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14 hours ago, dnlleffingwell said:
I was uptown today taking pictures. I went to this site and didn't see anything to indicate that a tower crane was going in. I was surprised after seeing the last pictures above. I didn't take any pictures of the site because I was so disappointed with not seeing anything. Hopefully soon!!!!
Well it looked like a square tract of land carved out of that space and concrete was being poured. I could be wrong, so I'll let more experienced eyes confirm or offer alternative theories.
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21 hours ago, saamh said:
Another Charlotte ex-pat moving to Miami! Bienvenidos!
Miami Beach, huh? Nice! I’ll be right across McAurthur causeway in Brickell City Center.
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1 hour ago, KJHburg said:
^^^ we have our new Web cam man from high above in the Hearst Plaza keep them coming @alb1no panther
Hate to disappoint but I’m actually moving to Miami by mid-June. This will probably be my last hoorah before I move. Have to depend on you guys for updated pics.
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Crane base going in today.
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Yeah I see this as a push. Much much much better than exposed rebar.
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On 11/9/2017 at 5:11 PM, KJHburg said:
If and big if Amazon comes to Charlotte area we dont have to worry about SC snagging it. OUCH! From the Business Journal today
The legal fight between the state of South Carolina and Amazon.com Inc. over uncollected sales taxes from third-party sellers just got kicked up a notch. At stake in the battle is $500 million in missed sales-tax revenue that the state says Amazon should have been collecting from customers.
The S.C. Revenue Department has asked administrative law judge Ralph King Anderson III in Columbia for an injunction to force Amazon (NYSE: AMZN) to begin collecting sales tax on all online sales. And the state wants Amazon to be required to put those funds into a trust until the court can decide who wins the sales-tax struggle between the world’s largest online retailer and South Carolina.
lol....going after the big bucks. SC is a total joke of a state, just a notch down from Mississippi & West Virginia.
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A bird in hand is worth two in the bush....
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y'all really think local talent is a driver? charlotte leads in NC in so many obvious categories that arguing the point otherwise is a pedantic exercise.
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Also, how much of the "blue glass" is an artist's rendering of the sky's reflection.
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Spoke with two Duke guys whom I consider extremely close friends, and even they were evasive about this building. Acknowledged that an email went out, but that's all they said.
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That below-grade parking garage is gonna be pricey....
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10 minutes ago, Jayvee said:
It's not a matter of censorship. It's a matter of this board being partially responsible for killing a deal we all want to happen. Things are in motion and then when companies have to go on damage control because of some leaked information, that's not what this board should be about. Discussion, news and community, not hurting that by putting out information that could damage a project and then get pissy when damage control is enacted
But if you can't comprehend that, that's fine I guess. Is what it is, do we have a dunce cap lying around anywhere?
that hurt my head to read
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I imagine both concepts could work there.
Now that I'm thinking about it, it may even be a harder sale if it's just that one building rather than the whole block.
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7 minutes ago, Spartan said:
I realize this won't come as a shock, but I'm pretty sure 4th Ward Bread Co is completely dead. They took their sign off of the front of the building, and all of the large equipment that was in there appears to be gone. While that's very sad - I think it's a great opportunity for Good Bottle/CM/Rhino/etc to have an expansion location. 4th Ward lacks a good craft beer bottle shop for locals. It's kind of confounding when you consider that it's probably the wealthiest of the 4 Wards, and yet 3rd and 1st already have bottle shops. If I was looking for a new career, I'd think this would be a pretty low-risk opportunity.
Maybe that will spur a sale of the rest of the block, replacing that auto shop with one of those adult arcade bar gym social house things.
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Really hate that I missed this deleted post. Someone DM me! Please and thanks.
As to the censorship issue, yeah, no one other than the person posting the content should should be entertained when making a removal request. Of course, general board rules apply as always, and so mods can dispense with a post as appropriate. Corporate influence is particularly abhorrent (compared, say, to an offended poster objecting to inflammatory content), and should be summarily ignored and publicly rebuked.
But that's just one man's opinion.
Really looking forward to what grows out of this. This block will be The Square 2.0 within the next 10 years.
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No previous discussion. It's a travesty that it isn't being used. A high-end restaurant concept would do well here IMO.
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Travesty that this is still sitting here.
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i'm gonna go down to my friendly, neighborhood 7/11 and smash a 40 in his honor....cheers!
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5 minutes ago, kermit said:
I would really like to see CCCP rent a contiguous strip of 4-5 storefronts and have an annual competition that would give each storefront to an emerging local retailer for a year. This would a) incubate local retail concepts, b) create a small shopping node where one is sorely needed and c) foster some local identity and personality in uptown.
I am sure there will be plenty of folks who will cry that it's an unfair government subsidy for some at the expense of others but as long as uptown retail remains hostile to little guys it seems like a reasonable development strategy and well within the mission of CCCP.
Interesting idea. Making the numbers work might get tricky. Tenant upfits alone would cause headaches. If strictly soft goods, then maybe CCCP would provide the allowance for small changes in signage and layout changes. And I don't see uptown retail as being hostile to the little guys. Abbeydale, which was in that garage spot on 4th, did well enough over a couple years and moved into First Citizens building, having purchased floorspace there. I'm not abhorrent to the idea, but exploring shipping container options in pocket (read: corner of 3d & church) areas around center city may be a more effective and efficient means.
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well looky here
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That area is terribly rough. No movement (or really prospectors coming through). Someone finally finds value there and the city allows the permit. It's development. And we have plenty of land in that area. I just don't get the lambasting.
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8 hours ago, HighRiseHillbilly said:
Good to know. I saw this the other day & had no idea what I was looking at. Glad to see a smaller, local shop get the opportunity to open uptown. I would like to see more local businesses be given rent breaks for at least a set time. That is the flavor that our center city is missing.
It got a shot because a previous smaller, local shop outgrew the space. Curious as to your reasoning for rent subsidies in center city.
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41 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:
I swear, all you guys always forget about this little thing called construction permits. They don't happen over night.
bro...get off your high horse. i'm well aware of construction permits. oh and btw...fencing going up requires a permit.
construction law isn't my wheelhouse, but i have extended experience with government red tape as a criminal defense attorney in my early years on to high finance and tax litigation matters currently.
and to the point, i was simply stating a fact. you implied the value judgment.
cheers
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Just now, KJHburg said:
I did see some workers there today. I hadnt been by that plaza in a couple of weeks for sure.
Yeah I was all excited when I saw it...but then it's just been sitting. Progress is progress!
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That entire block has great community potential. The buildings form a cohesive area that provides an awesome 'blank canvas' for any planner/designer. Just need to buy-out the autoshop's lease. Alas . . .