigator319]

this photo is 25% Parking deck

Fine with me. Keeps my view [emoji12]

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, navigator319 said:

Fine with me. Keeps my view

I know for a fact two of those parking decks aren't long for this world ;-)

[Mr. Built]

It's been a while and this might be my first post for 2020, time flies. So anyway here 

[navigator319]

I know for a fact two of those parking decks aren't long for this world ;-)

In due course I’m sure.

 

Covid prob put a dent in those rumblings for now, no? At least in the 1-3 year timeframe.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, navigator319 said:

In due course I’m sure.

 

Covid prob put a dent in those rumblings for now, no? At least in the 1-3 year timeframe.

I dunno. I've talked to some people lately who think Charlotte is better positioned than ever to attract companies fleeing the North East. Especially since one of our biggest competitors just massively increased their property taxes.

[SydneyCarton]

I love Charlotte, but it's not a competitor of NY.  London was, but with Brexit, NY now utterly dominates the world financial markets.  

That being said, I hope that more staff are relocated to Charlotte and that more towers are built Uptown.

Edited May 14, 2020 by SydneyCarton

[CLTranspo]

39 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I love Charlotte, but it's not a competitor of NY. 

I think @Tyree Ricardo was referring to Nashville as Charlotte’s competitor. They are proposing to increase property taxes by over 30% to balance their budget. 

[SydneyCarton]

3 minutes ago, CLTranspo said:

I think @Tyree Ricardo was referring to Nashville as Charlotte’s competitor. They are proposing to increase property taxes by over 30% to balance their budget. 

That makes sense.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

I love Charlotte, but it's not a competitor of NY.  London was, but with Brexit, NY now utterly dominates the world financial markets.  

That being said, I hope that more staff are relocated to Charlotte and that more towers are built Uptown.

Trust me I want to be optimistic about NYC, being a homeowner there, but what I said is a fact, and the city is already fielding relocation offers. 

But yes, I was referring to our direct competition, Nashville.

Edited May 14, 2020 by Guest

[SydneyCarton]

31 minutes ago, Tyree Ricardo said:

Trust me I want to be optimistic about NYC, being a homeowner there, but what I said is a fact, and the city is already fielding relocation offers. 

But yes, I was referring to our direct competition, Nashville.

They said the same thing after 9/11.  NY is uniquely situated to be the world leader, since London will now take second stage.  

Anyway, hopefully, Charlotte will continue to prosper.

Edited May 14, 2020 by SydneyCarton

[navigator319]

6 hours ago, Tyree Ricardo said:

I dunno. I've talked to some people lately who think Charlotte is better positioned than ever to attract companies fleeing the North East. Especially since one of our biggest competitors just massively increased their property taxes.

I get this logic of thinking and it is backed up by trends that were already underway.  What I have yet to solidify an opinion on is the the effect on the office market and space needs by companies now that a great WFH shift happened.  I flip flop between 95% of it shifts back to the office and well crap only 60% of it shifts back to the office.  If it is the later, then  we have lots of space on our hands just sitting idle.  Have to work through that just like the foreclosure backlog in residential homes in 09-13.

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, navigator319 said:

I get this logic of thinking and it is backed up by trends that were already underway.  What I have yet to solidify an opinion on is the the effect on the office market and space needs by companies now that a great WFH shift happened.  I flip flop between 95% of it shifts back to the office and well crap only 60% of it shifts back to the office.  If it is the later, then  we have lots of space on our hands just sitting idle.  Have to work through that just like the foreclosure backlog in residential homes in 09-13.

I have an article I'm working on, should be done in the next week or two, where I talked to office developers, and really one of the consensuses was that while yes, a good percentage of folks might not return to the office, keep in mind the ones that do, will likely come back to a much less dense office environment, people per sq feet wise. 

Edited May 14, 2020 by Guest

[J-Rob]

Hopefully this partially improves the "never a cold seat" problem.  In all seriousness, I am having trouble envisioning how elevator capacity at peak times will be addressed, even if businesses go to "group a" (week 1) alternating with "group b" (week 2).

Edited May 14, 2020 by J-Rob

[KJHburg]

1 hour ago, J-Rob said:

Hopefully this partially improves the "never a cold seat" problem.  In all seriousness, I am having trouble envisioning how elevator capacity at peak times will be addressed, even if businesses go to "group a" (week 1) alternating with "group b" (week 2).

You asked and yes I have some photos I went up to a 90% empty coworking space in 2 different uptown towers 615 Regions tower  suggests 3 per elevator and 23 story First Citizens Bank tower suggests 4.  Honestly I think 4 people is fine for both.   First Citizens has the corners of the elevator marked off for 4 people to stand in each corner.  I am fine with this as I don't like people crowding me in elevators anyway.  Not a problem right now.  

Many office workers I talked to want to go back to their offices as many homes are not ideal and quite honestly need to be purchased with home offices in mind.  I have worked from home for most of my career every now and then in an office.  Coworking is great for me for I enjoy going into an office occasionally.  I think most will go back to offices slowly and in the future they wont be crammed in such tight spaces.  However there is a certain percentage that will insist on working from home for future and maybe for ever.   That is fine too.,

Plus a photo of something outside so no one says I am not posting the right things.  The Camden townhomes at Grandview came out great and can't wait for the pedestrian bridge to be built next to the rail line. 

[CraigslistPapi]

On 5/11/2020 at 8:47 PM, NCMike1990 said:

Google Earth has finally updated Charlotte with imagery from August 29, 2019 and April 2, 2020.

I did a comparison of Uptown in 2002 vs 2020.

 

I love seeing the progression from surface lots to a density

[KJHburg]

a photo of Charlotte's web from N Brevard (I just love this shot with all the power lines)  and various other angles.  Today.   Last photo if I had clicked a second or two earlier I would have the crown of BofA CC in the shot.    Charlotte gotta a lot (of power lines) 

Edited May 15, 2020 by KJHburg

[UrbanCharlotte]

@KJHburg That last shot is sweet. Great density

[nicholas]

20 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Are we just going to ignore Gozilla sitting alone in the parking deck?

Edited May 15, 2020 by nicholas

[KJHburg]

17 hours ago, nicholas said:

Are we just going to ignore Gozilla sitting alone in the parking deck?

As car guy  you need to start a thread in Coffee House called :" Nick's Whips the Finest Cars of NC"   and it would probably be very popular.  

[Guest]

Are we just going to ignore Gozilla sitting alone in the parking deck?

That’s KJs whip


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[videtur quam contuor]

My insurance agent said I could call it my whip but she would continue to  refer to it as "vehicle 1"

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Edited May 16, 2020 by tarhoosier