ATLANTA | Development Thread VI

[nature's calling]

Latest renderings of Lilli

[Atlanta3000]

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[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by jayden

Great news in regards to the new downtown projects.

Maybe it'll give enough momentum to get 50 Allen off the ground?

Hopefully, along with TWELVE Centennial Park's north tower. I pass through this area every morning, and it's amazing how much has been erected around the 50 Allen Plaza site.

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Braves got to be kicking themselves for leaving the area. Too bad they never seriously pushed redevelopment while they were in the city.

I bet they are. Good riddance.

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by robertjhajek

The move to suntrust park angers me too. No MARTA.

They definitley should have waited for the dome to be demolished. Imagine how dynamic the view would have been from the stands.

Also, they would have had their 'battery' with this new entertainment development stirring in the gulch.

The problem is the barves and their out-of-state ownership only ever cared about their bottom line, not the city or the fans. Now they can be the captain of their very own sinking ship in the middle of nowhere.

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

I don't know what you guys are talking about...I love lit up glowing districts at night like this video of the "Rippongi" neighborhood in Tokyo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DanjRGDWYg

Would love if Peachtree in Midtown eventually developed like this. It really adds to the atmosphere at night and just makes the whole streetscape feel safer.

I used to live in Tokyo, and hung out Roppongi quite a bit. It would be fun to see this in Atlanta.

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by Verge

There is a LOT of room in the Gulch-- Pretty sure they can still find room for the MMPT--

Agreed. I'm hoping that the Ressler development basically replaces the CNN and Centennial Park decks, and that the state and federal parties working with Forest on the MMPT project jump back on that project, now that so much is happening on Centennial Olympic Park Drive.

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by atlwarrior

Wow since the Braves left, it has been nothing but waves of good news for downtown.

They were holding downtown Atlanta back

[Atlanta3000]

My poor Photoshop skills, but a glimpse into the future of downtown

[Atlantis]

Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

My poor Photoshop skills, but a glimpse into the future of downtown

Is that the new hotel for GWCC ???

[Atlanta3000]

Originally Posted by Atlantis

Is that the new hotel for GWCC ???

Yep - 42 stories too.

[ATLmangum]

Guys, regarding the Braves, please get your facts straight. They had been trying for years to work with the city and Fulton county to develop the land around the stadium, but because the city leaders were greedy and everyone wanted a piece of the pie, nothing happened. The city never thought they would leave, so the Braved called their bluff and made their own deal with Cobb that worked out in the Braves favor, they now own the rights to the stadium and the land around it, vs being a tenant and having no control of the game Day experience for their fans. The move left the city with their pants down and forced the city to sell off the land to Ga State at a far lower price than what they had offered the braves to develop the land. Don't blame the Braves for this, blame greedy city officials. In the end, the big winners are the Braves and Ga State. Any shade thrown toward the Braves themselves is un called for.

[Atlanta3000]

Remember this?



This is it now:

Situated in the heart of a metropolis downtown, the Urban Hotel Concept is a 17 story, 325 key boutique hotel nestled within a surrounding fabric of skyscrapers and mid-rise buildings. Formally, the hotel responds to the varying scales of the surrounding area by visually breaking the podium from the guestroom tower, revealing a lower roof deck and garden. The main hotel tower is offset to the back of the site, allowing a more human scale to the street frontage. At the street, the podium levels are organized with restaurants and bars located at the edges, providing additional vitality to the urban fabric. A void in the geometry at the top of the tower provides a covered outdoor dining area and adjacent lounge deck with panoramic views of Midtown and Downtown. The hotel program includes retail, car rental, a restaurant, rooftop lounge, and 7500 square feet of meeting and banquet spaces.

[PhunkyPho]

Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

My poor Photoshop skills, but a glimpse into the future of downtown

That was photoshopped? Would not have even noticed if you hadn't told me.

But in all seriousness, what this area could look like in 10 years blows my mind. As a lifetime resident of the Atlanta area (40 years now) I am loving the recent growth (physically speaking as well as growth in understanding what it means to be a world class city).

[Atlanta3000]

Originally Posted by PhunkyPho

That was photoshopped? Would not have even noticed if you hadn't told me.

But in all seriousness, what this area could look like in 10 years blows my mind. As a lifetime resident of the Atlanta area (40 years now) I am loving the recent growth (physically speaking as well as growth in understanding what it means to be a world class city).

I forgot to add the new West Side park. For those of you priced out of Midtown and O4W. Downtown's Westside is the new frontier. This will be the hottest up and coming area inside the Perimeter. Lots of projects are in the works...so get while the gettins good.

[nature's calling]

Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

Remember this?



This is it now:

Situated in the heart of a metropolis downtown, the Urban Hotel Concept is a 17 story, 325 key boutique hotel nestled within a surrounding fabric of skyscrapers and mid-rise buildings. Formally, the hotel responds to the varying scales of the surrounding area by visually breaking the podium from the guestroom tower, revealing a lower roof deck and garden. The main hotel tower is offset to the back of the site, allowing a more human scale to the street frontage. At the street, the podium levels are organized with restaurants and bars located at the edges, providing additional vitality to the urban fabric. A void in the geometry at the top of the tower provides a covered outdoor dining area and adjacent lounge deck with panoramic views of Midtown and Downtown. The hotel program includes retail, car rental, a restaurant, rooftop lounge, and 7500 square feet of meeting and banquet spaces.

OMG SWOONED

[scania]

Originally Posted by ATLmangum

Guys, regarding the Braves, please get your facts straight. They had been trying for years to work with the city and Fulton county to develop the land around the stadium, but because the city leaders were greedy and everyone wanted a piece of the pie, nothing happened. The city never thought they would leave, so the Braved called their bluff and made their own deal with Cobb that worked out in the Braves favor, they now own the rights to the stadium and the land around it, vs being a tenant and having no control of the game Day experience for their fans. The move left the city with their pants down and forced the city to sell off the land to Ga State at a far lower price than what they had offered the braves to develop the land. Don't blame the Braves for this, blame greedy city officials. In the end, the big winners are the Braves and Ga State. Any shade thrown toward the Braves themselves is un called for.

AMEN!!! At the end of the day, we should be glad we didn't lose the Braves to Charlotte or Orlando. We still have a professional sports team which is the ONLY team here to win it all! And wake up, the team is a couple of miles outside the city limit...if you say that the middle of nowhere...that day a lot of what you think of the city. Smh

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by DWNTWN

The MMPT dream proposal:

Gorgeous MMPT video (watch this NOW, and be amazed!) https://vimeo.com/89638667

[Ant131531]

Can people STOP quoting the same god damn pictures 3 or 4 times? Delete the photos from the quote in your post. That's one of my biggest pet peeves on this forum.

[Pemgin]

So we've got three tower proposals in one small little area of downtown. Nice.