Misc. Uptown Projects/News

[atlrvr]

So, I think a slight modification of that is to provide housing for city employees, for instance, affordable housing for oung police officers making below median wages.

Schools, with all that land, feels like a great place for young teacher housing.  

[RANYC]

19 minutes ago, atlrvr said:

So, I think a slight modification of that is to provide housing for city employees, for instance, affordable housing for oung police officers making below median wages.

Schools, with all that land, feels like a great place for young teacher housing.  

Excellent idea.  Especially academic villages for our young teachers...collegial environments promoting wellness, security, research, idea exchange, and culture.  What a recruitment tool.  

 

3 hours ago, ertley said:

Others can weigh in here, because I'm certain there are tons of aspects I'm not considering, but if Charlotte is finding it difficult to combat its dearth of affordable housing, why couldn't new city buildings like this be designed to have affordable housing incorporated, say as a residential component above? The city could form a private/public partnership, or even just with Inlivin (sp?). 

Some folks might not like the idea of living above a police station, but I know it wouldn't bother me, and I think plenty of people, especially seniors, might appreciate the added guarantee of security it would bring. Obviously fire stations would be too noisy for agreeable living, but police stations themselves are relatively quiet, right? The city could even prioritize residence for people who would most benefit from proximity to police and/or social services. 

It might not be cost feasible now, with land in the city still available, but as the arguments (like with Hall House preservation) escalate about the need to provide housing in all areas of the city, it seems like this could (eventually) be a solution. 

To me this building just *looks* like it should have a residential (mini)tower above it.

I think you're on to something.  

[KJHburg]

that big city down south Atlanta is already doing some affordable housing for police officers in intown neighborhoods brand new builds too. Charlotte can and needs to think more outside the box with affordable housing.   It upsets me that the huge Eastland mall site city owned will not have more affordable housing component.  Every vacant lot the city owns should be examined for housing of some type.  

[videtur quam contuor]

I have posted about this before and rural elementary school, including several (or more) in Mecklenburg County had teacherages, where rooms for the teachers were available with common areas and a matron live-in supervisor. The residents paid a small fee. The opportunity for independent living in such rural areas was unfeasible. I was offered a place in one when I started working for CMS. Long Creek one was the last I knew to still exist and used as a community meeting house. Is it extant? Pineville, Berryhill I have been to those before they disappeared and were used for school storage or offices and meeting areas.

Long Creek teacherage:

 

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by tarhoosier

[Hushpuppy321]

3 hours ago, KJHburg said:

that big city down south Atlanta is already doing some affordable housing for police officers in intown neighborhoods brand new builds too. Charlotte can and needs to think more outside the box with affordable housing.   It upsets me that the huge Eastland mall site city owned will not have more affordable housing component.  Every vacant lot the city owns should be examined for housing of some type.  

Now you’re cooking with grease!  I been thinking that some of the CATS owned Park n Ride Lots (Archdale, Woodlawn, Old Concord, etc.) should have 5 Story stick built apartments (Rent controlled) on them with parking decks large enough to provide residents and commuters with parking.  Sort of like a Land Lease deal with Developers to promote more affordable housing.  

[ertley]

All great ideas... As a former teacher, though, for only one year, and for the worst grade (9th), that was the worst year of my life--so this is a limited sample and totally biased--many (or most) teachers might relish the opportunity to get *away* from the school campus!

I have always thought--never before or necessarily *on* but just near--that building senior-centric housing near elementary schools is a marvelous idea, because it could facilitate sustained and maybe formal interactions between younger children and older people, both of whom could benefit from it. I've long thought that having so many senior citizens without, perhaps, much or enough to do, and schools that could always need more adults--as aides, classroom helpers, student mentors or even tutors--could be a win-win if genuinely brought together, officially. Having senior citizen housing adjacent to or on the same campus as elementary schools could make it physically possible, eliminating a lot of the complications of trying to coordinate such an initiative.

It wouldn't work with middle schoolers, though, because they're the worst--only elementary school!

[KJHburg]

Miscellaneous uptown photos

1.  Truist Tower aka Hearst  2. Queen Charlotte at the Mint.  3. Wells Fargo took all of 300  South Brevard.  4. Rail trail uptown 5. the only crown in the QC the Bank of America Corporate Center 6.  UNCC Uptown 7. under rated The Green condos look good as always. 

 

 

 

Edited October 5, 2020 by KJHburg

[DMann]

My memory tells me that Caldwell Street was to become 2 way from 5th Street to 12th Street.  Am I having a Senior moment, or was that really planned?

[Spartan]

 

38 minutes ago, DMann said:

My memory tells me that Caldwell Street was to become 2 way from 5th Street to 12th Street.  Am I having a Senior moment, or was that really planned?

 

Yes. It's still technically in the Center City Transportation Plan. No immediate plans to move that project forward (or anything else in the CCTP) since the City defunded its center city transportation program in favor of one off projects and major transportation investments (ie: Silver Line).

 

[Blue_Devil]

On 9/19/2020 at 2:53 PM, atlrvr said:

Yes, sold to a developer if office and apartment towers out of Atlanta, though I'm not aware of specific plans yet.

Any news about this? 

[tozmervo]

1 hour ago, Spartan said:

Yes. It's still technically in the Center City Transportation Plan. No immediate plans to move that project forward (or anything else in the CCTP) since the City defunded its center city transportation program in favor of one off projects and major transportation investments (ie: Silver Line).

