[Buck]

Ground was just broken.

Post pictures and news here.

[Buck]

http://host373.ipowerweb.com/~citycent/images/Mansion.jpg

[jfsatlbldr]

Here's the site.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/jfsatlbldr/Mansion%20on%20Peachtree/02-24-06012.jpg

[atl2phx]

of all projects goin up in ATL right now, i can't wait to see this one top out. if materials, execution and street level is done well, it'll be an atlanta and robert stern classic!

[some_stupid_nut]

I like it a lot! Very classy.

[john3eblover]

is there supposed to be street level retail with this one?

[scania]

is there supposed to be street level retail with this one?
There are going to be two restaurants. I think there are going to be high end.

[kazpmk]

^ IS that a recent pic of the site?? It doesn't look active.

[Jularc]

It seems nice, but I will like to see a better rendering.

[scania]

^ IS that a recent pic of the site?? It doesn't look active.

This had to be about a month ago, they have recently broken ground at the site. Probably a week ago.

[Stratosphere 2020]

This had to be about a month ago, they have recently broken ground at the site. Probably a week ago.


That is good news. Can't wait for a more detailed rendering.

[supastar]

This is pure class. Along with Terminus, 3344 and the new Cityplace mega-development, Buckhead will rival downtown and midtown as it's own skyline. WHEN the three eventually grow together, Atlanta will have one of the most amazing skylines on the continent, I believe.

[SteveD]

:previous: agreed....Midtown and Downtown are looking more and more like a single skyline with each passing month, but there's an awful lot of rolling hills along Peachtree to fill in between Midtown and Buckhead!

[(four 0 four)]

Website:
http://www.mansiononpeachtree.com/

I think this and 3344 are two of the most exciting projects in the city right now. It will be interesting to see which condos sell better, the contemporary 3344 or the traditional Mansion.
The stretch of Peachtree from Piedmont to Lenox is going to look incredible in a few years!

[scania]

Website:
http://www.mansiononpeachtree.com/

I think this and 3344 are two of the most exciting projects in the city right now. It will be interesting to see which condos sell better, the contemporary 3344 or the traditional Mansion.
The stretch of Peachtree from Piedmont to Lenox is going to look incredible in a few years!
I totally agree!!! What will be interesting to see is what will Novare do with the Joe Mugg's site? Will they try to build something on the scale of 3344 and The Mansion? Or possibly a high end version of Twelve. Also, what kind of condos will Cousins be offering? Hopefully, it'll will be somewhat affordable.

[KevinAtl]

The Mansion

Tallest Buckhead Building Breaks Ground

GlobeSt.com
By Alex Finkelstein
March 17, 2006

ATLANTA-Touted by developer John A. Williams as the tallest building in Buckhead, the under-construction Mansion will be a $165-million, 50-story, mixed-use structure that will have a luxury hotel and 42 residential condo homes. The development is now rising on Peachtree Road at the former site of the Art Institute of Atlanta.


Area marketers familiar with the project tell GlobeSt.com the Mansion will be about 200 feet taller than Buckhead’s current tallest building, the 486-foot, 44-story Park Avenue Condos built in 2000. The tallest building in metro Atlanta is the 55-story Bank of America Plaza at 1,023 sf, according to city planning department staffers. The 60-story SunTrust Plaza, built in 1992 at a height of 871 feet, has the most floors at 60.


Williams, the former chairman of locally based apartment and condo developer, Post Properties Inc., and Arthur Blank, co-founder of Home Depot Inc., are co-investors in the Mansion. City Centre Properties is the developer. The $100-million Williams Equity Fund, founded by John Williams, is funding the project.


Condo prices at the Mansion are expected to start at $3 million. That still won’t make the property the most expensive in the Buckhead district. That honor, to date, goes to Regents Park at Peachtree Battle, also on Peachtree Road. Regents Park condos will start in the $4-million range, area marketers tell GlobeSt.com.


