edmundblackadder1999

With the real estate market improving, condos are overdue. I'd like to see an iconic, 1000'+ tower like Tower Verre, which is rising at 53 W 53rd in Gotham City, or the Stairway to Heaven, which is rising at 111 W 57th St.

The BoA parcel is huge. It would be nice if Charlotte finally gets a landmark, iconic condo and a big retail development.

Nice shots!

With all of the parking lots in Charlotte, it sucks that they're building on green space.

That's amazing.

Nice. I wonder how many floors above ground this will be before 2017 ends.

Interesting. I haven't been to Minneapolis for 15 years. The Nicollet Mall was really nice when I was last there. It's a shame that it failed.

I agree. City Creek in SLC, Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, and Mary Brickell Village in Miami are among the best attempts to introduce retail to cities that lack it.

It's all fact and is supported by the articles that I posted which reference statistics.

Nice photo.

NYC is not experiencing a luxury bubble. Sales have slowed in the $8k to $10k per square foot range, but no American city has condos that even remotely approach that price range. That being said, the Uber Luxury units at One57, 430 Park, and 220 CPS have largely sold out, including the $250million penthouse at 220 CPS. Further, construction continues on uber luxury towers such as the 1,569' tower at 225 W 57th and the 1,470' tower at 111 W 57th. The market is absolutely booming for units in the "affordable range," which, in NY, consists of units between$4m and $6m. Scores of such towers are under construction and planned, including the 1,150' tall 45 Broad. Anyway , enough with NY. Comparing Clt with NY is like comparing an outdoor tool shed with the Empire State Building. Comparing Clt to its peers like Nashville and Minneapolis is far more instructive, https://therealdeal.com/2017/04/04/in-manhattan-luxury-the-4m-6m-market-still-reigns-supreme/ http://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/5/15198690/upper-east-side-nyc-priciest-townhouse-sale

This is a great project.

I agree, Rome, Barcelona, Shanghai, San Francisco, Sydney, etc are all amazing.

New York is dramatically better than Tokyo and Hong Kong. I've been to those cities, and they lack New York's sea of stunning, old buildings. Further, because NY is so gigantic, even other old, NE cities like Boston and Philly don't have a fraction of the stunning old buildings that NY does. NYC and its metro are actually growing. The metro has over 20m. Middle class locals leave, but scores of foreigners move in.

Charlotte isn't Miami or San Diego. It gets cold in NC in the winter. For that matter, Atl is generally 7 degrees warmer than Clt, but that doesn't make it a better city.

That makes all the difference. I'm a New Yorker who lived in Charlotte and am now in Chapel Hill. I like Charlotte and Chapel Hill, but in my opinion, New York is so vastly superior. Its only peers are London and Paris. That being said, my family life in the Carolinas is way cheaper (and therefore, easier) than it would be in NY or its suburbs. Other than the base, I the building looked the same to me, so I wasn't sure what everyone was speaking about yesterday. I hope that the crown is illuminated at night.

How many kids do you have?

Many people who make $350,000 and less would love to leave NY for Charlotte, and that's why "lower level people" like lawyers, accountants, etc. are getting relocated to the Sunbelt. You can't live a great life in NYC or its burbs with less than $350k, whereas you can lead a great life in Clt on way less than that. That being said, the top people, and revenue generators, would never want to leave NY. If you're rich, NY is WAY, WAY, WAY, better than Charlotte in every respect. To New Yorkers, Charlotte doesn't even seem like a real city. It's kind of like a big version of White Plains or Stamford. Also, a company's cost for having non-essential people (lawyers, accountants, IT, HR, marketing, etc.) in Charlotte, Dallas, Atlanta, etc. versus NY is astronomical.

I think it looks great. I hope that there will be some water features. That big staircase would be a great waterfall.

Great shot!

That's one heinous building.

Beautiful photos!

GReat shots.

Nice shot!

The Colony can't come down soon enough. What a heinous rat trap!