Atlanta Project Thread IV

[Martinman]

Originally Posted by L41A

Bulldogs engages the street a whole lot better than the restaurants (Noodles, etc) that are on the corner of 8th and Peachtree which has parking fronting the streets. I wonder why some seem to concentrate on it and not so much on what's on the corner of the block.

My focus was on Bulldog's because that's the property that was sold (apparently) last year. Did you somehow miss this?

I noticed that It looks like the Bulldogs property changed hands last year.

And my understanding was that Loudermik attempted to assemble more of the block for the Hanover tower with the owner of the club refusing to sell. If it now has a new owner, its possible that the "rest of the block" (meaning the businesses on the corner) could be redeveloped into something more urban and attractive at the street level.

[Libertarian]

Originally Posted by Neighbor

Boulevard has the largest concentration of Sec 8 housing in the Southeast and its not as if Boulevard became a convenient destination just now. It has always had close proximity to job centers. Tell me, how exactly has that worked out on improving the lives of these Sec 8 residents? Answer: It hasn't.

Just like the homeless problem, you don't fix these people's plight by lumping them together in highly concentrated areas. It has a cascading effect on crime, shitty schools, infrastructure, etc. Virtually every study corroborates that.

Now throw in the mix an out of town, soulless, slumlord and you have a bonafide shithole. Any nitwit would agree that the way out of this disaster is not to simply go ahead with business as usual. Not only is it not in the interests of the Sec 8 residents to stay in an area that is highly concentrated with like residents, it also is an impediment to bettering the area as a whole.

Atlanta will certainly struggle to bridge the development gap between Midtown and the Eastside neighborhoods so long as Blvd keeps doing what its doing. Everyone should push for this to be anything other than Sec 8 housing.

Perhaps a comprehensive plan for distribution of the homeless and Sec. 8 people into other areas is needed. My middle class suburban neighborhood is building four Habitat for Humanity houses and has also accepted a number of Sec. 8 and working poor renters and owners. But it seems most upper middle class and affluent NIMBYs would fight tooth-and-nail against a plan involving integration of lower class people into their areas. I'd like to be proven wrong, but the evidence so far seems to suggest it. Meanwhile this segment needs to have decent housing convenient to available jobs, and one of the only available locations at present is the Boulevard corridor. Maybe Midtown/O4W/Druid Hills residents will step up and suggest an alternative model.

[smArTaLlone]

Updated renderings...

Studioplex townhomes



14th & Spring

[smArTaLlone]

Hopefully the lawsuit gets settled quickly.

Click to enlarge





with adjacent future hotel project

[smArTaLlone]

I'm assuming this is just conceptual.

SUMMARY

A true mixed-use development, Blackstone Village is designed to be an urban refuge promoting culture, art and innovation along Peachtree Road in the upscale Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. The dynamic podium design provides a seamless indoor/outdoor shopping experience. Three high-rise towers intersect the podium to house high-end condominiums, office space and a luxury hotel.

https://www.nilesbolton.com/blackstone-village

[Ant131531]

Bad street interaction, but something about it just looks Asian to me...like something that would be built in Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, or Taipei.

[Pemgin]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

Bad street interaction, but something about it just looks Asian to me...like something that would be built in Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, or Taipei.

You're right. I saw it and immediately thought Singapore.

[smArTaLlone]

The client, Central Asset Management, seems to be a Hong Kong investment group. You guys are good!

I suspect they are just marketing the site for potential redevelopment.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Centra...cc6b008a7!8m2!3d33.8342068!4d-84.3839283

[RocketSurgeon]

Originally Posted by Libertarian

Perhaps a comprehensive plan for distribution of the homeless and Sec. 8 people into other areas is needed. My middle class suburban neighborhood is building four Habitat for Humanity houses and has also accepted a number of Sec. 8 and working poor renters and owners. But it seems most upper middle class and affluent NIMBYs would fight tooth-and-nail against a plan involving integration of lower class people into their areas. I'd like to be proven wrong, but the evidence so far seems to suggest it. Meanwhile this segment needs to have decent housing convenient to available jobs, and one of the only available locations at present is the Boulevard corridor. Maybe Midtown/O4W/Druid Hills residents will step up and suggest an alternative model.

The lack of subsidized housing in affluent neighborhoods is not because of NIMBYs. No competent organization is going to pay $1-2 million to house a single family somewhere like Ansley Park when they could use that money to place multiple families in average neighborhoods. That would be absurdly wasteful.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by smArTaLlone

The client, Central Asset Management, seems to be a Hong Kong investment group. You guys are good!

