500 West Trade (14 story apartments on site of former Polk Building)

[tozmervo]

It is much better detailed and sited than "The Mint" across the street.

[Jasons0013]

19 hours ago, tozmervo said:

It is much better detailed and sited than "The Mint" across the street.

"The Mint" is absolutely  horrible.  What a missed opportunity. Especially with what is going across the street and the ballpark across the other street.

[CharlotteWkndBuzz]

At least the Mint has retail in the back, The Taproom Social, which works for that area near the ballpark.  Although a nice complex, The Circa is what irks me with zero retail being in such a prime location (I won't mention my thoughts on the Element...).  This 500 WT project is decent, glad there's retail facing the streetcar...reminds me of a variation of a shorter Uptown 550.

[KJHburg]

Y'all know I don't like the destruction of the Polk Building once on this site  but I can admit this is not too bad.   

Edited February 26 by KJHburg

[Mgelbach]

[atlrvr]

3 hours ago, Mgelbach said:

 

 

I can't wait to see this view again once complete just positioned a bit lowe to get the full height on the skyline in.

[CharlotteWkndBuzz]

39 minutes ago, atlrvr said:

I can't wait to see this view again once complete just positioned a bit lowe to get the full height on the skyline in.

I actually like how he cutoff off the sky and skyline in that picture.  Hides the height of each tower and makes it feel & look dense AF.  Also, it makes the focus of the pic on the foreground (500 WT).

[DownEast]

Yeah. Almost feels as if you're coming into 'The Loop" from the Westside. Really cool angle.

[KJHburg]

drive by photos and boy is traffic picking up everywhere in town.  

[Hushpuppy321]

I like the way this site is turning out but even more love how bullish NWR has been on Charlotte.  This site and the Ballantyne high rise site coming online within the next 3 to 6 months which is about the time they may begin another high rise apartment in midtown.

[QCxpat]

Today 9:20 a.m.

Edited March 6 by QCxpat

[Matthew.Brendan]

[JacksonH]

On 3/8/2021 at 1:26 PM, Matthew.Brendan said:

Never forget.  Although it's hard, I can forgive New York City for tearing down the Waldorf Astoria Hotel because they put up the Empire State Building in its place.  But there's nothing so special about this new apartment building that justifies not saving at least the facade of the old Polk Building.  Every time I see the new building I feel a bit sickened by it.

And by the way, I'm still not over the Hotel Charlotte being torn down.  I would rather have that back than the Carillon.

[Nick2]

Chugging along. The brick looks nice.

 

 

 

[QCxpat]

Today 2:35 p.m.

Edited March 15 by QCxpat

[Blue_Devil]

On 3/15/2021 at 7:12 PM, QCxpat said:

Today 2:35 p.m.

I love the angle of that last picture. The one thing i love about this projects, and some of the other mid-rises going up in Uptown is the large amounts of people it will bring to live in the area. Which in turn should bring more restaurants and nightlife, much like SouthEnd. There are what, close to 1000 apartments being built in Uptown right now? That's a lot of new people. 

[QCxpat]

Today 3:00 p.m.

Edited March 30 by QCxpat

[Yeahdoug]

Doesn’t seem like the restaurant space is leased yet  

[carolinaboy]

I like this development. It might be small for Charlotte but it would dominate my town. Would love to have something half that size in my town. 

[j-man]

I think that since the front whole corner is pretty dead with just brick and no retail that they should incorporate an installation piece. Some art work to give that large section some life. 

[QCxpat]

Today 10:05 a.m.

Edited April 12 by QCxpat

[QCxpat]

Today 10:45 a.m.

Edited May 16 by QCxpat

[KJHburg]

Wow @QCxpatgot a streetcar in the shot too!  

[QCxpat]

Today 9:45 a.m.

Edited May 30 by QCxpat

[Mgelbach]