Midtown Union Phase 1 - Page 6

smArTaLlone · #**101** Posted **Sep 11, 2019, 8:14 PM**

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Revised plans for Midtown Union received a green light at the September DRC meeting. This major mixed-use development on the 3.8 acre site had been previously reviewed in 2018 and is now moving forward with Granite Properties as the master developer and Street Lights Residential delivering the apartment component. The hotel flag has not yet been named. After working with committee members to resolve several outstanding issues such as parking deck screening, public art and street level façade enhancements, the DRC recommended conditional support for the project. The primary anchor tenant for the 600,000 SF office tower will be Invesco and the project is on track to deliver new office space by 2022.

On the left, a rendering of the Midtown Union hotel.

smArTaLlone · #**102** Posted **Sep 30, 2019, 10:43 PM**

1330 W. Peachtree St is scheduled to be imploded at 7 a.m. on Saturday.

https://www.ajc.com/blog/commuting/b...asNqZRczxnjzJ/

smArTaLlone · #**103** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 10:35 PM**

You may be able to view the implosion from your laptop. I'm curious how the hotel on the same block is handling this.

http://lmgcorporate.com/wgcl/weather...02_Current.jpg

Ant131531 · #**104** Posted **Oct 5, 2019, 1:26 PM**

The building is gone.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3PA9tynJ-_/

smArTaLlone · #**105** Posted **Oct 21, 2019, 1:21 PM**

Some more project renderings from Cooper Carry https://www.coopercarry.com/projects/midtown-union/

Dale · #**106** Posted **Oct 21, 2019, 2:05 PM**

I like the design, but squatty is the order of the day for Atlanta.

Ant131531 · #**107** Posted **Oct 21, 2019, 2:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dale

I like the design, but squatty is the order of the day for Atlanta.

Poor zoning in the hottest area of the city will do that. If Downtown was where all the action was, we'd regularly see 500+ foot towers.

jayden · #**108** Posted **Oct 21, 2019, 3:41 PM**

I don't get why they keep doing these renderings from awkward view points? Why not looking south from the connector, or looking north from One Atlantic Center?

Buck · #**109** Posted **Oct 21, 2019, 4:43 PM**

Sure hope some of those non-glass or podium panel surfaces aren't EIFS...

bigstick · #**110** Posted **Oct 21, 2019, 7:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by jayden

I don't get why they keep doing these renderings from awkward view points? Why not looking south from the connector, or looking north from One Atlantic Center?

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Originally Posted by Dale

I like the design, but squatty is the order of the day for Atlanta.

Agree, I don't recognize those streets, and yes, sick of 25 story buildings...

DNR · #**111** Posted **Oct 21, 2019, 7:35 PM**

Also, the hotel component of this development seems very small compared with the over-all size of this project. It seems like an afterthought. Wasn’t the hotel component larger at one point in the design process?

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We need to rewrite the Midtown zoning regulations that hold back these developments from obtaining their full potential. It just seems like such a underutilization of the land…land that is getting less abundant by the year.

SteveD · #**112** Posted **Oct 21, 2019, 8:23 PM**

Atlanta Skyscraper Haiku

What do we have here

Tallests were built in '91

Short, stubby the rule

GeorgiaPeanuts · #**113** Posted **Oct 21, 2019, 8:55 PM**

It is just a matter of upzoning. I think the downtown base FAR is in the 20's versus Midtown with all the bonuses I think maxing out around 12 FAR. All the taller buildings in Midtown leveraged either development rights from protected structures or the tower takes up a fraction of the lot size. It feels like at least some parts of midtown should have downtown level FAR.

Pemgin · #**114** Posted **Oct 21, 2019, 11:45 PM**

The Invesco building looks like it's about as tall as 1280 West in the rendering, which is 410'. That's not bad.

AtlHeel · #**115** Posted **Oct 22, 2019, 1:00 AM**

I mostly love it. i agree about the bulk. imo it sets a standard for circulation in midtown. good materials will create a very good project.

Martinman · #**116** Posted **Oct 22, 2019, 10:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by jayden

I don't get why they keep doing these renderings from awkward view points? Why not looking south from the connector, or looking north from One Atlantic Center?

I think the renderings are oriented to highlight Arts Center Way which is supposed to be a key feature of the development through both phases. Hopefully it'll live up to the hype.