ATLANTA | Development Thread V - Page 380

atlantaguy · #**7581** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 4:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by arjay57

We had dinner on Dresden the other night and there are two apartment buildings underway.

One is Hines' @1377 and the other is one of Wood Partners' Alta developments. Hard to tell what the finished product will be but the renderings look pretty good.

That has become an active corridor over there.

This is my hood, arjay57 - hope you had a good time!

I love what's going on along Dresden, but have still not seen renderings of the Wood Partners development. Seems like all I do is work...

jnihiser · #**7582** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 1:57 PM**

Driving down Collier yesterday (very close to Nuevo Laredo), there is a great deal of demo and site clearing going on... Anyone know what the deal is?

briantech · #**7583** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 2:11 PM**

The supports for the ferris wheel are up:

I'm a bit undecided on it... at first it was impressive seeing it, but now I might be feeling a bit underwhelmed. The center of the wheel there looks like it is about 5 stories off the ground ... so the top of the wheel we're looking at maybe 9 stories tall total, cause you have to factor in the platform at the bottom.

I dunno, I guess thats pretty big. Its bigger than the ferris wheel that was at the final4, but its no london eye.

arjay57 · #**7584** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 2:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by atlantaguy

This is my hood, arjay57 - hope you had a good time!

I love what's going on along Dresden, but have still not seen renderings of the Wood Partners development. Seems like all I do is work...

It's a happening part of town, atlantaguy. It's comparable to areas like Virginia-Highland, Candler Park and Decatur in terms of walkability, density, transit access and general "close-iness".

We go to Haven or Valenza about once a month (especially on half price wine nights).

arjay57 · #**7585** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 2:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by jnihiser

Driving down Collier yesterday (very close to Nuevo Laredo), there is a great deal of demo and site clearing going on... Anyone know what the deal is?

It is this, jnihiser? Or is the site you're looking at further away?

Coro Realty finalizes Georgian Hills Apartments sale

jnihiser · #**7586** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 3:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by arjay57

It is this, jnihiser? Or is the site you're looking at further away?

Coro Realty finalizes Georgian Hills Apartments sale

It's not that site (though that project is REALLY coming along...lots of multi-family that I'm not sure everyone is aware of at the moment).

These pictures are closer to Collier and Chattahoochee.

(Try grabbing this address for a peek at the site)....1963 Collier Road Northwest, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

bigstick · #**7587** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 5:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by briantech

The supports for the ferris wheel are up:

I'm a bit undecided on it... at first it was impressive seeing it, but now I might be feeling a bit underwhelmed. The center of the wheel there looks like it is about 5 stories off the ground ... so the top of the wheel we're looking at maybe 9 stories tall total, cause you have to factor in the platform at the bottom.

I dunno, I guess thats pretty big. Its bigger than the ferris wheel that was at the final4, but its no london eye.

Great pic, I think it is going to be awesome...

jnihiser · #**7588** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 5:25 PM**

http://www.whatnowatlanta.com/2013/07/07...figo-relocating-to-new-1-mm-dollar-space

arjay57 · #**7589** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 5:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by jnihiser

It's not that site (though that project is REALLY coming along...lots of multi-family that I'm not sure everyone is aware of at the moment).

These pictures are closer to Collier and Chattahoochee.

(Try grabbing this address for a peek at the site)....1963 Collier Road Northwest, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Thanks, very interesting! It'll be interesting to see what's up.

AtlantaMustang · #**7590** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 6:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by briantech

The supports for the ferris wheel are up:

I'm a bit undecided on it... at first it was impressive seeing it, but now I might be feeling a bit underwhelmed. The center of the wheel there looks like it is about 5 stories off the ground ... so the top of the wheel we're looking at maybe 9 stories tall total, cause you have to factor in the platform at the bottom.

I dunno, I guess thats pretty big. Its bigger than the ferris wheel that was at the final4, but its no london eye.

Yeah I thought it was gonna be a bit bigger.

Just took these:

bigstick · #**7591** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 6:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by AtlantaMustang

Yeah I thought it was gonna be a bit bigger.

Just took these:

Guys give it a chance, it is going to be much bigger than it looks....

