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

[DigitalSky]

Man, I really wish these were moderately priced, we need the middle class uptown. But hey, I'll take it, gotta love the extra people it brings.

[atlrvr]

The print edition of the business journal (and I suspect today's Observer) has a rendering of this plan. I must say I'm quite fond of it. At about 10-11 stories it has decent mass, and it has a good mix of brick and glass.....nothing ground breaking, but certainly attractive and more modern than anything else around there.

[browngeo]

Moderately priced uptown would be nice. Things are going crazy in the outer areas of downtown - Wilmore, SouthEnd, NoDa..

Where does a couple go to find a nice house near urban charlotte for under $250K ?

[ElricSeven]

Moderately priced uptown would be nice. Things are going crazy in the outer areas of downtown - Wilmore, SouthEnd, NoDa..

Where does a couple go to find a nice house near urban charlotte for under $250K ?

There are lots of them, they just require some elbow grease and a little courage. I would suggest going to some of the local RE agent websites and doing a search on the sub-areas (e.g., 2-1) that immediately border the inner beltway with a max dollar limit of $250K. You'd be surprised how many come up, many for much less than $250k.

[rockhilljames]

Now that I've seen a larger rendering of the project (in the print Observer today, anyone got a larger version online anywhere?) I take back my comment. It looks pretty good, especially fitting in with other mid-rises in the area.

Anyone notice that Cooper Carry was the architect for this one?

[dubone]

The story with all the details from the CBJ is now online.

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte...27/daily42.html

The rendering is still not very easily seen online.

[UrbanCharlotte]

Anyone know if this was approved? Wasn't it supposed to be voted upon on the 17th?

[atlrvr]

The city is scheduled to sell the land this coming monday. I don't see there being a problem.

The meeting on the 17th was a zoning meeting only.

[UrbanCharlotte]

This buildings design is one of my favorites going up/ might be going up.

[rockhilljames]

I don't know. I certainly like it better now that I've seen a larger rendering, but it still doesn't strike me as anything particularly interesting.

When's somebody going to go out on a limb?

Besides the pink glass.

[stateman99]

The city is scheduled to sell the land this coming monday. I don't see there being a problem.

The meeting on the 17th was a zoning meeting only.

Did anything happen last night with this?

[stateman99]

Nobody answered my question on this and i was wondering if there was any news on it. In CCCP site 500 W. Trade as it is was suppose to go to City Council in March. What happened? Does anyone know where this project stands? Did everything go through o.k.?

[dubone]

http://www.charmeck.org/NR/rdonlyres/e33hv...ob/03_27_06.pdf

(Page 22)

It passed.

[UrbanCharlotte]

Funny... Burgess...

[turbocraig]

So... like, they've disassembled all the sidewalk scaffolding and put plywood all over the first floor windows. What for? Anybody know? Is this the first step toward the building's demolition?

[dubone]

T minus 10...9...8...

You had to know that building would come down. It has the year "1925" in its facade. That is like a scarlet letter of shame in this town.

[turbocraig]

Oh yeah, I fully expected it to. The elements may have taken care of that before a wrecking ball could graze it. So, is this an indication that the condo development is progressing?

[UrbanCharlotte]

Are they scheduled to demolish it already?

[RiverwoodCLT]

It is a shame that the state let this building get into such a bad shape.

To bring this building up to code would most likely be more than to build a new one.

Edited April 27, 2006 by RiverwoodCLT

[turbocraig]

Ok, so now I don't know what to think. They're installing new sidewalk scaffolding as of tonight.

[UrbanCharlotte]

So this thing is up to 27 stories now? Sweeet.

EDIT: Make that 2 27 story residential towers.

"Well, in the meantime, you've seen the pictures in the paper of the Trinity development. We are hoping to build an important civic structure here. You put that next to two 27-story residential towers, and suddenly we're looking rather small." CBJ

Edited May 22, 2006 by UrbanCharlotte

[Rickydavisfan21]

where did you get this info I am looking all over the CBJ, and have found nothing.

[dubone]

where did you get this info I am looking all over the CBJ, and have found nothing.

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte...tml?t=printable

[Rickydavisfan21]

thanx dub

[UrbanCharlotte]

Man, two 27 story towers. Esp. where an abandoned building is. EXCELLENT news! I need some renderings, though.