ATLANTA | Development Thread VI - Page 379

jwbab · #**7561** Posted **Mar 29, 2018, 12:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

Hampton Inn & Suites - Midtown (Final Design)

I don't hate it!

So I guess they were able to get the city to sign off on this design despite the lack of the Midtown DRC's approval.

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The Midtown DRC met on Tuesday, April 11th, to review a revised proposal for North Point Hospitality Group's Hampton Inn & Suites project at the southeast corner of West Peachtree and 15th Street. The project was reviewed previously by the DRC in 2015 and at that time the committee recommended support. However, as the developer has continued to refine operational aspects of the project, it was deemed necessary to rethink valet service for the 169-room hotel. The subsequent proposal presented on Tuesday relocates the hotel lobby and guest registration area to the top floor of the hotel to create additional storage space for cars on the ground floor. The new scheme also adds a second vehicular exit on 15th Street to optimize valet service within the 6-level parking garage. The Midtown DRC was not supportive of this change since it negatively impacts the street-level façade of the building on 15th Street and degrades the quality of the pedestrian environment.

https://www.midtownatl.com/about/program...nt-review-committee/drc-recap-april-2017

This ties in to a discussion on another thread suggesting higher quality projects were being built in Buckhead Village than in Midtown. Someone opined this was because the Buckhead was much stricter with the design requirements. The truth is, it doesn't matter what the respective neighborhood committees do. Developers know they can get the City to approve despite their recommendations.

Overall, I'm okay with this project, but no doubt that corner is going to be a mess for both automobiles and pedestrians. I'm surprised they were able to get approval for two curb cuts that close to the intersection.

testarossa50 · #**7562** Posted **Mar 29, 2018, 1:46 PM**

The two curb cuts are fine, at least until 15th street gets extended--then it's questionable. Currently, 15th street gets pretty light traffic, and my gut is for a 4-lane road it'll generally always be alright. If we're going to bend the rules, I prefer to do it when someone is building a ~20 story building on ~1/3 acre.

I much prefer this design (and super compact site plan!) to the mess going up between the Four Seasons and Marriott Suites. What an ugly, underwhelming project, and it's totally ruined the visual impact of 14th street. The other two hotels are set back somewhat gracefully; now it's like a hulking ship is moored between them.

Street Advocate · #**7563** Posted **Mar 29, 2018, 5:56 PM**

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^Something the worries me is I've never seen a rendering of the other facades. Anybody have these? I'm guessing the east facing façade is a blank wall.

You can see it appears that parking deck goes nearly all the way to the roof on the left side of the rendering. That or it's just dead space.

Street Advocate · #**7564** Posted **Mar 29, 2018, 5:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by jwbab

The Echo Street project sits on both sides of Echo St immediately to the Northwest of where Northside Drive crosses the railroad tracks before intersecting with Hollowell.

Really well positioned project with multiple transit lines proposed adjacent the property. Northside BRT, North Ave & luckie st streetcar, atlanta north ave -> northside -> 8th st -> marietta blvd LRT all go by this parcel.

1lifealex · #**7565** Posted **Mar 29, 2018, 10:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Street Advocate

You can see it appears that parking deck goes nearly all the way to the roof on the left side of the rendering. That or it's just dead space.

The one thing that I can say for sure is this building will only have 7 floors of parking it will not go up to the top

pica · #**7566** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 2:20 AM**

It's not bad looking for a prison.

When can we ban these squatty looking hotels that sit on top of giant parking podiums? I'd almost rather have a self-storage facility.

ConstructDTLA · #**7567** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 3:32 AM**

Hey guys - super short notice - but I am in Atlanta for the next 36 hours. Are there any big projects under construction that you would like me to check in on and photograph?

Extremely impressed with the walkable 'downtown' (including midtown in that description) so far. Right up there with San Francisco, if not better (and of course far exceeding anything else in the west).

Libertarian · #**7568** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 10:40 AM**

It'd be nice to make a walkabout around the ever-changing Tech Square blocks and share pics from your outside perspective!

skyscraperpage17 · #**7569** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 1:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

Hampton Inn & Suites - Midtown (Final Design)

I don't hate it!

As I said before, for Hampton Inn standards, it's a nice looking hotel.

Street Advocate · #**7570** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 3:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by ConstructDTLA

Hey guys - super short notice - but I am in Atlanta for the next 36 hours. Are there any big projects under construction that you would like me to check in on and photograph?

Extremely impressed with the walkable 'downtown' (including midtown in that description) so far. Right up there with San Francisco, if not better (and of course far exceeding anything else in the west).

Where are you staying? Most of our "big" projects are just about to break ground (Opus @98 14th & Selig's 1105 West Peachtree). If downtown or midtown, I'd say just stroll along and see what's happening. Downtown hardly has cranes (i'm excited for the student dorm project, actually, just to get more residences/foot-traffic downtown) and Midtown probably a bit fewer than what we've seen the past few years.

