ATLANTA | Development Thread VI

[briantech]

Someone mentioned this earlier, but Pho King is still a go:

Pho King is still going forward as planned. The only item in dispute with Retail was the signage in the window. They hope to open last this year or early next year (depending on the city of Atlanta permits of course...)

I guess their signs just weren't that nice

[bigstick]

OPUS PLACE 74 STORIES.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/n...884&j=76487651

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

Modera midtown appears close to topping out. They're on to the section that only goes north to south now at the top.

That is a terrific image, Street Advocate. Is it a photo or a rendering or combination of the two?

Either way I really like it.

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by bigstick

OPUS PLACE 74 STORIES.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/n...884&j=76487651

Glad to see movement still coming along for this project. Here's hoping 2017 brings more groundbreakings and proposals along this section of Midtown.

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by arjay57

That is a terrific image, Street Advocate. Is it a photo or a rendering or combination of the two?

Either way I really like it.

This is a rendering of the "completed" project. They're still installing siding, windows, etc all floors of the development, but from what I saw last night, the project is about a floor or less from installing the top most amenity deck (top right tower in the rendering)

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by kingofatlanta

Does anybody know when "Underground Atlanta" will officially start??? At the last meeting with the Hawks the Mayor said they are set to close on Underground December 31st.

New legislation for the city to "abandon" (turn over to private owners) the streets in Underground Atlanta has shown up: http://atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citize....aspx?ID=10928

I think things like this have been the main complications with getting this deal closed. You have layers of ownership / easements / right-of-ways / air-rights by the city, state, MARTA, utilities, railroads, and many private owners. Even though everyone is onboard trying to get this to happen, getting all these ownership rights cleared up has been taking up time.

[Verge]

Originally Posted by arjay57

That is a terrific image, Street Advocate. Is it a photo or a rendering or combination of the two?

Either way I really like it.

Its a rendering with a SimCity background-- virtually none of those buildings in the background 'skyline' actually exist in Atlanta--

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by Verge

Its a rendering with a SimCity background-- virtually none of those buildings in the background 'skyline' actually exist in Atlanta--

Ah.

I really like that stone arched bridge in the left foreground. Wish we could have some of those in the city!

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Ah.

I really like that stone arched bridge in the left foreground. Wish we could have some of those in the city!

I agree. Had they even used the pattern/texture pictured in the link below (same bridge) across the entirety of it, it would make a huge aesthetic improvement.

http://url.ie/zqag

[arctk2014]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

I agree. Had they even used the pattern/texture pictured in the link below (same bridge) across the entirety of it, it would make a huge aesthetic improvement.

http://url.ie/zqag

How about that "pregnant and scared" billlboard where NCR is under construction.....

[micropundit]

The proposed 74-story residential building in Midtown now has a website.The first phase of the development at 98 14th Street would feature the main tower comprised of 382 luxury residential units, 180 corporate suites, 60,370-square-feet of retail, and 825 structured parking spaces. A second, smaller tower in the future would contain a hotel.

http://opusplaceatlanta.com/

[Student]

Modera and NCR
(sorry for the quality)

[AtlantaMustang]

Originally Posted by Student

Modera and NCR
(sorry for the quality)

Midtown is getting a continuous urban streetwall! Too bad it faces the connector.

If they ever cap that portion this will be a very nice urban face. Might be difficult with the grade along Williams though.

[Ant131531]

Recent aerial photo of the Midtown landscape



Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/64932289@N05/25321328879/

[tdawg]

That pic is stunning. Half of that wasn't there when I left Atlanta.

[TarHeelJ]

Originally Posted by tdawg

That pic is stunning. Half of that wasn't there when I left Atlanta.

I was just trying to count the number of buildings that have gone up in the last 15 years in that photo...more than 20. The Midtown skyline has truly transformed in a decade and a half.

[jwbab]

Hopefully I'm not breaking any rules by linking another forum, but scroll down to the user south park county's post on November 8th here:

https://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/t...ments/?page=43

He did some cool SketchUp renderings of Midtown under several future scenarios. Really cool stuff!

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by jwbab

Hopefully I'm not breaking any rules by linking another forum, but scroll down to the user south park county's post on November 8th here:

https://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/t...ments/?page=43

He did some cool SketchUp renderings of Midtown under several future scenarios. Really cool stuff!

Awesome shares. Skyline looks awesome and it even looks like he missed 195 13th Street in his last two renderings. Really highlights that there's a lot of land yet to be developed in Midtown.

[RocketSurgeon]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

Recent aerial photo of the Midtown landscape



Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/64932289@N05/25321328879/

Same area in 1988:



From Atlanta Time Machine

[jpk1292000]

That difference between 1988 and now is stunning.