Atlanta Project & Construction List - Page 125

GeorgiaPeanuts · #**2481** Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 4:34 PM**

Jimmy Buffett looks really good in person especially walking down COP towards the CNN centre

NYbyWAYofGA · #**2482** Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 4:37 PM**

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CMw0GiGJVMZ/

Time for Bulldogs to be renovated. They really need to add some window space and a couple more floors with a nice rooftop bar. That would be really sweet.

ATLMidcity · #**2483** Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 6:54 PM**

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The good ole days, it was amazing, no one on a cellphone, lol. Just a bunch of horned up people...On another subject, 903 is rising faster than Midtown Union..

Bigstick, we can always count on you to tell us how fast something is growing... You never disappoint.

smArTaLlone · #**2484** Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 9:25 PM**

They are expecting to break ground as soon as this month.

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shivtim · #**2485** Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 9:43 PM**

Big updates to 859 Spring, the student housing tower proposed just south of the Cheetah. The parking is now planned to be 100% underground. Since it's aimed at students, it will no longer seek density bonuses based on inclusion of workforce housing - rather it will seek the density bonus based on underground parking. I didn't even know that existed as a FAR bonus. So the new tower will only be 27 stories (instead of 30) since it doesn't have a parking podium. There will be 25 parking spaces in a one-story underground deck. They've also changed the colors a bit.

Street Advocate · #**2486** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 12:59 AM**

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They are expecting to break ground as soon as this month.

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Bring it on! Need more housing options in Virginia Highland.

L.ARCH · #**2487** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 1:02 AM**

Re 859 Spring - Looks a little better IMO.. one less thing going on.

smArTaLlone · #**2488** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 2:43 AM**

https://twitter.com/NilesBoltonAssc/...23657835540481

PhunkyPho · #**2489** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 1:27 PM**

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They are expecting to break ground as soon as this month.

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It kind of stinks only one (or two) rooftop patios get those great downtown views.

NYbyWAYofGA · #**2490** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 2:39 PM**

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It kind of stinks only one (or two) units get those great downtown views.

What stinks even worse is the base of the building with no active use on the Beltline and those two big ass curb cuts....

joecool · #**2491** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 2:51 PM**

The Virginia Highlands apartments/condos and the Spring St student housing designs are UGLY. I am soooooo sick of the multi facade design. I wish the city would be more strict on the designs of these new developments. Why can't they design something more sleek and simple? I don't get it...

NYbyWAYofGA · #**2492** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 4:25 PM**

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The Virginia Highlands apartments/condos and the Spring St student housing designs are UGLY. I am soooooo sick of the multi facade design. I wish the city would be more strict on the designs of these new developments. Why can't they design something more sleek and simple? I don't get it...

I don't get it either and they will not age well. The city has to get serious about this or it will be littered with a legacy of mediocre buildings....

arctk2014 · #**2493** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 4:46 PM**

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What stinks even worse is the base of the building with no active use on the Beltline and those two big ass curb cuts....

If I'm not mistaken when they presented to the Beltline DRC they were required to create an active use at the Beltline. There's a 2-story clubhouse now that fronts the Beltline side.

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PhunkyPho · #**2494** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 4:52 PM**

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If I'm not mistaken when they presented to the Beltline DRC they were required to create an active use at the Beltline. There's a 2-story clubhouse now that fronts the Beltline side.

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What is that? Will that be open to the public? That seems extremely odd.

L.ARCH · #**2495** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 5:43 PM**

The requirement is for "active frontage" not that it be "publicly accessible". Those are very different things.

PhunkyPho · #**2496** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 5:46 PM**

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The requirement is for "active frontage" not that it be "publicly accessible". Those are very different things.

I understand that. But I still don't understand what that thing is. Whatever it is, it is very odd in its layout and design.

NYbyWAYofGA · #**2497** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 5:54 PM**

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What is that? Will that be open to the public? That seems extremely odd.

Very odd, yet very typical of Atlanta. This sort of weird relationship that the city has with publics spaces and how buildings relate to the to public seem like a holdover from the "fortress in a city" era back in the 70's and 80's. This is not very conducive to the type of fine grain that makes certain urban environments inviting and vibrant.

alco89 · #**2498** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 6:08 PM**

Wow! Clubhouses in residential buildings are considered weird?

PhunkyPho · #**2499** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 7:15 PM**

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Wow! Clubhouses in residential buildings are considered weird?

Clubhouses are not weird. Maybe I'm just overthinking it. I just think it looks weird and looks like it's a public place based on the outdoor entrance.

NYbyWAYofGA · #**2500** Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 7:30 PM**

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Wow! Clubhouses in residential buildings are considered weird?

That planned clubhouse would make great gallery/café space There are just better uses for that prime location right on the Beltline than private use.