ATLANTA | Development Thread VI - Page 375

Pemgin · #**7481** Posted **Mar 21, 2018, 9:58 PM**

That's the nicest looking prison I've ever seen.

montydawg · #**7482** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 3:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nanosolar

None. Our economy is based on rap music and strip clubs.

Actually you forgot about the headquarters for Uncle Wylie's Biscuit Shack, owned by a Minnesota private equity group, which relocated from Louisville, Kentucky.

Atlanta3000 · #**7483** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 10:42 AM**

525 Parkway Condos- O4W

Prices starting at $255K for a 1 Bedroom. See more details on the link below.

https://atlanta.americachineselife.com/boyamingzhu/

bigstick · #**7484** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 11:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

Yeah Verge - cut the shit and come clean on what you are working on or I/We are going to label you a parking structure architect.

SCAD Student Housing - Midtown Atlanta

SCAD can do much better than this............

jayden · #**7485** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 1:09 PM**

Novel Midtown is cute for infill I guess.

Any updates on Selig's 1105 Peachtree or Opus?

DNR · #**7486** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 1:15 PM**

Yes, the new SCAD building could be confused with a white-collar Federal prison.
I believe SCAD does a better job at repurposing or restoring existing buildings, but their new construction has always had a rather "lets save a buck" appearance. As we all know, sometimes modern design comes off looking cheap, if it’s not done right – it can be a fine line and you have to have the experience to pull it off.

arctk2014 · #**7487** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 2:38 PM**

Speaking of prisons- the element hotel proposed next to the Hyatt House across from the GA Aquarium looks like a prison as well.

This one is also by LPBC- known for designing the recent surge of dual-brand hotels thrown up across the city; they must have some really low design fees to keep designing these monstrosities.

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2018/3/22...origa-aquarium

Atlanta3000 · #**7488** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 2:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by arctk2014

Speaking of prisons- the element hotel proposed next to the Hyatt House across from the GA Aquarium looks like a prison as well.

This one is also by LPBC- known for designing the recent surge of dual-brand hotels thrown up across the city; they must have some really low design fees to keep designing these monstrosities.

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2018/3/22...origa-aquarium

Christ Almighty - Is someone punking me? I lost my S...ugur earlier when I saw their updated design for the West Peachtree hotel. This may seriously do me in..........

MARTAisSmarta · #**7489** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 3:50 PM**

Development agreement nearly final for 1,000-room Congress Center hotel
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...-000-room.html

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The Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA) at a March 21 meeting shared with its development committee the terms of the agreement with Boston, Mass.-based Drew Co. for the roughly 1,000-room hotel, which would rise on a portion of the former Georgia Dome site.

[IMG]https://media.bizj.us/view/img/10707652/gwcchotel3*750xx8500-4781-0-893.jpg[/IMG]

ATLmangum · #**7490** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 4:03 PM**

I actually like the Element design. All the others are crap you’d find off exit 74 on 85 driving through South Carolina.

ATLSkyPalaceOwner · #**7491** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 4:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by jayden

Novel Midtown is cute for infill I guess.

Any updates on Selig's 1105 Peachtree or Opus?

I walked by Opus a couple of days ago... I gotta say, there's no much happening. I know they said they've been blasting but it really looks like they've been doing the absolute minimum.

I hate to say it, but I'm slowly jumping on the "vaporware" side of this, despite being incredulous at first.

ATLSkyPalaceOwner · #**7492** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 4:15 PM**

Opus site. Is there a way to shrink this monstrosity?

thepope117 · #**7493** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 4:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by ATLSkyPalaceOwner

I walked by Opus a couple of days ago... I gotta say, there's no much happening. I know they said they've been blasting but it really looks like they've been doing the absolute minimum.

I hate to say it, but I'm slowly jumping on the "vaporware" side of this, despite being incredulous at first.

Blasting through the granite there is going to be a slow process if you don't want to kill people on trains or play dominoes with Promenade. Remember the material they are blasting through is taking loads from every direction. Things should speed up when they get the sides of the garage blasted out and dont have to worry about affecting the foundations of the surrounding towers or collapsing a marta line.

ATLSkyPalaceOwner · #**7494** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 5:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by thepope117

Blasting through the granite there is going to be a slow process if you don't want to kill people on trains or play dominoes with Promenade. Remember the material they are blasting through is taking loads from every direction. Things should speed up when they get the sides of the garage blasted out and dont have to worry about affecting the foundations of the surrounding towers or collapsing a marta line.

Yeah I'm far from an expert in the matter so I'll take your word for it.

Still, they seem to be working very few days. Is that normal?

thepope117 · #**7495** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 5:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by ATLSkyPalaceOwner

Yeah I'm far from an expert in the matter so I'll take your word for it.

Still, they seem to be working very few days. Is that normal?

Yeah, they have to check make sure they aren't causing damage to the surrounding foundations. If Marta is anything like the MTA I would bet a kidney they have a series of checks they make independently to ensure their tunnels are safe before blasting can continue. This is just what real big city construction looks like. If you want it to go up quick and cheap build a parking podium on stilts but if you want below grade parking on a complex site it's going to take time.

MARTAisSmarta · #**7496** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 5:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by ATLSkyPalaceOwner

Yeah I'm far from an expert in the matter so I'll take your word for it.

Still, they seem to be working very few days. Is that normal?

Speculating, but they very well could have work-time restrictions on when they can blast. Maybe an agreement with Promenade or something...

Also with the weather, there's been many lost days over the last few months. But it's still slow with that factored in.

Atlanta3000 · #**7497** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 5:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by ATLSkyPalaceOwner

Opus site. Is there a way to shrink this monstrosity?

When you upload a photo to imgur.com, go to the upper right hand side of the pic and click on the triangle to edit the photo. Photos shouldn't be bigger than 1000 x 1000. Always remember that after you resize a photo you need to select the APPLY button and then the SAVE button. Make sense?

Pemgin · #**7498** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 5:41 PM**

According to the representative from Opus in the February article in Atlanta Magazine, she said it would take several months to blast through all the rock.

Street Advocate · #**7499** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 8:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by MARTAisSmarta

Development agreement nearly final for 1,000-room Congress Center hotel
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...-000-room.html

Fixed your url^^

Street Advocate · #**7500** Posted **Mar 22, 2018, 8:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Atlanta3000

When you upload a photo to imgur.com, go to the upper right hand side of the pic and click on the triangle to edit the photo. Photos shouldn't be bigger than 1000 x 1000. Always remember that after you resize a photo you need to select the APPLY button and then the SAVE button. Make sense?

Or just add a lower case "L" before the .jpg and it will reduce the size of an imgur URL link.