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5 minutes ago, kermit said:
Most of this is either observational (the presence of a mainline RR, Interstate and difficult topography all reduce the value of the land for residential) or from public info. The 200’ ROW, and contaminated status of the parcel to the West of Summit is visible on Polaris (although I don’t know the details of the environmental issues).
Looking at Sat images on Google maps makes me wonder if Frothy beard really needs to be removed (some parking maybe) since it is further from the action than the NCDOT building next door. Do the NCDOT plans show that that buildings need to come down?
I might also suggest that auto connectivity on this side of Mint is atrocious, I am not sure much additional commercial space can be supported by the current road network. It will certainly be a different story after the Silver Line, but who knows when that will be. There might be an argument to be made that there is a high and better use for the land, but I have not yet seen that offered. What is it that the neighborhood association would like to see on this land? Would they not complain about doubling the number of cars using Mint St?
The original plans show the Frothy building coming down, but they are pretty clear that none of that is final, and it sounds like the eventual reality would lead to these being bargained away.
I think some individuals seem to think there could be a 20-story building or some sort of multi-use facility there. It's true that Mint St is a bit of a traffic issue, and one of the few things that NCDOT has done here is studied that the train facility would not lead to much more additional traffic (how could it, there wouldn't be that many people working there).
People did get very excited when they talked about putting a building *over* the train facility, kind of like Ogilvie station in Chicago.
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17 hours ago, kermit said:
Maybe, but I am skeptical. Their suggestions for what the site could become seem to completely ignore existing environmental, topographical and noise issues (along with the 200 ft width of the NS ROW). I have not been able to take their advocacy seriously since they seem to be unwilling/unable to engage with current conditions on the ground.
Do you actually have some materials on these issues? NCDOT has provided nothing, and the spokesperson they sent out did not bring any of these up, so I'm not sure how Wilmore would be expected to engage with these concerns.
The meeting was mostly just Wilmore residents saying "it seems like this land is way more valuable" and NCDOT saying well, we don't know, we haven't done any work on this since 2002.
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On 8/11/2023 at 9:45 AM, CLT Development said:
King Canary is looking for in-town locations.
This could be great! Their branding is awesome and one of the better breweries around IMO.
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19 hours ago, CLT2014 said:
Why did they take all the brick off the former warehouse and cover it in painted stucco? Was it not in good enough shape? The remodeled building looks like a strip mall in suburban Phoenix.
They're reinstating Phat Burrito in 2023, no one said they had good taste.
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On 6/21/2023 at 6:33 PM, grodney said:
Do we know if they're brewing? Or is this a taproom with their beer shipped in? And I'm also not clear what you mean by "a lot more effort" than most breweries? Prettymuch all Charlotte breweries are very shiny and seemed to have done a crapton of work.
Mostly just that it isn't a blank warehouse build with a bunch of picnic tables thrown outside, they did a lot of landscaping and have a different setip. It is true that a lot of the other ones (OMB comes to mind) also have this, I just don't really go to those.
Sycamore is an example of somewhere that put in very little effort, especially with their new space (yet seemingly has tapped into a massive audience?)
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Monday Night opening up this week on Tryon St. looks like a very nice atmosphere. They look to be putting a lot more effort into it than most breweries.
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NCDOT wants to put a Heavy Rail Maintenance Facility in Wilmore and is in town looking into it this week. Supposedly this has been a plan since 2002, and even then the neighborhood had complaints about how this was not a good location for such a facility.
If they end up building this facility, it would result in Summit Ave. closing over I-77 - this is a great spot for connectivity between Wilmore/SouthEnd and Wesley Heights/West Side. I'm sure there are better locations for such a large, heavy industrial facility than 1 mile from downtown in a very popular area (this facility could also impact the potential sale of Pipe & Foundry land as they would want Summit connectivity as well).
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18 hours ago, LKN704 said:
^I don't want to be a debbie-downer or yuck on anyone's yum, but I highly doubt that airline actually comes to fruition.
They've been trying to get off the ground for the past few years, don't have any staff, don't have a valid operating certificate, and lack substantial slots at Billy Bishop Airport. The FAA declined their application (I think twice, actually) due to safety issues and poor management. FWIW, Americans also hate turboprop aircraft, viewing turboprops as unsafe, rickety, and old.
I believe they did plan an interline agreement with AA in their initial application for an AOC, but I can't see anything progressing.
If Porter's new operation out of Pearson is actually successful (hard to say at this point, their current dispatch rate is pretty horrible....don't know what loads/yields are like), I would imagine AA would likely launch some kind of partnership with them. Porter's chairman is ex-AA CEO, Donald Carty. I suspect we will likely hear more info about Porter's future U.S. network very soon.
I think the Charlotte/Toronto market is pretty much covered, especially considering how AA recently slashed its Canadian network from CLT (from ~3 mainline flights a day + 2 CR9s to just 3 CR9s daily).
AA (like DL/UA) have to physically stay at Pearson as none of them have equipment capable of serving Billy Bishop.
It would probably take about 3 hours to get from CLT to Billy Bishop on a turboprop? Can't imagine it would be that popular.
