ATLANTA | Development Thread V - Page 309

ChrisInmanPark · #**6161** Posted **Jan 11, 2013, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Immovable_Media

So the folks over at Ambling have begun renovation of the old Ramada Hotel and begun demolition of the parking deck and gas station at 112 Courtland St: http://youtu.be/yaTT9LMaFCw

This student housing project will bring a huge influx of college aged students further invigorating Downtown A-Town. The former hotel will be converted to 138 units totaling 291 beds. The new 18-story tower to be built next door will have about 108 units totaling 424 beds. 715 new residents to ATL not to mention 17,000 square feet of commercial space.

As a GSU Alum who lived at former GSU Village on North Ave & had to take MARTA or walk (each about a 20min commute) I would have loved to lived so close to campus...

Personally for me this is one of the most exciting new developments going on in Atlanta. It's excellent Downtown residential infill. From the renderings I can't see any parking deck at all. Which I think is a good thing. However according to their facebook page there will be parking, but you have to pay $30 a month for it. Most likely because parking will be very limited. So glad there is not a giant Skyhouse parking deck next to it.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/One12-Courtland/558482030835523

boomtown · #**6162** Posted **Jan 11, 2013, 4:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by micropundit

Atlanta’s Clermont Hotel, a city landmark best known for its bawdy basement lounge, has been sold to New York developers.

Clermont Hotel Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Nashville, New York-based developers Philip Welker and Ethan Orley, purchased the property on Ponce de Leon Avenue. They did not release the sales price.

Welker and Orley plan to redevelop the Clermont as a boutique hotel. While the strip club — the oldest in Atlanta that often attracts big-name celebrities — won’t see immediate changes, its future will become clear once Welker and Orley solidify their redevelopment plans.
Welker, principal of BNA and Clermont Hotel Partners, said “we are thrilled to have the chance to reimagine The Clermont as a great hotel. We truly believe it represents one of the best opportunities in Atlanta. The property has all the right ingredients to become not only a destination boutique hotel for Atlanta, but for the Southeast.”

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_...ndmark-clermont-hotel-sold.html?page=all

Wow.....everyone is jumping on the Jamestown bandwagon or is it the BELTWAGON? (yes, I want credit for that one...lol

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GThomas · #**6163** Posted **Jan 11, 2013, 5:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by ChrisInmanPark

Personally for me this is one of the most exciting new developments going on in Atlanta. It's excellent Downtown residential infill. From the renderings I can't see any parking deck at all. Which I think is a good thing. However according to their facebook page there will be parking, but you have to pay $30 a month for it. Most likely because parking will be very limited. So glad there is not a giant Skyhouse parking deck next to it.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/One12-Courtland/558482030835523

Seems the parking deck is obscured well behind that brown section on the front of the building. Thinking the pool is up there too.

ChadK · #**6164** Posted **Jan 11, 2013, 8:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by micropundit

the company plans to tear down the existing ESPN ZONE structure and replace that building with a six-story, open-atrium design store that will be the first of its kind for the company’s new concept in the Southeast. Proposed main store would be six stories with an atrium design and main entry off of Peachtree Road...

http://www.buckheadview.com/2013/01/restoration-hardware-unveils-buckhead.html

I think it's funny that O.M. scaled back the Buckhead Atlanta project to "better fit the neighborhood", but so much time has passed that the area seems to be transforming into a place that would better fit with the original, larger Streets of Buckhead design.

micropundit · #**6165** Posted **Jan 11, 2013, 8:47 PM**

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I think it's funny that O.M. scaled back the Buckhead Atlanta project to "better fit the neighborhood", but so much time has passed that the area seems to be transforming into a place that would better fit with the original, larger Streets of Buckhead design.

Good point; especially when you view the site plan video:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5Gq5_J0FVA4TkRyRmhZbkFOd2s/edit

micropundit · #**6166** Posted **Jan 12, 2013, 1:08 AM**

Earlier last month, Walmart signed a contract with Georgia Tech Auxiliary Services to establish a convenience store concept in the Tech Square space where Ribs n Blues previously existed.

“We were looking for something that was a non-food replacement when Ribs n Blues closed,” said Director of Auxiliary Services Rich Steele. “Walmart pharmacy was our number one target—there was a good connection with Georgia Tech—the CEO of Walmart had been on campus speaking a year and a half ago. Shortly after that, we started conversations with Walmart just about the idea [of having Walmart on Campus]…and to start some early negotiations. Those negotiations started 11 months ago in February 2012.”