I suspect they are just marketing the site for potential redevelopment.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Centra...cc6b008a7!8m2!3d33.8342068!4d-84.3839283

The Bradshaws (a local family) have owned that site for a long time.

But I agree that the renderings must be just conceptual.

[jpk1292000]

Agreed...hope lawsuit is settled soon...I like this design...

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by smArTaLlone

I suspect they are just marketing the site for potential redevelopment.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Centra...cc6b008a7!8m2!3d33.8342068!4d-84.3839283

Will be pretty wild whenever that plaza is eventually redeveloped.

[Libertarian]

Originally Posted by RocketSurgeon

The lack of subsidized housing in affluent neighborhoods is not because of NIMBYs. No competent organization is going to pay $1-2 million to house a single family somewhere like Ansley Park when they could use that money to place multiple families in average neighborhoods. That would be absurdly wasteful.

Your comment is correct. My comment is that no one should raise a stink about low income housing being proposed on Boulevard corridor or wherever else it can be feasibly situated in order to provide the best opportunity for people who need a leg up.

[Street Advocate]

Midtown DRC Agenda for Tuesday:

FOLLOW-UP APPLICATION: Dual-branded Marriott hotel (640 Peachtree St.)
New construction of a 14-story dual branded hotel building with a ground floor restaurant and lounge/bar having a total 285,000 SF. Above the ground floor the building includes 5 levels of structured parking along with 8 floors of hotel uses having 282 total guest rooms. The site is accessed by pedestrians along both street frontages but only accessible by vehicles from Ponce de Leon Avenue via a circular drop-off area and ramp to the parking deck. The developer is Noble Investment with Lindsay Pope Brayfield & Assoc. Inc. as the architect and Kimley-Horn as the engineer.
Kevin Grass, [email protected] Buck Lindsay, [email protected]
Mike Clifford, [email protected]

NEW APPLICATION: Mixed-Use Development (1150 Spring St.)
New construction of a mixed-use development including two towers: A 250,000 SF Office in the north and 360,000 SF (338 unit) residential to the south (known as NOVEL Midtown). The lowest floor levels provide an unspecified amount of lobby and retail uses with 4 stories of podium parking above totaling 793 spaces. Above the podium are 10 levels of office space to the north and 14 levels of residential to the south. Pedestrian access is primarily from Spring St. while auto access is proposed via one curbcut each along 14th St. and Spring St., along with two along Williams St. The development team is Greenstone Properties and Crescent Communities with HKS and Niles Bolton as the architects and Kimley-Horn as the engineer.

https://www.midtownatl.com/_files/docs/drc---agenda-021318.pdf

[smArTaLlone]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

NEW APPLICATION: Mixed-Use Development (1150 Spring St.)
New construction of a mixed-use development including two towers: A 250,000 SF Office in the north and 360,000 SF (338 unit) residential to the south (known as NOVEL Midtown). The lowest floor levels provide an unspecified amount of lobby and retail uses with 4 stories of podium parking above totaling 793 spaces. Above the podium are 10 levels of office space to the north and 14 levels of residential to the south. Pedestrian access is primarily from Spring St. while auto access is proposed via one curbcut each along 14th St. and Spring St., along with two along Williams St. The development team is Greenstone Properties and Crescent Communities with HKS and Niles Bolton as the architects and Kimley-Horn as the engineer.

https://www.midtownatl.com/_files/docs/drc---agenda-021318.pdf

And there it is. I was wondering when this would be presented to the DRC. I guess this is starting to move forward. There's getting to be quite a few office proposals in the area.

[smArTaLlone]

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news...070&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

A developer says it’s “going spec” on a $100 million office building along the Downtown Connector.

The 10-story building, part of a larger mixed-use project called 14th & Spring, could break ground this October, according to Atlanta-based Greenstone Properties.

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by smArTaLlone

I'm assuming this is just conceptual.

SUMMARY








https://www.nilesbolton.com/blackstone-village

This looks amazing...

[smArTaLlone]

Here's another of the proposals for the 1016 Monroe RFP.

[Libertarian]

Is that Sec. 8? The neighborhood will go ballistic!

[Street Advocate]

That rendering and the isolated strip mall retail building is pretty terrible. No parking in sight though.