ATLANTA | Development Thread VI

[jsvh]

Just like parking garages, I don't have a problem with storage facilities as long as they comply with good urban design / zoning laws such as active uses at the street level in active Beltline areas. Of course like "parking minimums" I don't think we should have "storage minimums" built into our zoning laws either.

Honestly, we probably need to legalize storage facilities in more areas as the old industrial areas along the Beltline are one of the few areas it is legal causing more to be concentrated there.

[bmwfan9898]

Quick update, I live in the Georgia state Commons next to the Shell station Downtown and noticed they have been closed the past couple of days. I’m guessing they are getting ready to start the 120 piedmont student housing project there!

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Is there any way to contact the owners of the building on 10th and Juniper with the boring concrete walls going the full length of the building to be painted with murals?

[jwbab]

Write-up from Midtown Alliance about the changes in the zoning code we discussed here recently.

Full streetscaping (sidewalks, lighting, trees and other enhancements) is required within 18 months of demolition.

Developers can receive bonus incentives for affordable housing, public art, public park space and adaptive building re-use.

The use and amount of parking is minimized by bonus incentives for buried parking, greatly reduced parking and public parking; along with further regulation on the maximum number of parking spaces and location and size of any surface parking.

The visibility of parking structures is minimized in that they must be designed to be wrapped with active uses at street-level (such as having retail or residential units) and blended into buildings with architecturally compatible materials above street level.

Maximum setbacks (build-to) lines are specified to have minimize dead spaces along the sidewalk.

Local utility lines along prioritized streets are required to be buried or relocated away from view.

Storefront windows must offer minimum visibility depths to let people see inside, versus being covered and obscured from view.

Prioritized streets to have specific active pedestrian friendly uses while limiting the sizes of residential lobbies and clubhouses.

Rooftop equipment is to have screening requirements

https://www.midtownatl.com/about/news-ce...-midtowns-future-street-level-experience

[Atlanta3000]

[Ant131531]

We heard that two years ago...when are we going to actually get something concrete...?

[Martinman]

Originally Posted by jwbab

Write-up from Midtown Alliance about the changes in the zoning code we discussed here recently.



https://www.midtownatl.com/about/news-ce...-midtowns-future-street-level-experience

Awesome!

[Triptychtwo]

No real news in this article, but it mentions the impact fees assessment that was filed earlier this week.

Details of the Gulch development in the permit hew quite closely to Amazon's wish list when it comes to HQ2. The online retail giant, in its request for proposals, said it was seeking locations with on-site mass transit access, very close to major population centers and within 45 minutes from a major international airport, all of which could be had at the Gulch. The 9M SF office proposal is more than enough for the 8M SF of office Amazon said it would need over 20 years.

Read more at: https://www.bisnow.com/atlanta/news/econ...?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=Browser

[jwbab]

Originally Posted by Triptychtwo

No real news in this article, but it mentions the impact fees assessment that was filed earlier this week.

Atlanta Business Chronicle also just posted a story:

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...-at-gulch-plans-for-amazons.html?ana=twt

[jwbab]

Courtesy of Tomorrow's News Today Atlanta:

Carvana Eyeing Midtown Atlanta for Vending Machine

Plans were filed with the City of Atlanta earlier this summer to demolish two existing structures near 16th and Fowler Streets. ToNeTo Atlanta has now confirmed that a self- storage facility and Carvana will open in their place. The property is located near Atlantic Station and within view of I-75/I-85.

Link:http://www.tonetoatl.com/2017/11/Carvana-Bringing-Car-Vending-Machine-to-Midtown-Atlanta.html

[Pemgin]

Goddamnit another fucking storage facility? And how does a car vending machine even work?

[briantech]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

Goddamnit another fucking storage facility? And how does a car vending machine even work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iquAxqwuRMo

[jwbab]

Crane Watch: Dirt to start moving on 53-story Midtown condo tower
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...ch-dirt-to-start-moving-on-53-story.html

Atlanta civil engineering company Reeves Young has been hired for excavation of the four-acre site. It could begin in about two weeks, said Karen Rodriguez, with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties. The work could take at least four months because of the large amount of stone underneath the site.

[Atlanta3000]

Code Brown...I Repeat, Code Brown

Crane Watch: Dirt to start moving on 53-story Midtown condo tower
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...dirt-to-start-moving-on-53-story.html#g1

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[Street Advocate]

Bring it on! Nice to hear of more progress coming to Midtown. As nice as it is with the infill going in at the moment, there's plenty of room for more projects to break ground.

I wonder how long we will have to wait to see the other towers proposed at Opus.

[jwbab]

SAP filed today for 887 West Marietta St.

https://aca3.accela.com/ATLANTA_GA/Cap/C...gencyCode=ATLANTA_GA&IsToShowInspection=

Beltline special administrative permit for an 18-story 224 unit residential building with 8,100 sq ft amenity deck and pool

That's pretty tall for that area.

[Atlanta3000]

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[Pemgin]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

Bring it on! Nice to hear of more progress coming to Midtown. As nice as it is with the infill going in at the moment, there's plenty of room for more projects to break ground.

I wonder how long we will have to wait to see the other towers proposed at Opus.

I have a feeling that's going to entirely depend on how well No. 2 sells.

They're going to need to file their construction permit soon.

[ATLmangum]

Can someone post more info regarding the Opus groundbreaking?

[tdawg]

That Opus Place video is great!