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  1. 210 Trade | EpiCentre

    in Charlotte

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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. 

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  2. Homelessness the Problem and the Solutions

    in Charlotte Coffee House

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    2 hours ago, SouthEndCLT811 said:

    By no means was my message a support for keeping Tent City long term.  My reply was frustration at the half measure taken by our local government to abruptly move this vulnerable part of our community with no long term plan.  Even after the 90 day hotel stay for those who take it, what happens next?  What is the plan for people who don't take the offer?

    It all just seemed knee jerk, as did maybe my frustration post towards local government not considering the impacts to those living nearby such as yourself.

    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. 

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    Homelessness the Problem and the Solutions

    in Charlotte Coffee House

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    20 hours ago, SouthEndCLT811 said:

    Excuse the language but this does not seem to be the way to solve our problems, 72 hours to get out.  No added resources, just government support of facilities people were willingly not utilizing before

    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.  

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  5. SkyHouse Charlotte, Publix and 10Tryon Tower in 4th Ward

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    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. 

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    The Ellis – 33 Floor Apartment Tower – Lennar does what Levine couldn't.

    in Charlotte

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    4 minutes ago, RANYC said:

    Yes, I'm aware of the profit math on vertical construction (margins grow as you go up), but I'm challenging assumptions about how deep such a market is and whether we should envision and plan for Uptown's residential future as one that includes many such Ellis's.

    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. 

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  7. The Ellis – 33 Floor Apartment Tower – Lennar does what Levine couldn't.

    in Charlotte

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    10 minutes ago, RANYC said:

    Sunbelt cities are hilarious.  

    • If one gets an aerial view of Charlotte, you'll see ample land still remaining for densification, even in what we believe are our most urban and dense areas of town.  The idea that builders must now go 30+ stories vertically just to house people is amusing, imo.
    • I'm amazed that there's a market for a 30+ story apartment building here. 
    • I'd question whether stacking humans in this way is ever really optimal or appropriate.  Extreme vertical living is typically forced or borne out of space constraints, e.g. an extraordinary demand for oceanfront or bayfront or Signature Park views in a fairly restricted space, and so the best way to deliver the hotly-demanded amenity is to stack the market.  No such amenity exists with the Ellis, as far as I can tell.
    • I lived in the heart of Manhattan for 14 years, and of the 5 places I occupied in that time, the tallest building was 18 stories.  If I could have lived in a high-quality Manhattan townhome, I most certainly would have chosen it.  Manhattan dynamics are very peculiar, not just for an American city, but by international standards as well.  The idea that Charlotte should now encourage and celebrate these types of projects at this stage in its urbanization/densification is a bit unfounded.
    • I think largely single-use high-rise residential projects like this are doomed here in Charlotte for quite a while, post-COVID.  I speculate that the Ellis will be the last one we see for a long while, perhaps a generation.  I'm a bit more sanguine about high-rise mixed-use experiences like that of the FNB tower.
    • If I'm proven wrong, I'll be quite ok with that.

    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?

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  9. The Ellis – 33 Floor Apartment Tower – Lennar does what Levine couldn't.

    in Charlotte

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    On 9/21/2020 at 5:12 PM, j-man said:

    I really wish they gave this a worthy exterior. I would have loved to see this fully bricked or stuccoed. I’m so over the cheap paneling. Ugh 

    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.

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  18. Crescent Stonewall Station

    in Charlotte

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    8 hours ago, KJHburg said:

    from a pretty in depth article about how Stonewall Station came together but this is very interesting and from this group seems to be the major problem the parking garage:

    ""And it was the parking garage that presented one of the earliest challenges.  Geotechnical surveys did not reveal the extent to which rock was present near the surface where underground parking was planned, says Brad Ellinwood, structural engineer for the project with Atlanta-based EM Structural. Developers in uptown Charlotte have long encountered pesky underground rock formations. When the Duke Energy Center was built in 2009, contractors excavated nearly 400,000 cubic yards of rock to make room for the eight-story underground parking deck. “The first iterations of design had parking going multiple levels below,” Ellinwood says. But completing that design would have required blasting stone near the light-rail train tracks.  “When we really knew where the rock was and saw what it would cost to blast it, it was not only the price but the risk of doing something that would harm the train tracks that we decided to change the design,” Ellinwood says.  The architects were back at the drawing board before construction could even start, creating a design that wrapped parking around the Whole Foods store above ground.  “It probably cost us in the ballpark of a month, but it could have been worse,” Miller says. ""

    From a Business Journal subscriber article https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/02/22/how-uptown-s-stonewall-station-came-together.html

    This also explains why Tryon Place and Legacy are all going above ground with parking decks for no one wants a boulder flying into 277 or worse into another tower during blasting. 

    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... $

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    Crescent Stonewall Station

    in Charlotte

    Posted · Edited by JSquare

    On 2/16/2018 at 6:10 PM, navigator319 said:

    Anyone know the reason why we ended up with the currently built version versus the initial renderings? When do these changes usually happen and get approved?

    The initial renderings are much more appealing to me.

    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. 

    On 2/17/2018 at 6:41 AM, navigator319 said:

    But anyone think there are more sinister motives by some developers? Such as releasing knowingly untrue info/renders in hopes of keeping approvals on track with as little as friction as possible and then when comes time to move dirt build the POS they always were going to anyway?

    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.  

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  23. Metropolitan, Midtown Redevelopment

    in Charlotte

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    7 hours ago, Jordan84 said:

    Are there any plans or illustrations released for this site?  I was wondering why it was blocked off. Where is everyone going to play soccer now? 

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

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    500 West Trade (14 story apartments on site of former Polk Building)

    in Charlotte

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    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. 

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