Downtown and inner-city Augusta going to another level (Savannah, Commerce: dorm, gated)

[EastsideDave]

^^^ LOL!

Anyway, still no news on Ft. Discovery? NORT! Where are you!!!???

[leslieknope]

I am curious about the fort discovery building as well, since I live about two blocks away and would love to see something exciting come. I would be very sad if it just becomes a call center, I know call centers are great for job creation, but would love to see someone that could take advantage of the riverfront area, and be something the residents of downtown would need/want. Fingers crossed.

[nortonguy]

The Saint Sebastian way landscaping project is about to begin.. The project when complete will look similar to Wheeler rd..

Planning & Zoning - Project Search Details

[nortonguy]

Originally Posted by nortonguy

The growth in the inner city neighborhoods Laney Walker and Bethlehem continues..

Neighborhood Redevelopment Continuing In Augusta | ABC 6 WJBF-TV
Development continues in the Laney Walker-Bethlehem redevelopment initiative. Houses are continuing to be built and growth is rising in that area. In the new development of Heritage Pines neighborhood, they have six new houses on Pine Street and four on 11th Street. There is also a proposed development to build town homes on Wrightsboro Road and Twiggs Street, but it doesn't stop there...

Chester A. Wheeler,Augusta Housing and Community Development Department director: "Down at the other end of Wrightsboro Road, we will have a commercial and retail mixed-use note which will have retail on the bottom and housing on the top. We are in the process of finding funding for that."

I'm not sure if this is the proposed retail-mix use development or separate.. Bailey Place: 1210-1214 Wrightsboro rd: 12 residential units: 9 buildings
Planning & Zoning - Project Search Details

Tons of growth coming and happening in the Laney Walker neighborhood..

1. The Foundry Place development includes retail-office on the bottom and housing on the top. Construction starts next year and the property is located at Wrightsboro rd and R.A Dent Boulevard. There's nothing similar to that in the entire area.

2. Bailey Place should break ground this year and consist of 12 residential units along Wrightsboro rd near 12th street.

3. The other end of Wrighstboro rd and Twiggs is supposed to have new townhomes and a roundabout...

[tckr83]

It's going to be interesting to see what all this new housing looks like in ten years...

[nortonguy]

The TEE Center continues to spur investment in the CBD.. Fort Discovery building-sold, WJBF building-sold, parking deck, Reynolds street repaving, and of course the Laney Walker-Bethlehem redevelopment... Let's hope the Hyatt Place hotel can break ground before April 2012. Just in time for the masters guest to notice of all the progress since 2011. Dental school, Village at Riverwatch, Kroc Center, Judicial Center, Sprint Food & Metro Market, parking deck, TEE center, Broad street streetlight/traffic signal project, etc...

Augusta developer thinking ahead toward TEE Center traffic | The Augusta Chronicle

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Tucked away behind Broad Street is a little oasis waiting for occupants, complete with a waterfall and 65,000-gallon pond. Cross Creek Designer and Builder Inc. recently completed a $265,000 renovation to a building that takes up several properties in the 900 blocks of Broad and Jones streets, according to property manager John Bowen.

Banking on the idea that the Trade, Exhibit and Event Center expansion will bring new traffic flow to Reynolds Street, Bowen hopes the space will attract a high-end restaurant or something else that will serve convention center visitors, and the rest of downtown.

More than 16,000 square feet in commercial space is available to lease. Cross Creek, which has been downtown for nearly 30 years, currently leases to clients including the Juvenile Justice Department, Augusta BioBusiness Center and Georgia Medical Center Authority.

[EastsideDave]

I've asked a couple of times on here before, who bought Fort Discovery?!

[nortonguy]

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers construction is underway(two story expansion: over $1 million). They have a small crane on the property along Reynolds street... IBEW needs to train more people due to the Savannah River Site and Plant Vogtle jobs.

I think Tantra Ultra Lounge is now open in the Whites Building next to Sundrees Market..

The $3 million dollar traffic singal/street light/sidewalk expansion is almost completed. The new street lights on Broad should be ready before Christmas..

[nortonguy]

Crews near completion on Broad Street lights | The Augusta Chronicle
The switch has been flipped on for many of the 129 street lights and traffic signals at the Broad Street intersections between Fifth and 12th streets, said Steve Cassell, traffic engineer for the city. The project should be done by Dec. 15 but the contractor still needs to inspect the lights and demount the old poles.

Repairing sidewalks on Broad Street will continue throughout December, he said. Crews had to break up portions of sidewalks throughout the project to lay fiber-optic cables and install control boxes.



The older lights featured in the picture will be removed in the future from 13th-5th street.

[tckr83]

Kinda funny... we got a light out already...

Was downtown last week at the Imperial and wasn't sure if the new lights were in use yet, didn't really look up... but it was noticeably different walking around.