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A major new commerical/retail development in North Charleston is scheduled to be announced tomorrow at 1:00PM. The project will involve 450 acres in the area of Interstate 26 and Ashley Phosphate Rd and will be developed by The Weiser Companies, the developer of Centre Pointe which includes Tanger Outlets.
http://www.charlesto...orth-charleston
That would be the next phase of Ingleside....http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php/topic/48196-ingleside-tract-project/
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I guess this is the best place for this since the majority of it deals with the "Innovista" area, but USC has a draft update of their Master Plan. The area between Assembly and the river is definately the focal point for expanding the campus.
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It sucks for the employees because they only make $14 in SC, a right-to-work state, whereas in Washington, those employees make $26. Even if you adjust for cost of living (which probably isn't dramatic), that's a pretty significant difference. I know there are pros and cons when it comes to unions, but a big con is pay/benefits.
Read it again... that is not what it said. It said the average wage for those hired locally was $14/hour and they were importing higher payed contract workers (such as my next door neighbor) because there are not enough qualified workers in the area. They regularly advertise jobs in the $100-130K dollar range for engineers.
OH and by the way....CHARLESTON WAS SELECTED FOR THE NEW BOEING PLANT!!! http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe8a1d7971660d7e74&m=fef0177672620d&ls=fe0d117970620d7a7d1c79&l=fef4137271620c&s=fe60107975620c7c7416&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe621c73726607797714
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The Seattle Times is running an article that explains why Charleston could land this plant. One of the biggest reasons is due to SC's status as a right-to-work state. But a downside, and something I was a bit taken aback by, was this blurb:
Wow, only $14 an hour??? That right-to-work status is good for companies, but often sucks for employees.
How does it suck for employees? The contract workers are working in a "right to work" state also. I think it speaks more to the lack of qualified applicants locally.
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Hello Everyone. I have been lurking on this board for a bit and I am hoping you guys can give me some advice. My wife, my mother, my daughter, and I will be coming to Charleston in mid April to visit/scope out Charleston. We originally are native North Central Floridians and we currently live in Lexington Ky. Well, we are Southerners at heart and although Kentucky considers itself Southern, it just isn't for us. Kentucky is beautiful and the people are kind, but we are drawn back south.Plus, my wife is not down with the winters here. We really want to move someplace closer to the coast as well. We reaaalllllyyyy miss the food. We have always found ourselves drawn to South Carolina.
So, back to April....we are hoping you could help us with a few things:
1st: Can you advise us on a good public beach to visit? We want to walk the beach together and enjoy the late afternoon there.
2nd: Can you advise on a family friendly restaurant (preferably seafood) that you guys would consider a Charleston fixture? Any good local Barbecue joints we should try?
3rd: If you were only coming for a weekend, what sorts of off the beaten path things would you guys advise us on seeing? On the beaten path things?
4th: Can you offer up some advice on a reasonably priced hotel @$150.00 a night?
I really appreciate any thing you guys can offer up...and mods if you want to move this thread feel free.
Thanks!
p.s we have visited Greenville already and the people on the Greenville board were very helpful. It was nice, but we want to be a bit closer to the coast.
1. Isle of Palms is probably the more popular beach, but many prefer the more laid back vibe at Folly Beach.
2. Vickery's on Shem Creek, Hymans Downtown, or A.W. Shucks are among the myriad of choices for seafood. For BBQ check out Bessingers in West Ashley.
3. Typical tourist things are visits to the Battery, King Street, Carriage Rides, visiting one of the Plantations all are interesting in their own right.
4. Most of the national chains will be in that price range. For local establishments it may be a little (or alot) more, but you can probably make a deal depending on the timing of your trip.
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LOL, that is what it looks like, but those houses are facing the other way, Krazee. That little porch is the back of that house on the right.
thats actually the front of a lawyers office...and I'm sure he will complain.
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I like what they did with the top floor it seems to have something unique to it. Overall very nice! I'm not sure if I like the screened in porches in the rear of the building may come off strange but I guess they're trying to blend it in with those houses behind it.
Does anyone know the name of the program which creates these renderings anyway? I wanted to play around with it if I can get a lead on what it's called and where to get it.
