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Lets be honest. The epicenter died because of the crowd that started to gather there. People who actually live in uptown rarely go there at night because it is known as a place for people who come into the city looking for trouble. There have been a number of shooting there. I welcome its closing because to me it is just a large area of uptown that I avoid. I hate it for the businesses there but it just feels like a dangerous place.

I fully understand. The situation sucks for everyone and it is a hard one to solve. I just don't want the solution to be let them make a mess of my or any other neighborhood.

I'm assuming you live in South End so this is not in your back yard. I have lived in Fourth Ward for years and letting these people live in these conditions is not a solution. Lets be honest also, the tent city residents are in no way taking care of their area. They are littering all over, allowing open flames to set fields on fire, harassing people walking down the street (my mother visited and had some very nasty things yelled at her from across the street). If people are not whiling to utilize facilities then our government needs to fix the safety issues some may have with them and the remaining homeless that still choose not to accept help cannot be allowed to sleep in tents in neighborhoods.

I think they did a really good job giving an EIFS façade building some character with the different colors and mix of floor plans.

Whatever the fix is (a lot of different opinions on this) our city cannot allow all these tents to remain. I live in 4th ward and it is aggravating to see my area literally trashed by these people. This tent city situation is going to disrupt development on the north side of uptown. Having people live in tents is not a solution and everyone bringing them supplies so that this can continue to go on is enabling and making the problem worse. To be clear I want these people to receive help but dropping off water and food for them so they have no incentive to seek help is not a good idea.

I believe most people on this site push for high-rise construction because it is exciting to see the skyline grow. I think if we are all honest with ourselves it may be better to get more infill projects of mid to low-rise size that would help fill in some empty areas and provide more street level engagement in uptown.

Construction goes vertical to maximize the developers profit for the land area they have purchased. There is a lot of open space in uptown but Lennar does not own it. If the market will support a 30 story apartment building why would you build a 6 story apartment building on the one plot of land you own?

We get a high quality precast and glass tower and complain about the last 20' of roof screen...

EIFS is a go to because it is a very energy efficient façade. Having all the insulation outboard of your dryline allows the building systems to be much more efficient because the insulation is nearly continuous. It may not look the best but it is a really good system.

A 90 degree turn would have fixed the problem.

ATS (automatic transfer switch) is used to switch from battery power to grid power if battery power is insufficient. A lot of people on this site are in the construction industry. Please do not spout opinions and act like they are facts.

Solar + battery storage = night power

... boo

Flight on College street has closed.

I would enjoy a Rhino market type place in the Rock Bottom space. May be a little large but that would be better function to me than an actual restaurant.

Rock bottom on Tryon is closing. Note posted on the door that says they are officially closing March 25. They did not have the best food but this seems abrupt. Jinx @CLT>

Test blast went well today. Pictures below are before and after. Added the video. For those interested blasts will start a normal timeline soon of Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2:00 pm.

Just to put a real world spin on this for the ones who ask why do we not bury all parking? Burying one floor of a mid to small sized garage in rock will cost roughly 3 million. As you go deeper that 3 continues to grow with each level. A garage the size of stonewalls could easily have been 6 - 8 mil per floor. I still wish we could bury them all but... $

Better yet, leave the deck, throw some astro turf on a few levels of it and have a multi level covered dog park! Really though a dog park in uptown would be awesome.

I do not have an answer for this particular project, but normally these changes in looks are due to costs. They are not always driven by the developer wanting to save money. They are often caused by issues not found in the original design that are discovered as more eyes are put on the plans. The developer does not want to add money to the project deal they have already worked out so to absorb issues that come up during design/pricing they have to value engineer to keep the project moving forward. These changes normally happen after the second round of pricing the project since this is generally when a lot of misses in the design are discovered and corrected. I can assure you this is not what is happening. A lot of times the renderings that get out are not meant to and they are released too early before the budget is 100% set for the project. I will say I think a lot of Crescent's team really do seem to have the city in mind and want to deliver a project that people will think makes a positive impact.

I believe it is Cleveland Construction. I am looking forward to seeing their logistics plan. I am having a hard time visualizing where they will stockpile materials on this postage stamp of a lot.

Now imagine Tryon Place in between Duke Energy and 615 College... It is going to look packed from that end.

Yes I posted the currently planned rendering for the Medical Office Building above this. With a small explanation of what the plan is.

You will see some buildings start to disappear next week also.

I am sorry guys but I am seeing a lot of misplaced negativity on this site lately. We are not New York City. We are Charlotte N.C. Not every project we get is going to be a mega project. I think by the current renderings the highrise portion of this project looks good. It is different, it has some nice features to it and it has decent size. Since when is 14 stories small? For being on the wrong side of Graham street I am happy with the size of this job. If we want to complain about the same old mid-rise design that is surrounding that I say do it, but we need to start giving some credit when it is due.