SydneyCarton

October 27th.

October 27, 2023: nothing happening…. I assume that high interest rates are stalling this project because there’s a demand for apartments, and as far as the office space goes, I could see Duke taking it.

Shotsbyjonesz

Charlotte FC versus Miami. Long live the Queen!

Downtown Matthews may become even nicer. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article280345879.html A Charlotte developer wants to bring a major mixed-use complex to Matthews with apartments, townhomes, a hotel and commercial space next to a proposed light rail station. Plans for the Midfield Station development from Proffitt Dixon Partners include 814 multi-family units, 200 single-family attached homes and more than 221,000 square-feet of non-residential retail space on 72 acres. The vacant site is north of the Mecklenburg County Sportsplex at the corner of Sports Parkway and Brigman Road. The homes would be near the Crestdale neighborhood. At Matthews town meetings, residents brought up concerns about needing privacy buffers between Crestdale and the planned project, as well as how it would impact traffic and nearby roads with the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Interstate 485 Express Lanes project. Road crews are adding one express lane in each direction along I-485 between Interstate 77 and U.S. 74 in southern Mecklenburg. The Charlotte Observer left multiple messages for Proffitt Dixon officials, who did not respond to requests for comment to discuss the plans, concerns over it or total costs. On Oct. 9, Matthews commissioners held a public hearing on the developer’s request to change the property’s zoning from residential to entertainment district. They did not vote on the project at that time. An entertainment district was approved with the sportsplex design in 2014, with a goal of having recreation and shopping development around a stop for the Charlotte Area Transit System Silver Line. CATS is planning a 29-mile light rail extension with 30 stations, stretching from Belmont to Indian Trail. There’s also a Silver Line station planned for downtown Matthews, but the Midfield Station project presents a different challenge. Town planner Darin Hallman said Matthews still needs to determine the best way for how the Proffitt Dixon development would be built near a future transit station.

Does that rendering show the actual design that will rise? I had assumed that it was a concept. Might it rise soon? There’s demand for housing. Nonetheless, Nothing seems to be happening with some other Uptown residential projects like the one on the old Museum of the South site on College Street. I wonder what’s going on.

Aurora (Oct 12th)

Why not?

I think that this has been a great project. The BoA tower is beautiful, and the others are good too. More importantly, it has really bulked up the skyline. I wonder if the residential tower will be taller (or at least as tall as) 1 LU/BoA.

That’s a good point.

As per CNBC: Here are the top 15 cities where today's college grads are applying for jobs most: New York Chicago Dallas Los Angeles Atlanta Boston San Francisco Austin, Texas Washington D.C. Houston Seattle Denver Philadelphia San Diego Miami

This list seems wrong. How is Charlotte not on it? I also don’t see how Miami is on it. It’s a really beautiful place, but I don’t think that any Fortune 500 companies are even based there. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/10/10/this-is-the-no-1-city-where-young-people-want-to-work-most.html

Last Saturday, I saw a homeless guy urinating on someone’s lawn on East Boulevard. The homeless situation is out of control. I expect it Uptown but not in Dilworth. The city must address it. The same is happening in Chapel Hill. Even more concerning is that anyone who will expose himself on a very busy road is probably a sexual predator. Moms and kids not only shouldn’t have to see this, but people like this could endanger them. Unfortunately, with all of the anti-police sentiment at the moment, cops are afraid to deal with people like this, as scores of people will videotape their every move and post it on social media.

Oct 1st

Oct 1st

October 1, 2023

Aura on Estes Rd in CH on 29 Sept 2023

Thanks. I’m going to the Panthers game on Sunday. I’ll try to snap some photos.