This rendering/project is done with Autodesk Revit Architecture. Its a Building Information Modeling (BIM) program used to produce architectural and engineering drawings.
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^ I agree with Spartan on that. Both Richland and Lexington Counties would have to buy in to make a boundary effective. Although I am uneasy about the unanticpated consequences of growth boundaries.
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For some hotels, I know this can be the case, but usually downtown hotels have unique designs. The only exception I can think of are some downtown Marriotts.
yes, but it is up to to the municipalities to demand uniqueness. MOST (not all) owners will take the path of least resistance.
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^ that is very common practice and it is usually not the decision of the architect. The hotel chains have prototypical designs (much like restaurant chains). Deviations from those designs have to be submitted for approval. An owner who is looking to build something fast and obtain quick approval would likely not deviate far from the propotypical designs. Usually, its the local reviewing authority that "encourages" more unique designs.
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I would expect a master developer would come in, install infrastructure develop the master plan and then sell the project off by parcels or projects. So in reality there could be dozens of developers
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This is nothing but a typical boring suburban development.
I don't disagree (that kind of like agreeing, huh) on that point. I was just commenting about the street grid and the fact that no matter what happens internally, there is only a single access point to Farrow Rd.
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^That was my first thought too. This is just standard suburban crap. I wish Richland County required street stubs.
with this particular development, there is a bridge from Farrow Rd to access the property. So while an internal grid system could be used, ultimately there is only one point of access and egress. That is a limitation of the property (and potentially imagination) as to site access.
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Does anyone know about the development site off of Exit 205 in North Charleston and Highway 78? I drove by the frontage road that's visible from the interstate and saw CF Evans as one of the developers? It looks like it will be large-scale, so I was just curious if anyone had heard anything?
Thats the start of the development of what is know as the Weber site. Weber, and German auto parts (and grill) maker planned a facility there many years ago, but has since decided to sell it off and develop it. In all its about 1200 acres and is supposed to be mixed use with office, retail, single and multi- family housing, etc. The units CF Evans (Contractor) are building are multi-family units. Not sure about the number of units in this phase. This project has been talked about for years (at least 6) and they are finally doing something.
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Were those first couple of shots from Providence?
btw, Nice shots everyone
Looks like is from the Palmetto Richland complex somehwere.
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nothing is moving specific to this project, but as usual, Clements words/actions have spurred other developments in the area. A 5 story condo/retail development is planned for the corner of King and Wolf. There is also a "workforce housing" project (4 stories w/ garage) planned for Meeting and Reid. There was an article in the Post and Courier not too long ago above all the activity on Upper King. most of that activitiy has been spurred by the completion of the streetscpaing and anticipation of the Midtown project.
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Exactly. I couldn't have said it any better. Many visitors will get the wrong impression about what the purpose of the facility will be. The facility is going to be the hub for the Charleston region, not limited to one suburban city in the region.
Noted. But the logical progression would be to create park-and-ride lots in other locations throughout the region and develop express routes between major nodes, with the long-term goal being the creation of a hub and spoke type of system. And while the other facilitites obviously won't have train and Greyhound connections, they could have CARTA, park-n-Ride, and taxi transitions.
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Simmer down young fella...LOL. Perhaps. they plan an East Cooper Regional...and a West Ashley Regional in the future. In any event, this property is right next door to my office and this center was one of the reasons we chose this location, so I'm glad to see it moving foward.
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I don't recall anybody publishing the article about the new Aloft hotel which just broke ground. This P&C article has the particulars, as well as a rendering.
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The name of the airport has nothing to do with whether or not it is a desgnated international airport per the FAA. As noted above, there a several "international" airports whose name dosen't reflect it and there are some airports with interntaional in their names that are not designated as such.
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the Airport and the Air Force Base share the airfield. Nevertheless, according to this document here
there are three "International" designated airports in SC.. Charleston, GSP, and Columbia. This same documents also states that there are some "unofficial" international airports (ie airports who just put the word international in their name). Apparently, there is no law preventing this.
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unfortuantely, they are skipping the Air Show this year, but normally it is around April timeframe.
Charleston International Airport
in Charleston
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