SouthEnd Midrise Projects

[KJHburg]

the Broadstone QC apartments have a lot more brick on them than expected at least on the Morehead. 

[j-man]

I wonder how all these bland cheap apartment buildings will look 20 years from now. If anything it will show the greed of America for the high rent, and low quality 

[JorgiPorgi]

37 minutes ago, j-man said:

I wonder how all these bland cheap apartment buildings will look 20 years from now. If anything it will show the greed of America for the high rent, and low quality 

I bet at least some of them will be replaced by high rise office, or larger residential projects as Southend gets more dense. 
 

Has anyone heard any news on the tower(s) going up In that parking lot beside the station at East/West and Camden? 

[Hushpuppy321]

2 hours ago, JorgiPorgi said:

I bet at least some of them will be replaced by high rise office, or larger residential projects as Southend gets more dense. 
 

Has anyone heard any news on the tower(s) going up In that parking lot beside the station at East/West and Camden? 

Only thing they’ve released is that Phase I (Building 1) could begin Construction later this year.  If it does happen I wouldn’t expect it until the 3rd or 4th quarter of this year to start.

[j-man]

14 hours ago, JorgiPorgi said:

I bet at least some of them will be replaced by high rise office, or larger residential projects as Southend gets more dense. 
 

Has anyone heard any news on the tower(s) going up In that parking lot beside the station at East/West and Camden? 

Maybe but that would just keep Charlotte in a state of tearing down something just to build something else. Charlotte will never have anything historic

[nicholas]

1 hour ago, j-man said:

Maybe but that would just keep Charlotte in a state of tearing down something just to build something else. Charlotte will never have anything historic

We're talking about generic stick-built apartments.  Nothing historically noteworthy about them.  I'm all for taking them down and replacing them with taller, higher-quality buildings.

[j-man]

3 hours ago, nicholas said:

We're talking about generic stick-built apartments.  Nothing historically noteworthy about them.  I'm all for taking them down and replacing them with taller, higher-quality buildings.

Yeah but dang. Charlotte was needs some type of identity. Everything can’t just go up for greed and be taken down for more greed. 

[JorgiPorgi]

13 hours ago, j-man said:

Yeah but dang. Charlotte was needs some type of identity. Everything can’t just go up for greed and be taken down for more greed. 

Charlotte's identity is "new south".  Charlotte has some good older neighborhoods, but if more history is what you're looking for, we aren't too far from Winston, Asheville, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, etc. People need to quit picking Charlotte apart in that regard. We are in the south. There is old history everywhere. 

[KJHburg]

South End skyline and it will be getting taller even more so. yesterday.  Not risen up much yet in this photo the 23 story Lowes tech tower crane spotted.  and more may be in the works high rises that is.  

 

[j-man]

7 hours ago, JorgiPorgi said:

Charlotte's identity is "new south".  Charlotte has some good older neighborhoods, but if more history is what you're looking for, we aren't too far from Winston, Asheville, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, etc. People need to quit picking Charlotte apart in that regard. We are in the south. There is old history everywhere. 

No that’s not the point of picking Charlotte. One of the main problems is gentrification so those “old neighborhoods” are becoming not so old. It’s weird seeing a glass house next to a nice mid century cottage. And honestly “new south” doesn’t have much of a definition but hey I’ll leave that there.

[KJHburg]

forgot to post these photos from Saturday.  corner of W Tremont and S Tryon.  So much development at this corner. 

I bet that Holiday Inn Express is putting up great occupancy numbers as the current only game in town or at least that area.  I have seen at least 5 more hotel proposals for the area. 

[kermit]

Drove from 77 onto the Belk (towards South blvd) after dark for the first time in a while. The Southend skyline was nicely lit up (including the under construction buildings). While they were not impressively tall in comparison to Uptown, they really look like they are an extension of uptown after dark.

My apologies for not describing it well, but I highly recommend the drive. The city looks truly different now.

Edited January 8, 2020 by kermit

[jjwilli]

Since there isn't a Brookhill thread I will put this here. Could this ground lease now in the hands of the Church be used as "leverage" for affordable housing on the land in the future if the property is sold?

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/01/08/brookhill-village-land-lease-sells-to-local.html

[kermit]

1 hour ago, jjwilli said:

Since there isn't a Brookhill thread I will put this here. Could this ground lease now in the hands of the Church be used as "leverage" for affordable housing on the land in the future if the property is sold?

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/01/08/brookhill-village-land-lease-sells-to-local.html

from https://ui.uncc.edu/story/brookhill-village-redevelopment-plans

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The apartment development would cover almost 16 acres of the site, leaving about 20 acres for additional commercial development.

 

[Blue_Devil]

1 hour ago, kermit said:

from https://ui.uncc.edu/story/brookhill-village-redevelopment-plans

 

360 Units over a 16 acre site? That does not sound like a dense urban development. That sounds like something I would find in a college town. 

[Guest]

Some big time land changed hands. Carolina Foods has made their first step toward selling their land, and Childress Klein bought Newton & Newton now controlling the next phase of the Design Center.

[chrisp]

Six-story A-loft hotel coming to South End. 

 

https://www.charlotteagenda.com/192175/a-new-six-story-hotel-is-coming-to-a-rapidly-changing-part-of-south-end/

[CLTProductions]

[Blue_Devil]

Just now, Jayvee said:

I like it? Especially considering the Platforms and LoSo are right there next to it...

[Boricua]

1 hour ago, chrisp said:

Six-story A-loft hotel coming to South End. 

 

https://www.charlotteagenda.com/192175/a-new-six-story-hotel-is-coming-to-a-rapidly-changing-part-of-south-end/

Whoa. Interesting. Uhhhhhhhhhhh yeah

[Scribe]

16 minutes ago, Jayvee said:

While it pays homage to the Charlotte Beige, SouthEnd needs more hotel options... pronto!

[Cadi40]

I think we all know how this is going to end up looking...

Edited January 9, 2020 by Cadi40

[CLTProductions]

Hotel 

location 

design

[TheOneRJ]

Partial underground parking and the lobby on the top floor for a 139 room hotel... extra. 

[navigator319]

Hideous. City needs neighborhood design standards. Never should be allowed to be built.