Ballantyne

[Desert Power]

8 hours ago, Nick2 said:

It might be silly but at least it's fun.

Not trying to rain on your fun, just makes me a bit sick to think how spread out Charlotte is going to be when it gets population the size of Atlanta.

[Sigma]

On 7/22/2019 at 9:42 AM, Hushpuppy321 said:

Southpark is in a great location but I believe they’re pretty saturated with current projects and dwindling land.  I Still believe Ballantyne is the  next frontier in developing a decent skyline outside of Southend/Southpark (12 to 20 Stories) due to all the existing land and infill there can be.  Hopefully Northwood will See to this soon.

The AC Hotel at Ballantyne Village has started construction and the 11 Story Office (Northwood) could be starting as soon as Sept/Oct timeframe.  It’ll be interesting to see the rendering on the planned 16 Story Apartments (Northwood).  My guess is that won’t start until next year.  It’ll be nice seeing Cranes in Ballantyne & Vertical Development in preparation for the densification of Ballantyne & Lightrail Extension.   

I disagree.  I believe there is more space for (re)development than people realize in SP.  For example, most of the developments along Rexford are quite aged and paired with very low densities, are likely no longer the highest and best uses of the sites.  There are some other examples along Congress as well.  There are a lot of surface lots in SP, specifically surrounding the mall, that I believe we will see developed.

 

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

2 hours ago, Sigma said:

I disagree.  I believe there is more space for (re)development than people realize in SP.  For example, most of the developments along Rexford are quite aged and paired with very low densities, are likely no longer the highest and best uses of the sites.  There are some other examples along Congress as well.  There are a lot of surface lots in SP, specifically surrounding the mall, that I believe we will see developed.

 

I would also highlight the large amounts of parking surrounding South Park Mall and the low density residential on both sides of Fairview all the way to Park road, and then up park road to Montford. That entire corridor is way too low density.

The entire Morrison Dr. facing retail is completely replaceable.

Edited July 24, 2019 by CarolinaDaydreamin

[archiebarrier49]

I see Ballantyne looking more like the Cumberland/Galleria area in Atlanta. 

[TheOneRJ]

Even the mall itself is low density, add a second floor! 

[KJHburg]

I am really liking the new Charlotte Ledger with their breaking news got this email late last night about affordable housing being included in the new Ballantyne plan.    This is a good idea especially with the numbers of units they are building.  And because of the high land cost in that area affordable housing is hard to find nearby.   Plus a grocery store is apart of the plan.   Hmmm  what a great location for someone like a Wegmans or Whole Foods or Lucky's.  

https://charlotteledger.substack.com/p/breaking-affordable-housing-proposed

 

Edited July 30, 2019 by KJHburg

[TheOneRJ]

300k sq ft of retail, that’s almost a mall. This development reminds me a lot of The Woodlands in Texas. 

[SoDoSoPa]

9 hours ago, KJHburg said:

I am really liking the new Charlotte Ledger with their breaking news got this email late last night about affordable housing being included in the new Ballantyne plan.    This is a good idea especially with the numbers of units they are building.  And because of the high land cost in that area affordable housing is hard to find nearby.   Plus a grocery store is apart of the plan.   Hmmm  what a great location for someone like a Wegmans or Whole Foods or Lucky's.  

https://charlotteledger.substack.com/p/breaking-affordable-housing-proposed

 

Any reason to link to the "Charlotte Ledger" instead of the WFAE article he is just re-hashing?  That Ledger site looks to be on par with "Charlotte Stories"...

https://www.wfae.org/post/brooklyn-ballantyne-story-behind-charlottes-affordable-housing-crisis#stream/0

 

[KJHburg]

14 hours ago, SoDoSoPa said:

Any reason to link to the "Charlotte Ledger" instead of the WFAE article he is just re-hashing?  That Ledger site looks to be on par with "Charlotte Stories"...

https://www.wfae.org/post/brooklyn-ballantyne-story-behind-charlottes-affordable-housing-crisis#stream/0

 

Great article but not talking about the current proposal.  When Ballantyne was first built and I was here then they did that one section of smaller homes mentioned called Ballantyne Meadows.   This new proposal of the new Ballantyne town center will include affordable rental housing.    That was first reported evidently by the Ledger.  I have no dog in this fight just posting what I see. 

Edited July 31, 2019 by KJHburg

[Hushpuppy321]

Can someone here please inform me on the impact of this ‘Town Center’ Proposal.  I’ve read the following:

Phase 1 = 1,200 Multi-Family Units and 300K Retail roughly

Phase 2 = 1,000 Mutli-Family Units, 300 Townhomes, 400K Office roughly 

Im trying to understand what Development currently In Charlotte compares in size/scope.  Also - how does this proposal compare in size & scope  (# of units & SF Office/Retail) to the long range plans for River District, or Waverly or REA farms?  

I do understand that to achieve this in the space between Ballantyne Hotel and Aloft that Northwood is going to need to get Vertical quickly.

[KJHburg]

15 minutes ago, Hushpuppy321 said:

Can someone here please inform me on the impact of this ‘Town Center’ Proposal.  I’ve read the following:

Phase 1 = 1,200 Multi-Family Units and 300K Retail roughly

Phase 2 = 1,000 Mutli-Family Units, 300 Townhomes, 400K Office roughly 

Im trying to understand what Development currently In Charlotte compares in size/scope.  Also - how does this proposal compare in size & scope  (# of units & SF Office/Retail) to the long range plans for River District, or Waverly or REA farms?  

I do understand that to achieve this in the space between Ballantyne Hotel and Aloft that Northwood is going to need to get Vertical quickly.

