ATLANTA | Development Thread VI

[jpk1292000]

Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

Thanks for posting. Lilli looks so friggin good.

It sure does. The Standard is flying up...

[Atlanta3000]

Originally Posted by jpk1292000

The Standard is flying up...

Yeah - what building method are they using because they need to give the playbook to Hanover Midtown.

[MdtwnATL]

Originally Posted by jpk1292000

It sure does. The Standard is flying up...

Lilli does look great. However, is it me or was this one just begging to be 35+ stories for maximum impact?

[arctk2014]

Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

Yeah - what building method are they using because they need to give the playbook to Hanover Midtown.

Looks like the parking deck and the units that wrap the parking deck are precast floor and wall construction.

The higher tower portion looks like post-tension slabs but unsure of the wall construction yet- perhaps it's precast construction as well?

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by MdtwnATL

Lilli does look great. However, is it me or was this one just begging to be 35+ stories for maximum impact?

The design would have looked fantastic at 35+, but I think it’s height works really well for the area. It’s generally pretty tall in comparison to what immediately surrounds it. That said, the jumps in height between lilli, at&t, and BoA plaza are substantial and will only be less noticeable if each block has more dense infill with multiple building with various heights. Midtown is really narrow with wide blocks, so it’s not the easiest to pull off.

[jtown,man]

Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

https://twitter.com/MaggieWZDX/statu...48077243547649

This makes the connector almost look like a river. That would be awesome.

[PhunkyPho]

Originally Posted by jtown,man

This makes the connector almost look like a river. That would be awesome.

What if they capped the connector with a shallow river? Now THAT would be awesome.

[jsvh]

Rumor elsewhere on the internet is that CSX has sold Hulsey & Tilford yards for redevelopment.

[Libertarian]

I wonder if environmental remediation is needed?

[Street Advocate]

The Sutton in buckhead is flipping to condos and MARTA announced BRT from Summerhill to Midtown.



https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...onverting.html

[Verge]

Originally Posted by schaalman

For like what? 2 or 3 miles? Perhaps when we talk of "subway" we mean more generally heavy rail with its own right of way. Additions to MARTA will for the most part be elevated. Not enough density to do what LA has done in the last 20 years.

Even Chicago's subway is pretty limited. Most of it is elevated.

Subway is a generic term that refers primarily to heavy rail rapid transit-- not necessarily to being underground-- so we have 48 or so miles of it.

[Verge]

Originally Posted by testarossa50

lol @ nonsensical semantics of "subway", and arguments that all major streets must be four lanes. Are you like a time traveler from the 1960s or something?

Back to updates on Atlanta highrise urban development, please.

Exactly-- tearing down buildings for street widening? Do we have the reincarnation of Robert Moses here?

[jpk1292000]

Originally Posted by Verge

Exactly-- tearing down buildings for street widening? Do we have the reincarnation of Robert Moses here?

LOL! We need wider streets, more parking lots and more curb cuts!

[Dettmann1]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

The Sutton in buckhead is flipping to condos and MARTA announced BRT from Summerhill to Midtown.



https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...onverting.html

I'm excited about the possibility of the BRT line. That fills a transit hole and if done well, could be a great addition. The silver line in Boston comes to mind as a project that has been done extremely well.

[montydawg]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Rumor elsewhere on the internet is that CSX has sold Hulsey & Tilford yards for redevelopment.

Removal of the Hulsey yard would be huge. After the yard stopped operations, they could temporarily relocate the CSX mainline to the south end of the yard. In the upper area of the yard, they could build a new at-grade HRT line, plus a new 2 level transit station at Krog street, with a lower level for the Beltline streetcar line. After that portion was complete, they could switch operations of the HRT from the elevated to the new at grade line, then demolish the elevated. They would then be able to finish the streetcar tunnel under Dekalb Avenue. Once the CSX mainline was relocated north to the southern edge of the HRT line, the remaining land could be redeveloped into a mixed use development with the Beltline going right through the center of it. CSX would walk away with millions short term while conceding local intermodal business to NS in the long term. Everyone wins!

[Dettmann1]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Rumor elsewhere on the internet is that CSX has sold Hulsey & Tilford yards for redevelopment.

I wonder if that's a sign they are potentially close to selling the NW portion of the beltline corridor to the beltline? Tilford is pretty much the point at which NW beltline corridor transitions to the West corridor. If so that would be huge and also could help any future transit development along the western half of the beltline.

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by Dettmann1

I wonder if that's a sign they are potentially close to selling the NW portion of the beltline corridor to the beltline? Tilford is pretty much the point at which NW beltline corridor transitions to the West corridor. If so that would be huge and also could help any future transit development along the western half of the beltline.

Tilford merely abuts Inman Yards though, right?

Hulsey yards redevelopment would be awesome. There could be mixed use all the way to Inman Park station similar to development along the red and blue lines in Chicago *drools*. The neighborhood may push back though, as the population could jump significantly. We could easily fit in a widened BeltLine or new trail between Oakland Cemetery and Inman Park Station, too. Little's Food Store would see so much business

[Dettmann1]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

Tilford merely abuts Inman Yards though, right?

Hulsey yards redevelopment would be awesome. There could be mixed use all the way to Inman Park station similar to development along the red and blue lines in Chicago *drools*. The neighborhood may push back though, as the population could jump significantly. We could easily fit in a widened BeltLine or new trail between Oakland Cemetery and Inman Park Station, too. Little's Food Store would see so much business

It does is my understanding, but to me the bigger play with that yard is its connection points for the beltline corridor. Rail lines go NE and South from the yard which forms the western half of the beltline which was/is owned by CSX. I would assume the only reason CSX would be willing to sell the yard would be if they plan on selling the remaining portion of the beltline they own as I'm assuming its sort of the Western yard to their Atlanta intermodal system.

[Atlanta3000]

The Sutton (New Rendering) - Buckhead

This is a damn fine looking building for the price of the condos.

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

The Sutton (New Rendering) - Buckhead

This is a damn fine looking building for the price of the condos.

$500k is steep for my pocketbook, but man I sure am happy to see condos going up for sale. Bring more to Midtown and the EST. I wonder if the Charles having such success prompted this.