Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
The Carolinas Aviation Museum (soon to be the Captain Sully Sullenberger Carolinas Aviation Museum) is breaking ground Sept 27 on their new facilities that includes three buildings with 105,000 square feet. The museum was forced to relocate as their previous hanger had to be used for aviation purposes per FAA regulations if a tenant wanted it. When Honeywell's global HQ moved to Charlotte, their private jet fleet took the hanger. The museum found a space on the north end of CLT airport to build this facility.
In addition, Riverside Development updated their plans for the Queensbridge collective. The 42 office tower remains unchanged, but due to the higher than expected water table on property, they are consolidating the two shorter apartment towers originally planned into one 40 story apartment tower for a two tower site in South End of Charlotte.
That looks like a short 42 story office tower or a tall 40 floor apartment tower.
I'm not going to get into a wage debate but I will say that if I could hire good hard working help for as little as $77,000 a year I would be a very wealthy business owner.....
I do understand now why North Carolina was the number one state for business this year....
77K a year is north of even Mecklenburg's median household income, and just a bit less than Wake County's.
While these two counties have centers with much higher incomes and much higher costs of housing, this is not the context of these jobs.
While Chatham Co. is in the Durham-Chapel Hill MSA and the Triangle's CSA, the location of this site within Chatham is actually far west and closer to Randolph County where the median household income is below $50K. These jobs are a game changer for residents in places like Asheboro, Ramseur, and other places in more rural central NC that have been largely excluded from the economic boom that the Triangle and Charlotte have been enjoying for decades. For certain, this part of the state doesn't have apartment rental costs or wages like central Charlotte, Raleigh or Durham.
It's also important to consider that household incomes reported by the Census are largely 2 income households when they represent families. That makes the 77K wage even more significant when combined with another.
As a side note, these jobs are closer to Greensboro than they are to Durham, no less Raleigh.
In short, this is a huge win for this part of the state.
It still looks close in height given one is office and one is an apartment yet only separated by 3 floors.
So, in 2.5 years (when South End has 12 buildings above 300 ft tall and two of them will be 500 footers) could South End residents claim to have a "skyline" of their own?
So, in 2.5 years (when South End has 12 buildings above 300 ft tall and two of them will be 500 footers) could South End residents claim to have a "skyline" of their own?
I suppose, but I don’t see the connection between my post that you quoted and this response to it?
I suppose, but I don’t see the connection between my post that you quoted and this response to it?
Okay yeah the first part of my post for some reason didn't get posted. I was wondering what the official heights were of the office and the apartment now? It seems to me that both of them would be somewhere in the 550 foot range?
In my opinion, a bunch of "short" towers won't make a skyline instantly recognizable. Maybe recognizable in NC, but not nationwide.
They are not all that short. There are at least 5 or 6 that are in the 30-40 story range, and a hand full around 20 stories. Anything under 10-15 stories may be considered short IMO.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
