ATLANTA | Development Thread V

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Grabbed a shot of Ansley Green Condos


Also got a shot of Seventh Midtown and the other Mid-rise on Peachtree:

[atlwarrior]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_...r-sees-beer-gardens-on-the-beltline.html

[mayhem]

Originally Posted by bigstick

This sounds like city-data, God forbid...You cannot say anything there without being censored or executed.

It's real simple. People want to read DEVELOPMENT news, not listen to idiots bicker (like other forums), about some fringe development blurb tied to the topic at hand by a thin strand. When y'all go on a 30 post diatribe about non-development fodder, it's gonna get deleted.

[BlueSangha]

Originally Posted by mayhem

It's real simple. People want to read DEVELOPMENT news, not listen to idiots bicker (like other forums), about some fringe development blurb tied to the topic at hand by a thin strand. When y'all go on a 30 post diatribe about non-development fodder, it's gonna get deleted.

Thank You! And now back to our program.

[RudyJK]

They have started clearing the site; trees are tagged and earth is moving. The block east of Williams between Simpson and W. Peachtree is also fenced. There is a construction trailer on site. Is this just the staging area for Post Centennial?

[Tuckerman]

Originally Posted by mayhem

It's real simple. People want to read DEVELOPMENT news, not listen to idiots bicker (like other forums), about some fringe development blurb tied to the topic at hand by a thin strand. When y'all go on a 30 post diatribe about non-development fodder, it's gonna get deleted.

For the sake of clarity in this forum it would be useful if the moderator explained what he/she means by DEVELOPMENT. Some discussions, such as those on MARTA and transit related development have been deleted. If only pictures of new highrises and plans for new highrises located within the political city of Atlanta is the main theme of this thread, then that should be made clear so that those interested in a broader interpretation of development for the whole metro area can go elsewhere.

[micropundit]

An office tower for more than 100 years, downtown’s historic Candler Building now will be transformed into a 265-room hotel that brings a new Hilton flag to Atlanta. The circa-1906 building — designed by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler and once the city’s tallest steel skyscraper — will become The Candler Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton.As part of the project, a new structure will be constructed next to the historic building. It will bring a more than 3,000-square-foot ballroom that overlooks downtown’s Woodruff Park, along with a water feature and amenity deck.Renovations will kick off soon at the Candler Building, with the goal to reopen the property in late 2017.
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print...ic-candler-building-to-become-hotel.html

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print...mont-hospital-plans-major-expansion.html

Piedmont Healthcare is planning a 10-to-15-story heart services tower that could house many of the hospital’s rapidly growing cardiac services under one roof and kick-off a sweeping, long-term redevelopment of its Buckhead campus that’s occupied a hilltop on Peachtree Road since the 1950s.

The tower would rise at the corner of Peachtree and Collier roads, a hilltop known to thousands of Peachtree Road race participants as Cardiac Hill for the long climb runners must make going south on Peachtree toward Piedmont Hospital.

The redevelopment would involve razing The Sheffield Building, the 78,000-square-foot blue and white medical office tower has stood next to the 488-bed hospital since the 1960s.

The new tower would be “a big deal,” said a person briefed on the project. The project would include an architecturally striking new entrance to the hospital, this person said.

It would replace the blue and white building in this picture.

And Aaron's HQ in Buckhead Village will be renovated to look like this, expected to be available for occupancy 2017:


http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print...s-hq-to-remade-into-boutique-office.html

[atlwarrior]

Originally Posted by micropundit

An office tower for more than 100 years, downtown’s historic Candler Building now will be transformed into a 265-room hotel that brings a new Hilton flag to Atlanta. The circa-1906 building — designed by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler and once the city’s tallest steel skyscraper — will become The Candler Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton.As part of the project, a new structure will be constructed next to the historic building. It will bring a more than 3,000-square-foot ballroom that overlooks downtown’s Woodruff Park, along with a water feature and amenity deck.Renovations will kick off soon at the Candler Building, with the goal to reopen the property in late 2017.
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print...ic-candler-building-to-become-hotel.html

Simply remarkable and big win for downtown Atlanta.

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

And Aaron's HQ in Buckhead Village will be renovated to look like this, expected to be available for occupancy 2017:

Wow! That would be a huge difference to the street presence and general aesthetics of the building. Fantastic modern industrial vibe.