Some eons ago, I recall asking a CDOT person about this, and I think it was along the lines of "that project happen when there's an adjacent development project." My reading on it was that when the Levine wasteland actually gets under development, the city would tag on the infrastructure work required to convert Caldwell (redoing traffic lights, converting the 277 intersections, etc). 

[Spartan]

11 minutes ago, tozmervo said:

Some eons ago, I recall asking a CDOT person about this, and I think it was along the lines of "that project happen when there's an adjacent development project." My reading on it was that when the Levine wasteland actually gets under development, the city would tag on the infrastructure work required to convert Caldwell (redoing traffic lights, converting the 277 intersections, etc). 

That's certainly part of it. But it also has to do with the 277 loop interchange reconfigurations that are planned. Once those are reworked it should open up more opportunities for street conversions. Still probably 10+ years from that, given NCDOT's financial situation right now.

[midtownclt]

Hope it is ok to put this here.   Prime time game tomorrow evening and many buildings uptown are not lit at "dark-time".

It always amazes me every year when we "fall back"  how many management companies are not prepared (just wait and

see this Sunday and Monday night).  But to not be prepared for prime time.   Truist (maybe not yet ready) but so many others 

out such as 400 S. Tryon, Wells Fargo 3, Juke Box (as always) Catalyst (oh yeah, then have been dark since the DNC in 2016). 

Let the building managers know to be ready for live prime time shots tomorrow.   

[navigator319]

Hope it is ok to put this here.   Prime time game tomorrow evening and many buildings uptown are not lit at "dark-time".
It always amazes me every year when we "fall back"  how many management companies are not prepared (just wait and
see this Sunday and Monday night).  But to not be prepared for prime time.   Truist (maybe not yet ready) but so many others 
out such as 400 S. Tryon, Wells Fargo 3, Juke Box (as always) Catalyst (oh yeah, then have been dark since the DNC in 2016). 
Let the building managers know to be ready for live prime time shots tomorrow.   

Those shots are not usually live. They shoot them generally 2/3 days before. Hopefully at some point they collected all the best B roll they could.

[turbocraig]

I can’t find the Vue thread anymore so this is going here.  Looks like they’re uplighting now.  At least the north side.  Looks great.

[sakami]

On 10/28/2020 at 11:07 PM, navigator319 said:

Those shots are not usually live. They shoot them generally 2/3 days before. Hopefully at some point they collected all the best B roll they could.

The blue lights on almost all the buildings were out in force by 6:45 Thursday night as I came into town from the Cotswold area. 

Edited October 31, 2020 by sakami

[KJHburg]

Big land sale for sale uptown at corner of N Graham by 6th and 7th Streets in Fourth Ward.  I think the best bet is apartments as I don't think that is a great office site unless someone preleases it.  My bet it will be sold to an apartment developer and midrise put there.

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/11/03/fourth-ward-site-uptown-redevelopment.html

the Horizon at Uptown site

http://capstoneapts.listinglab.com/HorizonatUptown/index.cfm

 

Edited November 3, 2020 by KJHburg

[Blue_Devil]

5 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

Big land sale for sale uptown at corner of N Graham by 6th and 7th Streets in Fourth Ward.  I think the best bet is apartments as I don't think that is a great office site unless someone preleases it.  My bet it will be sold to an apartment developer and midrise put there.

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/11/03/fourth-ward-site-uptown-redevelopment.html

the Horizon at Uptown site

http://capstoneapts.listinglab.com/HorizonatUptown/index.cfm

 

Hopefully who ever buys it goes mixed use tall or residential 10+

[Spartan]

it's a large parcel though. I would expect something more like  Uptown 550 (on Stonewall) at a minimum. but possibly taller depending on the market. Ground floor retail along Graham St frontage. Maybe a little bit  of 6th.

[atlrvr]

It's subject to HDC I think...only that if so, it should have higher quality materials.

[Spartan]

9 hours ago, atlrvr said:

It's subject to HDC I think...only that if so, it should have higher quality materials.

Looks like it is. I hope you are right!

[KJHburg]

I am happy to report I saw a lot more people uptown today.  Walking dogs.  Eating outside at some restaurants.  Rolling baby carriages.   Playing in the parks.  (more on the Epicenter in another thread_)  Saw one of the bike pedal bars rolling down the street.   Honestly this is more people on the streets than I saw in downtown Austin on a weekday a couple weeks back.   I do have some concerns and I will address those in another thread as well. 

Miscellaneous uptown photos by from the street level to the towers.    101 Independence Center renovations in full swing.  

Lots of photos since I have not strolled down Tryon in weeks and weeks as I have been all over the southeast and Tejas. 

[KJHburg]

More photos from my walkabout today of miscellaneous shots of uptown. 

Springhill Suites is still my favorite small tower recently built uptown. 

[ES Charlotte]

Don't have the energy to find the thread if it exists, but the 37 story apartment tower behind The Garrison sounds like a go. 

I know.....

[KJHburg]

36 minutes ago, ES Charlotte said:

Don't have the energy to find the thread if it exists, but the 37 story apartment tower behind The Garrison sounds like a go. 

I know.....

Really you mean this could happen?  and there is a thread somewhere buried pages back I guess.  I can't believe they could get financing for that high rise or have they? I still don't think that is a good location for a high rise high rent apartment tower.  

Edited November 20, 2020 by KJHburg