[Charlotte Gateway Station and Railroad Improvements]

They had this parked out on the original  tracks last week. Maybe they’re just going to store this luxury passenger car there? It’s owned by the owners of ACWR. 

[UNC-Charlotte Construction]

3 hours ago, TheOneRJ said:

12-15 years to build two clubhouses, a field, and renovate existing spaces is ridiculous. For comparison, the entire football stadium was built in 2 years. 

The 12-15 years included three football expansions, a massive renovation to the basketball arena, an indoor practice facility, a new basketball practice facility, and more. 
 

From what Niner fans in the know have said, it’s very possible the expansion to 30,000 happens all at once within the next 2.5 years. It is included in the $100 million dollar figure. 
 

football, soccer stadium, softball stadium, baseball stadium addition, and a few other things are expected to happen quickly.  The other items are planned for later. 

[Union County]

Must have just missed you. I was walking around downtown monroe today too and had lunch at Main Street bistro.

I’ve spent a lot of time in Union the last month and I must say life is becoming utterly miserable there, traffic is absolutely horrendous. 

[Vantage South End - 1100 S Tryon]

Maybe this was posted earlier in the topic, but Good Wurst is opening a location here. 
 

my company just won a bid for a project for them here. Sounds like a summer opening. 

[Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)]

47 minutes ago, JeanClt said:

I think uptown needs a dog park…

Frazier park has one. 
 

At least one more is needed though. 

[Charlotte area "ring cities"]

32 minutes ago, rancenc said:

I didn't realize there was a new restaurant/taproom planned on Cabarrus Avenue...interesting to see what the offerings will be.

 

It will be percent taphouse. The owner currently has a location in Harrisburg. He was going to simply expand his operation there but couldn’t come to an agreement with the landlord for unfit allowances, so he decided to open a second facility and found a spot in downtown concord. 

[NC Music Factory / Uptown Village / Deco One]

7 hours ago, tarhoosier said:

Welcome to the site BalanceB. Now give some context and meaning to your post. 

He’s just link building for someone trying to rank better for the term electronic music (it links to the site he’s trying to improve search rankings for). Probably a bot actually. 

[UNC-Charlotte Construction]

21 hours ago, AirNostrumMAD said:

I was at UNCC when it was being demolished. Lots of students protested, a lot. It was a spot people liked to hang out or pass out little flyers and was a gathering place of sorts. 

Edit: I hate the rebrand. Any other alumni like the new look? I think I dislike it because I still wear my UNCC stuff often and my diploma and such has the old UNCC logo on it. 

I love the new look. The old logo was hot garbage. Looked like some 90's wordart. A block letter logo is a lot more in line with other big time institutions, at least on the athletic front. That jumbled up blob of an old logo was hard to print and limited our apparel options as well.

[Queensbridge Collective - 1 tower, maybe 2]

17 hours ago, JRNYP2C said:

I think we know who to blame for that massive speed bump in the road.  My belief is that 1st Ward would be VASTLY different (especially from a skyline view at this point), if some fender head "developer" didn't create the former and current chokehold on that area of Uptown.

No doubt,  but the homelessness on that side of uptown also creates a massive hurdle. 
 

if you’re going to spend hundreds of millions developing a property, spending $10 million more to locate in an area not overrun with panhandlers is not going to make it break the project.  
 

while on the topic of Levine, I really wish the city would do something about that parking garage.  Infuriating that it’s allowed to be left unfinished like that. 

[SouthEnd High-Rise Projects]

1 hour ago, Urban Cowboy said:

That’s my concern, too. But the free market is determining the current development areas. And the momentum is in SouthEnd. 
 

North Tryon and first ward are slow to move forward because of Levine (as you mentioned), public money and interest, and place-making projects that seem to take longer to get off the ground. North Tryon is also home to, and in close proximity to, several non-profits that provide services to our homeless community. Doesn’t bother me personally, but I have to imagine the noticeable numbers of homeless people on the north end of Tryon does stifle growth or at minimum, desirability to live and work in that specific area. 

The homeless are why I would never choose to live along the north tryin corridor. I know it sounds callous but they are insufferable and make spending time in those areas  miserable. It would be more tolerable if there was a significant cost difference to live there, but it still has a premium price.

[The State of Higher Education in Charlotte]

On 9/14/2021 at 1:49 PM, Windsurfer said:

I wish they'd emphasize quality over quantity.  You should hear some of the complaints from professors I know.  Some of these 'kids'  haven't even EVER stepped into a library before.  It's scary.

Admission rate has declined a fair amount since I went to school there in 2005. Overall SAT/ACT scores and incoming freshman GPA have improved.

