SUMMERHILL Development Thread - Page 25

smArTaLlone · #**481** Posted **Nov 4, 2023, 8:34 PM**

https://twitter.com/atlurbanist/stat...466811/photo/1

smArTaLlone · #**482** Posted **Jan 30, 2024, 11:47 PM**

Carter requested and received neighborhood support for the next phase of residential development on three lots. Carter is planning apartments on the lot marked #1, student housing on #2, and townhomes on #3.

https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/d...g-lots-housing

testarossa50 · #**483** Posted **Jan 31, 2024, 5:21 PM**

Underwhelming. Townhouses and 5-over-1s in what could be a thriving, dense neighborhood. Apparently only 700SF of retail in the whole thing??? Just bad all around if urbanism is the goal.

Sojourner_Terminus · #**484** Posted **Jan 31, 2024, 6:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by testarossa50

Underwhelming. Townhouses and 5-over-1s in what could be a thriving, dense neighborhood. Apparently only 700SF of retail in the whole thing??? Just bad all around if urbanism is the goal.

Yep. Massive, near blank slate development adjacent to downtown and with built-in historical significance (Turner field, fulton and the olympic stuff) AND the grid is already built.

They could have done what west midtown is doing or OFW.

testarossa50 · #**485** Posted **Jan 31, 2024, 7:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sojourner_Terminus

Yep. Massive, near blank slate development adjacent to downtown and with built-in historical significance (Turner field, fulton and the olympic stuff) AND the grid is already built.

...AND an actually-cool commercial strip on Georgia Ave to build off of.

Instead we get a development proposal fitting of Chamblee. (Not that there's anything wrong with Chamblee, but...not in such a high-profile area.)

Sojourner_Terminus · #**486** Posted **Jan 31, 2024, 11:21 PM**

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...AND an actually-cool commercial strip on Georgia Ave to build off of.

Instead we get a development proposal fitting of Chamblee. (Not that there's anything wrong with Chamblee, but...not in such a high-profile area.)

Definitely, and there were other things i didn't mention like BRT thats coming. It really is/was a perfect developable location. And ultimately I'm glad housing, grocery and retail has come to Summerhill. I'm just forever going to be saddened by the wasted potential.

RocketSurgeon · #**487** Posted **Jan 31, 2024, 11:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sojourner_Terminus

Yep. Massive, near blank slate development adjacent to downtown and with built-in historical significance (Turner field, fulton and the olympic stuff) AND the grid is already built.

They could have done what west midtown is doing or OFW.

They really couldn't. West Midtown and O4W aren't former sites of stadiums and they don't have proper street grids. They're successful because of the BeltLine and their proximity to an extremely desirable neighborhood (Midtown).

Being a massive blank slate is exactly the problem with Summerhill. It's not a desirable area yet, and it isn't close to any desirable areas either.

I expect it will be a different story 10-15 years from now, but no one is going to invest massive amounts of money into it today just because it's likely to become desirable sometime in the 40s. The risk would be irresponsibly high, and if there was ever a return, it would take far longer to come than most investors are willing to wait.

ArchKid · #**488** Posted **Feb 19, 2024, 4:40 AM**

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We are being Punk'd, right? There is NO WAY anyone thinks that's a good-looking building. Why is it so dark? Why is the entrance so cold? And are we seriously trying to design stuff to look like a 1980s mall? Really? It's one thing to build a grocery store with a huge parking lot, it's another to do so with an extremely ugly building.

Yes! The planning and architectural design of this site was an abysmal failure. It’s perfectly possible to combine modern design with a retro environment just like in Europe.
However, the so-called retro design of the 1960s and 1970s was used here, which made the entire land look rustic and boring.

ArchKid · #**489** Posted **Feb 19, 2024, 4:46 AM**

SUMMERHILL needs elegant modern design to enhance the urban facade, rather than recreate a movie scene from the 1960s and 1970s ！！！！Learn from Singapore, Japan, Europe...Why can modern new buildings and retro old buildings be harmoniously combined in Germany, the UK, and Switzerland?

smArTaLlone · #**490** Posted **May 13, 2024, 5:17 PM**

https://247sports.com/college/georgi...all-231638970/

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Georgia State Baseball is one step closer to finally having its brand new, on campus stadium as the Georgia Board of Regents is expected to approve a detailed funding plan for the lot on the current Green Lot adjacent to Center Parc Stadium in their next session that will meet on Tuesday.

The Stadium will be located just North of Center Parc Stadium which houses the Georgia State Football program. PT has learned that the Stadium will most likely be constructed for the start of the 2026 Baseball season and the construction timeline is expected to be 16 to 18 months.

Labtec · #**491** Posted **May 13, 2024, 8:36 PM**

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https://247sports.com/college/georgi...all-231638970/

GSU has come a long way... Their old basketball arena was terrible but the new Convocation Center is nice. Their current baseball field in Dekalb is worse than most high schools so it's nice to see this.

bryantm3 · #**492** Posted **May 14, 2024, 5:07 AM**

Cool stuff. Glad to see the baseball stadium back. It says it later in the article but ICYMI that's where the fulton county stadium was.

Labtec · #**493** Posted **May 14, 2024, 5:37 PM**

Officially approved:
https://georgiastatesports.com/news/...l-stadium.aspx

megalopolis · #**494** Posted **May 15, 2024, 1:47 PM**

So are they not doing the adjacent softball field anymore, which was in previous renderings, but is not in the rendering along with this article?

jpk1292000 · #**495** Posted **May 15, 2024, 4:30 PM**

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So are they not doing the adjacent softball field anymore, which was in previous renderings, but is not in the rendering along with this article?

I see two fields in the rendering.

shivtim · #**496** Posted **May 15, 2024, 5:31 PM**

My guess is it will be built in phases. The general rendering shows the softball field, but the press release rendering doesn't mention it and doesn't show it.

Labtec · #**497** Posted **May 15, 2024, 6:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by megalopolis

So are they not doing the adjacent softball field anymore, which was in previous renderings, but is not in the rendering along with this article?

In the article, the GSU Athletic Director says they will start working on Softball after the Baseball part is fully completed.

megalopolis · #**498** Posted **May 15, 2024, 7:28 PM**

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In the article, the GSU Athletic Director says they will start working on Softball after the Baseball part is fully completed.

That's good to hear. Hopefully it's already baked into the $15.85 million budget.

mohaas05 · #**499** Posted **May 16, 2024, 2:17 PM**

Does GSU have any long term plans to remove the now-unused right field stands at Center Parc Stadium?

ATLMidcity · #**500** Posted **May 17, 2024, 5:47 AM**

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Does GSU have any long term plans to remove the now-unused right field stands at Center Parc Stadium?

How much do you imagine that unnecessary move would cost? And, what would the benefit be for the millions spent on removing it?

Better sight lines, more air to circulate? IJS