110 East: 23 story Tower by Stiles/Shorenstein

[KJHburg]

Today 110 East. 

[704Dimitri]

[SydneyCarton]

I love the shape on this building.


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[JacksonH]

50 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I love the shape on this building.

Nice shape, wrong neighborhood.  I really dread what this building is going to do to the aesthetics of SE.

[go_vertical]

I don't quite understand the "wrong neighborhood" comment.  This is a neighborhood that has sprouted up from vacant lots, abandoned warehouses, and old industrial buildings literally right before our eyes in only the last fifteen or so years.  This is exactly the neighborhood for something like this to go seeing as the only "constant" modern South End has known is rapid and drastic change. 

When this is all said and done South End is going to be very dense.  Surface parking is becoming fewer and farther between and five story apartment buildings are no longer viable.  Hell, it won't be too long before some of the earlier residential built in the area is razed for more ten to twenty floor towers.  In fifteen years South End will feel night and day different just like strolling through today is massively different from what it was like in '06 or '07. 

[JRCLT]

This building has an insane number of parking spot and a ridiculously high podium. I see why it looks off. I would have expected the podium, but…9 straight stories of parking…? What’s the ratio of sqft to parking in comparison to other buildings? Lol

[kermit]

10 hours ago, JeanClt said:

This building has an insane number of parking spot and a ridiculously high podium. I see why it looks off. I would have expected the podium, but…9 straight stories of parking…? What’s the ratio of sqft to parking in comparison to other buildings? Lol

 

 

[jthomas]

57 minutes ago, kermit said:

 

 

bUt WhErE wIlL eVeRyOnE pArK?

[JacksonH]

On 3/15/2023 at 2:29 PM, go_vertical said:

I don't quite understand the "wrong neighborhood" comment.  This is a neighborhood that has sprouted up from vacant lots, abandoned warehouses, and old industrial buildings literally right before our eyes in only the last fifteen or so years. 

That's exactly it!  Those old warehouses and industrial buildings have a certain look and feel that gave South End its cool vibe and charm.  And new buildings like the Rail Yard and Lowes have at least tried to mimic that look and feel.  But this building screams profit over respect for the neighborhood and for maintaining its charm.  Watch this video and you'll see where I'm coming from.

 

 

[wilmore]

On 3/16/2023 at 10:50 AM, kermit said:

 

 

At current light rail capacity, it would take what, like 5 hours of trains to fill that building? 

[CLT Development]

4 hours ago, wilmore said:

At current light rail capacity, it would take what, like 5 hours of trains to fill that building? 

I know this is tongue in cheek but this building could hold around 1200-1500 people, lets call it 1,350. Each 2 set train segment holds up to 580 people, and theres one going in each direction. So really one time slot going each way could handle the 85% of the building's capacity. Once we get up to three trains (we have received federal grant to do so) we'd do 128% of the buildings capacity.

[atlrvr]

29 minutes ago, CLT Development said:

I know this is tongue in cheek but this building could hold around 1200-1500 people, lets call it 1,350. Each 2 set train segment holds up to 580 people, and theres one going in each direction. So really one time slot going each way could handle the 85% of the building's capacity. Once we get up to three trains (we have received federal grant to do so) we'd do 128% of the buildings capacity.

But......that assumes 100% of train occupants have 110 East as their destination, which as in-love-their-own-product as developers are, feels slightly optimistic.

[kermit]

33 minutes ago, CLT Development said:

 ...(we have received federal grant to do so)...

AFAIK the grant we received for this was back a decade ago and it upgraded 4 (ish) stations plus electric. I am not aware of any grants pending or received that would pay for the remainder of the upgrades.

[RANYC]

2 hours ago, atlrvr said:

But......that assumes 100% of train occupants have 110 East as their destination, which as in-love-their-own-product as developers are, feels slightly optimistic.

Are light rail capacity calibrations needed in consideration of southern waistlines?  

[KulBC]

Starting to make an impact from a distance

[Reverie39]

16 hours ago, CLT Development said:

Once we get up to three trains (we have received federal grant to do so) we'd do 128% of the buildings capacity.

I'm very OOTL lately. Are you saying we have received a federal grant to expand the Blue Line to three car trains? If so, that is great news.

 

12 hours ago, KulBC said:

This angle fused the Lowe's tower with that other tower perfectly, I sat here wondering what the heck that building was for a minute.

[nicholas]

22 hours ago, KulBC said:

Starting to make an impact from a distance

Cars of the QC worthy content! Aston Martin Vantage and I believe a Ducati Supersport (hard to tell 100% but seen a white one around South End regularly) both visible on the opposite side of the road.

[Miesian Corners]

On 3/20/2023 at 11:21 PM, KulBC said:

Starting to make an impact from a distance

All I see are power lines. 

[DJ8hep]

Todays update!

[davidclt]

On 3/16/2023 at 12:11 AM, JeanClt said:

This building has an insane number of parking spot and a ridiculously high podium. I see why it looks off. I would have expected the podium, but…9 straight stories of parking…? What’s the ratio of sqft to parking in comparison to other buildings? Lol

Could the City of Charlotte not require that all parking be buried or would that kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?

[KJHburg]

8 hours ago, davidclt said:

Could the City of Charlotte not require that all parking be buried or would that kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?

way too expensive and the water table is too high in many places around here.  

[davidclt]

1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

way too expensive and the water table is too high in many places around here.  

And building parking decks isn't? And don't surface lots accrue a debt to all of us?

[Norm2]

36 minutes ago, davidclt said:

And building parking decks isn't? And don't surface lots accrue a debt to all of us?

Building parking decks above ground is much cheaper than building them below ground. I thought this was common knowledge.

[davidclt]

9 hours ago, norm21499 said:

Building parking decks above ground is much cheaper than building them below ground. I thought this was common knowledge.

It is. Still the City of Charlotte should be pushing for the "right" things going forward, not the ones that ensure the maximum RoI for the developer but for the maximum RoI for the community for the long-term. Of course we won't but it's nice to believe one day we might.

[CLT Development]

On 3/16/2023 at 12:11 AM, JeanClt said:

This building has an insane number of parking spot and a ridiculously high podium. I see why it looks off. I would have expected the podium, but…9 straight stories of parking…? What’s the ratio of sqft to parking in comparison to other buildings? Lol

Pretty sure this podium will serve a future high rise residential tower as well facing South Blvd. Better than having two parking decks.