ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[ChadK]

Originally Posted by 1010

77 12th virtual animation just released - am curious to see what the interiors are going to look like and how they will compare with the adjacent 1010 building; I'm told one difference is 77 12th will have linoleum hardwood flooring

http://player.vimeo.com/video/44549452

Looks great. Although not to beat a dead horse... I wish 12th street would have been aligned (properly, not a bump out) to make a straight shot from the park to Williams street. Now it will never be straight. I actually traveled 12th street today and found it odd to dead end right into Skyhouse. Not to mention 12th and Crescent... From the animation it looks like a pedestrian could easily become roadkill on that corner.

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by BlueSangha

that's gonna look so much better than skyhouse. i hope they improve the area around that parking lot on the backside.

That looks amazing though....

[L41A]

Originally Posted by 1010

77 12th virtual animation just released - am curious to see what the interiors are going to look like and how they will compare with the adjacent 1010 building; I'm told one difference is 77 12th will have linoleum hardwood flooring

http://player.vimeo.com/video/44549452

I like!!!

This section of Midtown has probably gone through the biggest transformation of any part of Midtown in the last 20 years. I use to live off West Peachtree in the 1990s. I've always enjoyed the vibe of Crescent Avenue.

[simms3_redux]

I'm not at all upset with how Skyhouse appears (my apt view is facing south towards Skyhouse so I wake up to it every day). If that's what "market/affordable" is in Atlanta nowadays, then that's pretty nice! (floor to ceiling glass??) Of course the garage gets me a little, but we're not talking Peachtree here (it is in no-man's land afterall).

77 12th isn't as "pretty" to me as to some here, but it will continue the density and vibrancy of that area, and it certainly isn't ugly. They've really put a lot of money in the project (though that hasn't translated to faster construction!!).

Is anyone beside me already "bored" with the Skyhouse/77 12th construction? I have sort of a 4-5 month window, and so fortunately for me Skyhouse took complete shape in that time, but unfortunately 77 12th is still on the 2nd floor, and I have grown bored with tracking progress. I'm way too ADD! Next building please.

[Zanarkand A East]

The "Corey" wordmark seems to have been removed from the smokestack on MLK near the Connector. I wonder if Georgia State will write their workmark on it, although I wish they'd buy the lot and tear it down. Anyone have any news on that?

Meanwhile, I finally checked out Historic 4th Ward Park, and it's amazing. After seeing the Ponce City Market video, I can't wait to see that area in a few years!

This town has more parks than we really appreciate. I went to the Sunday market in Grant Park and was blown away at how that area looks 10 years later.

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by hamster

The Chick fil-a peach is still on top and the electric billboard is working, but the parking deck is full of graffiti and there is a for sale sign on front. Is this building abandoned?

http://www.executiveenterprises.net/former.pdf

I toured this building back in 2004 or 2005 when they were selling. The units weren't bad, but the hallways and parking deck were dismal, and it was a nightmare driving out of there. And then the Borders left, and I forget whether the Kroger is still there. Glad I didn't buy there, especially at that price.

The building and hideous parking lot remind me of the Medical Arts building we discussed earlier. It would be cool to bookend Midtown with two similarly developed buildings towering right by the Connector.

[sunking1056]

Originally Posted by simms3_redux

but we're not talking Peachtree here (it is in no-man's land afterall).

and Novare has ensured it always will be. Unacceptable.

[cityenthusiast]

77 12th street renderings looks great i like it a lot better than skyhouse and it really should add to the vibrancy and will add more pedestrian traffic to that area. I really wish skyhouse covered that garage like 77 12th street did.

[foxmccleod]

Originally Posted by ChadK

Wow. That PDF was a walk down memory lane of undelivered projects. One Museum Place, the Atlanta Symphony Center, Trump Towers, the Mandarin Oriental, etc...

Speaking of undelivered projects... I think Doucheberry actually had his beady little eyes set on The Peach site for "Uptown Heights & Uptown Pointe" http://www.dewberrycapital.com/properties/atlanta.html . Although it's hard to tell from the rendering.

