First Ward Urban Village / North Tryon Vision Plan

[AuLukey]

Yea, I thought I saw what looked to be the top of the elevator shaft on the last drive by, but I figured I'd ask those of you with a better view

[krazeeboi]

Taken 5/16:

[jednc]

Taken 5/16:

I can't tell from the pic...what is that on the lower left hand side of the building? Are they already cladding this thing or is that something else?

[atlrvr]

Its the insulation that goes up before the (opaque) facade material.

[krazeeboi]

Taken 6/27:

[aceboogie]

it seems as though the levine park is moving along. that is awesome news.

[InitialD]

[nonillogical]

i have no idea if this is new news but...

i live at Tryon House, so i immediately noticed the zoning petition sign up in the parking lot bounded by College/8th/9th/LRT. it appears to be for the addition of market street along the light rail, and the site plan includes a proposed building between the UNCC building and light rail. the 3rd page hints at the facade, which looks interesting and seems very specific to be part of the plan. can somebody who knows more about these planning processes make sense of this and tell us if we can get excited?

http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/planning/Rezoning/RezoningPetitions/2010_Petitions/Pages/2010-065.aspx

[New Name]

^ I noticed that when it came up on rezoning.org too. I couldn't really make too much sense of it, and it didn't seem like much outside of what we already knew.... but can anyone pick up anything from the documents?

[DMann]

Part of Levine's plan for that acreage is to have a road built runnng parallel from where Reid's used to be and extending it all the way to connect with 10th Street. This would give set back for development along the rail line. It has been part of Levine's plan for a number of years.

[nonillogical]

i know about the plans for the street, but the site plan on the zoning page shows a building between the UNCC building and the lightrail. there are specifics about its footprint, facade, and overhang over the lightrail path, so i wondered if there is more info about that. it appears on the 1st ward park site plan as just "proposed building" but here its much more specific.

[minifail]

8-20-2010

[HopHead]

Assuming that the rezoning request gets approval in October, construction is slated to begin in the spring on Levine's vision of 2 million square feet of offices, 280,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, 2,000 apartments and condos and a 175-room hotel.

First Phase:

•A 435-space underground parking deck.

•City street and sidewalk improvements to Brevard, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth streets.

•Two parks covering a combined 4 acres divided by Eighth Street.

•A 5-story, 350-space parking deck atop a ground-floor retail center to be later expanded into an office tower.

•Various improvements, including the addition of Market Street between Seventh and Ninth streets.

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2010/08/30/story9.html?b=1283140800^3859391

Edited September 1, 2010 by dbull75

[AuLukey]

I'll believe it when I see it completed

[sammyjoey]

I guess they're not going for the Wow factor with phase I...two parking garages and some street improvements!

[49er]

That's because the only thing being built is using city/county money maybe? Levine has been making hollow promises for so many years its hard to believe any time line he throws out. People only listen to him because he's a huge land owner.

[SmellyCat]

I reserve my diatribe about Levine dragging his feet on developing this land for years, but, that aside, in this economy I can't really blame him for developing the safe stuff first. I don't think building apartments and retail right now is the economically prudent thing to do.

[New Name]

Really love this building when set against the "garden" of the Garden District (Davidson @ 9th)

Edited September 7, 2010 by The Escapists

[cltheel.sdl]

Wow, that really does look great...the backdrop almost even looks like a painting!

[krazeeboi]

Taken 9/18:

[Rufus]

I really like how up front the glass makes it look gray, but in the pic by the Escapists it looks white and blue...really this is a great building for the city.

[nonillogical]

are some of the opaque blue glass coverings temporary films or are they all permanent?

if they're permanent, it's the one thing i'm not liking about the building. while clad in all glass, only about 30% is windows (there are no windows at all on the north side except for the stairwell). i guess i was hoping for a more transparent effect like 1boa.

[krazeeboi]

are some of the opaque blue glass coverings temporary films or are they all permanent?

Based on the renderings, I'd say the latter.

[SmellyCat]

are some of the opaque blue glass coverings temporary films or are they all permanent?

if they're permanent, it's the one thing i'm not liking about the building. while clad in all glass, only about 30% is windows (there are no windows at all on the north side except for the stairwell). i guess i was hoping for a more transparent effect like 1boa.

I hear you, but I think if it was more transparent it would lose some of the effect of the layering, because those lines would not be as well defined. That's why I think the use of some opaque glass helps form hard lines around the layers, as opposed to seeing right through the building. Plus, since we already have a green glassed transparent building nearby in BofA, it would be a bit redundant to have a similar pattern.

Pic from today (sorry not great quality, from phone)

[nonillogical]

yeah, that is a good point, I just wish it was more like 60-30 than 30-60. I guess the role of each room is dictating that though.