Misc. Uptown Projects/News

[Madison Parkitect]

3 hours ago, DMann said:

I was talking to one of the construction guys and he told me that each beam weighs 35 tons, is 110 ft Long, and the steel is 3 " thick.  Yikes!  I ask him if he was involved in the Hawthorne Bridge rebuild he laughed and said "not us" 

So that's what those beams were! I saw them on trucks sitting on the side of the highway yesterday evening and I think they're the biggest beams I've ever seen. They're huge!

[KJHburg]

I walked through many major office towers today via Overstreet Mall (to stay out of the light rain)  and the mega buildings are ready for workers to come back.  Still a ghost town uptown only security and police, contractors, or homeless on the streets (and a few others like me) 

If you have not been to your office in a month or two this is the new order of things uptown.

1. empty hallways at 11 am 2.  empty Wells Fargo Atrium 3.4.5. BB&T Center overstreet mall with elevator queues 6.7.8.9. Bank of America Plaza signage, directional arrows on the mall 

10.  elevators in First Citizens Bank plaza 4 people at a time (which is fine with me I never liked a crowded elevator) 

[QCxpat]

Today 1:45 p.m.  -  Phase 2:  Reopening North Carolina

 

Edited May 24, 2020 by QCxpat

[J-Rob]

On ‎5‎/‎23‎/‎2020 at 5:20 PM, QCxpat said:

Maybe if Tepper buys the Tampa Bay Rays and moves them to the current Bank of America site, we can remove these Washington Nationals logos all over town. Charlotte Financiers anyone?

[Muggsy01]

2 hours ago, J-Rob said:

Maybe if Tepper buys the Tampa Bay Rays and moves them to the current Bank of America site, we can remove these Washington Nationals logos all over town. Charlotte Financiers anyone?

If Charlotte gets an MLB team, gotta keep the Knights name. Sharpest uni’s in the minors, better than many MLB teams. Plus the name is badass & works with the city

[QCxpat]

Today 1:45 p.m. - CMPD Central Division  

Edited May 26, 2020 by QCxpat

[KJHburg]

 Photo 2: 129 West Trade facade renovation on lower floors.   First exterior change since mom worked there when the building was brand new in 1958.  

Some other misc drive by photos. 

[QCxpat]

Today 12:05 p.m. - CMPD Central Division

Edited June 6, 2020 by QCxpat

[Hushpuppy321]

Totally miscellaneous but here goes; I was comparing the list of Tallest buildings in Pittsburgh to Charlotte and CLT is nearly on par.  That thought is amazing to me since Steel Town has Iconic significance.  Charlotte is really growing!

Pittsburgh = 10 Towers of 500’ or taller.  32 Towers Total (Includes previous 10) of 300’ or taller.  125 Total buildings at 115’ or taller.

Charlotte = 8 Towers of 500’ or taller (includes DEC 2).  36 Towers Total (Includes previous 8 and all under constr.) of 300’ or taller.  Not sure of Total buildings over 115’ or taller.  Maybe someone can count Citywide on emporis.

[SentioVenia]

8 hours ago, Hushpuppy321 said:

Totally miscellaneous but here goes; I was comparing the list of Tallest buildings in Pittsburgh to Charlotte and CLT is nearly on par.  That thought is amazing to me since Steel Town has Iconic significance.  Charlotte is really growing!

Pittsburgh = 10 Towers of 500’ or taller.  32 Towers Total (Includes previous 10) of 300’ or taller.  125 Total buildings at 115’ or taller.

Charlotte = 8 Towers of 500’ or taller (includes DEC 2).  36 Towers Total (Includes previous 8 and all under constr.) of 300’ or taller.  Not sure of Total buildings over 115’ or taller.  Maybe someone can count Citywide on emporis.

Looks like 113 buildings over 115': https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=89609926

Edited June 9, 2020 by SentioVenia

[Hushpuppy321]

18 minutes ago, SentioVenia said:

Looks like 113 buildings over 115': https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=89609926

That’s so cool - I didn’t realize you could search the site like that.  The list is incomplete/missing some but gives a good idea of the numbers.  Thanks!

[CriticalT]

**If you don't have anything nice to say then keep scrolling.**

A little more info here:  https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/17-artists-painting-black-lives-matter-mural-along-tryon-street-uptown/FV2UN3MUNFH6VLPQHBPFT5FM5M/.  I'm glad each letter be unique.