Originally Posted by Verge

So much better that that amateur architect thing--

Agreed about the development across from Loudermilk Park. A lot of the developments (sans strip malls) between E Paces and Piedmont could be rather aesthetically pleasing in the next few years. This part of town has a lot going for it.

Anyone know why the western facade of Azure on the park's high rise has concrete in contrast to the floor to ceiling glass windows? I'm awaiting the finished product, but right now it just looks like an eyesore in comparison to the other 3 sides of the building.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Interesting article about future of Atlanta zoning, etc: http://saportareport.com/city-of-atlanta-designing-for-its-future/

In January, the City hired Ryan Gravel, best known as the visionary behind the Atlanta BeltLine redevelopment, to be the manager of the Atlanta City Design Project.
The goal of the project will be to design a vision for what Atlanta should look like decades from now and to develop a set of growth and development principles for the city.

Brainchild of Beltline was hired to create a master vision of what Atlanta could look like in the years to come.

Atlanta currently has about 450,000 residents. Given the demographic trends of people moving to live in central cities, Keane said Atlanta’s population could double in the next 15 years.
So If Atlanta wants to be pro-active, it would try to plan for that growth and direct it to the areas that can absorb new residents.
First on Keane’s list for higher density is downtown Atlanta, which he said could have many more residents. Given the level of transit and walkability, downtown could become much more robust.

[Nanosolar]

Atlanta relegated to a tier 2 city for a generation. MARTA expansion funding DENIED.

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/26/marta-rail-effort-dies-without-a-senate-floor-vote/

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by Nanosolar

Atlanta relegated to a tier 2 city for a generation. MARTA expansion funding DENIED.

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/26/marta-rail-effort-dies-without-a-senate-floor-vote/

If I recall correctly. SB 313 is the bill nobody wanted, we want SB 330.

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

If I recall correctly. SB 313 is the bill nobody wanted, we want SB 330.

SB313 and SB 330 were sorted out in Transportation committee. MARTA expansion is dead for 2016.

[Verge]

Originally Posted by Nanosolar

Atlanta relegated to a tier 2 city for a generation. MARTA expansion funding DENIED.

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/26/marta-rail-effort-dies-without-a-senate-floor-vote/

Well at least for another year--

[darkcarrington]

Originally Posted by Verge

Well at least for another year--

Well 2 at least and probably 4 honestly, I doubt they really want to put it on the ballot in an off year election

[sbrptree]

Originally Posted by darkcarrington

Well 2 at least and probably 4 honestly, I doubt they really want to put it on the ballot in an off year election

There is still the Fulton County T-SPLOST that has a large transit component

[RocketSurgeon]

Before deleting this post with the others, moderators should note that it's about development patterns, not transit.

North Fulton would benefit from having a choice of modes, but I don't see how Atlanta's success depends on expanding MARTA even farther into the suburbs. Commuters play a critical role in the city, but to be truly great and avoid the M-F/9-5 situation which Midtown had for so long and Downtown still has today, a city needs residents who will be vested in the community and support businesses on nights and weekends. There's a lot of potential in areas MARTA already serves. The notion that MARTA "doesn't go anywhere" is being proven more wrong with every crane that goes up near a station.

Outward expansion would likely just lead to more sprawl. It won't help traffic--like widening roads, increasing capacity just induces demand. There might be some Avalon-style TOD nodes right by stations, but the rest of the growth will be strip malls and giant houses. A tighter transit system should lead to a higher density development pattern and better land use for the metro. That's not to say we shouldn't do it at all--options are important--but I don't think it should be the top priority.

The Clifton corridor is the only part of that plan I'd miss, because it would connect more in-town neighborhoods together.

[Canguy]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

Hoping for progress on Eviva is sure to bring heartbreak.

Little birdie says "here it comes...."

[jsvh]

Great points RocketSurgeon. I think we would have got Beltline transit / streetcar expansion if SB330 had passed, and that is the most critical transit needed then clifton IMO. But I still think we can get very real progress on that if CoA decides to do a 100% transit TSPOST (which it should since CoA roads just got a big boost from the infrastructure bond).

As pointed out by Tim Keane, Downtown could do with a lot more density than it has now. If you want walkability and density, you probably just need to move in town from the suburbs instead of trying to make high rises out there.