Mixed Use Spirit Square and Main Library Redevelopment

[JRCLT]

Genuinely confused here as to why there is exposed parking.  In the grand scheme of this development, this has to be a rounding error (as far as cost to address properly).

I'm assuming "artistic screening to be determined at a later date" will cover this.    

Looks potentially clad in glass all the way down here, but also not exactly "proof" around what the intent is:

None the less, who doesn't love highrises.  Snohetta is in the "Intercontinental is happening in ghostly spirit" camp.

How solid is this plan on a scale of 1-10 since there were rumors of things being changed* is this still what they’re going for?

[Blue_Devil]

1 hour ago, JeanClt said:

How solid is this plan on a scale of 1-10 since there were rumors of things being changed* is this still what they’re going for?

Pretty solid. I also find it interesting they put the Intercontinental Hotel tower

[ertley]

20 hours ago, atlrvr said:

Genuinely confused here as to why there is exposed parking.  In the grand scheme of this development, this has to be a rounding error (as far as cost to address properly).

I'm assuming "artistic screening to be determined at a later date" will cover this.    

Looks potentially clad in glass all the way down here, but also not exactly "proof" around what the intent is:

Obviously I hope the lower parking garage floors facade is well cladded or screened, but even if it's mediocre I can live with it, because at least from Tryon you'll never really notice, with the Spirit Square and library buildings blocking pedestrian views of those lower stories. Hopefully the need to make the alley/promenade/passageway between the library and office tower an aesthetic and activity focus of the development will necessitate that the developers allocate sufficient resources--$$$ and creativity--to screening the parking deck to a higher degree than we're used to in Charlotte, though. 

[AnonymousCanadian]

[atlrvr]

On 7/11/2022 at 3:30 PM, atlrvr said:

 

Bringing this to the front as massing illustration of the 30+ story apartment tower by Mill Creek (and designed by SK+I Architecture) in the First Ward Urban Village thread.  This is where the site drilling is occurring today (tower is the far left structure on the massing illustration above)

[RANYC]

Library was supposed to have been demolished in early 2022.  What's the hold up now?  Everything seems to move so slowly.

[DMann]

Asbestos removal!

[turbocraig]

5 hours ago, DMann said:

Asbestos removal!

They didn’t know it had asbestos?

[Blue_Devil]

8 hours ago, turbocraig said:

They didn’t know it had asbestos?

I mean, they likely did know. It still takes months to abate correctly. 

[turbocraig]

20 minutes ago, Blue_Devil said:

I mean, they likely did know. It still takes months to abate correctly. 

I understand, just seems like they should have accounted for that in the schedule.  Being 8-10 months off (or whatever it ends up being) seems a pretty big mark to miss. 

[Blue_Devil]

32 minutes ago, turbocraig said:

I understand, just seems like they should have accounted for that in the schedule.  Being 8-10 months off (or whatever it ends up being) seems a pretty big mark to miss. 

I guess what I am saying is this is part of the process... and is on schedule? Abatement is a huge step in any tear down of a old building.

[tozmervo]

Based on when the library was built, I would not have expected it to need abatement. 

[RANYC]

In a Crowdspark letter, the Library Foundation announced that the main library will begin demolition in May with construction starting end of year this year.  Ribbon-cutting on the new library is expected at year-end 2025.  Final Design is complete and supposedly little has changed from the original.

[KJHburg]

According to Jason Thomas he is saying the old library will be demolished this summer late this summer with the new library to open in late 2025. 

This project has taken a long time and this contributes to the stagnation of N Tryon St area uptown.

Reminder of what it will look like and it looks great!

https://www.clarknexsen.com/project/charlotte-mecklenburg-new-main-library/

https://www.cmlibrary.org/branch/main-library-closed-construction

 

Edited April 12, 2023 by KJHburg

[KJHburg]

More on this from the Biz Journal this afternoon:

"""(We) expect to execute the agreement this summer," the county representative said. "Demolition of existing buildings on the site will commence this summer, and work on the developer’s new construction is expected to commence by January 2024."