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On 3/16/2023 at 10:50 AM, kermit said:At current light rail capacity, it would take what, like 5 hours of trains to fill that building?
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2 hours ago, AltNative said:
unpopular opinion: its a bummer that these arent in the historic district. While the HDC can seem overbearing at times they ensure a quality project every time and ultimately what they do is for the greater good of the neighborhood. Without HDC purview a developer could easily come in and build some fiber cement garbage. The no-parking aspect is sure to rile up Wilmore residents, too
Agreed, the historic district is the only thing stopping Wilmore from being another McMansion neighborhood.
Related, the houses on West Blvd, while probably not the *optimal* use for that space, look really good right now after most have been renovated.
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3 hours ago, KJHburg said:
I am hearing the developer on this is Avery Hall for the redevelopment of the old Wilmore school.
And it will be an adaptive reuse.
Here is the rezoning petition from Ledger this morning:
2023-042. Wilmore Preservation LLC. 3.28 acres at 424 West Blvd. from R-8(HD) to MUDD-O (HD). “Mixed use and adaptive re-use.” Site plan calls for 270 apartments, 2,500 s.f. of retail/restaurants and 4,300 s.f. of event space.
This sounds amazing, I hope my neighbors don't complain too much...
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1 hour ago, kermit said:
I am officially declaring this a cursed location.
(but it is a VERY attractive piece of real estate)
It's gotta be one of the worst locations for a brewery in the entire Greater SouthEnd area.
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19 hours ago, Midwoodian said:
Maybe. There could be quite a bit of leveraging equity from recent home value increases in Myers Park over the last 3 years. But at the 3-4M many of those homes will be paid for with cash. Leads me to believe its people moving from higher cost of living areas taking advantage of their purchasing power. The banks pour a lot of money into local pockets through bonuses, but I just dont see that making up the largest share of demand for these houses being built in the South Charlotte wedge.
It's so hard for me to imagine wanting to live in South Park over Myers Park. Do you really need those extra 2K square feet?
Does make sense that people from the northeast might want the biggest, most luxury spot, but as far as neighborhood and location Myers Park is tough to top.
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Went to Gilde the other day, and while the food was good, multiple beers tasted infected. Not what you want to see from a "German" brewery.
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It is incredible that CATS doesn't even attempt to provide ridership projections for these routes.
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1 hour ago, CLT2014 said:
The shape of South End is a huge reason the light rail needs to have MUCH higher frequencies to be used for regular errands and getting around the neighborhood, as opposed to just commuting. Too many South End residents have to jump in their car to go from one end of South End to the other because the neighborhood takes nearly 40 minutes to walk from the Gold District to the southern end near Suffolk Punch/Harris Teeter area. The light rail should be able to compete with driving if running errands along the light rail could be done in ~10 minutes each way (a few minutes of waiting + a 2 - 5 minute ride on the train). Instead, it is too tempting to use your car when you have a 20 minute wait at the station.
This is such a small portion of trips that I can't see it ever happening. Even in a theoretical world where we are running 5 minute headways, there might be 2 intra-South End trips a year where it could make sense for me to hop on the train. Maybe I'm missing a common use case, but in my experience, these things just don't happen much in Charlotte. It's way, way easier to just drive around, and will continue to be.
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It's hard for me to imagine something that big ever going on this site; this type of scale would really need the entire road grid around there to be changed, and 277 to be moved; otherwise, this is the least accessible spot within the entire greater Uptown area (except for Music Factory, which is bad for similar reasons), so I don't know why we would expect like 20 towers to be filled here.
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55 minutes ago, DMann said:
These buildings on Morehead are going to make an incredibly massive presence felt. Can’t wait to see it all finished.
I've always thought the usage of Morehead and East, for lawyers/finance/doctor/other rich people's offices, was strange. All those awesome houses on East and similar that are just law offices.
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1 hour ago, kermit said:
Well it was the only commercial space beside a massive, vacant, and decaying factory in a part of town that lacked drawing power for any type of retail when they negotiated the lease.
I would have thought Portman would have seen Blue Blaze as a pretty decent anchor and traffic generator.
They probably originally saw them as a decent anchor and traffic generator, but it's pretty clear now that they are not.
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Yunta Nikkei was one of the best meals I've had in town (and was absolutely popping on a Tuesday night)
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1 minute ago, Rufus said:
I keep looking for the thread, but I am having a hard time finding it -- sorry if this is the wrong place:
What's the retail situation with the Lowes tower? I know Allbirds is opening, but I could've sworn I also saw ALO Yoga too? Anyone confirm the retail tenants coming to the tower?
Outdoor Voices is also under construction
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On 8/12/2022 at 5:33 PM, tarhoosier said:
Series D funding? That is usually a sign of poor performance.
No, it's not. Almost every successful IPO in the past decade previously raised a Series D.
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30 minutes ago, JorgiPorgi said:
Why?
Because it's completely separated from every other area, doesn't add anything to any existing neighborhoods, and moves touring acts from other venues to the hidden corner.
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SouthEnd "Gold District"
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The "Dog House" has to be one of the most useless buildings in Charlotte.