ATLANTA | Development Thread V - Page 762

jpk1292000 · #**15221** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 5:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by RocketSurgeon

That's across the street from a field and two blocks from a Shell station... I'm not sure where people have gotten the idea 14th should only have world-renowned super towers when the only notable building fronting it is the Four Seasons. Peachtree is probably the only street in this city people specifically seek to be on.

There is also 1180 Peachtree.

But, these are two new hotel brands to Midtown and this building is certainly better than the parking lot it replaces.

jpk1292000 · #**15222** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 5:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by AtlHeel

I support having effective housing for the homeless in Atlanta, but I'm thrilled to hear what the mayor said! He is spot on. I'm excited to read more about the new facility and the prospects for new life in that part of town. It's such a critical area between downtown and midtown.

To me, redeveloping this shelter and putting an improved facility with improved oversight in place is more important to Midtown/Downtown than building a building of any height. I'd take fixing the problems that his shelter brings to the area over three new 800 foot tall buildings on Peachtree any day. The current facility is such a drag on the area that improving it will pay massive dividends in generating future development.

Martinman · #**15223** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by RocketSurgeon

That's across the street from a field and two blocks from a Shell station... I'm not sure where people have gotten the idea 14th should only have world-renowned super towers when the only notable building fronting it is the Four Seasons. Peachtree is probably the only street in this city people specifically seek to be on.

One Atlantic and 1180 Peachtree are most certainly "notable buildings". Additionally this was to be the new location for the Atlanta Symphony building at one time. I think people see the potential of the street regardless of its current state not unlike Midtown in general.

RocketSurgeon · #**15224** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 6:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martinman

One Atlantic and 1180 Peachtree are most certainly "notable buildings".

Yes, but neither has a 14th St address.

arjay57 · #**15225** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by foxmccleod

I did not, but they have an image of the dual branded hotel on the recap page. It has not been updated with comments yet. UPDATE Comments now included.
http://www.midtownatl.com/about/programs...t-review-committee/august-2015-drc-recap

Looks sharp to me. Nice and urban like a big city hotel should be.

bigstick · #**15226** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 9:46 PM**

I rode by Modera today and the crane base is still there, the mystery continues.

Tuckerman · #**15227** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 9:48 PM**

It seems like a no brainer to me that until the Pine St shelter is gone Midtown and Downtown will not connect developmentally.

GeorgiaPeanuts · #**15228** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 11:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tuckerman

It seems like a no brainer to me that until the Pine St shelter is gone Midtown and Downtown will not connect developmentally.

Hopefully they can prevent whoever runs it from just opening a new one somewhere else and ruining another part of town. It is clear whoever runs its heart is in the right place, but they need to let people better at it run it.

Atlanta3000 · #**15229** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 1:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by micropundit

This looks like a suburban office building - not a modern hotel. Certainly nothing of any architectural significance worthy of a Fourteenth Street address in Midtown Atlanta.

BGump · #**15230** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 2:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

This looks like a suburban office building - not a modern hotel. Certainly nothing of any architectural significance worthy of a Fourteenth Street address in Midtown Atlanta.

What if they use a Thirteenth St address, will that work?

Atlanta3000 · #**15231** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 3:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by BGump

What if they use a Thirteenth St address, will that work?

No - smart@$$

Maybe - Thirteenth Street, Duluth, GA

joecool · #**15232** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 4:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

No - smart@$$

Maybe - Thirteenth Street, Duluth, GA

That made me

testarossa50 · #**15233** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 2:53 PM**

The hotel is awful. The advantage of the two similar projects (the 10th/Williams and 15th West Peachtree) is that they're both on postage stamp lots, well under an acre each. This lot is a full acre on 14th Street, big enough for a substantial mixed use development. At least they manage to get 300 rooms in there somehow--not too small a number.

mikeatl77 · #**15234** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 3:17 PM**

http://whatnowatlanta.com/the-garage-to-...-new-square-on-fifth-atlanta-apartments/

Plans this week were filed for the meetings and events venue near Georgia Tech.
Square on Fifth Atlanta, the recently-competed 25-story mixed-use residential tower at 848 Spring Street NW, will soon be home to The Garage at Tech Square, a non-exclusive space for off-site meetings, as well as an event venue.

A building permit application was filed with City of Atlanta this week to buildout The Garage, a 9,000-square-foot venue available to both corporate partners and information centers near Tech Square who want access to a meeting space.

The Garage will also be available to residents of the Square on Fifth evenings and weekends.

Scott Henderson, owner of The Sandbox Crew, a social club for people who want to make connections at Tech Square, is opening The Garage.

It’s “an underground clubhouse for people creating the future of technology,” Henderson told What Now Atlanta (WNA) in a telephone conversation Wednesday.

Sandbox has partnered with student groups and various Georgia Tech organizations so that they can utilize the space as well. The goal of the Garage is to draw in people from different industries and expertise, who can then have real conversations with each other, connect and collaborate.

The soft-seating club atmosphere provides a stage and is designed to have the look and feel of a boiler room that was repurposed.

Upstairs from The Garage will be a public area for anyone in the neighborhood, and there are other parts of the building that can be rented out as well. Downstairs, half of the space will be a mezzanine and the entire west wall will be glass and steel, with five glass garage doors that open straight. There will also be a pedestrian alleyway for standalone events outdoors, which can then integrate with indoor events, too.

An estimated $850,000 will be spent constructing the space.