Manchester Development

[eandslee]

It is probably because the whole project is precast concrete just like The Locks - same designer too, which explains a lot. 

[wrldcoupe4]

[blake_p]

Some photos from today...

 

South Falls

 

 

 

The Current? City View Landing

Edited October 12, 2019 by blake_p

[wrldcoupe4]

The Current is across Hull Street from that. Those are part of City View Landing. Thanks for the photos!

[rjp212]

Updated marketing brochure for South Falls including a new rendering of both the office building and apartment complex.   Nothing groundbreaking, but still a decent looking building.

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/111-Hull-St-Richmond-VA/15302368/

*Scroll down to about the middle of the page*

Edited October 17, 2019 by rjp212

[CitiWalker]

Just wondering if someone can give some scale to this picture. I know the crane gives a slight perspective to the height of the apartment building, but it would be nice to see a mock up against the current background.

Edited October 18, 2019 by CitiWalker
New photo

[wrldcoupe4]

Construction at Current

 

[Icetera]

4 hours ago, wrldcoupe4 said:

Construction at Current

 

 

Wow, I figured they were still just doing site prep!

[CitiWalker]

It looks like some vertical movement by the flood wall.

Edited October 25, 2019 by CitiWalker
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[Brent114]

It’s great to see it poking up above the flood wall. 
The Current on Hull is already going  vertical too. 
 

I see there’s already a photo of that posted above.  I took a crappy photo last week, forgot to post it.  Coupe’s is much better. 

Edited October 25, 2019 by Brent114

[georgeglass]

South Falls pic from Sunday.

 

[RVA-Is-The-Best]

Surprised this little infill project didn't make it on the forum this morning

 

https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/10/28/bainbridge-infill-project-to-add-to-continued-manchester-momentum/

[rjp212]

4 hours ago, RVA-Is-The-Best said:

Surprised this little infill project didn't make it on the forum this morning

 

https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/10/28/bainbridge-infill-project-to-add-to-continued-manchester-momentum/

God it is ugly.  Seriously, what is up with the architecture going up in this part of Manchester?  Is there only one architect? 

 

 

Edited October 28, 2019 by rjp212

[rjp212]

Thalhimer is marketing space for a potential 9 story tower as part of City View.

https://www.thalhimer.com/sites/default/files/listings_files/IconatCityView.pdf

[eandslee]

13 minutes ago, rjp212 said:

Thalhimer is marketing space for a potential 9 story tower as part of City View.

https://www.thalhimer.com/sites/default/files/listings_files/IconatCityView.pdf

Great find!  I hope they find someone to occupy that space soon!

[rjp212]

Perhaps I missed this, but found this in the Manchester Alliance minutes from Oct:

Located behind Legends ”340 apartments 8 stories, 2 stories of parking.  The development would preserve the view from Legend’s deck.  Rental prices for 2 bedroom unit $2000.  Single $1200.  Construction projected to open in spring 2020 with opening 2022.”

Edited November 15, 2019 by rjp212

[RVA-Is-The-Best]

Renderings?

[rjp212]

16 hours ago, RVA-Is-The-Best said:

Renderings?

Didn’t see anything in the minutes, but I’ll look around. 

[rjp212]

Caravati's has listed their building for sale, and plans on relocating.  I was looking at an aerial shot of Manchester the other day, and with the development going in near Silo's and the revamping of the canal, I imagine this will get grabbed up quickly.  At 42,000 sf, I think it could make a great food hall! Also, let's set up a urbanplanet fund to buy the underutilized lot across from Caravita's for some rowhomes, install a light art feature to the substation, turn the brick building over the canal into restaurant space, and then upgrade the grass lot into a park.

https://www.richmond.com/business/architectural-salvage-firm-caravati-s-has-put-its-property-in/article_f4b701f1-98d9-5a24-b01c-cf95ef36a03d.html

Example of a light installation for an electronic substation (changes colors throughout the night)

https://illumination.duke-energy.com/articles/hip-hues-on-the-rail-trail

[Brent114]

More density for Manchester...

Two 11 story buildings planned for the lot below Legend...
 

.https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/12/02/twin-11-story-towers-planned-for-manchester-riverfront-sky-bridge-included/

Edited December 2, 2019 by Brent114

[wrldcoupe4]

I have to ask, what is Manchester going to look like with all of this prefab concrete construction going up? This would be the 4th and 5th prefab buildings popping up. How does the material age? How difficult is it to re purpose later?

[rjp212]

Outside of the new phase of Cityview and the Current, these new buildings are looking horrible.   I hope to be proven wrong, but imagining a riverfront full of pre-fab buildings similar to the "blue stripe" building, is a bit discouraging.

[wrldcoupe4]

That's my fear.

[Brent114]

Manchester from the river will look like Crystal City (which I personally find agreeable enough).   Fortunately there’s an actual town and proper neighborhoods behind the wall of apartment blocks. 

 

I’d gladly take another 20 apartment buildings that look like this in Manchester.   The city needs to add at least another 100k people to fill up the vacant retail/office space throughout the downtown area. Housing can’t be built quickly enough, IMO. 

[Shakman]

Density is great but at least try a little harder to make the building look more appealing.