Mobile Development Thread - Page 302

eshore78 · #**6021** Posted **Apr 20, 2015, 3:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by SouthSky

A quick Downtown update:

- van Antwerp renovation (nearing completion)
- Dauphin/Royal parking garage - including ground level retail (nearing completion)
- retail space renovations in Trustmark Building - ground level - Chick Fil A (complete) and Walgreens (TBD)
- Baumhower restaurants in Trustmark Building - basement and penthouse (in progress)
- 360 Dauphin apartment conversions (ongoing)
- 7 story Hilton Garden Inn hotel on Bienville Square (announced, July groundbreaking)
- old P-R building conversions into apartments (announced, no movement yet)
- Gayfers Building renovations - a deal to renovate has fallen through (unannounced)
- Admiral Semmes Hotel renovations nearing completion - hotel to become a Hilton Curio Hotel (semi-unannounced)
- unnamed brewery - Ft Conde Village (announced)
- unnamed brewery - St. Michael Street (unannounced)
- Ft Conde Village loft/retail conversions/new construction (announced, not yet started)
- refurbishment and expansion of Federal Courthouse (funding received, design started, construction not yet started)
- 951 Government St. - conversion into apartments (announced, underway)
- 558 Dauphin - historical renovations - conversion into retail/apartments (announced, underway)
- 459 Conti - small, 6-7 unit apartment conversion (semi-announced, not yet started)
- renovations on building connected to Moes on Dauphin - use unknown - (ongoing)
- Jimmy John's space in Hampton Garden Inn on Royal - (complete)
- 222 Dauphin - building refurbishment - (nearing completion)
- Terezza Optical on Dauphin (unknown)
- unnamed restaurant on Conception/Conti corner - (ongoing)
- 220 St. Michael refurbishment - (complete)
- 250 St. Francis condos - (still no word)
- 551 Dauphin - conversion (paused?)
- I-10 ramp realignment - thereby expanding Ft Conde Village - (pushed to 2015)
- GulfQuest Museum - (opening soon?)
- 167 Dauphin - restaurant conversion - (complete)

Also hearing Harberdasher is going into the old Seaman's Lounge building at the southeast corner of Bienville Square.
The old St. Francis St Methodist Church was bought and is being remodeled, hearing it's going to be a music venue. We shall see.
And heared Serda is having problems with the good ol' red tape concerning the brewery.

SouthSky · #**6022** Posted **Apr 20, 2015, 8:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by eshore78

Also hearing Harberdasher is going into the old Seaman's Lounge building at the southeast corner of Bienville Square.
The old St. Francis St Methodist Church was bought and is being remodeled, hearing it's going to be a music venue. We shall see.
And heared Serda is having problems with the good ol' red tape concerning the brewery.

I've heard rumors about Haberdasher's new spot all over the place, but that space seems right for them.

Serda is having more problems than red tape, I hear.

I forgot to mention the Buick Building on Saint Louis, but they've made some serious progress. I would bet we will hear more about restaurant tenants there soon.

Del · #**6023** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 1:26 AM**

Just read the health department is now cool with it "after lots of research." Sanity prevails!

SouthSky · #**6024** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 3:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Del

Just read the health department is now cool with it "after lots of research." Sanity prevails!

Here's to sanity!

Del · #**6025** Posted **Apr 24, 2015, 12:11 AM**

What does this mean for Bel Air Mall? WHAT ABOUT THAT P F CHANGS??
http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf...l#incart_river

SpawnOfVulcan · #**6026** Posted **Apr 25, 2015, 5:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by Del

What does this mean for Bel Air Mall? WHAT ABOUT THAT P F CHANGS??
http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf...l#incart_river

I don't think it means much. Belk looking to sell doesn't necessarily mean stores will close. Mobile is a prime market for Macy's. I doubt yall have anything to worry about.

mobilebadboy · #**6027** Posted **Apr 26, 2015, 5:59 AM**

GulfQuest is a relic before its time. By the time that's it's ever ready to open, it will need to be redone. The 4th pic, every room in the place looks like that. Full of boxes, unassembled furniture. These were taken Wednesday at 2:45 in the afternoon. Not ONE person working in or on the place. Tons of activity from a cargo ship at the neighboring (cruise) terminal, only activity in the area.

