ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[alco89]

I don't think it will be that bad once finished

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Broadstone Terraces looks to be digging deep enough that all parking will be underground. So much for the typical excuse that it is too expensive to do underground parking

[jpk1292000]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

Broadstone Terraces looks to be digging deep enough that all parking will be underground. So much for the typical excuse that it is too expensive to do underground parking

It may be that rents are getting high enough to justify underground parking.

[arctk2014]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

Broadstone Terraces looks to be digging deep enough that all parking will be underground. So much for the typical excuse that it is too expensive to do underground parking

Different sites...different conditions....they didn't have to blast here because of the need for only 2-3 levels of parking underneath and it's further away from the ridge of granite on Peachtree than other sites...not to mention there are height restrictions on this side of Juniper since it's a transitional zone.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

That may be true but it also looked to me like Hanover West Peachtree is also digging deep enough to do most if not all underground parking as well. That's at the old Checkers location; would that site not be where the ridge is

[RocketSurgeon]

Originally Posted by Verge

Every Novare project in town has floor to ceiling glass-- as for transparency the rendering may take some liberties but there are very clear non-reflective glass products that are very energy efficient (they are expensive however)--

I was thinking of the transparency, not the size... it will be interesting to see what they come up with. I've never seen glass that clear on a modern building.

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

Broadstone Terraces looks to be digging deep enough that all parking will be underground.

I noticed they took down the power lines along Juniper. I wonder if they're planning to remove those poles? There are still cable/telephone lines on them.

[Stairstars]

Originally Posted by bigstick

Personally I like it,,,sorry...

Nothing to be sorry about.

I just don't automatically associate green diamond shapes with Kermit, the Frog, and I don't know who does. If, they wanted to be tacky, perhaps they should have used water lilies or toad stools, which demonstrates that while form should follow function, the facade of the building should not be used as a subliminal billboard.

[bigstick]

Question for you guys. How much longer can Modera Midtown do work without a Tower crane???

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Alta Midtown Progress

[NewUrbanist90]

Legacy seems to be getting serious about their 285 Marietta Street proposal as they've put up a large "Build to Suit" sign in front of the lot.

They also recently made indications they were moving forward with their hotel proposal next door behind Hilton Garden Inn, so it looks like they're ready to start investing Downtown again.

[Pemgin]

Originally Posted by bigstick

Question for you guys. How much longer can Modera Midtown do work without a Tower crane???

The base for the new crane is set, so not too much longer, probably.

[jsvh]

Atlanta negotiating sale of civic center | AJC

Texas-based developer Weingarten Realty has entered final negotiations to acquire the Atlanta Civic Center for a mixed-use development

The board of Invest Atlanta, the city’s development arm, voted Thursday to enter into final negotiations for a sale of the civic center and about 19 acres of land for $30 million.

Weingarten’s Atlanta office is expected to lead a project involving office space, retail, restaurants and residences.

The city announced plans to sell the civic center earlier this year, but a prior effort to sell it was delayed and the process recently restarted. Check back later for more details on this developing story

[Libertarian]

Wow, now we know in what direction the civic center is going: upscale retail strip, similar likely to what's at Lindbergh.

[Martinman]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

That may be true but it also looked to me like Hanover West Peachtree is also digging deep enough to do most if not all underground parking as well. That's at the old Checkers location; would that site not be where the ridge is

The very fact that they are digging as opposed to blasting granite reveas that there is enough soil on that site to do an underground deck. The Hanover site is also at a higher elevatio than Peachtree which is logical if there is more soil at the surface above the granite.

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

The base for the new crane is set, so not too much longer, probably.

Originally Posted by Martinman

The very fact that they are digging as opposed to blasting granite reveas that there is enough soil on that site to do an underground deck. The Hanover site is also at a higher elevatio than Peachtree which is logical if there is more soil at the surface above the granite.

I also saw a crane base down there at Hanover, then rode over to Modera and sure enough there it is in the middle.

[Triptychtwo]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Atlanta negotiating sale of civic center | AJC

A little more specific information

An Invest Atlanta resolution described the project as a nearly $300 million development with more than 380 apartments, 20 townhouses, a grocery store and other retail and 250,000 square feet of office space.

[Ant131531]

Hopefully with the Civic Center redevelopment, they can create a new street grid or something. Talk about a super block.

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

That may be true but it also looked to me like Hanover West Peachtree is also digging deep enough to do most if not all underground parking as well. That's at the old Checkers location; would that site not be where the ridge is

The hole they've dug for the Hanover West Peachtree site is INSANELY deep! If they can put parking underground here, right beside a huge granite vein, they should be able to swing it anywhere.

Meanwhile, the development on West Peachtree and 14th is gaining some serious height!

[joecool]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

Hopefully with the Civic Center redevelopment, they can create a new street grid or something. Talk about a super block.

I think I remember seeing a rendering on here for that last year, no?

[jpk1292000]

Hopefully it's not like a Fuqua Special with big box stores and bland apartments surrounding a big parking lot. That would be a tragedy.