SouthEnd Midrise Projects

[CTiger]

Tried to snap a picture of crews putting up Charlotte's newest tower crane at the site of the new aparments going up at Tryon and Morehead.

Also pictured:

Atherton Mill

Railyard

300 W Summit

Cardinal Healthcare Building/Future home to Spectrum's two Midrises

[pgsinger]

Here is a closer picture of the crane for the Alliance Bernstein basic apartments.  I will be walking by later today, so I can try to snap a close up.

 

  

[CTiger]

Saw fencing go up and a new rendering get posted outside of the Carolina Foundry building on Tremont, accross from the new CM, BangBang, and Zeppelin.  It doesn't look like Argos has added this to their website yet, but it appears work here is imminent.  The rendering looks pretty great.  If they are able to keep the brick facades on these two buildings, there is a boatload of potential here.  These are the kinds of buildings that I think can and should be saved.

[SouthEndCLT811]

Cool design for retail, originally I was really excited and interested for the town homes on the site until their price point came out haha

[QCxpat]

Very nice story by UP's own Clayton Sealey in Charlotte Agenda (11/13/2018) about developments in South End and Charlotte retail future.   Story features (1) Atherton Mill, (2)The Design District, (3) The Railyard, and (4) Spectrum South End.  Clayton tells us What's already open and What's coming soon.

 "The neighborhood is permanently connected by the light rail to Uptown, the largest concentration of high paying jobs in the Carolinas. Plus it sits adjacent to Dilworth and a stone’s throw from Myers Park. Both neighborhoods have a ton of buying power, and there are now 225,000 people living within 5 miles of South End.  Between the proliferation of new residential and the recent introduction of Class A Office, South End has more than enough rooftops to support retail. There’s also just enough buildings that are old enough to have a vibe, and be converted into something awesome."

Link:  https://www.charlotteagenda.com/148933/4-development-projects-that-make-south-end-the-future-of-charlotte-retail/

[Guest]

RAM Hawkins Tower... Yikes

Though depending on how this detailing is done. It could be nice. 

Edited November 14, 2018 by Guest

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5 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

RAM Hawkins Tower... Yikes

If they were going for a '70's college dorm vibe, they nailed it...

[kermit]

^ Just what Southend needs, Soviet-style brutalism to break up the "beigeing"-style EFIS

Edited November 14, 2018 by kermit

[carolinaboy]

Brick? I like it.

[jtmonk]

I agree with RDF, depending on how they handle the details it could be nice.  It's not going to win any awards, but nice.  And I'll take this over any 6 story stucco and hardie board building going up.

Also wish it was just a little bit taller, I mean give me an extra couple of floors and let it stand out a little bit. 

Edited November 14, 2018 by jtmonk

[Guest]

Listen, I don't love it but I like the window sizes. They are very big, compared to lets say Novel Stonewall. The detaling around the windows looks nice too, and its precast vs. EIFS, which is also nice. This will come down to what color they make it to be honest.

https://www.kpf.com/projects/55-hudson-yards

It sort of reminds me of a poor mans 55 hudson yards. An extremely poor mans LOL

Edited November 14, 2018 by Guest

[navigator319]

Sweet the South Bronx comes to CLT

[SouthEndCLT811]

Go dark instead of brick and give all us Cleveland transplants in Charlotte our own mini version of the old Trust Tower (now The 9 hotel) haha

http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/cleveland-trust-tower/

Edited November 14, 2018 by SouthEndCLT811

[jtmonk]

Any time frame of this?  

[Guest]

Just now, jtmonk said:

Any time frame of this?  

I think this will start in mid 2019, I think it was on the list of projects being hampered by the waste water capacity issues.

[CTiger]

26 minutes ago, carolinaboy said:

Brick? I like it.

I don't see any indication that this will be brick.  It looks like its entirely pre-cast concrete unfortunately.

[carolinaboy]

13 minutes ago, CTiger said:

I don't see any indication that this will be brick.  It looks like its entirely pre-cast concrete unfortunately.

Bummer. Can pre-cast concrete be made to look like brick?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, carolinaboy said:

Bummer. Can pre-cast concrete be made to look like brick?

yes, theres a lot of stamped brick concrete at crosswalks in charlotte lol. but I don't think this will be made to look like brick. 

[asthasr]

1 hour ago, kermit said:

^ Just what Southend needs, Soviet-style brutalism to break up the "beigeing"-style EFIS

That is not brutalism. Too many windows; windows are broken into panes; apparent (indicated) textured finish. I'd say this looks like "high rise modernistic humanism," a term which nobody else in the world uses.

[Guest]

Now if you make it look like this... Its not so bad Its also a solid architect, Cline Design

Edited November 14, 2018 by Guest

[DMann]

3 hours ago, SouthEndCLT811 said:

Go dark instead of brick and give all us Cleveland transplants in Charlotte our own mini version of the old Trust Tower (now The 9 hotel) haha

http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/cleveland-trust-tower/

I love the Heinens in the old Cleveland Trust lobby!

[archiham04]

mmmmm.... I think that if you deviate from a traditionalist aesthetic (base middle top) and go modern, you need to be bold (like some of the examples above).  If you don't, you definitely run the risk of treading into brutalist territory.  Crossing my fingers on this one

[DavieNative]

I think it has a fair amount of character! I'm excited to see how it turns out even if its not the prettiest building in Charlotte it will be different.

[kermit]

4 hours ago, asthasr said:

That is not brutalism. Too many windows; windows are broken into panes; apparent (indicated) textured finish. I'd say this looks like "high rise modernistic humanism," a term which nobody else in the world uses.

This post quadrupled my knowledge of architecture (seriously). 

Thanks!

[asthasr]

16 hours ago, kermit said:

This post quadrupled my knowledge of architecture (seriously). 

Thanks!

I'm just an interested amateur, but glad to help! It's a fascinating subject... but I decided not to go to arch school after researching the career prospects if you're not well-connected.