Wachovia 48 Story Office Tower & 42 Story Condo Tower

[Guest]

That's a rude way of saying something.

[edmundblackadder1999]

I appologize for being rude. I just get annoyed when people make responses without reading the page before.

[Guest]

No problem. I had read the prior pages, but since the handle did not appear in some of the renderings, I was worried that Wells would get rid of it to save costs.

[monsoon]

Although the current housing market wouldn't encourage the condo tower, until we get a definitive answer maybe we should assume it will still be built. Wells execs are going to need somewhere to stay when they come to the city, and the fact that the condo tower is in the same complex would be very convenient, especially if they were going to stay for extended periods. Duke Power might have tentatively signed up for a portion of the units as well as the other tenants. Assume maybe a minimum of 50 units (33% of the tower) would be corporate condos, why not build the rest? As said before, the tower will be 50% complete anyway, and I can't imagine Duke or Wells would want an empty 2 story lobby sitting on their $1 billion campus. Maybe its just blind optimism, but I think it makes more sense to finish it at this point.

[atlrvr]

They have approved building permits, but they haven't been paid for/picked up. The have a sales center, but it never opened.

Both of these point to it being at least delayed....oops, I said I would stay out of it

[InitialD]

While I'd hate to see the condo tower not get built, it would be a good thing for some people. Perhaps the Vue would really benefit. Maybe Twelve would get built sooner. I'd like to have another condo tower uptown, but I'd rather not have a bunch of half-empty towers. What we don't need is another The Park.

[uptownliving]

Maybe this will be a hotel instead of a condo tower.

[atlrvr]

Would have made a lot of sense as a Four Seasons or Intercontinental with a condo component a couple of years ago....wouldn't make as much sense today, but it wouldn't suprise me, either. Lenders have really cooled on the hotel/condo mix in the last 2 years, but assuming it was to be self financed, that's not necessarily a deterrant.

[atlrvr]

The steel is going up now for the Wachovia Tower.

[jednc]

The steel is going up now for the Wachovia Tower.

[cltheel.sdl]

What am I missing here?

[DjStedali]

The concrete work is officially done on the office tower. From what I saw all the forms are off the building. Looks like they didnt even add three floors more like one from our last discussion about it. Indeed steel is already in place and up to the second floor of steel work.

[cltheel.sdl]

I would expect the steel to rise quickly...anyone want to guess when it tops out?

[DjStedali]

I would expect the steel to rise quickly...anyone want to guess when it tops out?

[mikethomasson]

The crane closest to the westin was raised today. Goto the royal court condo webcam and go back to early afternoon Sunday 1-3pm and watch it rise (if that is your sort of thing).

[swampfox43]

The crane closest to the westin was raised today. Goto the royal court condo webcam and go back to early afternoon Sunday 1-3pm and watch it rise (if that is your sort of thing).

[atlrvr]

The concrete work is officially done on the office tower. From what I saw all the forms are off the building. Looks like they didnt even add three floors more like one from our last discussion about it. Indeed steel is already in place and up to the second floor of steel work.

[Guest]

So the Tryon Side of the building looks like it will terminate at 49 floors. The current floor before the taper is 39, and if you look at the picture every floor it goes in a notch the size of one of the openings. So if the tower is 10 openings wide, it will be 49 stories on this side in theory. Now on the other side of the building, the taper starts at floor 42, which makes it 52 floor termination on the Church St. Side/Stonewall Side.

After observing pictures of the model it looks to me like the handle adds an additional 2 floors of height. So I think we can confirm now what someone said about the top handle being called "Mech Floor 54"

[Mobuchu]

Progress at the top.

10-27-08

[DjStedali]

Looks like rebar is still going up for the core. I assume that the forms that came off were for the full floor plates, but we should have a couple of more floors of concrete core to go. From here on out though, I assume all structural work will be in steel.

[28202]

The Northern crane was raised yesterday. Quite visible from many new perspectives.

Yes, I am easily amused.

[Eastman]

Progress at the top.

10-27-08

[mikethomasson]

The Northern crane was raised yesterday. Quite visible from many new perspectives.

Yes, I am easily amused.

[U4ick]

With the current height coupled with the falling of the leaves, I would HIGHLY

recommend taking I-77 Southbound in the HOV Lane (around Exit 13 or 14?)

for an incredible view of our new skyline if you haven't already!! I imagine

the Vue will also make a sweet addition from this angle once it tops out.

[CLTMichael]

I have heard the condos are no more on this project.