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Agree. It is going to have a substantial impact on the skyline too. It is a much larger project than I was envisioning when it was announced.

This is going to be a more and more frequent occurrence as these trees are nearly at, or in some cases already exceeding, their expected lifespans.

I believe we are supposed to find out who the new chancellor is this week

Maybe when they become highly contagious. Until then, it is a dumbass argument to make.

I give it 2-3 more weeks before public unrest begins to grow. I think more people are also starting to realize that shelter in place is only slowing the spread, it isn't designed to actually eliminate the virus from society...meaning this will go on indefinitely until a vaccine is created. That simply cannot happen.

I think the planters were funded by the neighborhood association.

So something explosive then.

I used to be kind, but then I lived in the area and had homeless camps that littered my neighborhood, broke out my car windows to go through my center console, and hassled me for money regularly. Hell, I've had a homeless man stand in the middle of the street to block traffic, pull his dick out, and piss on the road in front of me. Live around it and you eventually get tired of it.

Until the homeless shelters stop encouraging beggars to congregate on the North Side of Uptown, I think movement will continue to be slow. I feel bad for the Publix employees that are going to have to bear the brunt of this issue every day.

They might avoid that area. Streetcar construction through there might make it a nightmare for their broadcasting setup.

I said I wasn't given any details. The person that told me is a friend and I wouldn't give them even if I had them, which I don't. I'm sure details will be released relatively soon. I doubt they spent this kind of money to let the property stay as is for very long.

Jamaican‘ an incorrect assumption as jerk is not a Cuban dish.

I wasn’t given any details but was told by someone in the know it will be a great project that fits the vibe of the neighborhood. realistically, anything but a gas station would be an improvement over the surface lot. I hope the old buildings are kept and that awful EFIS is removed from the main strip mall piece. I’d hate to see all of those go away entirely.

Don't know. Just heard the tail end of the conversation and it wasn't being spoken to me directly. If I had to think of the perfect location on Hawthorne for dog bar...the old Hackerspace building is perfect.

heard some whispers that dog bar would be moving to Hawthorne from NoDa.

happened twice in 2019

I feel like that's the feeling Levine gets every time he wants to start a project in First Ward.

They have an express store in downtown Raleigh. It has always been very busy when I was in there. It mostly just sold snack food, medication, toiletries, and some microwaveable dinners. I think one of these in third ward near the park would do well.

I met with a CATS maintenance director about some work at their light rail maintenance facilities. We were just casually talking about mass transit in general during the meeting and he said the biggest challenge CATS, and other rail transit organizations encounter isn't necessarily funding, it is that people can't accept that transit systems sometimes need to be shut down for proper maintenance to occur. Instead, they constantly operate in a state where they have to rush and half ass repairs to keep everything running, or keep shutdowns to an unrealistically short period of time...then everyone wants to complain when things continue to break and they have to deal with frequent minor delays and shutdowns rather than an occasional extended shut down that is necessary for meaningful maintenance work.

You're right, we totally wouldn't have seen prime uptown real estate developed if not for the Nascar Hall of Fame . Most of the development along stonewall can be directly attributed to two things 1) the city reconfiguring the interchange, freeing up land that previously didn't exist 2) diminishing amounts of real estate to develop on elsewhere in uptown. The Hall loses over a million dollars a year and it has never come anywhere close to its projections. Discovery Place is innovative and has a far broader reach, while also providing cultural and educational value to the city. It would thrive even more in a better setting. Nascar is dead and it's never coming back.

i have a solution. We should move it to the nascar hall of fame building and rid ourselves of that money pit.

Was an unexpected problem. My friend lived there and moved out just before construction started. I think most of the units had leaks from shoddy facade work. It wasn't just an age thing that could be planned for in the budget. Most HOAs are poorly run anyway. I just sold my place in Seigle Point. While it doesn't have any major issues like Fat City Lofts, it does badly need new paint and new roofs are needed as well. I know painting was quoted at $70,000 to the HOA manager. We had approximately $30,000 in reserves as of January...that's not even enough to draw out of to make major repairs because lenders require a certain level of reserves before they'll lend to new prospective buyers.

Ate there yesterday. Unremarkable, but not in a bad way. Burger was fairly good but is never going to get nominated for best burger in Charlotte. It was busy. I think they'll do well.

Barings? While they moved here before 300 South Tryon was built, I thought it was pretty much announced in conjuction with their move here and they just took temp office space until 300 South Tryon was completed.

Especially, in the case of Birdsong, when you can go to the brewery and get a pint of most of their beers for $4.