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Two things. The Curtainwall on DEC accentuates the cantilever more than it would by itself. The geometry of a shorter building allows for a more drastic looking cantilever. If this building did that it would hit the Ally building besides breaking the laws of physics with its structure.

You can thank millennials for the color choice I bet.

Because they are cheap residential developers trying to be office developers.

While there were some good ideas this site wouldn’t fit their program from what I can tell. I didn’t see any seats inside the practice field. Didn’t he want like 10,000? The pipe foundry site on the other-hand...

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2019/05/20/charlotte-pipe-to-leave-site-near-uptown-charlotte.html

Are you the key master? I am the gate keeper.

You stay classy Charlotte.

The response, 18 more? Getter done!

Welcome to 6 weeks ago! Not my choice for best first post... But glad you joined. Hehe.

Who writes this stuff?! Ally Charlotte Center brings a new type of workplace to Uptown, designed to inspire world-class talent with a focus on connectivity, wellness, and creativity. I’d say wework is a new type of workplace, not I work on the 13th floor of the Ally building. ‘Our mixed-use walkable community...’ Isn’t all of uptown walkable? Don’t we want people to venture away from ‘their blocks’?

If you don’t provide it they will look elsewhere. If not uptown then anytown. What makes a site so attractive it doesn’t matter how much parking there is? That’s the million dollar question.

How exactly are they getting service trucks into the deck? Do they go underground? Does Hill Street drop that much? Scratching my head.

I give them props for filling the void creative loafing left behind in a digital world. They market there pants off. if your sending out 45,000 emails I would expect more clicks per day. I personally like the guys on 1110 AM restaurant Tuesday in the evening. Or Dirty Restaurant Thursday! Hilarious and scary...

Those high powered LED lights need a few weeks to burn in at 100% power. Cool to see it turned on during a festival weekend. Wonder if that was planned?

Very exciting! Maybe this will start a Development trend of densifying the corporate park with true mixed use.

Very sad. The trade mark building on the other block near here, a furman project, was also eifis system. I remember the snow walking by that site too. i can’t believe high rise buildings are allowed to use this stuff.

Retailers 90% of the time want to see the finished product before signing up for a lease. That is why you hardly ever hear a developer project announce a retail tenant first.

https://www.wfae.org/post/charlotte-talks-city-planners-consider-bold-idea-address-history-segregation-charlotte

That right there is called a windscreen. Keeps the wind at bay and people from falling. Those bankers live under lots of stress I guess.

Wet weather always slows downs building in the foundation stage. Once the first elevated slab is poured it’s off to the races.

How cool would a Mint St address be? It’d be like printing money!

Didn’t the DT sit on a poured cast in place frame? From Wiki; The building was constructed by Batson-Cook Construction, with ready mix products from Concrete Supply Co. and structural engineering firm TRC International Ltd, of Sarasota, Florida. The building core is constructed with poured-in-place concrete while the floor structures utilize precast double tees, a structural method typically seen in parking decks. These double tees span between the poured-in-place core and perimeter systems. The concrete used for the building is 18,000 pounds per square inch.[8] Months.

We need to start moving away from Tryon Street and grow our towers outward. BB&T might be our best shot at that.

Typical office floors pour 1 floor a week (assuming cast in place) avg at this size. The lower floors appear to be much larger.” though.

Knowing what something can do and when you should use it are two different things. All buildings with generators have an ATS. Which is every large office building in CLT. I applaud all the people in the construction industry on this site. If anyone would like to share some facts please do, they are more than welcome to. If your going to call me out on something at least state what was said that you don’t agree with because we can’t have a discussion that generalizes everything. I’m willing to learn, and that is a fact.