Another nearby high-end condo venture, the St. Regis Hotel and Condominiums at Peachtree and West Paces Ferry roads, will have homes starting at $2.5 million, as GlobeSt.com previously reported. Locally based Carter is developing Regents Park at Peachtree Battle.


Williams has told associates he and his investment partners are planning to start a second equity fund to match the $800 million in current development sponsored by the Williams Equity Fund. Williams estimated the development value could grow to $1.2 billion before the Williams Equity Fund closes the spigot, local brokers and marketers familiar with the developer’s long-range plans, tell GlobeSt.com.


Williams heads locally based Corporate Holdings Inc., an umbrella group that manages several commercial real estate development companies, as GlobeSt.com previously reported.

[BANKofMANHATTAN]

I like this building quite a bit. i think it'll look great in ATL.

[mexibone]

I believe this is one of the classiest and most attractive buildings to be built in the Atlanta area to date. This and 1180 are now two of my favorite buildings in the city.

[Stephenapolis]

This is going to be a wonderful addition.

[jfsatlbldr]

Photo taken 3-22-06
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/jfsatlbldr/Mansion%20on%20Peachtree/03-22-06008.jpg

[SteveD]

another great image from you...is that slender perpendicular white form at the corner of the site on Peachtree a rendering of the building on the site perimeter fencing? I'll have to drive by and take a look...

[jfsatlbldr]

another great image from you...is that slender perpendicular white form at the corner of the site on Peachtree a rendering of the building on the site perimeter fencing? I'll have to drive by and take a look...
You are correct.

[atl2phx]

great pics! you really should contribute to emporis.

[scania]

Photo taken 3-22-06
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/jfsatlbldr/Mansion%20on%20Peachtree/03-22-06008.jpg
How in the HELL do you get such AWESOME pics!!!!!!:tup:

[trvlr70]

If the hotel is half as luxurious and elegant as the Dallas original, then the Ritz-Calton Buckhead and Four Seasons are going to be knocked out of the top spot for best Atlanta hotel.

The building reminds me of several Chicago post modern highrises in Rivernorth.

[427MM]

Is there a more recent rendering? I ask because in the rendering I’m only counting around 42 stories and I’m incredulous that they are putting 8 levels of underground parking. My fiancée and I will be coming through Atlanta in December and I can’t wait to see this tower. What a beauty!

[ATLmangum]

I think I remeber both The Mansion and Aqua being announced at the same time and now both brokeground within weeks, if not days of each other. Pretty cool, considering they are from different developers.

[CHAPINM1]

One thing I don't understand is that some people say that this building will be 42 floors, 50 floors, or 52 floors. I'm assuming that it will be 8 floors of underground parking, and 42 floors above ground. Does that sound right?

Either Emporis or Skyscraperpage don't have their sources right.

[ThrashATL]

What should be really nice about this project when finished is that something like this will HAVE to have some lavish lighting. Some hot white halogen spots on that crown, strategic spotlights on the setbacks & corners. I'd love to see a night time rendering of this thing, it's probably going to shine.

[john3eblover]

like a beacon in the night...you'll be able to see that thing for miles and miles i bet

[CHAPINM1]

This building (expecially the top) will look a lot like Liberty Tower In LA. The top will look exactly the same pretty much when lit up at night. All it's missing is the helapad...:D

[scania]

like a beacon in the night...you'll be able to see that thing for miles and miles i bet
Has anything been said about if there is going to be any kind of lights on the building, and is there a night rendering?

[smArTaLlone]

One thing I don't understand is that some people say that this building will be 42 floors, 50 floors, or 52 floors. I'm assuming that it will be 8 floors of underground parking, and 42 floors above ground. Does that sound right?

Either Emporis or Skyscraperpage don't have their sources right.

I swear every time I read something about this building its a different height. I've read 42 floors, 50 floors, 52floors, 58 floors, 580', 686'. The developer says it'll be 200 ft taller than anything in Buckhead which would make it around 680 ft. 580' sounds about right for an all residential 50+ story building but I don't know how it can reach 686'.

