Belk Place: Carolina Theater and Hotel Intercontinental

[Madison Parkitect]

56 minutes ago, j-man said:

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??? 

It's also the whole interior of the theater, right? And it's a historic restoration, which always takes longer.

 

On the other hand, once social distancing is relaxed and they can get that fourth worker in there, this thing will really fly.

[navigator319]

2 hours ago, j-man said:

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??? 

I'm not saying it SHOULD take that long.  I don't believe all the excuses people make about the slow progress here.  I think more to it on the ops/admin side then anything.  That said the pace here is glacial it's been 3 years to this point.  No faith in any speed increase.  With that mindset another 3 years seems reasonable.  Would love to be wrong.

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

12 minutes ago, navigator319 said:

I'm not saying it SHOULD take that long.  I don't believe all the excuses people make about the slow progress here.  I think more to it on the ops/admin side then anything.  That said the pace here is glacial it's been 3 years to this point.  No faith in any speed increase.  With that mindset another 3 years seems reasonable.  Would love to be wrong.

Well there has been an obvious speed increase the last 3 months, so unless there is a project shutdown, we should see this topped out within 10-12 months.

[go_vertical]

I'm sure once this thing fully clears the theater height it should ramp up to a decent pace. 

[Guest]

49 minutes ago, CarolinaDaydreamin said:

Well there has been an obvious speed increase the last 3 months, so unless there is a project shutdown, we should see this topped out within 10-12 months.

I'd expect it to rise at a floor per week, so we are talking shorter timeline to top out then that.

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

1 hour ago, Tyree Ricardo said:

I'd expect it to rise at a floor per week, so we are talking shorter timeline to top out then that.

Yeah I was going to say 8 months but I figured I'd give them some wiggle room lol.

[j-man]

2 hours ago, CarolinaDaydreamin said:

Well there has been an obvious speed increase the last 3 months, so unless there is a project shutdown, we should see this topped out within 10-12 months.

I’m not complaining lmao but damn that is still a long time for a building that has a footprint the size of a fast food restaurant. 

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

1 hour ago, j-man said:

I’m not complaining lmao but damn that is still a long time for a building that has a footprint the size of a fast food restaurant. 

It doesn't make it go FASTER because its a tight squeeze, quite the opposite.

[stiluvclt]

Lord forbid! if they run out of money right after they finish that monolith!

 

[CLT>]

They've been working away on the theatre interiors while the tower was delayed, so I expect the Carolina Theatre to Open in 2021, and the Hotel early 2022

[QCxpat]

Today 4:00 p.m.

Edited May 9, 2020 by QCxpat

[SydneyCarton]

Will the theater be restored too, or is it deemed unnecessary in light of Belk, etc.?   The Carolina Theater in Durham is beautiful, and it exists in a symbiotic manner with DPAC, as it gets smaller, more artsy shows.  Therefore, I hope that Charlotte's Carolina Theater will be restored.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Will the theater be restored too, or is it deemed unnecessary in light of Belk, etc.?   The Carolina Theater in Durham is beautiful, and it exists in a symbiotic manner with DPAC, as it gets smaller, more artsy shows.  Therefore, I hope that Charlotte's Carolina Theater will be restored.

Part of the whole purpose of the hotel is to fund the restoration. Its mentioned a few times above this post. It will be fully restored, because its needed.

Edited May 10, 2020 by Guest

[SydneyCarton]

6 hours ago, Tyree Ricardo said:

6 hours ago, Tyree Ricardo said:

Part of the whole purpose of the hotel is to fund the restoration. Its mentioned a few times above this post. It will be fully restored, because its needed.

That’s good to hear.  Carolina Theaters are beautiful.

[Miesian Corners]

Where's the dude who said (repeatedly) "This isn't going to happen!"? 

[KJHburg]

I counted about 10+ workers on the site today and could not see those inside the old theater.   This is a very active site and that is not written in blue.

Today there are 4 workers up with the pours in the elevator shaft alone.   Reportedly I even saw Mr Bob the Builder too.   (and are not those nice buildings in the background?) 

[Wrangler]

Yes, even in a pandemic, our skyline is growing.  Cool thing to see and watch. Charlotte is not yielding to anything.

[TheOneRJ]

On 5/11/2020 at 10:52 AM, Miesian Corners said:

Where's the dude who said (repeatedly) "This isn't going to happen!"? 

Right here and until I’m at the grand opening I’ll stick by that statement. 

[Miesian Corners]

19 hours ago, TheOneRJ said:

Right here and until I’m at the grand opening I’ll stick by that statement. 

Oh, so now it's "when it opens" as opposed to it having a tower crane and seven floors of an elevator core. 

[NOLA2CLT]

On 5/14/2020 at 12:51 PM, Miesian Corners said:

Oh, so now it's "when it opens" as opposed to it having a tower crane and seven floors of an elevator core. 

to his point, Charlotte has two unfinished buildings that sit dormant...but unless there is a significant issue with the theater itself, pretty sure this one is happening...

[navigator319]

Can keep me in the camp of I’ll believe it when it opens. If there were prop bets I’d still put money against this one.

[Guest]

6 hours ago, NOLA2CLT said:

to his point, Charlotte has two unfinished buildings that sit dormant...but unless there is a significant issue with the theater itself, pretty sure this one is happening...

both because incompetence 

[KJHburg]

I can't wait to check into this hotel on my upper floor room and then order my Outback takeaway since it is Aussie developed to prove some of you wrong.   

She's gonna be a rip snorter! Too Right! 

here is your Aussie slang dictionary if you need to translate

http://www.slang.com.au/r/

[turbocraig]

5 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

I can't wait to check into this hotel on my upper floor room and then order my Outback takeaway since it is Aussie developed to prove some of you wrong.   

She's gonna be a rip snorter! Too Right! 

here is your Aussie slang dictionary if you need to translate

http://www.slang.com.au/r/

"Too Right"!!  That is GOLD!  I'm going to start using that.  We need to put that into production, so start dropping it.

[NOLA2CLT]

13 hours ago, Tyree Ricardo said:

both because incompetence 

very true, but i recall you mentioned that Cleveland Construction being a sub par company...regardless, i want this to happen with out any glitches or issues.  Its just too important for the city of Charlotte, in my opinion.