ATLANTA | Development Thread VI

[L.ARCH]

Nothing special. Decent infill I guess..

Bummed we didn't get an update on 1138 Peachtree.
Hoping that shows up on the Agenda in the new year.

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

I’m underwhelmed

The blocky massing going up and proposed in midtown is a bit redundant. I don’t hate the Hanover project. It’d be a great add by Arts Center. It just reminds me of the residential project on Peachtree yet to break ground by Hanover. Waiting for more tiered, curved, or angular/sloped project. No real opinion on the student housing project from that rendering... looks like a block.

[Ant131531]

The Hanover project is really boring...probably their most boring project yet this cycle. Just a glass wall and nothing more. Nice height though...gotta be around 500 feet.

The student housing project is probably the worst one in Midtown if built. I'm so over student housing now.

EDIT: Just got confirmation it's 517 feet....very nice height and about what I expected.

[ATLmangum]

I like the all glass tower, will add to the skyline, 15th tallest in the city.

[Nanosolar]

Spring St is ruined for good with these car dumpsters.

[ATLmangum]

Originally Posted by Nanosolar

Spring St is ruined for good with these car dumpsters.

So if you lived or worked there, where would you park your car?

[jpk1292000]

Love the height for the Hanover project. 517' will be a really nice addition to the skyline. Design is OK. Will look decent but wish they would have been a bit more inventive.

As for Hub on Campus, not sure about the design. From the drawings, it has the potential to be ugly but will probably turn out better than expected.

Either way I'll take it. Decent infill replacing vacant/underused buildings. Will continue the stunning densification of Midtown.

[Hokiehaven]

Originally Posted by jpk1292000

Love the height for the Hanover project. 517' will be a really nice addition to the skyline. Design is OK. Will look decent but wish they would have been a bit more inventive.

As for Hub on Campus, not sure about the design. From the drawings, it has the potential to be ugly but will probably turn out better than expected.

Either way I'll take it. Decent infill replacing vacant/underused buildings. Will continue the stunning densification of Midtown.

Can't expect too much from a student housing building to be honest. So in that sense it's better than what is there I guess.

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by Hokiehaven

Can't expect too much from a student housing building to be honest. So in that sense it's better than what is there I guess.

Anyone have stats on student housing occupancy over the summers?

[Nanosolar]

Originally Posted by ATLmangum

So if you lived or worked there, where would you park your car?

I would ban all new developments that have these massive parking decks and I would reduce Spring St to a 2 lane road (as well as W Ptree and others). I’d also tax all existing buildings with these massive decks and force them open to public use. I’d tear down half of them too. I have lots of ideas.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

More hub on crampus

[Verge]

Originally Posted by Nanosolar

I would ban all new developments that have these massive parking decks and I would reduce Spring St to a 2 lane road (as well as W Ptree and others). I’d also tax all existing buildings with these massive decks and force them open to public use. I’d tear down half of them too. I have lots of ideas.

Parking is driven by demand and financing-- Wish as you might, this is unlikely to change in the near future. There are already maximums in this district and I don't think there are minimums anymore either--

[Verge]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

Hanover 40-story


Hub on Campus 20-story

Both decent projects design-wise--

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by Verge

Parking is driven by demand and financing-- Wish as you might, this is unlikely to change in the near future. There are already maximums in this district and I don't think there are minimums anymore either--

The existing parking maximums are way too high considering that FAR, proximity to HRT, and development trend of building dense in midtown.

[jayden]

The Hanover Tower will have a nice impact.

[alco89]

Much better rendering. This won't look bad at all.

Also, lol at "crampus"

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

More hub on crampus

[testarossa50]

It'll look much nicer than University House and based on elevations should almost completely obscure it.

My only issue is lack of height and massing. It looks like you're taking one of those new squat corporate HQ buildings and chopping it in half. And the area is already starting to suffer having a South Lake Union (Seattle) look about it. Oh well.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Originally Posted by testarossa50

It'll look much nicer than University House and based on elevations should almost completely obscure it.

My only issue is lack of height and massing. It looks like you're taking one of those new squat corporate HQ buildings and chopping it in half. And the area is already starting to suffer having a South Lake Union (Seattle) look about it. Oh well.

Copying Seattle is definitively a positive to me. Seattle urban fabric and skyline massing blows ATL out of the water, mainly because of the fact it isn't all on one long spine, and urban development spreads out evenly in all directions and slowly tapers to lower density uses, much more efficient for walkability

[Ant131531]

He has a point though...South Lake Union is a dull, sterile neighborhood. I like the way West Midtown/Howell Mill is developing moreso than SLU.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Some other renders of the Hanover Project (Also including FAR calculations showing readily how the zoning is limiting structures; This development is maxing out the build-able density, who knows what Hanover might of proposed if zoning allowed more)