Getting your morning Starbucks gets harder. And other development news
Big stuff in the development arena:
(1) Death-defying Starbucks run: We go to the Starbucks in the Duke Energy building just about everyday. So when we saw all of this:
I can’t imagine Starbucks is going to like the construction for Mint Museum apartments. #clt #loud pic.twitter.com/AoXDOwnyGF
— Ely Portillo (@ESPortillo) May 1, 2015
… we weren’t thrilled. Turns out work has started on the Mint Museum Apartments, a 42-story apartment building atop the Mint Museum, between Tryon and Church.
Details:
– 394 upscale units
– Resort-style pool and fitness center
– All businesses surrounding the site will be open, but Levine Avenue of the Arts will close
– Fall 2016 finish
(2) First Ward explosion: Levine Properties basically owns First Ward, that quadrant of uptown near the UNCC Center City building and the arena. And it has big plans:
ICYMI: Levine plans hotel, two residential towers for uptown #CLT: http://t.co/cqhaKZbORB via @CBJrealestate — Charlotte BizJournal (@CBJnewsroom) May 3, 2015
– Two Hilton hotels. One would be a Hilton Canopy and one would be a Homewood Suites.
– One or two residential high rises, 20-25 stories, one rental, the other possibly condos.
– A 264-unit apartment complex at 10th and Brevard streets.
– At the center of it all: the 4-acre First Ward Park, between Seventh Street at the ImaginOn children’s library and Ninth Street at the UNCC building. That’s set to open the end of this year.
(3) Hornets D League: The Hornets want to start their own Developmental League team and are looking for a city to host it. Such teams are training grounds for players on the verge of NBA worthiness. Currently, the Hornets rely on other D-League teams, but now want their own. Possible cities range from Asheville to Charleston.
Hornets want to own, operate NBA D-League team, soliciting bids in Carolinas. @rick_bonnell: http://t.co/KvmdFQfl23 pic.twitter.com/L0uGYOt324
— Mike Persinger (@mikepersinger) May 3, 2015
(4) Two-fer at Ballantyne Village
– Upscale women’s consignment shop Nouveaux will open in Ballantyne Village mid-June, the Charlotte Business Journal reports. You’ll find discounted Prada, Kate Spade, Chanel.
– The Tinder Box is opening its fourth Charlotte location in the Village this month.
(5) Bar Method: Will open its first Charlotte location in the SouthPark area, near Whole Foods, this summer.
Photos: Bar Method, Levine Properties, David T. Foster/Charlotte Observer
This story was originally published May 3, 2015 at 9:50 PM with the headline "Getting your morning Starbucks gets harder. And other development news."