ATLANTA | Development Thread VI

[Atlanta3000]

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Druid Hills Campus

[bigstick]

That ^^^^^. has flown up, I forgot how many floors???

[Newnan_Eric]

Originally Posted by DNR

I wish they would have shown a little more of the Interstate side of the developement so I could see what final treatment was for the western facade of the building and deck.

An interesting side note on that...

I was at a construction industry event a week or so ago. While I was there, I got into a discussion with one of the trades on the Standard project. I commented on the elaborate canopy that has been erected on the interstate side of the project. I said that seemed excessive for a fall protection device.

They told me it's not for fall protection / material netting. It is apparently permanent. With the bathhouse below, there is an outdoor patio. Many of the patrons sun themselves au-natural. The "canopy" is a permanent privacy screen.

They also told me that it is not as opaque as it should be. You can see right through the thing!

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Originally Posted by Newnan_Eric

An interesting side note on that...

I was at a construction industry event a week or so ago. While I was there, I got into a discussion with one of the trades on the Standard project. I commented on the elaborate canopy that has been erected on the interstate side of the project. I said that seemed excessive for a fall protection device.

They told me it's not for fall protection / material netting. It is apparently permanent. With the bathhouse below, there is an outdoor patio. Many of the patrons sun themselves au-natural. The "canopy" is a permanent privacy screen.

They also told me that it is not as opaque as it should be. You can see right through the thing!

That was pretty obvious first time I saw it since it was erected. I think it is illegal to be naked even on private property if you reasonably expect someone to see you from outside your property which wasn’t a problem till the student tower was erected

[jwbab]

This is the 806 & 818 Marietta St. student housing project by Peak Campus.

180 Unit Student Housing
~10,000 sq ft retail

Link: Crane Watch: 180-unit student housing project by Georgia Tech, Path Parkway (Paywall)

[Atlanta3000]

New Fortune 500 Company in Atlanta?



Last year Honeywell announced they were establishing a software center and headquarters for their Home and Building Technologies Business in Atlanta with 800+ jobs in Midtown. Today Honeywell announced they are spinning off their Homes and Global Distribution business into two separate and publicly traded companies. The spinoff will be completed in 2018.

With the news today, it seems as if Atlanta may have gained another Fortune 500 companies with Honeywell's restructuring.

Could this be one of the big expansions that has been rumored as of late?

https://www.honeywell.com/newsroom/n...r-headquarters

http://www.ajc.com/business/honeywel...ZdxcD64CQqlQM/

[ATL_J]

Originally Posted by Hokiehaven

I'm directly across from the one with Tiff's Treats.

Last year it was very obvious when I look up the rooms are filled and used, this year, few lights are on and I workout on our roof and watch TV up there and there are far fewer lights across the board, whole floors seem dark.

Maybe people are just out a lot studying, etc, but it seems far emptier and I go up most nights and it's the same on weekends as weekdays.

I can say with 100% confidence, as of September, University House was 100% leased.

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by jwbab

This is the 806 & 818 Marietta St. student housing project by Peak Campus.

180 Unit Student Housing
~10,000 sq ft retail

Link: Crane Watch: 180-unit student housing project by Georgia Tech, Path Parkway (Paywall)

Which buildings would this be replacing? I am having access issues to the city's GIS parcel viewer to review myself.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

Which buildings would this be replacing? I am having access issues to the city's GIS parcel viewer to review myself.

From the picture looks like the cluster of low-rise buildings on both sides of Boss St NW

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

Last year Honeywell announced they were establishing a software center and headquarters for their Home and Building Technologies Business in Atlanta with 800+ jobs in Midtown. Today Honeywell announced they are spinning off their Homes and Global Distribution business into two separate and publicly traded companies. The spinoff will be completed in 2018.

With the news today, it seems as if Atlanta may have gained another Fortune 500 companies with Honeywell's restructuring.

Could this be one of the big expansions that has been rumored as of late?

Here's hoping! Bring on Honeywell jobs to Atlanta and Midtown!

[arctk2014]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

Which buildings would this be replacing? I am having access issues to the city's GIS parcel viewer to review myself.

Looks to be the parcels under Rohrig Investments control - aka Cartel Properties. It's unclear if this development includes the interior corner parcel in question as well but more than likely due to the size/scale of this project.



George Rohrig owns (or owned) the site where Eviva is/was proposed - I honestly can't keep up with the status of that project anymore.

Cartel Properties has these sites listed under their portfolio.

http://cartelproperties.com/portfoli...rietta-street/

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by arctk2014

Looks to be the parcels under Rohrig Investments control - aka Cartel Properties. It's unclear if this development includes the interior corner parcel in question as well but more than likely due to the size/scale of this project.

Thank you! These are the parcels I was hoping the development would be located.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Dunwoody Marta station continues its rapid densification:





https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...570&j=78967661

http://www.reporternewspapers.net/20...tower-project/

The Office and Hotel adjacent to the station are moving forward.

High Street also submitted their property to the State of Georgia for inclusion in the state's bid for Amazon HQ2

http://www.reporternewspapers.net/20...mazon-hq2-bid/

[Atlanta3000]

Latest Colony Square Project Preview

• Video Link

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

Latest Colony Square Project Preview

• Video Link

If I remember correctly there was a second floor retail in the original proposal. It looks like no more

[MdtwnATL]

Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

Latest Colony Square Project Preview

• Video Link

Ummm, my level of excitement for this project just went from about a 9.5 to about a 2. They appear to have cheapened it and dumbed it down to the point where I just don't even care. This barely looks like the original concept.

[Atlanta3000]

Ponce Terminal

http://www.kimberlykachmar.com/#/urban-revitalization/

[robertjhajek]

Hope this gets taken seriously, this could be transformational! Looks like an intern project though from the about page.

[montydawg]

Originally Posted by Artemis

If I remember correctly there was a second floor retail in the original proposal. It looks like no more

I like the new concept. I think second floor retail has struggled in many malls without significant anchors so that is probably all the better. This is probably an acknowledgment that retail is a tad over saturated in the area and office is more in demand now.

[arctk2014]

Originally Posted by MdtwnATL

Ummm, my level of excitement for this project just went from about a 9.5 to about a 2. They appear to have cheapened it and dumbed it down to the point where I just don't even care. This barely looks like the original concept.

NAP's M.O. isn't really known for going for striking/bold architecture, they invest heavily into programming their projects for the users and have a heavy social media presence. While not awful, the retail modifications to the base of the existing towers are more unified - rather than a random assemblage of boxes/forms previously conceptualized.

Looks like they're trying to add more office into the core of the project rather than a 2-story retail presence as previously conceptualized. 2nd-story retail rarely ever works - and the previously fly-through was a visual clusterf*&%k of random glass boxes. Instead of 2nd story retail, they added what looks like a smaller office building in the interior courtyard as well as an office building terminating the open-air pass-through, creating a focal point at the intersection of 15th street. The theater box must have demanded more square-footage than previously conceptualized and seems to have played a significant role in changing some of the spaces.

Overall what NAP is doing to Colony Square will be great to activate a lack-luster restaurant/retail presence in a part of Midtown that was sorely lacking another "third-place". I'll leave the design/architectural criticisms until we actually see the details of what's being built; a Sketch-up fly-through can only communicate up to a certain level of detail/resolution.