Might not mean anything, but for the last two days, there has been a Dewberry Capital van parked outside the Arts Center Marta station.

[boomtown]

New video pumping the Beltline/T-Splost. Forward to anyone who may get inspired to go out and vote.

http://beltline.org/2012/06/21/40-days-to-go-what-you-need-to-know-2/

[echinatl]

FINALLY! http://www.atlantadowntown.com/article/philips-to-update-arena-clock-building-damaged-by-storm

[TarHeelJ]

Originally Posted by echinatl

FINALLY! http://www.atlantadowntown.com/article/philips-to-update-arena-clock-building-damaged-by-storm

Wow, that sounds pretty cool.

[Stratosphere 2020]

Originally Posted by echinatl

FINALLY! http://www.atlantadowntown.com/article/philips-to-update-arena-clock-building-damaged-by-storm

Let me get this straight. Are the people voting on July 31st whether they should allow additional city taxes to be invested in the Beltline project? If people vote no that means the Beltline project is in danger?

I thought the whole project was approved already with the necessary finances for it. I base this on the present construction going on different phases of the Beltline project.

[ATL_J]

Originally Posted by Stratosphere 2020

Let me get this straight. Are the people voting on July 31st whether they should allow additional city taxes to be invested in the Beltline project? If people vote no that means the Beltline project is in danger?

I thought the whole project was approved already with the necessary finances for it. I base this on the present construction going on different phases of the Beltline project.

I think you quoted the wrong link, but to answer your questions the Beltline is pulling funds from a variety of sources including capital contributions, city of Atlanta contributions, federal funding, but most specifically from its Tax Allocation District (TAD) financing. All of that can be found here: http://beltline.org/about/the-atlanta-beltline-project/funding/

With that said, they don't have the money to build the transit at this current time which is very expensive. They are in the process of getting funding from the federal government to help match their contributions to pay for the transit that would go on the Beltline (most likely one section at a time), but that process of getting funds through government grants is very tedious and takes time. From what I've heard at various functions, and I apologize if I am remember a bit incorrectly, but they're looking at laying track 7 or so years in the future. Now, from what the Beltline said, should the TSPLOST pass which has several Beltline related projects in its scope, they'll be able to start laying track in about 18 months.

[echinatl]

Civil Rights Center broke ground today!

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2012/06/27/slideshow-civil-rights-center-ground.html

[ChadK]

Originally Posted by echinatl

Civil Rights Center broke ground today!

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2012/06/27/slideshow-civil-rights-center-ground.html

I wonder if I can sneak in under the cover of night and switch out the new plans for the old ones.

[TarHeelJ]

Originally Posted by ChadK

I wonder if I can sneak in under the cover of night and switch out the new plans for the old ones.

It's so crazy it just might work!

[echinatl]

Maybe the right people knew we were talking about the Mitchel Street bridge but asphalt has been laid. Still needs to have the lines painted on but it definitely looks like it should be ready soon.

[ChadK]

Is it just me or has the SkyHouse parking deck appear to have been modified from it's original renderings? It seems much taller than planned and the last time I drove down Spring the deck appeared to be more of an L configuration. But it has been a while, perhaps that's just the way decks are built and it's now a big old rectangle

The SkyHouse deck was being built at the same time Novare was pressured into altering the deck for 100 6th street. Is it possible they also made some last minute changes to the ShyHouse deck accommodate larger retail along Spring?

[Terminus]

Originally Posted by ChadK

Is it just me or has the SkyHouse parking deck appear to have been modified from it's original renderings? It seems much taller than planned and the last time I drove down Spring the deck appeared to be more of an L configuration. But it has been a while, perhaps that's just the way decks are built and it's now a big old rectangle

As somebody who works in an architectural office, let me give you a word of advice... never, ever, ever mistake renderings (which are propaganda usually prepared by third parties) for plans. This is especially true for facade details.