That's not dirt. It's pure rust.

mobilebadboy · #**6028** Posted **Apr 26, 2015, 6:04 AM**

Some brighter notes from Wednesday/Thursday. I went with the intention to get some photos of Fort Conde, but while down there I took a quick stroll around (it was quite warm). Nearly all of my photos turned out ... except for most of my Fort Conde ones.

Didn't mean for these to turn out so small. By the time I scaled them, didn't feel like rescaling them.

Gulfquest actually looks amazing from a distance.

SouthSky · #**6029** Posted **Apr 28, 2015, 11:48 PM**

Thank you for the pics! I wish that GulfQuest museum would open up already so there's continual maintenance...

eshore78 · #**6030** Posted **Apr 30, 2015, 5:50 AM**

GulfQuest needs that pedestrian bridge bad. It's completely cutoff by the railroad tracks. It's a bad timing emergency away from a disaster. The convention center sky bridge is the only way over there and that'd take forever.

eshore78 · #**6031** Posted **Apr 30, 2015, 1:49 PM**

Also The Southern Rambler's Facebook page has a thing about them turning the old church into a music/event venue. It's going to sound amazing in there when it's done. New owners have deep pockets so it's not going to be half-done either. Mobile's mini version of The Tabernacle.

NitekKetin · #**6032** Posted **May 22, 2015, 8:57 AM**

Rouse Properties now has a series of renderings of a redesigned main entrance and new streetscape on the Bel Air Mall fact sheet page. One of the generic restaurant spaces next to the main entrance highly resembles PF Chang's China Bistro.

Other potential new stores on the streetscape include Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma.

http://rouseproperties.com/sites/rou...5.15LowRes.pdf

Alxx611 · #**6033** Posted **May 23, 2015, 11:31 PM**

The Bel-Air Mall renderings look nice. Nice to seem them break up the storefronts a little more so its not some big monolithic structure.

Recent photo of the Van Antwerp Building. What do you guys think of the raised lettering on the side of the building?

NitekKetin · #**6034** Posted **May 24, 2015, 1:39 AM**

The lettering looks nice. Is there lettering on the south Royal Street facade?

SouthSky · #**6035** Posted **May 27, 2015, 2:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by NitekKetin

The lettering looks nice. Is there lettering on the south Royal Street facade?

Yes, there is.

SouthSky · #**6036** Posted **May 27, 2015, 2:57 PM**

Below is a link for the urban planning proposal of another new downtown hotel in the Fort Conde area. The current design has a rooftop terrace, which would certainly afford great views of the city/port.

http://urban.cityofmobile.org/urban_...hzon151154.pdf

elb401 · #**6037** Posted **May 28, 2015, 7:56 PM**

Would be neat, but it looks like the idiots at the planning department are recommending it be denied.

CottonCity251 · #**6038** Posted **May 28, 2015, 7:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by SouthSky

Below is a link for the urban planning proposal of another new downtown hotel in the Fort Conde area. The current design has a rooftop terrace, which would certainly afford great views of the city/port.

http://urban.cityofmobile.org/urban_...hzon151154.pdf

I love this hotel! It will fit in nicely ! Bel Air Mall renovation look very DIFFERENT, love it also... I'm sure it would leave lasting impressions on all visitors to Mobile, I can't wait til they start! The Van Antwerp looks nice to, I'm glad ALOT of things are coming along in the city..!

SouthSky · #**6039** Posted **May 28, 2015, 8:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by elb401

Would be neat, but it looks like the idiots at the planning department are recommending it be denied.

They will typically suggest denial based on the form based code (this proposed structure is too tall for the Ft. Conde area according to the code for downtown), but typically it will be worked out in meetings with the city.

eshore78 · #**6040** Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 4:57 AM**

The Van Antwerp lettering looks really good at night. Got a nice back lighting behind the letters. I live downtown now so I'll try to get a photo one night soon.