 

With today's technology do you even have to step into a library? I went to the library one time while in college. Anything I ever needed, even books, were available online. That was 16 years ago. Surely the technology is even more robust today.

[Optimist Park / Belmont Projects]

Saw drilling going on at the wrecker yard today. Assuming an interested buyer is testing the soil. 

[Economic Development - Expansions and Relocations]

On 12/15/2020 at 12:43 AM, CLT> said:

Don't forget even though the Basketball Tourney is gone, the CIAA has their HQ here as well. ACC would make 2.

Pretty sure the Big South is headquartered here too. 

[Metropolitan, Midtown Redevelopment]

11 hours ago, KJHburg said:

the Metropolitan development and coming soon At Home/aka Garden Ridge in the old BJs space.  Still vacant the old office max or was it office depot site store. 

It was a staples.

[Union County]

On 9/9/2020 at 9:03 PM, KJHburg said:

was down in the village of Wesley Chapel which at last count is over 9100 people and growing.  In this largely formerly rural crossroads, they zoned 3 corners for shopping centers and have a great tax base compared to some of Union County towns.  They have 201 Central the Harris Teeter wine store across from a regular Harris Teeter and another shopping center with Target and Petsmart and several restaurants.  Their tax rate is a couple of pennies per $100 of value. 

I forgot these 201 Central stores were even still around.  From when they bought Lowes food stores in this area and they wanted to keep others out.  

I went to Wesley Chapel Elementary. Sure has changed a lot since then.

[CLT *Used* To Feature Beautiful Lighting]

Honestly I never would have noticed if I hadnt read this. Now it’ll bother me every time I see them. 

[Drinking Beer in Charlotte]

Toucan Louie's Brewery in the Gold District has again changed names and is now called Salty Parrot Brewing. Apparently Toucan Louies and the brewery are no longer affiliated.

[First Ward Urban Village / North Tryon Vision Plan]

Any chance we can get the protests moved to first ward park? In the event they turn destructive maybe we can channel that destruction on Levine’s parking deck.

[NoDa (N Davidson St Arts District) Projects]

Ive always thought sunshine daydreams was a very under utilized spot. I’ve lived in NoDa for the last 8 months and I’m honestly not sure I’ve ever seen anyone go in or come out.

[Drinking Beer in Charlotte]

I broke news nobody else knew 

 

[Drinking Beer in Charlotte]

edit: I’ll call it a rumor but heard sunstead was closed from someone I have no reason to doubt.

[Plaza-Midwood Projects (Central, Commonwealth, The Plaza)]

38 minutes ago, tarhoosier said:

That restaurant was Little Italy. I ate there 40 years ago and it was mediocre (sorry, Greek family owners). Too much oregano, sweet, and drowning in cheese. It is what Charlotteans thought was Italian at that time. Tastes change. It has been vacant and deteriorating for many years. Many Greek restaurant owners owned their land. It was a business decision for them. Mr. K on South Blvd, The Castanas family with Epicurean on East Blvd is another. Mantas on South Boulevard from the early 2000's. Kokenes and Open Kitchen on West Morehead. They have a connection to the site that is personal. It works for them and when the restaurant is no longer viable or the next generation is unwilling to put in the hours necessary for the food business the connection stays strong. @Temeteron may offer his view.

This is officially the oldest restaurant review I've ever seen.

[Ballantyne]

1 hour ago, Boricua said:

What was their reasoning behind lightrail not going into their town?

Said it would bring crime into their town. Because obviously when people are thieving and killing they wait patiently at the light rail stop for a speedy getaway.

jokes on them though because now Pineville is becoming low income and their retail is dying. 

[Ballantyne]

On 4/23/2020 at 10:06 PM, Matthew.Brendan said:

Oh Pineville wants in on the game now, eh?

Id support building an enormous bridge to go completely over and around pineville without a stop just to spite them.

[Economic Development - Expansions and Relocations]

9 minutes ago, Prodev said:

I work in retail real estate. It's been an obvious trend with our tenants that the larger ones (national chains) are the ones receiving funding from the PPP and I haven't seen a single retail/restaurant tenant that we have in our portfolio that's a single location operator that has received approval of PPP, while almost all of them have applied.  It's really unfortunate but not surprising. These larger ones have their lawyers all over it and have a direct line to their lenders, so naturally they're going to have an advantage against the sole proprietors who are attempting to navigate the process themselves and generally aren't sophisticated. I don't think it'll be much different in the next round of funding either. 

I was not approved in the first round. Doubt I will be this time either.

its a joke that businesses with 400-500 people are lumped in as small businesses with 5-10 person operations.