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Old 03-11-2015, 11:33 AM
 
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What's your take on BHAM's "Downtown" population growth? How do you imagine the city will handle the packed density of the population growth "downtown" "transit etc" once the announced projects are complete ? I imagine 2.5 residents per Apartment/condo would bring 6,250 new residents. An does anyone know the current downtown population? This is awesome cause Mobile , Huntsville an Montgomery seems to not even be close to even gaining a downtown population as Birmingham has present , imo. Would be cool to know ATLANTS, MEMPHIS, CHARLOTTE, MONTGOMERY, MOBILE an HUNTSVILLE'S downtown population.

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Old 03-11-2015, 02:04 PM
 
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it is certainly nice to see the city center go from "severely under utilized" to merely "under utilized" but the city really needs more jobs... or else i fear it is just shuffling wealth from one part of the metro area to another.
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Old 03-11-2015, 04:32 PM
 
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That is understandable , I thought mayor bell had a big announcement bringing jobs soon or something?
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Old 03-11-2015, 06:36 PM
 
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ATL's downtown population is 26,710 as of 2010. Memphis is about 24K, with Uptown Charlotte (they don't call it downtown) was around 11K as of 2009. But Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, so I'm sure it's higher by now.
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Old 03-11-2015, 08:39 PM
 
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Huntsville has a downtown?
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Old 03-11-2015, 09:26 PM
 
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I was rather unimpressed by Huntsville's downtown when I drove through there in 2012. Not saying that Huntsville's a bad place, but I expected more in downtown.
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Old 03-11-2015, 10:42 PM
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Mobile's downtown population is almost 8k and CBD is 2k and Birmingham looks to be around 11k with 4k in the CBD according to city data.
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Old 03-12-2015, 08:00 AM
 
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All of this depends on how you draw the lines. I would consider "downtown" ATL to include Midtown and Buckhead because they're still very "downtown". In other words, I would like to redraw the lines to include what I would call "urban living". Places with midrise/highrise condos or apts. No set-back garden style apartments (those are for the burbs only).

For instance, I bet that number does not include the Gultch for Nashville, but I think it should.

Uptown Dallas, according to City-data has only 26k but they drew the lines very small. I would certainly extend that way up to at least Northwest highway which would multiply that number.
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Old 03-12-2015, 01:57 PM
 
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I'm down here at the railroad park TALK about a different feeling. So much vibrance , hustle an bustle an activity. BIRMINGHAM really feels like it's striving to be up there with ATL an etc. If the downtown population is around 11,000 with the completion of 2,500 or more apartment/Condos that should put BHAM at a population of atleast 17,500 . That's not bad compared to ATL which has 26,000+. I consider MIDTOWN/SOUTHSIDE/LAKEVIEW etc into the urban core. I wonder what entertainment BHAM has planned for this downtown population?
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Old 03-17-2015, 01:54 PM
 
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This article is a good sign of things to come with the growth of downtown.

Burger-Phillips building being converted from apartments to condos - Birmingham Business Journal

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Today, downtown Birmingham is one of the hottest areas in the metro, with a growing occupancy rate and a relatively low supply.
"There's really nothing new on the market since the recession ended," Carruthers said.
Carruthers said the transition from apartments to condos will allow his company to pay off the bank and move on to its next project, which he said will more than likely be in the downtown area.
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