Charlotte's Urban Lowe's Home Improvement

[monsoon]

I think she and DeeDee are secretly one in the same person. Even more reason to dislike her.

Actually I don't think DeeDee would be caught dead in a neighborhood like Dilworth or Elizabeth. They are on the wrong side of the tracks in terms of Charlotte Society.

[Norm2]

DeeDee has to stay close to her hole on her side of town.....and she can keepo her hole on that side of town for all i care, we dont need her hole spreading sickly things around to toher neighborhoods. (levine has a big hole in uptown charlotte.....a sea of parking lots that will will be devloped after he dies.)

[ngp]

(levine has a big hole in uptown charlotte.....a sea of parking lots that will will be devloped after he dies.)

Expect a clause in his will that requires at least a 20 year moratorium on all Levine property development. A grieving period, so to speak.

It will fill us all with grief.

[peaceloveunderstanding]

Expect a clause in his will that requires at least a 20 year moratorium on all Levine property development. A grieving period, so to speak.

It will fill us all with grief.

your not serious are you?

[dubone]

No

I'm sure he will want to make money before he dies. With life expectencies as they are, we can expect some movement on levine land before 2035...

[dubone]

They said construction begins next summer for a 2007 opening. I wonder if they will grade the land at some point before that.

[dubone]

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte.../14/story6.html

I am so happy that Lowe's plans to use the South End store as a national prototype. I hope they can work out a system whereby rooftop parking can be universally affordable for big box stores. I think that having a massive parking lot is very unfriendly to customers. In large metro areas, by using a store like the South End store, not only will they gain respect from many customers, but they will be able to tap into the huge markets inside the cities.

To think of how many Lowe's get built in small towns, how much more will be they be able to make in large cities. The upside is huge. The Charlotte metro area has much to gain from Lowe's corporate financial success, too.

[MZT]

We may be inching forward on the new Lowes. It looks like the old Auto Body shop is completely cleaned out and waiting for demo.

[atlrvr]

Yep......demolition permits have been requested for everything on the site......I can't wait!

[dubone]

Plus the city agreed to the closure of Meacham St through the site. When this thing begins, that section of South Blvd will really look different. Right now you barely even look at the area because it is so full of aged, vacant and ugly industrial and commercial buildings.

[reverbandwhiskey]

Plus the city agreed to the closure of Meacham St through the site. When this thing begins, that section of South Blvd will really look different. Right now you barely even look at the area because it is so full of aged, vacant and ugly industrial and commercial buildings.

As one who lives near there I am happy to see those dumpy old buildings going away. I just wish they'd tear down Mac's Speed Shop with them. I cannot stand the amount of noise that the faux-biker bar creates

[A2]

As one who lives near there I am happy to see those dumpy old buildings going away. I just wish they'd tear down Mac's Speed Shop with them. I cannot stand the amount of noise that the faux-biker bar creates

A2

[Mobuchu]

As one who lives near there I am happy to see those dumpy old buildings going away. I just wish they'd tear down Mac's Speed Shop with them. I cannot stand the amount of noise that the faux-biker bar creates

So you didn't like my Kareoke performance the other night???

LOL, J/K.

Thank god they dont do that huh...

[Mobuchu]

Saw the bulldozer tearing up the concrete on the first building today. 1st building is already down.

[reverbandwhiskey]

So you didn't like my Kareoke performance the other night???

LOL, J/K.

Thank god they dont do that huh...

That I could handle, it's the bikers playing at "biker" with intentionally loud motorcycles at 2 AM that bother me.

[monsoon]

Is there a final rendering available for this project yet?

[dubone]

The final renderings are on the approved siteplan here:

http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/Planni...ns/2005-089.htm

As I'm sure is the basis for your question, there might be some subtle changes, but for the most part, these are it.

[reverbandwhiskey]

They are continuing to demolish more buildings on the site today. Two more went down. I found three really nice desks, a computer, and a table in one of the partially demolished buildings today.

[monsoon]

As I'm sure is the basis for your question, .....

This was for a question elsewhere on UrbanPlanet.org Thanks for the link.

[dubone]

What is great about this project is that Lowe's plans to use it as a prototype for building urban stores throughout the country. That means there will start to be trend of Lowe's with rooftop parking and more pedestrian friendly siteplanning. I'm very excited about that. Hopefully the trend will continue with other big box companies as they seek to tap into the urban markets around the country.

[dubone]

There are also an incredible number of rendering on the DCDA site: http://idilworth.org/Lowes%20Residential%2...tion%20Aug3.pdf and http://idilworth.org/LowesSouthEndThirdEmail.pdf

[dubone]

This appears to be a project people have lost interest in, but for anyone who is not familiar, many of the old buildings are now being razed in preparation for this project.

[MZT]

I look at the site every day riding to work. Doesn't seem like much has happened in the last two months, though.

[MZT]

(bump). Well, there is some more progress now. Tear down of the blue-sided auto repair place began today.

[dubone]

Thanks. Keep us updated. It isn't much for discussion, but it is great to know what is up.