Alfred E Neuman · #**7592** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 8:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by bigstick

Guys give it a chance, it is going to be much bigger than it looks....

In person, It made me feel like I was in the looming presence of the creepy killer machine from Mars in Speilberg's version of War of the Worlds. Liked the scale of the base.

AtlantaMustang · #**7593** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 9:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by briantech

The center of the wheel there looks like it is about 5 stories off the ground ... so the top of the wheel we're looking at maybe 9 stories tall total, cause you have to factor in the platform at the bottom.

Why did I have a 20 floor/200' number floating around in my head? It's clearly not going be that high. Maybe some article had that or something... I was wondering how they were going to fit a 200' wheel in that site. It's pretty apparent now that they don't have to. Just one more attraction around the park, I'm all for it.

UVAsuperman · #**7594** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 9:20 PM**

GDOT just awarded a $176MM contract to CW Matthews to build two limited access, reversible toll lanes in the I-75 median on the southside of town between I-675 and 12 miles south of there. Planned completion is 2016. This should improve southside traffic. This isn't directly related to highrise construction (nor is the ferris wheel really), but traffic improvement, even in the burbs, helps the core substantially.

trainiac · #**7595** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 9:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by jnihiser

http://www.whatnowatlanta.com/2013/07/07...figo-relocating-to-new-1-mm-dollar-space

I'm so excited about this. I had been fearing all along that the building was just going to be torn down -- in the 1920's it was a drug store with offices upstairs but it's been vacant for years. Never thought I'd live to see the day when Marietta Street was almost built out!

Here's a pic from the post

simms3_redux · #**7596** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 10:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by UVAsuperman

GDOT just awarded a $176MM contract to CW Matthews to build two limited access, reversible toll lanes in the I-75 median on the southside of town between I-675 and 12 miles south of there. Planned completion is 2016. This should improve southside traffic. This isn't directly related to highrise construction (nor is the ferris wheel really), but traffic improvement, even in the burbs, helps the core substantially.

SS traffic is abominable and never gets any attention, I guess until now. I've made the drive between FL and Atlanta maybe 30-40x and probably 90% of the time I got caught in 1-2 hour stop and go leaving and 1-3 hour stop and go starting at mile 206 or 211 returning, no matter the time. It's insane, really.

scania · #**7597** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 10:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by simms3_redux

SS traffic is abominable and never gets any attention, I guess until now. I've made the drive between FL and Atlanta maybe 30-40x and probably 90% of the time I got caught in 1-2 hour stop and go leaving and 1-3 hour stop and go starting at mile 206 or 211 returning, no matter the time. It's insane, really.

Yes I agree 100%. I'm surprised this hadn't been address at least 5 to 10 years ago.

scania · #**7598** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 10:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by simms3_redux

Walton Westside looks like it's going to be cheap as hell, but I continue to be impressed by Elan going up nearby. Highest quality construction (materials and process), best overall design, best integration into infill site, etc etc.

I'm not sure what you are basing that on...the materials for Elan is the basic standard that is used all around Atlanta, i.e. Heights Armour apartments. I was somewhat turned off of Elan when I looked at their website and one of the pictures is generic modern living room pic thats been on tons of websites for the past 8 years. The fact that they would use that pic as if that is how one of the units will look is crazy.

scania · #**7599** Posted **Jul 8, 2013, 10:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by AtlantaMustang

Yeah I thought it was gonna be a bit bigger.

Just took these:

I'm all for it!!! I only wish that it was a little more on the level of the Ferris Wheel going up in Las Vegas.

http://www.caesars.com/thelinq/

ATLaffinity · #**7600** Posted **Jul 9, 2013, 12:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by briantech

The supports for the ferris wheel are up:

I'm a bit undecided on it... at first it was impressive seeing it, but now I might be feeling a bit underwhelmed. The center of the wheel there looks like it is about 5 stories off the ground ... so the top of the wheel we're looking at maybe 9 stories tall total, cause you have to factor in the platform at the bottom.

I dunno, I guess thats pretty big. Its bigger than the ferris wheel that was at the final4, but its no london eye.

Oh, you are going to have to be deprogrammed. It's not a big nothing-burger. It's a "great addition to the area".