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KickinChicken23

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  1. If the Publix ever gets started. I'm starting to wonder. 

    As for the PNC - It's not great, but there are much worse Bank designs than this, I was actually pleasantly surprised they went as far as they did to make it different from normal bank look in this town. I wished it wouldn't have been a bank, but since it is, I'll take the look. Just have to hope that one of those other corners gets the redevelopment that intersection needs. 

  2. As a regular visitor to Asheville, and hopefully one day resident I am hoping to understand if there is a real positive impact to the property and land from this boom of Breweries. They seem to be the main attraction to the city outside of the outdoor activities(skiiing, hiking and wilderness), and great for nightlife and keeping downtown bustling. But is there a value add to the land and properties in close proximity any more than before? 

     

    Its so quiet in the Asheville forum I hope there are some folks who know or care to venture some ideas.    

  3. Not sure if this was posted anywhere, but Harris Teeter will be remodeling their store in Cotswold, and adding a second level:

     

    http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/whats-in-store/article26721913.html

    Will be interested to see how this unfolds. If they shut down before Publix is ready, there's no grocery store close in to Cotswold, if they did it after Puiblix is open they would be handing over a lot of business.  

  4. I haven'tt been to SouthEnd in around 6 months... Feels like an entirely different place. Particularly Camden & Publix/Lowes area.

    The Poverty/affluent line is rather striking along Tryon

    It has undergone an impressive change. Wilmore is just enjoying the line

  5. I don't really mind the Target, and am really happy about the Publix, especially if it is giving the area an opportunity to add/adjust some roads to improve the existing traffic issues. It means I don't have to leave the area at all if I don't want to and maybe a little better selection of bar/restaurants will pop up with all this development. 

  6. Publix and development sounds great, the traffic struggle is real in the Wicks and anywhere near the Teeter and Elementary school. Hopefully some revisions and improvement can be made to the plan before anything gets going. 

     

    How realistically can we get some of the neighborhoods better connected? I live in one that is a little ways North on Sharon Amity, and it takes literally a half hour to go .25 mils in the morning because none of the neigborhoods connect to each other and we all just sit on Sharon Amity. Friends in other surrounding neighborhoods, same problem. Literally can be in one culdesac and see the other streets through the woods. Just curious what the process is, if there is one.

  7. The work on Coliseum Shopping center is definitely going on, they seem to be digging a huge trench close to the road. Not sure wether they are pulling things out of there or putting things in but there is a good bit of work happening daily.  

  8. Could any of the old mines ever be re-opened? That would be a real way to honor the past that "The Gold district" is supposed to be about. I love the idea and the area has been in development for a long time since Wilmore started its turnaround. It's progress 

  9. The huge Rite-Aid distribution warehouse on Statesville across from Oaklawn (its the old WWII bomb factory) will close down by 2016 as Rite Aid consolidates several southeastern distribution facilities into a larger facility either in the Charlotte area, or northern Georgia.

     

    Either way, this massive factory/warehouse will be vacant very soon, so it's a good opportunity to redevelop, or possibly repurpose the space.  Mount Vernon Asset Managment already owns the site, and they are the largest land-owner and member on the North End vision plans discussed above.

     

    ^ EDIT - I was wrong on ownership.  MVAM owns the Herculeus Industrial Park next door, which is the more attractive complex.  Rite-Aid still owns their warehouse, but I assume MVAM would be intersted in purchasing it since it's 38+ acres adjacent to their Hurculeus site.  That could be a serious development!

    Love to hear it, that whole side of Statesville has been rumored to be destined for high rises for a long time. I'll take any sort of redevelopment in place of those buildings.   

  10. I am wondering the same thing s I drive by this everyday. How great would it be if this could be a little mixed use condo/office/retail area? Maybe a bar or a few restaurants, some stores. I could see this little offshoot road developing into a someplace nice to walk and grab some food in the evenings. While I'm dreaming I'd like a bridge from BofA over to the Cotswold Village Teeter.    

  11. Love seeing Memorial stadium home to two minor pro sports teams and getting dollars invested. It's a great venue and The Hounds/Queens SC owners should be given a ton of credit for making it happen. They single handedly are giving the stadium a purpose that the city didn't see and would have demolished it years ago if they had their way. Now I'd love to see someone with the money and passion to do the same for Bojangles Coliseum.

    Charlotte needs to hang on to as much of its history that still stands as possible(however little is actually left).

  12. I love the new life in this forum and for the NorthEnd idea.  

     

    I'm sure there is more than just a little risk and question about some of this stuff becoming a reality, but with the amount of buying developers are already doing, the rate with which investors are buying up housing stock in the area and the current success in Brightwalk sales, it appears some of this is already happening and the city plan may just keep it moving.  

     

    The area had this types of positive momentum in 2008 too, but the economy halted most of the progress and I think it is just coming back around. This is the only area this close to Trade and Tryon that can still be bought and developed, so its going to happen, just a question of if it happens according to the city's plan or some other evolution. 

  13. I had thought the Seimens facility here just made gas turbines so it was entirely non-nuclear. (this is actually more of a question since I am not certain about nuclear applications for the turbines).

    The other local 'nuclear risk' is the Duke / Progress merger. I had thought that part of its economics were driven by the need to reduce capital costs for future nuke construction.

    Correct, Siemens Energy in Charlotte does not do Nuclear. They service and manufacture generators and turbines, for Steam, Gas and Air Cooled units. The recent events in the Nuclear world have only boosted future growth for these types of power. The large amounts of hiring being done over the next two years is for the new Gas Turbine division they have just relocated to Charlotte.

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