[CHAPINM1]

I'd say 686 feet sounds right, they said that it will be 13 feet in between floors, so I'd say that if it were 42 floors and 580 feet, that would sound right. Also, they will have the crown on top so that might be about 50 feet of non usable space. These are gonna be really expensive places and high ceilings are expected, I know I'd want a ceiling at least 10 feet in my place if I were paying millions of dollars for it.

[Hoodrat]

This building (expecially the top) will look a lot like Liberty Tower In LA. The top will look exactly the same pretty much when lit up at night. All it's missing is the helapad...:D

It's LIBRARY Tower

[CHAPINM1]

Thanks, that's what I meant... ;) Anyway I bet this tower will have a very similar look to LA's tallest.

[mayhem]

Any updates?

[Snickers52]

I must say the info about this building makes no sense. On their own site main page they refer to it as a 42 story building, yet elsewhere on their website it's clearly shown as having 58 stories of occupied space. They even show what the views will be like from the 58th floor.

Very confusing.

[john3eblover]

I guess we'll see won't we?

[ATLBlaxican]

I thought it says 42 Tower Residence I'm looking at the site right no and nowhere do I see 42 stories, can you show me where? But I do agree that we'll have to wait and see.

[Peak Performance]

You get 42 floors if you count the floors in their rendering. The discrepancy seems to be in the number of floors dedicated to the hotel. The rendering indicates 14 or 15 floors for the hotel and lobby, yet the residences begin on floor 32.

Also, on the Overview page, they state that the building is 42 floors.

[austin356]

I think that if 42 storties is correct, then the 580ft height is right. But if it is the 52 stories, then it will be 686ft. Of course this is just speculation, maybe someone who actually knows can enlighten us. But I do know that just counting and looking at that rendering will most likely not do any good, because that is a pretty old rendering, with many changes likely occuring sense then.

[smArTaLlone]

I thought it says 42 Tower Residence I'm looking at the site right no and nowhere do I see 42 stories, can you show me where? But I do agree that we'll have to wait and see.

Click on Overview and read the paragraph under the heading Overview. Thats where it says 42 stories.

[scania]

I'd say 686 feet sounds right, they said that it will be 13 feet in between floors, so I'd say that if it were 42 floors and 580 feet, that would sound right. Also, they will have the crown on top so that might be about 50 feet of non usable space. These are gonna be really expensive places and high ceilings are expected, I know I'd want a ceiling at least 10 feet in my place if I were paying millions of dollars for it.

It was stated that ceilings would be between 13 and 17ft.

[ATLBlaxican]

Click on Overview and read the paragraph under the heading Overview. Thats where it says 42 stories.

Oh,.....I See. Well, like I said, I can't wait to see it rise!!

[john3eblover]

some photos of the progress today, sorry about the fence :-/

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/nakedyak/mansionconstructionsite.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/nakedyak/mansionconstructionsite2.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/nakedyak/mansionconstructionsite3.jpg

[ATLskyline]

The hole looks like it is starting to get pretty deep

[kazpmk]

progress seems a little slow

[ArchMadness]

This should be a really cool looking building. So tall and slender.

[MrIcon85]

Will they be replacing those traffic lights with upscale lights.

[WSUSOM]

Will they be replacing those traffic lights with upscale lights.

I've never heard of upscale travel lights if at all possible could you inform me on what this means. If it is something that would upgrade the peachtree corridor I would love to get some info on it.

[MrIcon85]

Lights that don't show the cables our don't connect to a pole. Like ones you would see downtown.

[MrIcon85]

http--i15.photobucket.com-albums-a371-nakedyak-mansionconstructionsite.jpg




^ These lights here should be replaced

[CHAPINM1]

On the Atlanta Construction Thread II it was mentioned that the first crane was set up for the site.

[ATLskyline]

On the Atlanta Construction Thread II it was mentioned that the first crane was set up for the site.

First? I imagine there will only be one tower crane as it is a very skinny tower.

[CHAPINM1]

I knew it was skinny, but I didn't think anything could compare to the Waterview Tower in Chicago. That site only takes up one quarter block.

