[American Legion Memorial Stadium Renovation]

Just an update on what they've done. They tore out everything in the stadium and it looks like they are grading it but keeping the same general shape as the old stadium

[CATS Long Term Transit Plan - Silver, Red Lines]

2 hours ago, kermit said:

You mean Gold Line -- the Silver Line is years away from ordering vehicles. There are four of Gold Line units at the North yard at the moment.

Yeah that's what I meant, I get my colors confused sometimes,  and the vehicle is similar to the current ones but a little lower and has a different paint scheme that is mostly silver

[CATS Long Term Transit Plan - Silver, Red Lines]

It was dark and I couldn't get a good picture but there is a silver line vehicle at the north maintenance station 

[Economic Development - Expansions and Relocations]

27 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

What makes up the NC state economy?  Our economy is slightly larger than Sweden's.  The new biggest contributor is FIRE  Finance Insurance and Real estate.  A huge chunk is located in Mecklenburg, but also in large nodes in Winston and Greensboro and in Raleigh.  Even Wilmington is home to the Live Oak Bank a business lending firm.  2nd is manufacturing which is scattered all over the state but lots in the Piedmont.  Information (tech) is the fastest growing segment led by both Charlotte and Raleigh Durham

https://www.nccommerce.com/blog/2019/11/04/nc-annual-economic-report-gross-domestic-product

 

Also in that data NC still has the 2nd largest rural pop in the US with 34% of residents living outside of cities. This probably account for our poor showing on some metrics like life expectancy and GDP per capital despite all of our recent progress 

[UNC-Charlotte Construction]

In the first screenshot is where the new in campus hotel is being built. In the 2nd screenshot though there is a large construction project going on between Snyder Road and the football practice field. I have tried finding out what is was on my own but cant find it for the life of me. Does anyone have any ideas on what it is?

[Charlotte's Light Rail: Lynx Blue Line]

3 hours ago, grodney said:

Today the 6:28am northbound from 485 had to de-board at Arrowwood "due to a biological impact".  That was unsettling, hahaha.  Talked to a CATS guy and apparently somebody ralphed in the first car (I was in the 2nd).  Ewwwww.  Anyway they took the whole thing out of service and we waited 15 mins for the next one.  Honestly surprised this doesn't happen more often.

This has literally never happened before, I've been on trains with people who have puked, and twice someone peeing in the train itself onto the floor and the train just kept on rolling and all of us went to the other side of the car

[Economic Development - Expansions and Relocations]

/s When Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo,  and Chase announce they're moving here within the next few months y'all are gonna lose your minds. This will all be due to companies leaving coastal cities as to not worry about sea level rise

[UNC-Charlotte Construction]

13 hours ago, TheOneRJ said:

Doesn’t the school still have 100+ undeveloped acres on the other side of Mallard Creek Church Road? 

Yes the school has a large block of land zoned for institutional land use across mallard creek church rd. The only problem is there is a house and a small apartment complex that both (from what I've heard) are refusing to sell out or want a ridiculous price and without those 2 peices it would be hard to connect that side of campus to the current 

[Unbuilt Charlotte Towers Never started Never Completed Never Finished]

1 hour ago, j-man said:

Hasn’t this thread been done before...

I dont think it has, but if you see it then link it

[Unbuilt Charlotte Towers Never started Never Completed Never Finished]

Cant forget Trump Towers Charlotte. Massive set of towers that would have supposedly included retail, office spaces, hotels, and residential, in a 90+ floor new tallest. This never happened, but Trump Jr as recently as late 2017 says the company is still looking at expanding into Charlotte apart from the golf club already in Mooresville 

[CATS Transit Center (CTC) Site Redevelopment]

12 minutes ago, nakers2 said:

I wonder if anyone can offer their educated opinion on this? I think it's early enough to still toy with speculation.

The #1 Fortune 500 company, Walmart, moving its corporate headquarters and its technology division to the 704 /s

[Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)]

46 minutes ago, Seabrooke said:

Lol! Yes, one of the tear down comments were in blue. Here is one that isn’t. And I’m sure if I cared I could find more.

