Columbia Economic Notes

[waverider]

I don't know if anyone has already started a thread about this, but I saw this article in The State about the new Congaree Pointe development breaking ground tomorrow. What do you all think about this?

Edited April 21, 2007 by waverider

[CorgiMatt]

I don't know if anyone has already started a thread about this, but I saw this article in The State about the new Congaree Pointe development breaking ground tomorrow. What do you all think about this?

I think it's great. I was just hoping to read in the article that they plan to ask the city to annex them. On the map it looks like it's not too far away.

[waccamatt]

I agree with you, it would be great if the city could annex that area. I still hold out hope for eventual city/county consolidation.

[krazeeboi]

I think the project will definitely jumpstart Lower Richland in a big way. Kudos to Bible Way for being progressive with that tract of land.

[krazeeboi]

Here are construction updates from some projects going on that don't have their own threads.

Shandon Square:

Marriott Courtyard (formerly Holiday Inn Coliseum):

Affordable townhomes in Arsenal Hill:

Palmetto Baptist Hospital construction:

[TheCarolinaKing]

Hey does anyone have a rendering of what Baptist hospital will look like when the addition is finished?

[krazeeboi]

There's a rendering on the banner on the fence that fences off the property from the street, but I don't know if anything is available online.

[Firefox]

The $40 million multi-phase modernization of Palmetto Health Baptist includes 37,000-square-feet of new construction and 81,000-square-feet of renovations. The majority of the improvements focus on surgical, obstetrical, and neonatal services; specifics include:

* 4 new obstetrical rooms

* 27 renovated post-anesthesia care unit beds

* 3 new operating rooms

* 6 new same-day surgery pre-admission exam rooms

* New admissions nursery and nursing station

* Expansions and upgrades to 31 patient rooms, NICU, The Birthplace, and surgical pre-admission and post-operative recovery areas

Projected project completion is 4th quarter 2008.

[krazeeboi]

^Thanks.

[softshoe]

Re: those houses they are building at corner of Woodrow and Millwood. (Old site of ETV) What's up with that transmitting tower still standing in the middle of the construction site? I'm sure those houses are going to be "upscale" and expensive, and it seems like the looming tower would turn off some buyers.

(Great pictures, BTW.)

[krazeeboi]

Good question; I wondered that myself.

[Captain Worley]

I *think* ETV still transmits from it, but I'm not really sure. That's the only reason I can think of for its existence. I don't remember a tower at their facilities near the stadium.

[Firefox]

I *think* ETV still transmits from it, but I'm not really sure. That's the only reason I can think of for its existence. I don't remember a tower at their facilities near the stadium.

SCETV or the Columbia WRLK no longer uses that tower. The tower that is currently in use until we switch to full digital operations, is on Hard Scrabble Road, about nine miles north of downtown. A taller relay tower is located in Sumter (tallest thing in Eastern South Carolina) to reach the Pee Dee area another is located in Spartanburg for the Upstate

Edited May 9, 2007 by Firefox

[Captain Worley]

Thanks for the info, Firefox! I had no idea what RLK's new capacities were.

[Captain Worley]

What's being built at the corner of Blossom and Huger? They are moving earth, looks like maybe a basement....

[TheSuperPope]

Which corner... because the southeast one had a sign up for "entry level" townhomes like two years ago. Maybe they're just now materializing

[Captain Worley]

It IS the southeast corner.

[digital_sandlapper]

It IS the southeast corner.

I thought that was just a staging area for the new baseball stadium? Wish they WOULD develop that lot, and do something about the homeless forest behind it. Having that hangout of indigent and drunk men so close to the sorority dorms should give the parents of these young ladies great pause.

On a separate note, no one has mentioned the re-lettering of the Wilbur Smith building. Yes, those HUGE letters advertising "W I L B U R" to the world have been thankfully replaced with a more understated, new logo for the firm. Thanks for small miracles!

[emerging.me]

I thought that was just a staging area for the new baseball stadium? Wish they WOULD develop that lot, and do something about the homeless forest behind it. Having that hangout of indigent and drunk men so close to the sorority dorms should give the parents of these young ladies great pause.

Is it? It seem like they wouldn't need a staging area over there. There is definitely *something* going on. I saw a crew working down in the woods there clearing out some of that junk. It's a real mess in there. I don't know what's going on. Somebody find out!

[krazeeboi]

On a separate note, no one has mentioned the re-lettering of the Wilbur Smith building. Yes, those HUGE letters advertising "W I L B U R" to the world have been thankfully replaced with a more understated, new logo for the firm. Thanks for small miracles!

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.ph...st&p=801358

[krazeeboi]

I see some new construction is about to take place on the land right next to St. Peter's Catholic Church on Assembly. Are they building a new wing or what?

[Captain Worley]

Yes, its an addition to the church.

[krazeeboi]

The Marriot Courtyard renovations are finally done, and the finished product looks LOADS better. I'm glad this was done; it would have looked even crappier with Adesso next door and the Horizon buildings one block over as it was:

[Firefox]

I am sorry but I am still not a fan of its renovation, I wish they would added some more at the top maybe some "crown molding" i don't know it justs still looks cheap to me.

[sonofaque86]

it looks like its from the 70s or something but i still like it lol