[First Ward Urban Village / North Tryon Vision Plan]

That is just... *chef's kiss*

[Carolina Panthers Facilities]

IMO there is zero chance a tower is built here unless they get the casino is a component or in 20 years when rail is extended. The casino would be an almost impossible political battle, but it shows that Tepper is thinking big. To better familiarize you with the site here is a quick map I made. If I owned land across the interstate between the Panthers and the golf course I would be stoked!

 

 

[SouthEnd Midrise Projects]

SoLi SiLo in SoEn

[Design Center Expansion in South End]

i don't know, materials are really going to matter on this one. Here's hoping for quality finishes.

[SouthEnd Midrise Projects]

Good. We need to keep as much of the existing stock as possible.

[SouthEnd Midrise Projects]

2 hours ago, archiham04 said:

Has anyone pointed out the classic Furman Confetti decoration at the back?  a tell tale sign that the rear of of this will be another MASSIVE parking deck. overlooking Camden

That is not getting built, was an earlier proposal, but yes... expect a deck.

[SouthEnd Midrise Projects]

5 hours ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

Original plan by Centro Cityworks  was 12 floors office, retail and had a dozen vendor stalls lining the light rail. 

 

New plan we will see. It will be high rise office with retail.

I can smell the Furman on this.

[First Ward Urban Village / North Tryon Vision Plan]

Why not 100 stories? If you never intend to build it go big!

[CTC Redevelopment - Crescent, BPR & Whitepoint Proposals for Transit Center Redo + More]

Getting back to the subject at hand, I'm skeptical of this not due to any recession, but because of how long such private/public projects take. Gateway, Brooklyn, Hal Marshal, Spirit Square-Library no shovels in the ground or indications that anything is imminent.

[MLS in Charlotte - 2021]

Question for soccer fans: why are so many teams named "Real" and "United"? Does that mean anything specific?

[The Ellis – 33 Floor Apartment Tower – Lennar does what Levine couldn't.]

10 hours ago, Vitamin_N said:

Ask and ye shall receive. Latest from the Charlotte Ledger:

The delay has more to do with the 10th Street Apartments that will wrap around the parking structure. We were originally under construction with a six-story, 224-unit wood frame project and made the strategic decision to cancel that project and instead design a concrete frame building of 12 stories with 410+ units. Ground floor retail space will now total 7,000 SF.

[Charlotte area "ring cities"]

How great would it be if all these towns were connected by rail? I remember taking the train from Harrisburg to Philadelphia and going through these really neat towns between them.

[Childress Klein/Ram South End Tower - Lowe's anchored (23 floors - 357')]

Open air market! On a more serious note, does anyone know the history of the shotgun house on that lot? It looks pretty old.

[Childress Klein/Ram South End Tower - Lowe's anchored (23 floors - 357')]

It was in response to a post above that suggested the bakery complex needs to go.

[Childress Klein/Ram South End Tower - Lowe's anchored (23 floors - 357')]

I could not disagree with you more. What Charlotte needs more of is human scaled buildings that promote street level interactions. Most of that stock was destroyed downtown, and it suffers for it. DFA is a gorgeous building, but I view it as a net loss because of what it replaced. South End has the potential to be a true urban core, but if we level it and replace it with block after block of podium parking it will become sterile and unwelcoming, regardless of how well it looks from afar.

[Childress Klein/Ram South End Tower - Lowe's anchored (23 floors - 357')]

Is this the beginning of a Phoenix style skyline with two separate clusters of buildings?

 

[Ally Charlotte Center (f/k/a Tryon Place) - 26 floors - 427']

That's some hot crane action.

[Truist - New HQ (BB&T-SunTrust Merger)]

Tru-ish

[History of Charlotte]

Man, that library was gorgeous. Dang.

[Duke Energy Plaza Headquarters | 40 Story formerly Charlotte Metro Tower]

Granted, but we're not the only city to have freeways running through downtown. My comment was more about the mental perception people seem to have between the two areas rather than the physical barrier that 277 presents. I do wish we could cap it the way Columbus did to unify downtown and Short North, but that's another discussion.

[Duke Energy Plaza Headquarters | 40 Story formerly Charlotte Metro Tower]

Well if we can ever let go of the artificial separation we've created in our minds between Uptown and South End we would realize that we are developing a shopping district downtown. 

[Ideas for Creating Culture, Temporary and Permanent, in Charlotte]

I wasn't quite sure where to put this, but I remember a discussion about the lack of a large urban park downtown and potential locations. Most people focused on Memorial Stadium as a good contender. i've always thought that the rail yard north of downtown would make a great park. It is over 200 acres, right on the light rail, next to NoDa, and would dramatically accelerate development along N Tryon. I had heard that the intermodal yard at the airport was supposed to replace this one. Anyone know what the long term plans for this site are?

 

[Misc. Uptown Projects/News]

Please be BB&T so that LH doesn't get them.

[Carolina Panthers Facilities]

Well, time of day does matter, but I take the back way to the airport (485/west Blvd) and that is pretty consistent in the 20-30 min range for me.

[Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)]

It is what it is. I was hoping this entire development would be transformative and blend office, retail, and residential into a destination-type mixture. Instead we got a tall office park with the mother of all parking garages. Rather than being visionary LH chose to chase the market. Given their track record I don't know why anyone is surprised.