ATLANTA | Development Thread V - Page 458

thebigATL · #**9141** Posted **Jan 13, 2014, 2:56 AM**

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New View of Porsche's Atlanta HQ - A awesome view for those who fly to Atlanta

It really is I pass by it recently,construction is looking great so far at this moment but, if you pass by it at this moment you can actually see if from the highway.

kamden99 · #**9142** Posted **Jan 13, 2014, 2:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by foxmccleod

811 Peachtree is the project that I had alluded to being on the boards a few months back. The retail space is huge and all on one level fronting the corner. I have no idea what is going there though it is a good size for an urban market/grocery. I believe groundbreaking is scheduled for the end of the year, assuming there are no setbacks.

Wow! This is HUGE! I live next door at 805 Peachtree and can't wait to see the renderings! This lot has so much potential! If Perkins + Will is behind the design, hopefully it will break the mold of all the nearby Novare projects & be a signature tower for this side of Midtown!

scania · #**9143** Posted **Jan 13, 2014, 4:56 AM**

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Three Alliance Center - Buckhead (Then and Now - WTF)

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I like the design...I think the other Aliance towers are creative but blah.

scania · #**9144** Posted **Jan 13, 2014, 4:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by kamden99

wow! This is huge! I live next door at 805 peachtree and can't wait to see the renderings! This lot has so much potential! If perkins + will is behind the design, hopefully it will break the mold of all the nearby novare projects & be a signature tower for this side of midtown!

totally agreed!!!

foxmccleod · #**9145** Posted **Jan 13, 2014, 1:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by clexmond

I don't believe the single row of parking to the north of 805 Peachtree is part of the 811 parcel. So we'll probably have a curb cut still on Peachtree between the two buildings. I am curious though if any of the old houses along Juniper will be torn down (where Takorea and Mulan are).

The project will be bounded by the easement at 805 Peachtree and the alley between Peachtree and Juniper. There will still be a curb cut on Peachtree, but the houses on Juniper are not part of the project. All public street frontage excluding two ramps on 6th beside the alley are currently designated as retail aside from a narrow residential lobby.

kamden99 · #**9146** Posted **Jan 13, 2014, 2:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by foxmccleod

The project will be bounded by the easement at 805 Peachtree and the alley between Peachtree and Juniper. There will still be a curb cut on Peachtree, but the houses on Juniper are not part of the project. All public street frontage excluding two ramps on 6th beside the alley are currently designated as retail aside from a narrow residential lobby.

So, who is the developer? Someone new to the Atlanta market? Since you have clearly seen the design, what are your thoughts? I can't wait to see it tomorrow!

micropundit · #**9147** Posted **Jan 13, 2014, 5:27 PM**

Buckhead Atlanta’s developer OliverMcMillan announced today that Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Dene Oliver, CEO of OliverMcMillan, will speak to the media and invited guests at a Topping-Out Ceremony Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the Buckhead Atlanta site. The ceremony marks a major milestone for the project and the completion of vertical construction. The final piece of steel will be signed by project executives at the event before being placed atop the 20-story residential South Tower.

http://www.buckheadview.com/

Immovable_Media · #**9148** Posted **Jan 13, 2014, 6:32 PM**

Cox Enterprises Tower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKb2Kvevcvo
The tower is close to topping out. The facade is being installed on the lower floors.

Hyatt Hotel at Villa Christina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HrFfpN-S0M
The crane has been removed. The hotel blends in nicely with neighboring Villa Christina. Happy to see some of the trees in the front were left.

Citizen Perimeter Apartments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWeucbjuKhk
It looks as though two distinct buildings have taken shape. A new traffic light on Ashford Dunwoody will help residence and those across the street at

1160 Hammond Apartments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DSRUXajorQ
The crane is up and a massive parking deck has been built. Work continues on the 5-floor wraparound building.

arjay57 · #**9149** Posted **Jan 13, 2014, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Immovable_Media

Cox Enterprises Tower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKb2Kvevcvo
The tower is close to topping out. The facade is being installed on the lower floors.

Hyatt Hotel at Villa Christina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HrFfpN-S0M
The crane has been removed. The hotel blends in nicely with neighboring Villa Christina. Happy to see some of the trees in the front were left.

Citizen Perimeter Apartments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWeucbjuKhk
It looks as though two distinct buildings have taken shape. A new traffic light on Ashford Dunwoody will help residence and those across the street at

1160 Hammond Apartments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DSRUXajorQ
The crane is up and a massive parking deck has been built. Work continues on the 5-floor wraparound building.

The Perimeter is really exploding. If they were smart they'd go ahead and put in a streetcar circulator while it's still easy to deal with the infrastructure.

arjay57 · #**9150** Posted **Jan 13, 2014, 7:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by micropundit

Buckhead Atlanta’s developer OliverMcMillan announced today that Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Dene Oliver, CEO of OliverMcMillan, will speak to the media and invited guests at a Topping-Out Ceremony Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the Buckhead Atlanta site.

It'll be great to see the project finally come to an end. It seems like that section of the city has been torn up for a decade.

Wonder when the cranes will come down?

thebigATL · #**9151** Posted **Jan 14, 2014, 4:02 AM**

Oh wow, all this proposed development is great to my prior knowledge all I'm saying is when they're considering building it??? Just like the 3 tivoli towers (we haven't heard from them since november) still no answers. To be honest first we need to fill between South of midtown and north of downtown to fill the skyline atleast 40 stories so it wony look to gappy.I know I'm off topic, but the only thing that's really sucessful for midtown n buckhead etc. Is 30 stories we have been seeing them for 3 years now its time to boost the height up to another level. We need sucessful companies that does not need private funding. We also need someone who will have a plan that has everything on point and starting building the tower asap. This is how they do overseas and probaly nyc . Atlanta is my hometown and a part of my heart but, we need better towers, to me if they build a tower that short,They should make it awkward or vegas like.But its not like I don't like the projects don't get me wrong,its just majority of the time theylook similar.All we just need better developers that will contribute to better the skyline and the city, not the ones that do all the work and we construction comes, the project dies and someone buys the land and does the samething constantly. This is my personal opinion. I really love the new ideas just want them to be sucessful.

Ant131531 · #**9152** Posted **Jan 14, 2014, 5:06 AM**

Except as been said so many times before, it's not all about skylines. Urban walkable environment should be the most important thing. So what if they are 30 stories? They still provide a big city feeling and if they include retail and apartment units, then that's great as that adds density to the city.

I'm more impressed looking at aerials of Historic Paris then looking at Atlanta's skyline.

Dale · #**9153** Posted **Jan 14, 2014, 5:28 AM**

^ Perhaps you'd be happier on other than a skyscraper site ?

Ant131531 · #**9154** Posted **Jan 14, 2014, 7:45 AM**

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^ Perhaps you'd be happier on other than a skyscraper site ?

This is for construction and urban development. This isn't simply for skyscrapers. I'm all for skyscrapers, but you can't expect 1k footers to just magically appear every few years unless you're NYC and have the economy and investors to do it.

You can have all the skyscrapers in the downtown area in the world, but if you have no urban walkable vibrant neighborhoods around this downtown, then who cares? That's something many of the sunbelt cities struggles with, though it's changing for some. I go to cities to experience life on the streets, not what's at thousand feet.

bryantm3 · #**9155** Posted **Jan 14, 2014, 8:19 AM**

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This is for construction and urban development. This isn't simply for skyscrapers. I'm all for skyscrapers, but you can't expect 1k footers to just magically appear every few years unless you're NYC and have the economy and investors to do it.

You can have all the skyscrapers in the downtown area in the world, but if you have no urban walkable vibrant neighborhoods around this downtown, then who cares? That's something many of the sunbelt cities struggles with, though it's changing for some. I go to cities to experience life on the streets, not what's at thousand feet.

you described houston in a nutshell, haha.

the only thing that puts me off are these stick-built projects that aren't made to last more than a few years. as long as what's going up is A, solid concrete or steel construction, and B, has active street-level use, i couldn't be happier.

the only exception i can think to this is the emory proton therapy clinic. i think it's really an awful waste of space and should've been located out around emory or at least have been the first story in a multiple-level project.

i'll be honest, proton therapy seems to be not much better than other radiation therapy, and costs much much more. it is probably just another way to take advantage of desperate people. the way that we treat cancer now is medieval. when someone finally gets the cure for cancer out there the 'proton therapy clinic' is going to sound like the 'leech and electroshock therapy sanitarium' does to us.

bobbyv · #**9156** Posted **Jan 14, 2014, 8:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by bryantm3

you described houston in a nutshell, haha.

the only thing that puts me off are these stick-built projects that aren't made to last more than a few years. as long as what's going up is A, solid concrete or steel construction, and B, has active street-level use, i couldn't be happier.

the only exception i can think to this is the emory proton therapy clinic. i think it's really an awful waste of space and should've been located out around emory or at least have been the first story in a multiple-level project.

From afar Houston looks very impressive, youre right about that.

bryantm3 · #**9157** Posted **Jan 14, 2014, 8:28 AM**

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From afar Houston looks very impressive, youre right about that.

it doesn't look as impressive up close, though. that was my point. skylines aren't everything.

Tuckerman · #**9158** Posted **Jan 14, 2014, 2:41 PM**

IMO Atlant has many impressive skyline views. Driving 75/85 from the south just after the Grady curve is impressive day or night; so is Buckhead coming up 400; and in particular Midtown from Piedmont Park. However, the Piedmont Park one is spectacular because you are walking. The other views really need a car. Walking up Peachtree from Downtown to Buckhead is not too exciting; driving it is a little better. What is lacking is pedestrian traffic which occurs only some of the time Downtown or around 14th St. The high rise apartments accumulating on this spine will, I believe, ultimately begin to produce some street traffic; however, you need more than just highrises, you need a mixture of apartment types and shops, mostly restaurants and food stores, and a few other types, on the street. Much of the street traffic in such cities as Paris, NY, Berlin consists of locals walking a short distance from their home to buy bread, milk, a paper, and/or to have a coffee or drink with a friend from nearby. These streets do not just depend on workers in tall buildings - many of these workers eat at their desk, inside the building, and in the case of ATL, arrive and leave by car. Of course, there is a boatload of tourists in the mix, but in ATL's case I can't see why a tourist would walk up Peachtree from Downtown to say the High Museum - the two seem very unconnected.

micropundit · #**9159** Posted **Jan 14, 2014, 3:03 PM**

This looks like a great adaptive reuse project! Students at the Atlanta campus of SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design) are creating a prototype of “next-generation micro housing” on the upper floors of their parking deck.

According to SCAD:

These micro homes have everything you need - showers to kitchens to beds - in the footprint of a parking space. We’re offering these homes to a few students who will live in a SCADPad for a couple weeks. Any student in Savannah and Atlanta winter and spring quarter is eligible to participate.

How great to see new generations thinking about productive uses for some of the least productive urban spaces — the blank surfaces of parking infrastructure

http://atlurbanist.tumblr.com/

http://www.scadpad.com/

Immovable_Media · #**9160** Posted **Jan 14, 2014, 3:44 PM**

Academy of Medicine in Midtown Atlanta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6wuMxNM5mw
I wish more buildings were saved and reused this way... Nice work GA Tech!