Waverly and Rea Farms Village have no where need that many housing units.  Both have apartment complexes about 300 or so units, plus townhomes and single family homes but no where near those numbers.    This Ballantyne proposal is very dense and yes it will be much more vertical than either of the 2 Providence Road developments mentioned above. 

[KJHburg]

Drive by and windshield photo of the Panorama Tower and I guess this pile of dirt makes it under construction LOL.   Actual construction at the new 11 story office tower.  New Home2Suites at Rea Rd and I-485. 

 

[KJHburg]

If there was any doubt the Hearst Tower would be renamed Truist Tower think no more.  Hearst moving to Toringdon 7 the new 8 story office building taking 75K on the top 3 floors which was going be leased by another company.  

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2019/08/14/hearst-moving-regional-office-out-of-namesake.html?iana=hpmvp_clt_news_headline

[KJHburg]

Cabo Fish Taco seems to be doing good over in Ballantyne near the Wells Fargo leased tower on Community House Rd (bottom of the parking garage)  and some photos of the new Hearst Plaza aka Toringdon 7, the 8 story building that probably will have Hearst name on it soon enough.  More apartments being built nearby. 

[Hushpuppy321]

Some good looking density.  10 years from now with Northwoods plan for The Corporate Park and with the 2nd BLE under construction towards Ballantyne I don’t  think this area will even be recognizable and could rival Southpark in GDP and population.  

[KJHburg]

Ballantyne Rising.   SPX and Dentsply Sirona both in this 9 story building which is just down the street from the new 11 story new tallest in Ballantyne (photos 2 and 3) 

https://www.ballantynecorporate.com/property-listings/13146-ballantyne-corporate-place/13146-ballantyne-corporate-place/

Last 2 photos are where the Panorama mixed use tower will rise.  the sign is up and not much more.  

[KJHburg]

the new Hearst Tower in Toringdon as Hearst leased the top 3 floors of this building.  Shops, hotel, apartments all within the Toringdon development.  

[Cadi40]

Does anyone have some insight on the Panorama Tower? Drove by a few days ago and it’s still just a pile of dirt, I’d really love to see AC’s third Charlotte location.

[Scribe]

I met up with a friend for lunch at Zeitouni Mediterranean Grill (great place btw) and noticed Duke Energy installing a transformer in the middle of the parking lot.

I took a picture of the white cabinet right next to the transformer... looks like Tesla is installing a new Supercharger in the parking lot.

[JHart]

18 hours ago, Cadi40 said:

Does anyone have some insight on the Panorama Tower? Drove by a few days ago and it’s still just a pile of dirt, I’d really love to see AC’s third Charlotte location.

AC Ballentyne has been undergoing a few more rounds of VE.. Hopefully they get it started again sooner rather than later

[KJHburg]

Ballantyne shots and there was some vertical construction on Northwoods new office tower but someone was right behind me and of course you can not slow down for anything in this city. 

New office tower by Northwoods photos 1-3   Photo 4 the Wells Fargo fully occupied 10 story tower

Photos 5-10    Toringdon with the Hampton Inn, new brick apartments across the street, the new Hearst Tower aka Toringdon 7 tower

Last 2 photos drove by the site of the house that blew up in the gas explosion earlier in the summer in Ballantyne Country Club.  Still a pile of rubble and 3 houses immediately around still had damage I could see.  This is where the wife died and the husband survived. 

 

[KJHburg]

Back to Ballantyne today for the USO-NC golf tournament.  Photos of the hotel that will stay and be untouched but the rest will change.  According to the new Ballantyne website the Lodge and pavilion where I was on the driving range will be gone.  The land closest to the creek that runs next to the golf club building will remain and that is the open space.  (A) on the webpage. 

Compare my photos with what the plans are and yes there is a clock tower that Northwoods needs to move elsewhere instead of plowing it over like they will do the Lodge at Ballantyne Resort.

PS  Ron and Stephanie Rivera are BIG supporters Ron could not play for obvious reasons too busy and his wife and her friends are excellent golfers! 

The New Ballantyne Reimagined right on the golf course which according to employees has another full year probably year and half left to enjoy.

http://reimagined.projectballantyne.com/   The driving range currently where the helicopter dropped the golf balls is to the right of A.

Thanks to Harris Teeter for catering the after tourney party, lunch by Metro Diner, breakfast by Krispy Kreme and Bojangles.  All great Charlotte businesses. 

 

[KJHburg]

Here is where the new 11 story office tower is going up on Ballantyne Corporate Place and it is vertical now as I can see the concrete wall rising.

Plus the 10 story Harris building next door.   Brochure of the new office tower  and it looks great! 

https://www.ballantynecorporate.com/content/uploads/2019/05/13146-Ballantyne-Brochure.pdf

[Desert Power]

Any chance someone can update the Charlotte development map with these works in progress?  I'm not really familiar with that area, so it is hard to visualize. 

[KJHburg]

We probably need a generic south Charlotte thread but since it is somewhat close to Ballantyne I will put here.  This is a good looking mini storage unit building at Hwy 51 and Johnston Rd.  Also some apartments at Park and Sharon Rd.  Near the still undeveloped aptly named Dee Dee Harris Wetlands Park at Gleneagles and Park.  One point it was going to be a Saks 5th Ave and Ritz Carlton,  then a Mediterranean style shopping center with rumored Publix but yet it stills sit undeveloped. If I were a homeowner behind it in the multimillion dollar homes I would gather some of my neighbors to try to buy it from her.  This is south Charlotte's stalled out development. 

1. new apartments at Endhaven and Community House across from Toringdon.  2.3. Mini warehouse storage bldg. by CLT Catholic 4.5.6, Dee Dee Harris wetland park 

7. 8. new apartments at Park and Sharon.