ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[mikecolley]

Originally Posted by Eightball

I hope for a south side site because of the better transit access. An MLS team for ATL would be nice also.

Separately, how is the 10th st cycletrack working out? Heavy use by cyclists? Are vehicles encroaching on the space?

Last weekend it was completely unusable. Full of parked cars from start to finish. I assume/hope that was just because of the festival in the park.

[Eightball]

Interesing. A process though.

[BlueSangha]

Originally Posted by Alfred E Neuman

MARTA announces plans to extend service nearly 12miles with 6 stations up GA 400 to Alpharetta. The mode of service would be by heavy rail, light rail or bus rt.

and they suddenly have money!

[BlueSangha]

BTW-The ESPN Zone building no longer exists!

[DetroitMan]

Northside Hospital eyes new Midtown tower
Douglas Sams
Commercial Real Estate Editor-
Atlanta Business Chronicle
August 30, 2013

Northside Hospital, known for its expansion into the northern suburbs, appears to want a bigger presence in Midtown, home turf for two of its biggest rivals.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print...northside-hospital-eyes-new-midtown.html

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by DetroitMan

Northside Hospital eyes new Midtown tower
Douglas Sams
Commercial Real Estate Editor-
Atlanta Business Chronicle
August 30, 2013

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print...northside-hospital-eyes-new-midtown.html

Great news for Midtown, and especially for Spring!

[GTdan]

Originally Posted by AtlantaMustang

Also does anyone know what's going on with the building across Peachtree from Solace? They've ripped out most if not the entire ground floor and have it all fenced off.

I'm very interested to know what they are building out at this location. I would think that a restaurant/bar would do pretty well.

[matt_H]

Originally Posted by mikecolley

Last weekend it was completely unusable. Full of parked cars from start to finish. I assume/hope that was just because of the festival in the park.

They've placed a counter at the track entrance at Monroe. Looks like they're doing due diligence, probably to justify the elimination of the west bound lane which has upset a lot of people.

[joecool]

Originally Posted by DetroitMan

Northside Hospital eyes new Midtown tower
Douglas Sams
Commercial Real Estate Editor-
Atlanta Business Chronicle
August 30, 2013

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print...northside-hospital-eyes-new-midtown.html

This will be awesome. Lets hope they incorporate some retail or something and its not like the rest of the medical buildings that end up being dead zones. Correct me if I am wrong but zoning in midtown requires a certain amount of retail/restaurant space when building something in this area? Lets hope...

[cokezero]

Originally Posted by joecool

This will be awesome. Lets hope they incorporate some retail or something and its not like the rest of the medical buildings that end up being dead zones. Correct me if I am wrong but zoning in midtown requires a certain amount of retail/restaurant space when building something in this area? Lets hope...

I believe there's a requirement for active uses on the ground floor and also a requirement for a minimum percentage of fenestration in the ground floor walls, but I don't believe there's any actual requirement for retail space. Thus, as long as the building has medical office space on the ground floor with the right percentage of windows, they would be complying with the intent of the code. In that area of town, having office space on the ground floor would probably be a livelier use than retail space that sits vacant for years, as anything is better than the blank walls and loading docks that currently occupy the majority of that stretch of Spring.

[briantech]

Originally Posted by mikecolley

Last weekend it was completely unusable. Full of parked cars from start to finish. I assume/hope that was just because of the festival in the park.

what the fuck. why wouldn't every one of those cars get towed immediately. that is ridiculous.

[briantech]

Originally Posted by BlueSangha

BTW-The ESPN Zone building no longer exists!

I believe it is going to be a Restoration Hardware. Though I didn't think they'd tear the whole building down ...

[atlantaguy]

Originally Posted by briantech

I believe it is going to be a Restoration Hardware. Though I didn't think they'd tear the whole building down ...

Oh, yeah briantech - they are demolishing the whole thing.

They have rebranded themselves as RH, and are building flagship stores in major cities across the country. This one is by far the largest so far, at six floors and 66,000 square feet of indoor space and around 10,000 square feet of outdoor space.

http://www.buckheadview.com/2013/05/city-approves-restoration-hardware.html

[ATLaffinity]

Originally Posted by briantech

what the fuck. why wouldn't every one of those cars get towed immediately. that is ridiculous.

I saw that also. It seemed like it was officially closed. A lot of vendor parking.

Great way to encourage biking I the event!

[Frankster87]

Originally Posted by ATLaffinity

I saw that also. It seemed like it was officially closed. A lot of vendor parking.

Great way to encourage biking I the event!

Yeah that's definitely what it looked like. They should have just closed off the parking lot behind Park Tavern to the vendors. There is absolutely no reason why the bike lane should have been closed.

[atlantaguy]

Originally Posted by Frankster87

Yeah that's definitely what it looked like. They should have just closed off the parking lot behind Park Tavern to the vendors. There is absolutely no reason why the bike lane should have been closed.

It sounds like the City isn't really serious about their supposed new push for biking if this crap is allowed to go on. How ridiculous. All of those vehicles should have been towed or ticketed.

[bryantm3]

does anyone know what's going on with the building at the corner of ponce and spring? it's directly across from the varsity. it is completely covered in a giant tarp and has a sign from the developer saying something about restoration and renovation.

[scania]

Originally Posted by atlantaguy

It sounds like the City isn't really serious about their supposed new push for biking if this crap is allowed to go on. How ridiculous. All of those vehicles should have been towed or ticketed.

I personally think the bike lane on 10th is crazy!!! If you want a bike lane, expand the street. Not take a lane away. Its too much traffic as it is already. People are always complaining how they close off streets with some events anyway.

[clexmond]

Originally Posted by scania

I personally think the bike lane on 10th is crazy!!! If you want a bike lane, expand the street. Not take a lane away. Its too much traffic as it is already. People are always complaining how they close off streets with some events anyway.

Traffic studies were performed, and in addition just based on living in the area and driving through regularly, the westbound traffic on 10th street by the park is not significant. The only real issue at this point is how to deal with backups related to people waiting to turn left onto Charles Allen.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by clexmond

Traffic studies were performed, and in addition just based on living in the area and driving through regularly, the westbound traffic on 10th street by the park is not significant.

I wonder if anyone has ever done bike counts? It would be great to throw some hard data at the city showing the volume of bicycle usage.