If you get the chance, check out these areas:
Tech Square
The Edge (in progress development at Edgewood Ave and adjacent the BeltLine. Also worth checking out the bars west of here along Edgewood Ave and certainly do not miss the (MLK) King Memorial site at the King Center)
West Midtown (essentially Marietta St. to 14th st NW)
For a scene a little more smaller scale/local Atlanta check out Little Five Points or East Atlanta Village

Atlanta3000 · #**7571** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 3:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by ConstructDTLA

Hey guys - super short notice - but I am in Atlanta for the next 36 hours. Are there any big projects under construction that you would like me to check in on and photograph?

Extremely impressed with the walkable 'downtown' (including midtown in that description) so far. Right up there with San Francisco, if not better (and of course far exceeding anything else in the west).

I would add the Ponce City Market/O4W area and Buckhead. Remember to post a link here to your photos. Thanks and have fun!

West Peachtree · #**7572** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 4:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Street Advocate

Where are you staying? Most of our "big" projects are just about to break ground (Opus @98 14th & Selig's 1105 West Peachtree). If downtown or midtown, I'd say just stroll along and see what's happening. Downtown hardly has cranes (i'm excited for the student dorm project, actually, just to get more residences/foot-traffic downtown) and Midtown probably a bit fewer than what we've seen the past few years.

If you get the chance, check out these areas:
Tech Square
The Edge (in progress development at Edgewood Ave and adjacent the BeltLine. Also worth checking out the bars west of here along Edgewood Ave and certainly do not miss the (MLK) King Memorial site at the King Center)
West Midtown (essentially Marietta St. to 14th st NW)
For a scene a little more smaller scale/local Atlanta check out Little Five Points or East Atlanta Village

A few more:

ALEXAN 880 on West Peachtree
Hanover Midtown at 7th & Peachtree
615 Peachtree Emory Proton Center
Lilli on Peachtree near The Fox
NCR Phase Two

Many thanks !!

Zanarkand A East · #**7573** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 7:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Verge

BTW-- the Atlanta Olympics is one of the few that did not actually lose money.
Then again the venues were mostly less than spectacular--
and no the World Cup is quite a different Animal.

You should have seen the original designs for the venues. A few drawings were shown on AJC a few months ago, but I have the actual bid books. If you saw the proposed designs, including the Georgia Dome having a glass roof, you'd be even more mad at what we ended up with. Another example is the original design for a huge cauldron that Olympians would have marching through to enter the stadium instead of the garbage cauldron(s) we got.

Zanarkand A East · #**7574** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 7:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by NewUrbanist90

I was heavily involved in fight to save Engineer's Bookstore and preserve that neighborhood and wanted to pass along an update.

Have talked to several people who have confirmed that there is a creative business that is going to lease out the space. Construction looks to have started inside, and the company will be preserving many of the bookstore elements (like the wall-to-wall bookcases).

Obviously a huge win for preservation that this + the whole district was saved and protected; and excited to see that there is demand for this kind of workspace.

Great work. I used to buy textbooks there, and it was always a cool building.

Jacobguy · #**7575** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 7:17 PM**

https://twitter.com/relliotwsb/status/979797850627493892?s=21 so we’re definitely in consideration at least. They also visited a bunch of other cities from what I looked up.

Also, if anybody wants to get a 3D view of all the development, Apple Maps 3D updated midtown And downtown to very recent (ie Icon and NCR topped out.)

Street Advocate · #**7576** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 8:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jacobguy

https://twitter.com/relliotwsb/status/979797850627493892?s=21 so we’re definitely in consideration at least. They also visited a bunch of other cities from what I looked up.

Also, if anybody wants to get a 3D view of all the development, Apple Maps 3D updated midtown And downtown to very recent (ie Icon and NCR topped out.)

Just noting it was public they were visiting us, just like they are and have been visiting the 19 other finalists.

Atlanta3000 · #**7577** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 8:22 PM**

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Just noting it was public they were visiting us, just like they are and have been visiting the 19 other finalists.

It was never stated publicly the dates of their site visit to ATL.

West Peachtree · #**7578** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 8:31 PM**

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It was never stated publicly the dates of their site visit to ATL.

Hard to imagine Amazon - or anyone else - not being impressed with all happening all along West Peachtree St !

Check it out:

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2018/3/30/171...Street%20still%20abuzz%20with%20activity

West Peachtree St is also home to 4 MARTA stations, not incidentally

sbrptree · #**7579** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 8:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by West Peachtree

A few more:

ALEXAN 880 on West Peachtree
Hanover Midtown at 7th & Peachtree
615 Peachtree Emory Proton Center
Lilli on Peachtree near The Fox
NCR Phase Two

Many thanks !!

Don't forget to stop by Eviva too! It has a trashy construction fence and torn banner than has been up for over a year and sadly needs to be torn down.

bigstick · #**7580** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 9:30 PM**

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Don't forget to stop by Eviva too! It has a trashy construction fence and torn banner than has been up for over a year and sadly needs to be torn down.

The Eviva thing has been a complete and utter joke...