Ballantyne

[Desert Power]

On 5/23/2023 at 7:06 PM, KJHburg said:

I think the golfers would disagree.  Many golf courses have closed in this region over the years and been redeveloped.  But golf has had a big rebound in rounds so it is not going anywhere and most of the courses we have will stay.  There hasn't been a new course built in this region in years. 

I get it. My post was mostly tongue-in-cheek as I'm still upset certain golf courses successfully lobbied to get their tax breaks in the revaluation.

[KJHburg]

""Novant Health's $180 million Ballantyne Medical Center has an opening date.

The 168,000-square-foot, 36-bed hospital at 10725 Providence Road West — a location previously home to the Hall Family Farm — will begin taking patients on June 12. It will house two operating rooms, a 15-room emergency department and 12 observation beds. Other services include general medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, heart and vascular, cancer (with infusion), orthopedics and outpatient surgery.""

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2023/05/30/novant-health-ballantyne-medical-center-opening.html

[KJHburg]

Ballantyne working on its connection to the Mecklenburg county greenways.  You will be able to walk safely from the heart of the Bowl of Ballantyne by the hotel to McAlpine Creek greenway with the new connection.   Fairly treed lined walkway right up against the rushing traffic of I-485. 

[Hushpuppy321]

FYI - Tower Crane seems to have been erected sometime in the last week for the Reimagined ‘Bowl’ 26 Story Residential Tower.  Didn’t get a picture though.

[FLOSC843]

IMO - I wished more intersections in Ballantyne used signal poles. The aesthetics would mesh better with the area as oppose to cable/wires.

[SydneyCarton]

JenSavannah on Instagram

 

Edited July 9, 2023 by SydneyCarton

[KJHburg]

and this is the near future of the Bowl area

[DJ8hep]

On 7/9/2023 at 10:21 PM, KJHburg said:

and this is the near future of the Bowl area

I have been moving closer to town and keep driving by the site daily with each load. Every time it looks like there’s something new added! 

[buildleft]

Shots from today of progress on "the Bowl" and Lower Ave

I'm glad to see progress on some real connectivity in this area that currently funnels traffic (of all modes) down Ballantyne Commons. Also, I wish these trees could survive phase II construction, the canopy presents such potential for the livability of this future community

Apologies for the negativity, but whenever I come by this project I can't help but see incredible amounts of wasted potential. I see it in the new roads that could have been narrower, the surface lots that could have been housing or green space, the street parking that could have been separated cycle paths or public/commercial space, the segregated uses that could have been integrated, the auto-oriented streets that could have easily been closed to non-delivery traffic, the construction of massive new parking decks in the proximity of existing decks that are almost always empty, the lack of sustainable building materials like mass timber, the absence of social/public infrastructure (schools, libraries, childcare, social services, etc), and I could go on and on... A city only gets so many chances at such a large blank slate, and 2023 is certainly not the time to continue with status-quo, highly carbon-intensive development

Lastly, the CATS link to the Pineville/Ballantyne extension is now a 404 error, which I hope is not reflective of the project generally...

https://www.charlottenc.gov/cats/transit-planning/Pages/Pineville-Ballantyne.aspx

 

[Guest]

5 hours ago, buildleft said:

Shots from today of progress on "the Bowl" and Lower Ave

I'm glad to see progress on some real connectivity in this area that currently funnels traffic (of all modes) down Ballantyne Commons. Also, I wish these trees could survive phase II construction, the canopy presents such potential for the livability of this future community

Apologies for the negativity, but whenever I come by this project I can't help but see incredible amounts of wasted potential. I see it in the new roads that could have been narrower, the surface lots that could have been housing or green space, the street parking that could have been separated cycle paths or public/commercial space, the segregated uses that could have been integrated, the auto-oriented streets that could have easily been closed to non-delivery traffic, the construction of massive new parking decks in the proximity of existing decks that are almost always empty, the lack of sustainable building materials like mass timber, the absence of social/public infrastructure (schools, libraries, childcare, social services, etc), and I could go on and on... A city only gets so many chances at such a large blank slate, and 2023 is certainly not the time to continue with status-quo, highly carbon-intensive development

Lastly, the CATS link to the Pineville/Ballantyne extension is now a 404 error, which I hope is not reflective of the project generally...

https://www.charlottenc.gov/cats/transit-planning/Pages/Pineville-Ballantyne.aspx

 

Good chance that page was just lost in the transfer to the new website 

[DJ8hep]

The progress at Ballantyne Reimagined has been moving a long a lot! So much has been built since I moved under 2 months ago!