[ATLBlaxican]

So, a developer doesn't have to disclose the actual height of the final product when they apply for a zoning applications and city approval. Or do they only have to produce a general summary of what they plan to build. The ABC said the Mansion was 50 stories and they are pretty reliable, but the website has 42 and 58 stories, and the developer said it was to be 200ft taller than anything in Buckhead (which would put it at 644ft?), then finally, the video makes it look even taller. I guess we will really just have to wait and see though I would think that they would just say it flat out. I'm exited either way, even though I'll never live their.:(

[Ovation]

Hello, I am new to this forum.
Looks like you all know a lot about Atlanta.

Would anyone possibly know who the developer of the Ovation Condos is?
(3040 Peachtree Road, right near ESPN Zone)

http://www.ovationbuckhead.com/

Thanks

[Ovation]

1 more question regarding the Mansion..

Would any of you know the square footage of the condos?
The single floor unit, and double unit per floor

Thanks again

[jason21atl]

Hello, I am new to this forum.
Looks like you all know a lot about Atlanta.

Would anyone possibly know who the developer of the Ovation Condos is?
(3040 Peachtree Road, right near ESPN Zone)

http://www.ovationbuckhead.com/

Thanks

I think it is Trammel Crow.

[MayDay]

It's an attractive tower - the setbacks and (especially) the top remind of Trump Palace on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

[ATLskyline]

well Chap was right, on the latest pic in emporis, they show the base for a second tower crane.

[john3eblover]

I just found out my friend Dave is putting together the video for the Mansion, i guess for their sales office or something, but he said he had to render the whole thing sideways because it will be displayed on plasma tvs mounted vertically. go figure

[micropundit]

By LEON STAFFORD
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/19/06
Think supple Egyptian cotton sheets, flat panel TVs and marble tubs are the tops in luxury hotel living?

Pish!

How about a room that comes with its own "Mr. Belvedere?"

That's right. Ultra-upscale brand Rosewood Hotels & Resorts plans to extend butler service to its guests when it opens in spring 2008 at the swank Mansion on Peachtree, a condo and hotel project on the corner of Peachtree and Stratford roads in Buckhead. An attentive attendant will be assigned to each of the hotel's 127 rooms.

"That is going to be a service standard that will be hard for others to compete with," said Bob Boulogne, Dallas-based Rosewood's chief operating officer. "It gives the business traveler or the family on vacation one person to take care of all of their needs during their stay."

Hotel companies are being forced to think big to capture the big bucks from the city's business elite and the multimillionaire athletes and music industry glitterati that are making Georgia's capital a favorite playground, hotel industry officials say.

Over the next two years, developers will add the Rosewood, a St. Regis in Buckhead and a W Hotel in Midtown to a luxury roster that already includes a W at the Perimeter, a Four Seasons in Midtown, an InterContinental Hotel in Buckhead and a Ritz-Carlton downtown and in Buckhead.

The reason for Atlanta's burgeoning high-life hotel scene is simple, said Ken Bernhardt, a marketing professor at Georgia State University. Luxury hotels make up 20 percent of the industry but make 60 percent of the profits.

"That has attracted more people to the high end of the market as they recognize the margins that can be attained," said Bernhardt, who also is a board member of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, the city's main tourism and convention organization.

Too, the demand for luxury hotel experiences is on the rise. Travelers who are not sensitive to price want to feel at home, said Mark Woodworth, executive vice president of PKF Consulting, an Atlanta firm that tracks the health of the hotel industry.

So luxury hotel suites now include living rooms, freestanding tubs and expensive toiletries.

But what really distinguishes the luxury hotels is service, Woodworth said. At a mainstream hotel, a staffer will give a guest directions to a conference room or a restroom. At a luxury hotel, the staffer will walk the guest to the destination, he said, "anticipating the guest's needs as opposed to reacting to them."

There is still room for more luxury hotels in Atlanta, Woodworth said. The demand for luxury is outstripping supply, which means other players like Mandarin or Peninsula hotels could enter the market.

