Birmingham Development News
Looks like it's time for a new thread. Hopefully this year will be filled with lots of good news in terms of developments in Birmingham. Here's my wish list for 2007:
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Here's some promising news:
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Anyone care to make a list of all the proposed / UC / approved towers for the HAM?
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I went to Highland area this morning (pre-8am) and took some photos... Not many people out...
It's also pretty foggy... I had wanted to take some morning shots of certain angles.. but that didn't work. Blah. Anyway... because I'm pretty tired right now and don't want to do the link thing... I'm finishing up uploading the pictures, and may or may not add them to the MCFG pool... http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabre0link/ |
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I didn't even know where those things were really at until I saw a glimpse of them as I walked on Highland up to the Overpass with the view of St. Vincent's and Sloss... heh. I really like those townhouses, too... kindda iffy about the driveways, but I really like them... |
sabre, I was looking through your photos, and someone's been at the Sheraton Midtown at Colony Squarreeeee ;)
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I want a Dunkin Donuts here in B'ham... I seriously enjoyed going out the rear of the hotel and getting breakfast for 5 people for just over $6... I did NOT like the previous year where me and another person walked from sub-level 1 to floor #27 for a meeting... Yes, we walked... because the group I was there with (like, the 300+ of us) and frequent use of the elevators at PACKED capacity, had made all of the working elevators not work. Heh. We got good at that (breaking elevators). I did enjoy Midtown, too.. and the day I went over to Piedmont Park to get away from everyone... heh :) I want B'ham to have a park like that... HUGE. hehe. Basically, combine the 3 parks on Highland (Caldwell's the first one, I think Highland is the second... not sure past that.. heh :\) and it'll be near the size I want. heh. I'm insane, but that's just me. :) |
I'm hopeful this might actually materialize now. It seems I recall there being wide support for expansion of the convention space, an entertainment center, and a new hotel. The dome itself seemed to be the big hangup. If they can get those other things going, it'll be outstanding for the area. This thing has been held up for far too long now, but I'm optimistic something might actually be approved this year.
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heh, i had to walk from 3rd floor to like 18 in the Colony Square a few times a few years back.
i hope they don't destroy what's left of the Ensley works. :( they should put more into revitalizing downtown Ensley instead, even though it's probably not as easy to get so much land, etc, etc...too bad. in my vision for Ensley works' rehab, it'd be turned into a paintball, skateboarding and other recreation site. i can picture in my head how it'd be divided up, and use the existing brick warehouse buildings that are left. - |
A little sad for Reed Books, but at least they're not going away for good. Also is good since it means Corporate Realty's big multimillion $ project is likely progressing along nicely. This is my first hearing about the project since the initial announcement probably 6 months ago.
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Since Melaver bumped the proposed tower from 14-stories to 18-stories, that now will change this old projected skyline impact.
http://deongordon.com/birmingham/mel...impact_jpg.jpg Also... does anyone know if Standard Midtown has been officially scrapped or it is just in a holding pattern right now? |
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Quick question... I've only recently begun posting back again after a while off. Apparently I missed something regarding Corporate Realty's development. I'm aware of their highrise proposal, but did they officially announce that the 6-story midrise they talked about was going to be a Hyatt Place? I've seen that posted other places and just never read an article that said they actually got a committment from Hyatt to build that hotel. Tried to Google it, but didn't find anything.
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There's a Hyatt opening up in Hoover....
from Hyatt's site, the address of the hotel: Opening Fall 2007 Hyatt Place Birmingham/Riverchase 2980 John Hawkins Parkway Hoover, Alabama, USA 35244 Opening Fall 2007 Also one is slated for Inverness area... http://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/place/about/coming-soon.jsp Hotel Name Location Opening Date Hyatt Place Birmingham/Riverchase Hoover, Alabama, USA Fall 2007 Hyatt Place Birmingham/Inverness Birmingham, Alabama, USA Spring 2007 An article (see below) from the B'ham News said that the Corporate Realty project will be a Hyatt Place. It looks like Hyatt Place has a set design, etc, that each will follow... here's Hyatt's development site which details the look of the building, inside and out.. http://www.hyattdevelopment.com/hp_main.html The Article from the B'ham News from mid-Dec.. I think this has been posted before..: http://www.al.com/business/birmingha...060.xml&coll=2 Quote:
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Just for clarification, the hotels in Inverness and Hoover are already built. Last year, the Hyatt Corporation purchased the bankrupt Amerisuites chain. They are rebranding the Amerisuites properties into the midmarket "Hyatt Place" concept.
The 6 story hotel on the Tom Williams site will be a Hyatt Place. The full hotel Corporate Realty is considering on the 20th street site, IMO, will probably be a full service Hyatt Regency. Read about Hyatt Place here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Place |
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