Edited September 2, 2023 by DJ8hep

[KJHburg]

15 minutes ago, DJ8hep said:

The progress at Ballantyne Reimagined has been moving a long a lot! So much has been built since I moved under 2 months ago!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rendering of what this spot will look like  with the photos @DJ8hep took above.  

[kayman]

On 7/19/2023 at 5:45 PM, MothBeast said:

Good chance that page was just lost in the transfer to the new website 

It was.  CATS needs to seperate their page from the main city of Charlotte website domain like the CLT Airport did years ago. The packaging of the ridetransit.org within the charlottenc.gov website is so dumb & lazy af.

Edited September 4, 2023 by kayman

[ArchiCLT]

On 9/2/2023 at 7:14 PM, DJ8hep said:

 

Nothing says "Reimagined" like a brand new 500' wide road. Yay, density!

[KJHburg]

The Bowl at Ballantyne is coming together.  New high rise apartment tower, retail buildings,  mid rise apartments.  Just today North Italia and Flower Child announced they would be opening there. 

Northwood is doing a great job with this.  

 

[Reverie39]

I really hope the Blue Line extension happens in the not too distant future. This is shaping up to be a very deserving "end stop" on the line, like an Alewife to Boston's Red Line. 

[CLT2014]

7 hours ago, Reverie39 said:

I really hope the Blue Line extension happens in the not too distant future. This is shaping up to be a very deserving "end stop" on the line, like an Alewife to Boston's Red Line. 

Define distant LOL. Maybe our grandchildren will ride a train to Ballantyne in 2060. Most of us on this board will be nearing retirement or flat out old / dead by the time the train reaches Ballantyne with current pacing of rail development in Charlotte. 

[Desert Power]

17 hours ago, CLT2014 said:

Define distant LOL. Maybe our grandchildren will ride a train to Ballantyne in 2060. Most of us on this board will be nearing retirement or flat out old / dead by the time the train reaches Ballantyne with current pacing of rail development in Charlotte. 

Yeah. Loving what they are doing with this Ballantyne redevelopment, but I think there is little to no chance a train is going to be built to reach it in the next 15 years.

[rancenc]

How to spend a day in Ballantyne!

https://charlotte.axios.com/339887/how-to-spend-a-day-in-ballantyne-including-3-new-developments-to-check-out/

[DJ8hep]

I definitely need to stop by in person to see the progress! The residential tower is gaining some height! (Via Oxblue)

[Hushpuppy321]

I really am starting to like how Ballantyne is beginning to light up at night.  Currently 3 buildings have Aesthetic Lighting as well as the new Amphitheater.   Wasn’t able to get any photos but does look nice.

[DJ8hep]

Stopped by Ballantyne Reimagined this evening! A lot if progress from the last time I saw it!

[CLT2014]

The Bowl is looking like it has some elements of Greenville, SC's stroll district / downtown with the combination of public space, park space, natural amenities around the bridge / canyon, parks for families, and shopping / restaurant space adjacent. This is looking like a place people will come spend a Saturday and they don't need a special event at a stadium to draw them there. You can just walk around and enjoy being outside with a mix of shopping, dining, and enjoying nature / parks.

While Greenville has a waterfall and a natural river, Northwood has done a great job for completely needing to man-make this space from scratch.

[InSouthPark]

The northern road connecting the Bowl to Community House is 99.9% done, just not open yet. We took the dogs for a walk down it this weekend. They are planting some large willow oaks along the road but everything else is complete.  It will be three lanes, bike lanes, and parallel parking on both sides.  

[SydneyCarton]

On 10/29/2023 at 7:58 AM, CLT2014 said:

The Bowl is looking like it has some elements of Greenville, SC's stroll district / downtown with the combination of public space, park space, natural amenities around the bridge / canyon, parks for families, and shopping / restaurant space adjacent. This is looking like a place people will come spend a Saturday and they don't need a special event at a stadium to draw them there. You can just walk around and enjoy being outside with a mix of shopping, dining, and enjoying nature / parks.

While Greenville has a waterfall and a natural river, Northwood has done a great job for completely needing to man-make this space from scratch.

Will there be any water features in the Bowl?