The existing luxury hotels are upping the ante, too. The InterContinental, which is just 2 years old, already is renovating its rooms. So is the Four Seasons.

That hotel, the city's only five-star facility, also is adding a spa.

Mit Shah, who is reflagging the Sheraton Colony Square as a W, said he plans to spend $100,000 renovating each of the hotel's 467 rooms to make the Midtown property the chain's premier location. The changeover — set to be finished by early 2008 — will include a spa, restaurants and rooms with wow appeal, said Shah, president and chief executive officer of Noble Investment Group, an Atlanta-based hotel operator.

"W's are truly a scene," Shah said, explaining that the chain offers a premium relaxed atmosphere, rather than the white-glove finery of competitors.

While Rosewood will have the distinction of being the first to offer butlers to guests in Atlanta, the hotelier isn't the first to offer the service in Georgia.

The Cloister, the Sea Island luxury resort that played host in 2004 to the G-8 Summit, added butlers when it reopened this past spring after a $200 million renovation, said Kyle Jones, a spokeswoman for the hotel, owned by privately held Sea Island Resorts. The update also included Turkish rugs, antiques and lighting of the sort found in Paris and London.

Butlers, Jones said, are "an amenity that people enjoy."

[jfsatlbldr]

Latest update taken Friday 8-18-06;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/jfsatlbldr/Mansion%20on%20Peachtree/08-18-06020.jpg

[smArTaLlone]

Great updates on all of the pics. Thanx

[vandynole]

Does anyone know what's going to happen to the old yellow house adjacent to the site? It used to be Melissa Sweet, Brighthouse before that, etc. I think it may be the sales office now.

I would hate to see that get torn down. I realize we're in the 21st century, but I think the occasional mansion is the only thing that keeps Peachtree unique to other cities' signature thoroughfares.

[BVC]

Does anyone know what's going to happen to the old yellow house adjacent to the site? It used to be Melissa Sweet, Brighthouse before that, etc. I think it may be the sales office now.

I would hate to see that get torn down. I realize we're in the 21st century, but I think the occasional mansion is the only thing that keeps Peachtree unique to other cities' signature thoroughfares.

I believe you are referring to Dante's. I'm sure it is in some developers crosshairs just like the Christian Science Bookstore was when the new Hilton was announced to be plopped down atop their current location.

[vandynole]

^ No, this is a different building. I think it's next door to Dante's.

[DSGB]

A live web cam is up on their website now.

http://www.mansiononpeachtree.com/

[whiplash3825]

Does anyone know what's going to happen to the old yellow house adjacent to the site? It used to be Melissa Sweet, Brighthouse before that, etc. I think it may be the sales office now.

I would hate to see that get torn down. I realize we're in the 21st century, but I think the occasional mansion is the only thing that keeps Peachtree unique to other cities' signature thoroughfares.

Are we talking about the house immediately to the northeast? Doesn't look yellow... looks white in the picture. What is that building, and is it part of the project or on an adjacent lot? Makes me want to take a drive up that way just to find out... surely somebody on here knows what it is.

[vandynole]

^ Yeah, that's the building. It looks white on the webcam, but is pale yellow (or it was that last time I saw it). It used to house the ad agency Brighthouse and was then wedding shop Melissa Sweet. It's a nice looking building, and from the webcame, it looks like it won't be affected by the Mansion.

[jfsatlbldr]

October 2006 update:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/jfsatlbldr/Mansion%20on%20Peachtree/10-21-06017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/jfsatlbldr/Mansion%20on%20Peachtree/10-21-06060.jpg

[jfsatlbldr]

November 18, 2006;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/jfsatlbldr/Mansion%20on%20Peachtree/11-18-06128.jpg
November 18, 2006
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/jfsatlbldr/Mansion%20on%20Peachtree/11-18-06033-1.jpg

[john3eblover]

Joe, you are the man. Thanks so much for getting us these amazing pictures! The Mansion is rising so quickly too, looks great

[A-town]

Okay now I'm perplexed, after looking at those photos provided by Joe, thanks by the way, i really can't say which one will top first. The Mansion has really been picking up steam lately.

