North Carolina development thread. (Charlotte, Raleigh: homeowner, island, single)
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The goal is to breathe new life into a textile mill that dates to the 1890s, while preserving its historical value.
Tompkins Hall sits on an 11.9-acre parcel on E. 16th Street in Charlotte’s Optimist Park neighborhood. White Point Partners and Atlanta-based Paces Properties have teamed up on that project.
“We’re putting a big investment into the community and we want this area to succeed.” says Erik Johnson, partner with White Point.
Work was in full swing on that project this week, when Johnson gave the Charlotte Business Journal a tour of the space. In total, the revamped mill will house 135,000 square feet of restaurants, retail and office. Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) will move into 83,000 square feet of office space later this year, Johnson says.
Lots more highrises to come that are just in the groundwork phase of construction. The skyline is going to change dramatically (again) with potentially a new tallest.
Here are some current skyline views of various angles
Here are some recent of Plaza-Midwood.
And of course Streetcar is currently under construction to Plaza-Midwood
A few quotes from Charlotte council members while approving some developments nimbys oppose:
“"We have to build up. We have to build more densely. We have to build around transit corridors," - Braxton
“I have a strong sense when this thing is built people will feel better about this then they do today. This is the future of our city...This is how we prevent sprawl," - Larken
In support of this project that was approved. Skyscrapers are expanding out of uptown to SouthEnd & Elizabeth
This will be along the new streetcar corridor
Our (Always going to refer to Charlotte as my city even if I don’t reside there btw) city council more than ever is all about building uptown taller and the areas immediately adjacent to it taller and denserz
Paperwork filed with the City of Raleigh for another 10 story office tower next to the new One Glenwood office tower going up at the corner of the Glenwood South District.
The paperwork shows some very interesting street level features like a retail 'container city' and a tower-shaded alley between it and the other tower.
Our (Always going to refer to Charlotte as my city even if I don’t reside there btw) city council more than ever is all about building uptown taller and the areas immediately adjacent to it taller and denserz
Charlotte doesn't really have a choice. Expanding the tax base through annexations is pretty much dead. Also, we can no longer sell our city as "affordable" (so rapid growth of single family homes is almost a thing of the past). At this point, Charlotte needs to get smarter with the 305 sq/miles that she has. This is why townhomes and apartments are being constructed in the middle of neighborhoods that are known for their single family homes.
City council members are not dumb. They are well aware of the fact that uptown and South Charlotte accounts for over half of Charlotte's tax revenue. North, East, and West Charlotte are big time tax drains (for now).
This is a center city project that's almost 300 ft tall and has over 500k sq/ft. It's by far the largest building outside of the I-277 loop. I thought such a project would happen in Southend first to be honest, but this is still a move in the right direction for Charlotte. Uptown-like projects need to happen outside of uptown's official boundary. As land values increase in neighborhoods adjacent to uptown; non uptown high rises are inevitable. The HOA backed protesters of this project were simply waving a fist at the economic/real estate evolution of a city. Bless their hearts....
A few quotes from Charlotte council members while approving some developments nimbys oppose:
“"We have to build up. We have to build more densely. We have to build around transit corridors," - Braxton
“I have a strong sense when this thing is built people will feel better about this then they do today. This is the future of our city...This is how we prevent sprawl," - Larken
In support of this project that was approved. Skyscrapers are expanding out of uptown to SouthEnd & Elizabeth
This will be along the new streetcar corridor
Our (Always going to refer to Charlotte as my city even if I don’t reside there btw) city council more than ever is all about building uptown taller and the areas immediately adjacent to it taller and denserz
This was a huge win for Charlotte. It might not be the biggest project in terms of sheer size, but in terms of impact I think it was possibly the most important, as it helps set precedent for similar future development around the QC.
Cool to see a second tower approved for Glenwood. That area already looks drastically different just since One Glenwood went up, and I can only imagine the effect that another building will have on the area.
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