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The spaces look great in the rendering, but the absense of the better texture on the second floor is made-up for by the quality of the retail facade build-outs. If the tenants don't design their second floor faces in such a striking fashion, the concrete's going to look very bare when contrasted with the first-floor finish. |
Viewpoint tower crane is taking itself down today
It is strangely sad to see a crane come down, but fascinating nonetheless. You can watch it on the Viewpoint webcam...
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Thanks for the update Markets, this project sure seems to have gone up fast.
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Crane is about half way down. Neat to watch.
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Horizontal boom was removed this morning...
The tower crane's horizontal boom was removed this morning by a portable crane. You can "watch" it on the Viewpoint webcam between 9:59am and 11:26am. All that is left is to remove the remaining tower sections. I think Viewpoint has turned out to be a beautiful building.
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View from Piedmont Park (1/7/08)
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I have been keeping up with your posts about Viewpoint, but I am a first time poster.
I was walking around Viewpoint earlier today so I popped into their sales office to ask a few questions. The sidewalk in the front of the building should be completed and open within the next week or two, they are around 50% sold, and occupancy should begin by June at the latest... |
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Speaking of which, has anyone heard anything new on who will occupy the retail space? I seem to recall saying some months back that they would be announced in a matter of days.
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50% sold...that's great news! :tup:
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Unfortunately, I think gtbc was given some bad info. I exchanged emails with a Viewpoint realtor today who told me that they are only 33% sold. Also, the estimated move in date is June 1. Still no word on retail occupants.
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any ideas about a night lighting scheme?? I've been looking on the webcam, but I haven't seen it light up at all...
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Free HOA
Did anyone get any details on free HOA that Viewpoint may have offered in contracts? I heard that a law recently passed forbidding lenders to offer free HOA, and I'm certain that Viewpoint has this in quite a few, if not all of their contracts.
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How many is "quite a few"?
You can still offer free HOA but it has to be deducted off the sale price, so I'm sure they still have room to maneuver. I know of one prominent lender that writes Freddie paper that can still accept HOA prepayments as seller concessions and not seller contributions. |
They seemed to have the wave somewhat lit up this morning but not sure that's the final lighting. If so, very underwhelming. Somehow I imagined the wave lit from within. This wasn't the case--it was dimly lit from outside.
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I also noticed that Tuesday between 6:00 and 7:00 they were testing the fire alarm in Viewpoint. That generally means a certificate of occupancy or at least a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy should follow soon. |
I like this building, and didn't realize it would actually stand out somewhat. It is in what I call the "Novare Block", since the entire 7th & Peachtree intersection is Nover buildings, or at least 3 outta 4 are. I wonder how long it'll be before the other 2 towers are built, and if so, they should be cut in half, make Viewpoint the epicenter of the Trilogy project.
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Pics from inside
Well, I've read your thread on how the construction of this building has proceeded. My best friend is putting down an offer today for a 2bd, 2bth unit. Looking around, it looks like he might be able to wait and get a better deal, but he is really specific about what he wants, and the rates are low enough for him to pull the trigger now.
Anyway, here are some pics he snapped of the views from the 30th floor: Looking South: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg242x/DSC00470a.jpg Looking North: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg242x/DSC00471a.jpg I may be going back up today as they are negotiating prices and I'll snap some more recent pics of amenities, etc. They just got furniture into the amenities level this past week and it looks amazing. Much larger space than any of the other buildings in Midtown I've been in. |
Sweet views - thanks for posting. I walked by there a few evenings ago and liked the the red-lighted trim at the entrance. The lobby looked a bit small, but I guess it's for residents only unlike buildings like Metropolis. Can't wait to see what restaurants and stores end up there. Did they have any hints?
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lobby
The lobby looks deceptively small from the entrance because it extends laterally behind the retail units. I do really like the water feature behind the concierge desk in the lobby, though.
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retail units
No concrete info on the retail occupants, however the agent has said more than once that, once they start closing on the residential (June 1), that info would become more apparent. My guess is that they are going to complete the building construction (still doing the interiors of halls, etc. Each unit is being finished as it sells: selection of floor style, wall colors, etc), then the retail will show up soon after that.
If I were a retail company, I wouldn't want to be contractually (publically) obligated to open a store in a non-finished building. Then again, what do I know? :shrug: |
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Well, they can add another one to the sold column as my best friend just signed a contract. Someone told me that $200 a sq ft is cost, but I don't know how accurate that is.
When he originally started seriously looking there about a month ago, they said closings would begin June 1, but now they say they are pushing them back to mid-June at the earliest. Don't know what the delay is as everything looks really close to finished inside (at least on the floors I've been on). :shrug: |
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That is the issue with building condos. Having 400 units come on line all at once is risky. That is why banks before the heyday required developers to have 50% or more pre-sale commitments. I would not want to be Novare right now. |
According to midtown alliance website there are two large condo/hotel projects on the blocks north and south of the viewpoint block, so those are likely to spoil the view from a lot of the units.
The floorplans are heavily skewed towards 1 bedrooms units (with one parking space), much like Spire and Metropolis. |
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No, the $200 a sqft was the number given for the cost of the building, not the sale value.
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does anyone have any information regarding the other 2 "towers" that were part of the proposal a couple years ago? Are there plans in the future to construct the other two or are they stale?
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People repelling down Viewpoint!!!??
Anyone see this today? They had the entire sidewalk and right lane of Peachtree closed today for several hours while people repelled down the front of the Viewpoint tower!!! There was quite a crowd of people watching the spectacle from Gordon Biersch and Spire across the street (me and my dog among them).
There was a sign saying something about Georgia Tech young alumni...wish I had known about it - I probably would have signed up for that!! It looked like a lot of fun! Maybe they'll do it again next year at another new skyscraper! :yes: :yes: I can only hope! |
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The event was for young alums who raised over $1000. There was a party afterwards on the amenity deck.
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Light at the top of the "wave"
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8...7030802bf4.jpg Shot with Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL at 2008-07-03 |
Anybody heard anything about the retail tenants that will be occupying the street level spaces??? The anticipation is killing me!!!
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Think it's time to move this to the Completed Buildings sub-forum?
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I wish they can make more residential towers/buildings like this in New York.
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