 

Edited June 9, 2020 by CriticalT

[elrodvt]

Very cool and kind of un

3 minutes ago, CriticalT said:

**If you don't have anything nice to say that keep scrolling.**

A little more info here:  https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/17-artists-painting-black-lives-matter-mural-along-tryon-street-uptown/FV2UN3MUNFH6VLPQHBPFT5FM5M/.  I'm glad each letter be unique.

 

Very cool and kind of un-Charlotte.

[JRNYP2C]

On 6/9/2020 at 12:59 AM, Hushpuppy321 said:

Totally miscellaneous but here goes; I was comparing the list of Tallest buildings in Pittsburgh to Charlotte and CLT is nearly on par.  That thought is amazing to me since Steel Town has Iconic significance.  Charlotte is really growing!

Pittsburgh = 10 Towers of 500’ or taller.  32 Towers Total (Includes previous 10) of 300’ or taller.  125 Total buildings at 115’ or taller.

Charlotte = 8 Towers of 500’ or taller (includes DEC 2).  36 Towers Total (Includes previous 8 and all under constr.) of 300’ or taller.  Not sure of Total buildings over 115’ or taller.  Maybe someone can count Citywide on emporis.

And my hometown just completed one of its first "skyscrapers" in YEARS with the new PNC headquarters.  There is some movement in the upper Hill District where the old Civic Arena was to put I think a few mid-rise buildings.  Overall, I don't see Pittsburgh building anything taller in the CBD anytime soon.  The growth is going across the rivers to SouthSide and Northshore and towards Lawrenceville to the northeast.  The city has done a good job of diversifying, albeit over an agonizingly long time - compared to Charlotte.

[KJHburg]

Convention center expansion continues from today and from above.

 

[QCxpat]

Today 12 25 p.m. - CMPD Central Division

Edited June 26, 2020 by QCxpat

[DMann]

They have been moving equipment from 7th and College all day.

[DMann]

Anyone know what these circles and dots are on the Tryon and College St bridges over 277 are?

[elrodvt]

Gold is buried there.

[KJHburg]

Charlotte Convention Center expansion continues.  

[kermit]

On 3/13/2019 at 5:28 PM, kermit said:

‘Word on the street’ is that Johnson and Wales U is struggling with declining enrollments.

There is ‘some’ risk of shutdown according to generally reliable sources.

So it appears that Johnson and Wales really is struggling. They just closed their campuses in Denver and Miami and suggested that students transfer to Charlotte or Providence. While this is possibly good news for Charlotte in the short term, we do need to acknowledge that J&W is shaky in the current environment. Online culinary education seems like a tough nut to crack, particularly when the national restaurant scene is on life-support. A bad Fall and Spring for COVID could do J&W in.

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/26/johnson-wales-university-will-close-denver-and-miami-campuses

 

Edited July 1, 2020 by kermit

[Hushpuppy321]

2 hours ago, kermit said:

So it appears that Johnson and Wales really is struggling. They just closed their campuses in Denver and Miami and suggested that students transfer to Charlotte or Providence. While this is possibly good news for Charlotte in the short term, we do need to acknowledge that J&W is shaky in the current environment. Online culinary education seems like a tough nut to crack, particularly when the national restaurant scene is on life-support. A bad Fall and Spring for COVID could do J&W in.

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/26/johnson-wales-university-will-close-denver-and-miami-campuses

 

Dang - I hope their Charlotte Campus can survive.  Really tough time for Restaurant industry. 

[atlrvr]

Land use and building permits have been submitted for demolition of the 101 N Tryon parking deck on Church St, with plans to rebuild a new parking deck.

No news on the new tower for that site, but presumably the new parking deck will be larger and built to support an office tower on top.

As a reminder, Crescent is now the owner.

[TheOneRJ]

On 7/1/2020 at 11:48 AM, kermit said:

So it appears that Johnson and Wales really is struggling. They just closed their campuses in Denver and Miami and suggested that students transfer to Charlotte or Providence. While this is possibly good news for Charlotte in the short term, we do need to acknowledge that J&W is shaky in the current environment. Online culinary education seems like a tough nut to crack, particularly when the national restaurant scene is on life-support. A bad Fall and Spring for COVID could do J&W in.

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/26/johnson-wales-university-will-close-denver-and-miami-campuses

 

Johnson & Wales offers more than culinary degrees. I really don’t think many people are aware they exist in Charlotte, or are under the impression they are exclusively a culinary school.  

[QCxpat]

Today 11:50 a.m. - CMPD Central Division

Edited July 10, 2020 by QCxpat