The $600 million redevelopment is a coordinated effort by four key stakeholders — the city, county, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) — to transform a 3.1-acre block bounded by North Tryon, Seventh, College and Sixth streets.

Plans call for a new Main Library, a 170,000-square-foot mixed-use building, a 400,000-square-foot office tower, market-rate apartments, 31,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and above-grade parking, all of which will be connected through a cultural corridor, according to the city. The master developer is Washington, D.C.-based Metropolitan Partnership.

Construction will happen in phases. The first phase will consist of the multifamily component, parking garage and hotel along Seventh Street. It is expected to deliver in spring 2026. The office tower will be part of phase two.""     

>>>> this is the office tower I had heard that Truist was interested in but is not right now.     In turn they could occupy more space of their own tower Truist Tower  pushing out another bank competitor tenant. 

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2023/04/12/seventh-and-tryon-redevelopment-uptown-real-estate.html

this project needs to get going to get some momentum going on N Tryon and the entire northern end of uptown.  

 

[RANYC]

1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

More on this from the Biz Journal this afternoon:

"""(We) expect to execute the agreement this summer," the county representative said. "Demolition of existing buildings on the site will commence this summer, and work on the developer’s new construction is expected to commence by January 2024."

The $600 million redevelopment is a coordinated effort by four key stakeholders — the city, county, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) — to transform a 3.1-acre block bounded by North Tryon, Seventh, College and Sixth streets.

Plans call for a new Main Library, a 170,000-square-foot mixed-use building, a 400,000-square-foot office tower, market-rate apartments, 31,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and above-grade parking, all of which will be connected through a cultural corridor, according to the city. The master developer is Washington, D.C.-based Metropolitan Partnership.

Construction will happen in phases. The first phase will consist of the multifamily component, parking garage and hotel along Seventh Street. It is expected to deliver in spring 2026. The office tower will be part of phase two.""     

>>>> this is the office tower I had heard that Truist was interested in but is not right now.     In turn they could occupy more space of their own tower Truist Tower  pushing out another bank competitor tenant. 

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2023/04/12/seventh-and-tryon-redevelopment-uptown-real-estate.html

this project needs to get going to get some momentum going on N Tryon and the entire northern end of uptown.  

 

“The final development agreement to be voted on this year will iron out more specifics and is a binding agreement, which will lock in commitments outlined in the MOU after further negotiations.”

…oh wait, that was reporting on this same project in a 2020 bizjournals article.

[KJHburg]

I guess the only news is it is supposed to start this year with the demo of the library as that part is funded now.  (and that was supposed to start 2 years ago) 

[RANYC]

Construction equipment is onsite at the main library and saw a social media notice that demolition of the library has begun.

[DMann]

and the walls come tumbling down!!!!

[tozmervo]

5 hours ago, DMann said:

and the walls come tumbling down!!!!

They're going to get back to the reading room on the upper floors and everyone is going to be like, "where the hell was that space this whole time?!"

[KJHburg]

My drive by photos today from College Street.  Glad this is coming down so this area can move on without vacant hulking buildings.  

 

[RANYC]

4 hours ago, KJHburg said:

My drive by photos today from College Street.  Glad this is coming down so this area can move on without vacant hulking buildings.  

 

Just so we're clear though, this is demolition of the library for the replacement library.  Are we absolutely positive that Metropolitan Partnership is still committed to its piece of the 7th and Tryon transformation?

[KJHburg]

52 minutes ago, RANYC said:

Just so we're clear though, this is demolition of the library for the replacement library.  Are we absolutely positive that Metropolitan Partnership is still committed to its piece of the 7th and Tryon transformation?

this is the for the library but I have seen renderings of the apartment tower and the hotel they have for this site.  The office building?  maybe not soon.  

[KJHburg]

Reminder of what this new library will look like and it is stunning.  Glad it is finally underway 

https://charlotte.axios.com/336896/main-library-in-uptown-is-being-torn-down-to-make-way-for-a-new-5-story-facility/

[tozmervo]

I'm really interested to see the real materiality of the skin, but I will note a really nice architectural move is stepping back the mass of the building so you can see more of McGlohon. More of that beautiful historic building can be shown off and not hidden by a giant mass of a building.