[DSGB]

They are starting on the hotel portion of the building so we should start seeing this one rising very quickly.

[tripperpalooza]

Here's another look. Between this view and Joe's, you should have a pretty good idea of the whole thing right now.

http://static.flickr.com/104/302507182_0b9c589e3b_o.jpg

[scania]

:previous: Can you include the Paramount the next time you give us this view, because with the elevation and the height of the building we could have more of an idea how tall this thing might be. Btw, great pic.

[16click]

Here's a pic I found. A different vantage point of how tall it'll be in comparison to Paramount. [img=http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4615/32522172ah0.th.jpg] (http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=32522172ah0.jpg)

[16click]

Here's a pic I found. A different vantage point of how tall it'll be in comparison to Paramount.



http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4615/32522172ah0.th.jpg

[DSGB]

Here's a pic I found. A different vantage point of how tall it'll be in comparison to Paramount.



http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4615/32522172ah0.th.jpg


Now imagine it from this angle, its going to look like a supertall coming down The 400.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j305/pimpsquad27/Buckhead400.jpg

[mayhem]

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4615/32522172ah0.jpg

[jason21atl]

That is really going to look spectacular. I can't wait to see it complete.

[MarketsWork]

This is an absolutely beautiful building! It looks like 1930s New York, and will offer an interesting contrast to Buckhead's modern glass -- just as 3344's futuristic concrete shapes will pull to the other extreme. Like Midtown, Buckhead is amassing a skyline that many whole cities would kill to have.

[CHAPINM1]

Just checked the webcam, construction progress is now at 11 floors.

[MarketsWork]

I wonder what's delaying the webcam at 3344. At that building's website, it still says "Coming soon." Both buildings are within a couple of blocks of each other across GA 400, and both are rising very quickly.

[NYC32]

Any new pics please?

[ATLskyline]

Any new pics please?

here is a pic from last friday courtesy of tripperpalooza

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/340900815_c617be1a39_o.jpg

[NYC32]

Looks great thank you ATLskyline

[A-town]

Where will the parking be located?

[scania]

Where will the parking be located?

The parking is underground. I don't remember how many floors under the ground.

[RobMidtowner]

Man what I wouldn't give to get one of these penthouses...have you guys seen the floorplans for these? And I heard the penthouses have their own private pools, talk about luxury. If only I had several million in disposable income.
:drooling: :tantrum: :eeekk: :brickwall: :wah: :dissy: :crazy2: :naughty: :pet: :hyper: :fingerscrossed:

[LoveAtlanta]

great building. how much is the pricing range of condos?

[Andrea]

great building. how much is the pricing range of condos?

I think I read $2.6 million to $12.6 million.

[MidtownMile]

My dear Lord. Even knowing the sizes and specs on these places, seeing the floorplans is still jaw-dropping. I guess I have to be happy for them and happy for myself for my hopefully soon-to-be 750 sq ft. Midtown condo. :haha:

[A-town]

Everyone keeps saying the parking is underground, but how is that possible when a hole deep enough to accomodate a building of this size was never built.

[scania]

Everyone keeps saying the parking is underground, but how is that possible when a hole deep enough to accomodate a building of this size was never built.

There is a pretty significant hole. I think at least five stories underground and it starts from one end of the property to the other end. Keep in mind there are 3 individual buildings: the main tower in the middle and 2 subordinate low rise buildings. One is in the front that borders Peachtree, and the other is in the back. Also, there are only 45 residential units and 127 hotel rooms.

[ATLmangum]

There doesn't need to be any parking. Each suite comes with a private butler that also acts as a driver to the limo service that is available 24 hours a day.

[sabino86]

There doesn't need to be any parking. Each suite comes with a private butler that also acts as a driver to the limo service that is available 24 hours a day.

Sweet. :upload_71700: