ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[micropundit]

Great shots! I believe that they show some of the reasons that Atlanta's future as an urban and urbane city is Midtown.

Midtown ,if you include the Westside, has a varity of elements that can be leveraged to establish the types of assets that attract and retain the so called creative class, the population that all cities in tomorrows global cities are vying for.
This not to diminish any other part of metro Atlanta merely an acknowledgment of the urban tapastry that is Midtown.

[popewiz]

Originally Posted by Terminus

I think that the coolest project of all over there is a 15 foot deep residential building going up on a sliver of land between Marietta Street and the railroad, just south of North Avenue. This is the exact scale and creativity level that we need more of.

Creative, yes, but I certainly wouldn't want to live a few feet away from one of the busiest rail lines in the southeast.

[cybele]

Originally Posted by micropundit

Midtown ,if you include the Westside, has a varity of elements that can be leveraged to establish the types of assets that attract and retain the so called creative class, the population that all cities in tomorrows global cities are vying for.

I think Atlanta's creative class is pretty well dispersed all over the city.

[briantech]

and at night

[CokeisBomb]

Can someone explain the 2/3 of a hole of golf next to Ikea?

Thanks

[sevensixtwo]

Low taxes.

[cybele]

I thought it was some kind of practice hole for the Tech golf team.

[jew4life4948]

Originally Posted by cybele

I thought it was some kind of practice hole for the Tech golf team.

It's part of the Sembler Westside, once/if/when/hopefully never the project breaks ground.

[gttx]

Originally Posted by cybele

I thought it was some kind of practice hole for the Tech golf team.

Correct.

[micropundit]

Monday, July 6, 2009, 3:53pm EDT | Modified: Monday, July 6, 2009, 3:54pm

Atlanta Business Chronicle
- by Douglas Sams Staff Writer
The owner of Atlanta's Clermont Hotel will avoid losing the iconic building to foreclosure Tuesday.

The Clermont was scheduled to be foreclosed on July 7. Inman Park Properties, which owns the 85-year-old hotel on Ponce de Leon Avenue, has reached an agreement with lender Fairway Capital. The short-term forbearance staves off foreclosure for up to three months as Inman Park Properties seeks financing options, said Gene Kansas, founder of Gene Kansas Developments, the firm representing ownership in the sale of the historic hotel.

The property has been on the market since at least April. Its listed price is $6.5 million.

Inman Park Properties bought the Clermont Hotel in 2003.

The Clermont Lounge, located in the hotel's basement, is a landmark strip club and dive bar -- a destination for the city's most adventurous and curious residents and tourists.

The Clermont has made the “best of” lists of several national men’s publications, including Maxim and Stuff magazines. The Clermont has also inspired a documentary.

Kansas’ company has marketed the site for its potential as a renovated hotel or potentially an apartment development with a hipster, arts/bohemian theme. He has also started a design competition for students to draft designs for the hotel’s lobby, rooms and its rooftop.

[Verge]

Originally Posted by jew4life4948

It's part of the Sembler Westside, once/if/when/hopefully never the project breaks ground.

Hopefully Never is exactly right--
another in a line of ill-conceived, anti-urban, badly designed Sembler Projects...
These guys have single-handedly produced some of the worst architecture in Atlanta--

[jew4life4948]

Originally Posted by Verge

Hopefully Never is exactly right--
another in a line of ill-conceived, anti-urban, badly designed Sembler Projects...
These guys have single-handedly produced some of the worst architecture in Atlanta--

And won builder of the year for it too......................

Talk about the sliver lining of this recession.

[Atlwest281]

Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 11:06am EDT
Hartsfield-Jackson praised for efficiency
Atlanta Business Chronicle

The world’s busiest airport is once again the most efficient in North America.

For the seventh year in a row, the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) gave Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport its Award of Excellence for efficiency, this year as the most efficient airport in North America. Hartsfield-Jackson serves about 250,000 passengers every day.

ATRS said the award is a reflection of the Atlanta airport’s “productivity, efficiency and low costs, including the lowest passenger costs for the airlines.”

The award is based on research by the ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Task Force. The study compared 142 airports and 14 airport groups worldwide.

Hartsfield-Jackson earned the ATRS Global Excellence Award in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. The Airport won ATRS’ North American award in 2005. The Global Excellence Award category was discontinued this year.

Hmmm intersting for a place as some people have said grossly inefficient and a terrible place. Now if they can get the south terminal complex built sooner and the 6th runway then it will add even more to the efficiency. :-)

[alleystreetindustry]

Originally Posted by Atlwest281

Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 11:06am EDT
Hartsfield-Jackson praised for efficiency
Atlanta Business Chronicle

The world’s busiest airport is once again the most efficient in North America.

For the seventh year in a row, the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) gave Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport its Award of Excellence for efficiency, this year as the most efficient airport in North America. Hartsfield-Jackson serves about 250,000 passengers every day.

ATRS said the award is a reflection of the Atlanta airport’s “productivity, efficiency and low costs, including the lowest passenger costs for the airlines.”

The award is based on research by the ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Task Force. The study compared 142 airports and 14 airport groups worldwide.

Hartsfield-Jackson earned the ATRS Global Excellence Award in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. The Airport won ATRS’ North American award in 2005. The Global Excellence Award category was discontinued this year.

Hmmm intersting for a place as some people have said grossly inefficient and a terrible place. Now if they can get the south terminal complex built sooner and the 6th runway then it will add even more to the efficiency. :-)

i really do feel as if our airport is one of the best. very few airports out there can beat the simplicity and layout hartsfield jackson sports. and on top of that it seems to be getting better every year.

and also... [http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/07/06/daily52.html] may not be the best, but at least we are making progress. we will be set in another decade or so.

[A-town]

Originally Posted by Atlwest281

Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 11:06am EDT
Hartsfield-Jackson praised for efficiency
Atlanta Business Chronicle

The world’s busiest airport is once again the most efficient in North America.

For the seventh year in a row, the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) gave Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport its Award of Excellence for efficiency, this year as the most efficient airport in North America. Hartsfield-Jackson serves about 250,000 passengers every day.

ATRS said the award is a reflection of the Atlanta airport’s “productivity, efficiency and low costs, including the lowest passenger costs for the airlines.”

The award is based on research by the ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Task Force. The study compared 142 airports and 14 airport groups worldwide.

Hartsfield-Jackson earned the ATRS Global Excellence Award in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. The Airport won ATRS’ North American award in 2005. The Global Excellence Award category was discontinued this year.

Hmmm intersting for a place as some people have said grossly inefficient and a terrible place. Now if they can get the south terminal complex built sooner and the 6th runway then it will add even more to the efficiency. :-)

I can say that this is very true, I was recently at Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport and it was a living hell! It took 30 minutes just to check my bags in, which they charged us for. They were also fussy about getting through the metal detectors, nothing ran with ease. You get through Hartsfield-Jackson hassle free, I'm glad it's the airport I call home.

[shivtim]

Originally Posted by alleystreetindustry

and also... [http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/07/06/daily52.html] may not be the best, but at least we are making progress.

I'm not a big fan of the methodology that website uses. I realize it would be nearly impossible to do so, but it doesn't take into account things such as sidewalks and traffic, and I believe it just uses google maps and keywords to attempt to find the nearest parks, movie theatres, etc. For example, it says the nearest park to my house is Ansley on the park condominiums, even though I live 100ft from Piedmont Park. Another example is that many parts of Buford highway get a high walkability score because of the density of stores/resraurants, even though there aren't even sidewalks and it's a half mile between crosswalks.

That website aside, I agree Atlanta is making progress. I've noticed a lot of sidewalk improvements all around town, and almost all major in-town construction over the past few years has street front retail. From my apartment I can walk to restaurants, bars, grocery stores, a movie theater and a MARTA station.

[popewiz]

Originally Posted by shivtim

I'm not a big fan of the methodology that website uses. I realize it would be nearly impossible to do so, but it doesn't take into account things such as sidewalks and traffic, and I believe it just uses google maps and keywords to attempt to find the nearest parks, movie theatres, etc. For example, it says the nearest park to my house is Ansley on the park condominiums, even though I live 100ft from Piedmont Park. Another example is that many parts of Buford highway get a high walkability score because of the density of stores/resraurants, even though there aren't even sidewalks and it's a half mile between crosswalks.

That website aside, I agree Atlanta is making progress. I've noticed a lot of sidewalk improvements all around town, and almost all major in-town construction over the past few years has street front retail. From my apartment I can walk to restaurants, bars, grocery stores, a movie theater and a MARTA station.

Also, who didn't enjoy the article pointing out that Atlanta is 22nd from last ... in a group of 40! Seems to me that means we're 18th, which doesn't exactly suggest Atlanta is one of the "least walkable cities."

[alleystreetindustry]

just received this good news:

“By securing the Southwest corridor and a portion of the Southeast corridor, the BeltLine is now ahead of schedule on Right of Way acquisition, and controls close to 50 percent of the BeltLine corridor. This agreement will allow ABI to continue transit and trail planning activities and open parts of the corridor up to the public within the next year.”

check out one of the most recent articles from AJC:
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/07/09/beltline_land.html

[Père Goriot]

Here are two photos of the recently topped off office tower at the 10th and Midtown development I took on my way to work.

[Free]

^ Cool shots!