ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[BlindFatSnake]

[QUOTE=Tuckerman;5806688]

Originally Posted by micropundit

A projected cost-$1.2billion-and projected start date amd completion dates-2014 and 2017 - have been established by the developers of Atlanta's Mult-Modal Transit Station. Finally.
In an interview with the newspaper of general circulation's editoral board, key members of the development team tasked with creating one of the most ambitious transit oriented development projects (TOD) in the world ooutlined some of the key issues surronding the peoject as well as went on record regarding the projects cost and completion dates.



Given the TSPLOST and current political thinking, I would put this idea on the science fiction shelf.

I agree... pure BS and science ficiton >>> 80 bus bays and no commuter or light rail on the horizon... WTF... Where they do that at? Newark or maybe Ottawa Canada. Atlanta needs to seriously regroup - old, out-dated plans for improving TRANSIT in the city (and the metro) are laughable and down right ridiculous.

There's nothing to see here folks... Just a bad train wreck - waiting to happen... Keep it moving.

[NYbyWAYofGA]

[QUOTE=BlindFatSnake;5807879]

Originally Posted by Tuckerman

I agree... pure BS and science ficiton >>> 80 bus bays and no commuter or light rail on the horizon... WTF... Where they do that at? Newark or maybe Ottawa Canada. Atlanta needs to seriously regroup - old, out-dated plans for improving TRANSIT in the city (and the metro) are laughable and down right ridiculous.

There's nothing to see here folks... Just a bad train wreck - waiting to happen... Keep it moving.

Trains....who said anything about trains? I thought trains were banned.

[BlindFatSnake]

[QUOTE=NYbyWAYofGA;5807917]

Originally Posted by BlindFatSnake

Trains....who said anything about trains? I thought trains were banned.

You're absolutely right. MARTA trains are banned in the suburban counties...AND BANNED FROM EXPANDING, PERIOD.

[Immovable_Media]

I put together this short HD video of Downtown Atlanta's Skyline at Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MesjlUBsFCA

The elevator on the Westin is outlined purple & looks super cool!!!

More video's to come!

[L41A]

Originally Posted by SwimAtl

http://whatnowatlanta.com/2011/02/08/construction-begins-on-midtowns-dual-branded-hilton-hotel/

is this an old rendering of the 10th street dual branded hotel? It looks better than the pics I've seen - the parking deck covering is much more attractive in this one. Would be nice but I suspect it's an earlier one.

Also, I noticed today that the framing on the parking deck appears to be a higher quality material than in the renderings we've seen. It looks like decently interesting patterns of black steel/metal.

I like that rendering.

[echinatl]

[QUOTE=Tuckerman;5806688]

Originally Posted by micropundit

A projected cost-$1.2billion-and projected start date amd completion dates-2014 and 2017 - have been established by the developers of Atlanta's Mult-Modal Transit Station. Finally.
In an interview with the newspaper of general circulation's editoral board, key members of the development team tasked with creating one of the most ambitious transit oriented development projects (TOD) in the world ooutlined some of the key issues surronding the peoject as well as went on record regarding the projects cost and completion dates.



Given the TSPLOST and current political thinking, I would put this idea on the science fiction shelf.

I think there is a legit chance. Just based on casual conversation with a few people that voted NO to TSPLOST they are upset with the options they have now. All of them thought they were voting for 'something else' by voting no, but they're not impressed with anything they've seen. It's funny but they're now jealous of the regions that did pass it, they didnt even know that other regions were even voting for the sales tax increase. It's pure anecdotal, but they would all vote YES to TSPLOST if they had the option to do it again, hindsight is 20/20 I guess. I think we'll see greater support for the next public transit push.

[L41A]

Originally Posted by micropundit

Ambling University Development Group is planning an 18-story student housing project in downtown Atlanta.

The Valdosta, Ga.-based company submitted plans to the city of Atlanta earlier this month to redevelop an abandoned hotel and service station at Courtland Street and John Wesley Dobbs Avenue. The 270,000-square-foot project would include 254 residential units and 17,000 square feet of commercial space.

The property sits close to where Georgia State intends to build new law and business schools. In 2010, the university purchased about 2.4 acres at John Wesley Dobbs and Park Place, near Robert W. Woodruff Park.

The site also is within a five-minute walk of the Atlanta Streetcar route, a 2.6-mile loop that’s under construction, slated to be in service late next year







http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2012/08/17/tower-planned-downtown-near-gsu.html

This sounds excellent. GSU is really expanding and investing in Downtown. I remember not so long ago when all GSU's buildings were concentrated mostly at Decatur and Piedmont.

[ChrisInmanPark]

Originally Posted by ChadK

250-unit apartment complex in talks for Buckhead's Maple drive. Buckhead View



Here's a more detailed PDF.

This is great for adding density to a crappy part of Buckhead, but I'm really starting to think there may be over building of apartment complexes now. This thing will have 70% 1 bedrooms. How many young people do they think live or will move to Atlanta that will fill all these new buildings? Because it will be the 25 - 35 year old's that will be living here. I don't see a big upswing in new jobs that will attract more young people to Atlanta, especially Technology jobs. The vast majority of Tech jobs are way up in the burbs. There needs to be more of a push to get new Tech strartups to come to the city, because this is where young people want to live.

