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So ECU is planning on buying the old Attic building and renovating it for office space. And then selling its office building across the alley to a hotel developer to build an Alumni Hotel on the hill. Still no word what will happen with the house on the corner or 4th and Cotanche (law office) as part of that Super Block. Maybe someone knows.
And Bids have been secured for the first step of the Theater renovation (a music venue to replace the lost Attic).
These developments are huge for downtown Greenville. More ECU presence, renovations of old buildings, including live music venue. Hotel downtown.
I don't see why you need a whole bunch of parking for a complex within walking distance to Downtown, Campus and Harris Teeter...not everyone will have a car.
Some people won't, but I don't think that translates to 1/2 of people not having a car, not to mention when tenants have guests. At least a parking space per person makes sense. It just exacerbates an already bad parking problem all around downtown and ECU.
Speaking of which - the parking deck is now FREE 24/7!
Small update from the DR on the progress of the 10th street connector.
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Signs of the new 10th Street Connector are in the air.
Large vertical support pilings have been erected this week at 10th Street and Dickinson Avenue where a bridge over Dickinson Avenue will be constructed. The area, surrounded by orange fencing, has been teeming with activity since wintry and rainy weather cleared out, with workers in reflective vests and hardhats making visible progress on the road that will connect major areas of the city.
Construction for the $46-million 10th Street Connector began in September. The 1.4-mile stretch that will link East Carolina University and Vidant Medical Center is scheduled for completion by the end of 2018. The connector will reach from Memorial Drive, over Dickinson Avenue to 10th Street at Evans Street. The four-lane connector will widen symmetrically down Farmville Boulevard before rising into a bridge over the Dickinson Avenue railroad tracks.
As work progresses, crews are trying to leave streetlights in place for as long as possible or find alternative lighting. The poles located between 14th Street and Dickinson Avenue are now being removed so that construction can begin in that section.
Several roads are being closed and detours set up. Contractors closed Pennsylvania Avenue, Myrtle Street, Spruce Street, Chestnut Street and Columbia Avenue.
During the next 30 days, the contractor plans to continue to install the storm drainage system toward Memorial Drive and toward Line Avenue along with a new waterline toward 14th Street.
Property acquisition for the connector began in 2012. About 35 businesses were displaced, and almost all were small local businesses — some had been in the same location for 50 years or more before they were given no choice but to leave their properties for whatever compensation they were provided. More than 150 total properties were acquired for the connector.
Multimodal amenities including bike lanes, sidewalks and other features will be included in the project. While the 10th Street Connector is a N.C. Department of Transportation project, the city is responsible for paying for improvements like sidewalks, streetlights, landscaping and the Evans Street gateway streetscape.
Part of Greenville’s $15.85 million bond referendum is $1.75 million for those improvements. NCDOT will complete the work and the city will reimburse the department. Funds are due to the NCDOT at completion of the connector.
The 10th Street Connector construction project was awarded to S.T. Wooten of Wilson. N.C. Department of Transportation District 2 Division Engineer John Rouse said an extensive drainage project has to be built along with utility relocation and actual road construction of the 10th Street Connector.
While the city is working with NCDOT to prevent major traffic disruptions and provide detours, Rouse asked that the driving public be patient and slow down in work zones.
Property acquisition for the connector began in 2012. About 35 businesses were displaced, and almost all were small local businesses — some had been in the same location for 50 years or more before they were given no choice but to leave their properties for whatever compensation they were provided. More than 150 total properties were acquired for the connector.
I hate to say this because these were peoples businesses and livelyhood but most all of these needed to be relocate & torn down anyway. That whole area was terrible, this 10th street connector is such a huge deal for the city. Can't wait until it's complete!
I drove by those pilings today for the bridge. Amazing. This will be so cool when completed.
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