ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[Verge]

Originally Posted by Terminus

No, it has NEVER been mandatory. Doing so would be unconstituntional because the developer doesn't actually own the lines - they are owned by third party utilities.

Not mandatory-- but making them so would hardly be 'unconstitutional'-- The city requires all sorts of off-site and ROW improvements, including streetscape and traffic improvements-- if they wanted to do it, power line improvements could probably be added. Ga power owns all the lines and has a long franchise agreement with the city. Perhaps the COA should think about renegotiating the agreement when the time comes--

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/...-usa-reveals-design-for-100-million.html
Mercedes HQ rendering released

[micropundit]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/...-usa-reveals-design-for-100-million.html
Mercedes HQ rendering released

Renderings of Mercedes-Benz's new North American headquarters reveal a 225,000 square foot glass and steel building that will emphasize collaboration.


"A top priority will be ensuring that we have a lot of collaboration space and a variety of purpose-built locations, from formal meeting rooms to casual spaces for brainstorming – we refer to this as ‘less me, more we’ space," spokeswoman Donna Boland said. "An additional priority is encouraging socializing – we are blending two cultures, one from our former headquarters location in New Jersey and a newer one consisting of our Atlanta hires. These two groups need to have consistent interaction in order to foster the collaboration that we’re looking for.


The campus will include a "technology center" where engineering services and product testing will be done. Gensler is the architect of the project, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2018

[arctk2014]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/...-usa-reveals-design-for-100-million.html
Mercedes HQ rendering released

"While we are not going to be in multiple buildings, this gives us the opportunity to almost have a suburban feel in an urban environment,” Steve Cannon, Mercedes Benz USA’s former chief said last year.

Nothing about this site is urban - you still have to shuttle across 400 to get to a suburban MARTA stop.

[BlueSangha]

Originally Posted by arctk2014

Nothing about this site is urban - you still have to shuttle across 400 to get to a suburban MARTA stop.

yawn

[Terminus]

Originally Posted by Verge

Not mandatory-- but making them so would hardly be 'unconstitutional'-- The city requires all sorts of off-site and ROW improvements, including streetscape and traffic improvements-- if they wanted to do it, power line improvements could probably be added. Ga power owns all the lines and has a long franchise agreement with the city. Perhaps the COA should think about renegotiating the agreement when the time comes--

Read your zoning and land use law, please.
Zoning and Land Use Law in Georgia

[sbrptree]

Originally Posted by arctk2014

Nothing about this site is urban - you still have to shuttle across 400 to get to a suburban MARTA stop.

Exactly. Good luck navigating Abernathy Rd traffic as well. Lip service to transit at best. Extremely disappointing.

[A-town]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/...-usa-reveals-design-for-100-million.html
Mercedes HQ rendering released

Really Benz?! I mean really... they had to have seen what Porshe built in Hapeville, but this is what they decide to build. This building is atrocious. No creativity, just an uninspired glass box with a detached parking garage in a sea of asphalt. This is your American HQs, its suppose to make a statement! Highly disappointed.

[cabasse]

Originally Posted by arctk2014

Nothing about this site is urban - you still have to shuttle across 400 to get to a suburban MARTA stop.

even the architecture looks to be 1960s era international style.

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by A-town

Really Benz?! I mean really... they had to have seen what Porshe built in Hapeville, but this is what they decide to build. This building is atrocious. No creativity, just an uninspired glass box with a detached parking garage in a sea of asphalt. This is your American HQs, its suppose to make a statement! Highly disappointed.

[AtlantaMustang]

Originally Posted by cabasse

even the architecture looks to be 1960s era international style.

..and the international style architecture can come back, it looks great, but the 60s style urban planning should definitely not come back.

[Dettmann1]

Originally Posted by Terminus

Read your zoning and land use law, please.
Zoning and Land Use Law in Georgia

Terminus - I may be wrong on this, however as someone who work in the field of Development, this is something I've seen mandated before in the code. That is especially true in Florida, but maybe its a specific limitation to Georgia?

I'm not saying its right or wrong, just saying I've seen it before in Georgia.

[ATLmangum]

Looks like they may be burying the power lines for NCR

[Verge]

Originally Posted by ATLmangum

Looks like they may be burying the power lines for NCR

Anyone can pay Ga Power an outrageous sum to bury power lines-- Something like $100/ft plus underground connections for all users of the buried lines. In the meantime our streets suffer from an ugly blight and our power supply is less dependable--

[Verge]

Originally Posted by Terminus

Read your zoning and land use law, please.
Zoning and Land Use Law in Georgia

No thanks-- I'll stick to zoning-- but can you sight the section and subsection of the law of which you speak?

[forj]

Originally Posted by A-town

Really Benz?! I mean really... they had to have seen what Porshe built in Hapeville, but this is what they decide to build. This building is atrocious. No creativity, just an uninspired glass box with a detached parking garage in a sea of asphalt. This is your American HQs, its suppose to make a statement! Highly disappointed.

what a boring looking piece of crap. they barely tried to do anything interesting with this site plan and design

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Rezoning planning permit was filed for this project. Rezoning due to some technicality even though it is rezoning from the same zoning it was prior.

2748 Alpine Rd. [right off Piedmont Rd. across from Mercedes] is rezoning from R-4 to MR-3. Scope code is [REZONING FOR MIXED USE PURPOSES]

832 Berne St. SE in Glenwood area behind the high school there is rezoning a couple properties from R-5, I-1, I-2, Beltline to MRC-3, so likely a multi-use development of some kind.

[cabasse]

^ that's a place i never thought i'd see a highrise pop up, but why not! i assume this is right in the same area as that 'custom signs today' building with the glass facade. (edit) wait, are your first and second sentence referring to the same project?

Originally Posted by AtlantaMustang

..and the international style architecture can come back, it looks great, but the 60s style urban planning should definitely not come back.

agreed. i love me some mies.

[Pemgin]

Gonna jump on the dogpile here RE: Mercedes HQ. That really sucks.

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by cabasse

^ that's a place i never thought i'd see a highrise pop up, but why not! i assume this is right in the same area as that 'custom signs today' building with the glass facade. (edit) wait, are your first and second sentence referring to the same project?

First and second sentences are not related. The pictured development is along Peachtree in Buckhead, I believe due east of Trader Joe's.