[echinatl]

This info was posted a bit ago on here but also noted that the existing hotel, which is boarded up, would be owned by GSU and repurposed. So an existing dilapidated structure fixed up and turned into a dorm, AND a new tower. It kinds sounds like now the hotel might be town down and then replaced. Does anyone have any information on this? Lastly any info on when demo/construction will start? This is another shot in the arm for downtown, with probably 500ish more people living there between the two projects or 250 if it's just the 18 story tower, still very good though.

[GThomas]

More info and renderings here.

http://livablebuckhead.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Lenox-Square-Mall.pdf

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by GThomas

More info and renderings here.

http://livablebuckhead.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Lenox-Square-Mall.pdf

Wow, had no idea this was planned, they need to do a face lift for Macy's too. Looks great.

[AtlantaMustang]

Regarding the townhomes at Highland and the Beltline:

http://beltline.org/2012/08/23/new-townhome-development-under-construction-along-eastside-trail/

[Kenn]

Lenox needs to embrace the city and build up to Peachtree. This round of improvements is meaningless. The parking lots needs to be buried with retail,commercial,and residential on top. The entire complex should be walkable from all access points on Peachtree and Lenox roads. It's still a 70s style mall surrounded by parking lots. Pretty pathetic.

Has anyone seen the Mitchell St. bridge rebuild featured in the AJC? It's a soulless asphalt redo with industrial chicken wire as a barrier for peds and to protect the rr tracks beneath. Doesn't anyone/ and or agency have a say or even care about the aesthetics of our roads, bridges, and sidewalks? Input on buildings isn't enough when so much of our built environment is made up of streets, etc. The Midtown Alliance has set a great example of just how much pride of place can be accomplished by paying attention to the impact all the land devoted to transit itself has. Doesn't CAP or the city itself have a design protocol?

[Tuckerman]

[QUOTE=Kenn;5808952]Lenox needs to embrace the city and build up to Peachtree. This round of improvements is meaningless. The parking lots needs to be buried with retail,commercial,and residential on top. The entire complex should be walkable from all access points on Peachtree and Lenox roads. It's still a 70s style mall surrounded by parking lots. Pretty pathetic.



Agree, it needs to build out to the street and make the distance between lenox and phipps appear closer and integrated. Don't understand why they don't do it. especially since Simon owns both.

[simms3_redux]

Originally Posted by Kenn

Lenox needs to embrace the city and build up to Peachtree. This round of improvements is meaningless. The parking lots needs to be buried with retail,commercial,and residential on top. The entire complex should be walkable from all access points on Peachtree and Lenox roads. It's still a 70s style mall surrounded by parking lots. Pretty pathetic.

Has anyone seen the Mitchell St. bridge rebuild featured in the AJC? It's a soulless asphalt redo with industrial chicken wire as a barrier for peds and to protect the rr tracks beneath. Doesn't anyone/ and or agency have a say or even care about the aesthetics of our roads, bridges, and sidewalks? Input on buildings isn't enough when so much of our built environment is made up of streets, etc. The Midtown Alliance has set a great example of just how much pride of place can be accomplished by paying attention to the impact all the land devoted to transit itself has. Doesn't CAP or the city itself have a design protocol?

I came to the realization a while back that as long as the state of GA does not invest in infrastructure, Atlanta will never have the funds to clean up its own act as it spends too much money on things the state ought to fund. This is apparent when other cities Atlanta's size are visited - Boston (more money was spent on the Big Dig alone than the money the TSPLOST would have raised over 10 years), San Francisco, Seattle, DC, Philadelphia. NYC is plopping down $5B on another subway line stretching just a couple miles up 2nd Ave (like it needs another, LoL, but even Manhattan needs more infrastructure).

As long as the state of GA continually lets the state down (and at this point the state largely means metro Atlanta), then the City of Atlanta will have to continually play catch up and do its best to patch holes.

Midtown Alliance is funded privately Midtown stakeholders who care about protecting their investments in the area. Streetscaping projects in Midtown are not funded by the average citywide taxpayer. Obiously CAP works the same way, but I don't think there is as much money there.

[shivtim]

Mitchell Street bridge just re-opened. It's converted from one-way to two-way, with a traffic lane removed and bike lanes and wider sidewalks added to both sides. Paid for by GDOT.


Image from the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition

[(four 0 four)]

These photos are about 6 days old but given the pace of construction at 77 12th Street, about the only thing that's happened is the group of workers visible on the southeast corner of the building have stepped over to the southwest corner.

77 12th St...it looks like one day it will help fill in that section of Midtown very nicely.


Skyhouse

[UVAsuperman]

Anyone else disappointed with the airplane hanger crown of Skyhouse?

[jnihiser]

I'm surprised that no one has snapped a few shots of the med building on Peachtree...

[SwimAtl]

Originally Posted by UVAsuperman

Anyone else disappointed with the airplane hanger crown of Skyhouse?

I was initially but the more I look at it in relation to the other 'blue / green glass clad' buildings in midtown, I kinda like its shape for the contrast.