I cant write in blue on my phone's browser

[UNC-Charlotte Construction]

http://chng.it/NGJR8QSYw6

Hey I dont really know if this is where this belongs but this petition is to name the new rec center after the two students who were murdered in Tuesday's attack. I was in the room where it happened when it happened and thought that this is a good way in which they could be remembered. It's not my petition but I have signed it and encourage ya'll to take a minute and sign it as well.

[Downtown Greensboro Developments]

From Roy Carroll via Twitter, looks like a skyscraper of some sort with mid rise apartments

[Downtown Greensboro Developments]

On 4/19/2019 at 7:15 AM, cityboi said:

Carroll already has the designs for his development south of the ballpark. In 12 days we'll see what Carroll has planned. Can't wait!

Roy Carroll's Greensboro based Carroll Companies is one of the largest development companies in the southeast. For those of you who live in Charlotte, he builds the Bee Safe Storages. There is one nestled on the edge of downtown Greensboro and midtown. He is downtown Greensboro's most active developer. He renovated the 16 story old Wachovia tower and turned it into Center Pointe Condominiums (him and his family live in the penthouse unit) , purchased the CityView Apartments and built Carroll at Bellemeade/Hyatt Place. His company builds major projects in Texas, Florida and all over the southeast. The mixed-use Westin development in Wilmington is his project. Carroll is one of Greensboro's most wealthiest residents owning his own jet and yacht.

Roy Carroll has become Greensboro's next Joe Koury.

One day until this now. I'm pretty excited to see what he has in store for downtown 

[Grand Bohemian Hotel – 15 Floors – 254 Rooms – Boutique Hotel]

From the Marriott on Saturday evening 

[Duke Energy Plaza Headquarters | 40 Story formerly Charlotte Metro Tower]

Jokes on y'all,  Duke actually  found a massive oil reserve under uptown and is constructing this building as a front to hide their rigs

[Wells Fargo Move]

2 minutes ago, atlrvr said:

They're not picking ex-Wells either.  They are looking for a completely outside candidate, which means likely someone who is NY currently.

No it's me. They're picking me

[Duke Energy Plaza Headquarters | 40 Story formerly Charlotte Metro Tower]

8 minutes ago, Dale said:

Is Project 561 still in play ?

Possibly in the near future,  but @cityboi (basically owner of the Triad forum)  has mentioned that Carroll( the developer) has an announcement within the nex t30 days on some sort of project in downtown Greensboro 

[Duke Energy Plaza Headquarters | 40 Story formerly Charlotte Metro Tower]

7 hours ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

I would think Suntrust has a good chance of being around 600 feet. I expect honeywell to be around 400'

With a possible taller SunTrust building then Project 561 in Greensboro could push out PNC, but 561 is in the same iffy category as that Elizabeth Midtown tower as to if or when it'll get built

[Legacy Union (former Charlotte Observer redevelopment)]

From East/West today

[Charlotte's Light Rail: Lynx Blue Line]

4 hours ago, southslider said:

We apologize for the inconvenience. 

They remind me of one of my favorite South Park episodes 

[Animals across the Carolinas]

Couple of wild animals spotted in Archdale NC

[New Year's Predictions - 2020]

1 hour ago, j-man said:

I never heard about this!! what! But is this entire thing around University City? Hope not, they have enough! Go to class!

I have class for a total of like 16 hours a week. Plus like 5 hours hw for 21 total. Me and the other 30000 students with similar time commitments have a lot of time and money to throw at things,  UC is a great place for this

[210 Trade | EpiCentre]

13 hours ago, tarhoosier said:

How soon will EpiCenter(re) be replaced with tower?

Dont they already have a relatively newly opened hotel tower? I dont see them selling out too soon with that plus the large crowds it regularly draws in every week. Also there are still many available plots open in uptown so it's not like developers are desperate for space if they have the type of money to even consider buying and building on the Epicenter plot