Renaissance Park Projects & Developments

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Progress continues on the apartments.

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Roof framing almost complete on the main building.  Roofs going up on the townhomes too.

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A few photos from this weekend:

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Here are a few aerial photos from Hub City Bee's Facebook page of The Charles Apartments and Silverhill homes.  Final apartment building still to come, and it looks like a 4th home is about to go up in Silverhill (foundation visible).

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39 minutes ago, westsider28 said:

Here are a few aerial photos from Hub City Bee's Facebook page of The Charles Apartments and Silverhill homes.  Final apartment building still to come, and it looks like a 4th home is about to go up in Silverhill (foundation visible).

Great aerials!  A couple of questions:  (1) What will go into the depressed area in the middle of the apartment building?   (2) What is the purpose of the building with the red roof?

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4 hours ago, roads-scholar said:

Great aerials!  A couple of questions:  (1) What will go into the depressed area in the middle of the apartment building?   (2) What is the purpose of the building with the red roof?

The big hole/pit with water?  It's a pre-existing detention pond for stormwater from most of downtown.  Like 4-5 giant stormwater pipes lead there.  That's what made developing this site so difficult, and partially dictated the site plan.

The red-roof building is the community building for the apartments.  Likely a fitness center, kitchen, movie room, stuff like that.

Edited June 10, 2021 by westsider28

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Found this new "final" rendering for The Charles Apartments on the developer's website.  As I said in-person to the development team at the DRB meeting where this project was approved several years ago, the all-white is a bit oppressive/monotonous (and will likely get dirty/grungy quickly).  But it otherwise looks solid, and it can always be repainted in the future.

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Yeah, not a real fan of all the white either.  At least it something on a very difficult site.  In looking at that rendering, I see a pool but haven’t seen any construction there yet.   Is it still in the plans?

 

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1 hour ago, hub-city said:

Yeah, not a real fan of all the white either.  At least it something on a very difficult site.  In looking at that rendering, I see a pool but haven’t seen any construction there yet.   Is it still in the plans?

The pool is the grey rectangular area circled below.  The white pad next to it is for the small (restroom?) building in the rendering.

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From this weekend: Framing going up on the final apartment building.

Brick and siding going up on the main building:

Pure-white color scheme:

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Another great aerial from Bennett Paving.  This time of The Charles Apartments.

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Framing up to 2nd of 3 floors on the final apartment building.

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The final apartment building along DMA has pretty much topped-out.  Cladding work continues on the other buildings.

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Some apartments photos from this weekend:

Edited July 27, 2021 by westsider28

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The two 3-story duplexes on Silverhill are being framed (no pic).  A new SFH is up to the first floor.  The Charles apartments continue to progress.  They also have a full website up now.  Rents start at $895 for a 534 or 576 sq ft studio.  Pretty reasonable for new construction, IMO. 

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Renaissance Park developments from Saturday.  The Charles:

New Silverhill home:

New Silverhill duplexes:

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Here's a nice drone video of The Charles from late-August:  https://youtu.be/J_uAwlH_U9M

Edited September 15, 2021 by westsider28
I can never get videos to embed... (anyone know how?)

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Update primarily on The Charles and Silverhill.  The first building at The Charles should be renting in December, with the entire complex complete in March 2022.

Two of the four 3-story townhomes under construction are under contract (~$350k).  The single family homes (semi-custom) will continue to be built as there are buyers over the next 18-24 months (starting at $430k).

Some pics from last weekend:

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DMA view of The Charles from last weekend.  They've apparently been doing (hard hat) tours on Saturdays.

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Sidewalk paving on Silverhill Street this past weekend. One month until the first move-ins at The Charles.

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Landscaping going in at The Charles:

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Looks like 2 more homes are under construction in the Silverhill neighborhood.

Meanwhile, Silverhill Street has been paved and sidewalks are somewhat open in anticipation of the first building of The Charles opening in just a few days (Dec. 1).

[Spartan]

I drove by when I was in town for Thanksgiving. These photos are great, but you really have to see it in person to understand what's going on. It's a lot of work, and new people are already living downtown. Very exciting. Maybe someday there will be a downtown grocery store that can survive.

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Silver Hill Street has been reopened, and I saw likely one of the first residents moving in to The Charles this weekend.

[NotNotSanti]

It’s exciting to see how all of this is turning out.  However, it’s made me wonder, what is going to happen in the area between the apartments and N Dean Street? Have there been any proposed projects for that lately? If I remember correctly, that was going to be developed into a wet area initially; if so, I imagine there must be some big topological barrier to overcome. Still, it’d be awesome to see some development happen.  Maybe finally a downtown grocery store? I imagine the new homes/apartments would make it a more viable possibility. 
 

As an aside, I wonder if any of you know of any activity planned for the park area between Vic Bailey and Cribbs catering.  Seems like a great spot for further residential construction to take place as I have never seen that area used anytime I drive to the area.