Belk Place: Carolina Theater and Hotel Intercontinental

[KJHburg]

^^ this is about to go higher than the existing Carolina Theater.  great photos. 

[QCxpat]

Today 11:00 a.m.

Edited April 24, 2020 by QCxpat

[QCxpat]

Today 2:10 p.m.

Edited April 29, 2020 by QCxpat

[DMann]

Could that fourth lobby elevator door be for an express elevator to the roof top restaurant?

[Madison Parkitect]

33 minutes ago, DMann said:

Could that fourth lobby elevator door be for an express elevator to the roof top restaurant?

Since it appears to go to the basement as well, it's probably a freight elevator. But it's possible it's an express to the restaurant and gives the restaurant operations access to the basement via key card.

[Urban Cowboy]

 

Good neighbors

Edited April 29, 2020 by Urban Cowboy

[KJHburg]

^^^ wow that is a lot of workers swarming that site I think I saw 4 in total Charlotte Rising ever so slowly but rising. 

[QCxpat]

Sunday 11:45 a.m.

Edited May 3, 2020 by QCxpat

[SydneyCarton]

On 4/16/2020 at 8:21 PM, Blue_Devil said:

I all honesty, this project would be world class in almost any city

I agree.  If this were rising in Raleigh, Durham, W-S, Greensboro, Richmond, Columbia, or Birmingham people would be very excited.

Edited May 4, 2020 by SydneyCarton

[DownEast]

4 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I agree.  If this were rising in Raleigh, Durham, W-S, Greensboro, Richmond, Columbia, or Birmingham people would be very excited.

Really? A 2-storey Zaxby's would be world class in some of these cities. I think he meant peer cities and above...perhaps. Raleigh is or is fast approaching peer status. The rest....

[tozmervo]

I won't tell you how excited I briefly was when I thought there was a 2-story Zaxby's coming to Uptown. 

/quietly leaves in shame

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, DownEast said:

Really? A 2-storey Zaxby's would be world class in some of these cities. I think he meant peer cities and above...perhaps. Raleigh is or is fast approaching peer status. The rest....

this building will blend in Uptown, it would dominate in all of the previous cities. 

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

1 hour ago, DownEast said:

Raleigh is or is fast approaching peer status. The rest....

From a skyline perspective, Charlotte has left Raleigh way way behind.

[SydneyCarton]

17 hours ago, DownEast said:

Really? A 2-storey Zaxby's would be world class in some of these cities. I think he meant peer cities and above...perhaps. Raleigh is or is fast approaching peer status. The rest....

I think it’s a great tower.  I mentioned cities in the region where this tower would be the talk of the town.  I regard Charlotte’s peers to be Nashville, Austin, Denver, Salt Lake,  and Portland which are all great cities.   I don’t think that any of those cities would do back flips over this tower although it’s very nice, and neither would the level of cities just above Charlotte (e.g., Seattle, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Minneapolis).    Regional cities  just below Charlotte, however (which I set forth in my earlier post) would love it, as would almost-peer cities like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Providence, Columbus, OH, Milwaukee, and Indianapolis, all of which also are fabulous.

This will be a great tower.

Edited May 5, 2020 by SydneyCarton

[SydneyCarton]

On 5/4/2020 at 2:54 PM, CarolinaDaydreamin said:

From a skyline perspective, Charlotte has left Raleigh way way behind.

I agree.  In fact, I think that even more than from a mere skyline perspective, the Raleigh metro is clearly a step below Charlotte.  As noted, I think that Charlotte's peers are Nashville, Austin, Portland, Pittsburgh, Denver, and Salt Lake, which are all pretty awesome cities.  Raleigh's closest peer, to me, is Columbus, Ohio, a state capital with a great university and some decent headquarters.   

Despite Raleigh's similarities with Columbus, it has significant advantages over that city which are: (1) much better weather; (2) proximity to the ocean; (3) beautiful, hilly geography; (4) proximity to the mountains; and (5) much better weather.

In any event, Raleigh is definitely more like Charlotte's younger sibling than its peer.   That being said, I think that Charlotte is in similar shoes vis-à-vis Atlanta.  Raleigh is a smaller version of Charlotte, and Charlotte, in turn, is a smaller version of Atlanta.  That being said, I prefer the QC to the "Peachtree City."

Edited May 5, 2020 by SydneyCarton

[Cadi40]

Charlotte's similarities to Atlanta will only continue to grow, however it's the steps we take now as a city to prevent us from repeating their downfalls. 

[TheOneRJ]

5 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I agree.  In fact, I think that even more than from a mere skyline perspective, the Raleigh metro is clearly a step below Charlotte.  As noted, I think that Charlotte's peers are Nashville, Austin, Portland, Pittsburgh, Denver, and Salt Lake, which are all pretty awesome cities.  Raleigh's closest peer, to me, is Columbus, Ohio, a state capital with a great university and some decent headquarters. 

If Columbus is a peer city with Raleigh, then Nashville and Austin aren’t peers to Charlotte. I think Charlotte’s peers are Portland, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Orlando, and Baltimore. None of those cities have an InterContinental either (other than the fake one in Austin). The entire Triangle is still smaller than Charlotte was in 2010. 
 

 

Edited May 5, 2020 by TheOneRJ

[SydneyCarton]

3 hours ago, TheOneRJ said:

If Columbus is a peer city with Raleigh, then Nashville and Austin aren’t peers to Charlotte. I think Charlotte’s peers are Portland, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Orlando, and Baltimore. None of those cities have an InterContinental either (other than the fake one in Austin). The entire Triangle is still smaller than Charlotte was in 2010. 
 

 

Ok.  My basic point was that most cities would be very happy to have this new tower.

[Urban Cowboy]

A lot of activity today!

[CLT704]

Who knew that all it would take for this project to really get going was a global pandemic and an economic downturn!  

[KJHburg]

By the time this hotel opens in the mid 2020s everything will be alright for its Aussie owners.

It is gonna to be a ripper mate!

[j-man]

6 hours ago, KJHburg said:

By the time this hotel opens in the mid 2020s everything will be alright for its Aussie owners.

It is gonna to be a ripper mate!

So you mean to tell me this won’t open until the mid 2020s....wtf? 

[KJHburg]

4 minutes ago, j-man said:

So you mean to tell me this won’t open until the mid 2020s....wtf? 

no but by that time it should be opened I dont know what the current schedule is but I would guess 2022 at earliest.  

[navigator319]

I’m going to to go with spring/summer 2023.

[j-man]

12 hours ago, navigator319 said:

I’m going to to go with spring/summer 2023.

Why would it even take that long to build. There is no parkin. Just a straight up skinny structure. And it’s only 2020..so another 3 years???