The current 2500-square foot location will be smaller than the only other Walmart on Campus, also referred to as Walmart pharmacy, which is located in Fayetteville’s University of Arkansas. The Walmart on Campus located in Arkansas serves a variety of items, such as “ramen noodles, power bars, frozen pizza and soda,” reports the CSP Daily News.

“They will carry some electronics, peripherals, a few devices. They may sell some iPods too,” Steele said. “They will also sell a lot of grocery items… frozen foods, fresh foods,… grab-and-go and beverage items. It’s like a mini CVS.”

http://nique.net/news/2013/01/11/16214/

mayhem · #**6167** Posted **Jan 12, 2013, 7:46 AM**

The design on ONE 12 is pretty horrible. Why is there a that doubled up portion between the 6th & 7th floors? I don't expect a modern day masterpiece, and this is definitely an improvement from the Piedmont apartments, but this isn't making the grade in my books.

Terminus · #**6168** Posted **Jan 12, 2013, 2:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by mayhem

The design on ONE 12 is pretty horrible. Why is there a that doubled up portion between the 6th & 7th floors? I don't expect a modern day masterpiece, and this is definitely an improvement from the Piedmont apartments, but this isn't making the grade in my books.

This said, I sit on the DRC and the design they are going with is INFINITELY better than the original design, which featured a "brow," one sold color stucco for the entire complex (including the existing building), and pretty abysmal ground floor treatment a la the GSU dorms on Piedmont. This may not be perfect but it's much better than the status quo would have been.

RudyJK · #**6169** Posted **Jan 12, 2013, 8:50 PM**

GSU has been building terrible to mediocre buildings downtown for decades now. The school deserves praise for not abandoning the central city and for saving a couple of noteworthy structures but I wish, just once, they would build something that didn't look like a warehouse or like it came out of Communist-era Moscow. Even their signage is boring.

sunking1056 · #**6170** Posted **Jan 12, 2013, 10:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by RudyJK

GSU has been building terrible to mediocre buildings downtown for decades now. The school deserves praise for not abandoning the central city and for saving a couple of noteworthy structures but I wish, just once, they would build something that didn't look like a warehouse or like it came out of Communist-era Moscow. Even their signage is boring.

Check out the Petit science building

RudyJK · #**6171** Posted **Jan 12, 2013, 10:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by sunking1056

Check out the Petit science building

Suburban office park circa 1998.

SwimAtl · #**6172** Posted **Jan 12, 2013, 11:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by mayhem

The design on ONE 12 is pretty horrible. Why is there a that doubled up portion between the 6th & 7th floors? I don't expect a modern day masterpiece, and this is definitely an improvement from the Piedmont apartments, but this isn't making the grade in my books.

is that doubled up portion there to relate to the older brick building (its cornice) in the middle?

ChadK · #**6173** Posted **Jan 13, 2013, 3:13 AM**

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is that doubled up portion there to relate to the older brick building (its cornice) in the middle?

My money says the lower part of the corner tower and the entire brown middle section is parking. The double line would mark where the parking deck stops and the residential tower starts.

TarHeelJ · #**6174** Posted **Jan 13, 2013, 5:00 AM**

Some people can't be happy with anything...criticizing Georgia State for it's buildings? It's a state-supported university for crying out loud, and one that is THE major catalyst over the past decade in downtown Atlanta. BE THANKFUL for the "terrible to mediocre buildings" that are keeping downtown in the game.

cabasse · #**6175** Posted **Jan 13, 2013, 5:20 AM**

^i thought this was being privately developed though. either way, i think (hope) it's going to turn out better than the renderings.

@rudyjk: ouch, c'mon it deserves more credit than that! i actually like the petit building.

atlantaguy · #**6176** Posted **Jan 13, 2013, 12:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by RudyJK

Suburban office park circa 1998.

What? You can't be serious. It's actually a very nice building, imo.

mayhem · #**6177** Posted **Jan 13, 2013, 12:55 PM**

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What? You can't be serious. It's actually a very nice building, imo.

I agree. The Petit building is nice. I look forward to what they build next to it.

bigstick · #**6178** Posted **Jan 13, 2013, 2:03 PM**

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I agree. The Petit building is nice. I look forward to what they build next to it.

This is Brent Petit and that building is nice..............

jpk1292000 · #**6179** Posted **Jan 13, 2013, 2:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by RudyJK

Suburban office park circa 1998.

Huh? This is a great looking building.

RudyJK · #**6180** Posted **Jan 13, 2013, 5:15 PM**

Well, I guess I am out-voted.

The concensus is that Geprgia State has indeed built 1 (ONE) nice building in 100 years. I stand corrected. (Although I still place Petit on the mediocre side of the scale.)