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TEETER AND VIDA: At last week's BID meeting, Michael Stevens said that Forest City would soon be "handing the keys" to
Harris Teeter to begin their build out at the north end of
Twelve12. And apparently the
Vida Fitness space on the south end of the block will be turned over very soon to its tenants as well. Vida is looking at a summer opening, and Teeter in the fall. And leasing for the apartments themselves should start this spring.
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WHOLE FOODS: Meanwhile, at that
other grocery store/residential site, I'm told that some initial infrastructure work is already underway (probably hard to really differentiate it with all the work going on at the
Park Chelsea next door). The plan is still for
800 New Jersey/Whole Foods to officially get underway this spring, probably in March (which so often is the month that a developer's thoughts turn to excavation).
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A VIEW OF THE PARK: And, speaking of the
Park Chelsea, I can now offer this high-speed photo of the construction from a different vantage point from usual (and no, I didn't walk up onto the freeway):
Of course, this view of the Park Chelsea will only last until
800 New Jersey starts sprouting in the spot in between this construction and the freeway.
At center of the new image is the
River Parc residential building speeding along next to Velocity. But these two don't even tell the entire story of the eight years that passed between them--
check out the complete lineup of images from this angle to see the other buildings that went up since 2005 but are now obscured.
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THE CRAZY AUNT AND HER SLIDES: Sunday was the 11th anniversary of that fateful drive around the neighborhood that resulted in some photos on my web site, and then yadda yadda, here we are. So of course I have to
point you to those pictures. (Though yes, technically I took my
first photos of the area in fall 2000, but those were on bad film and I didn't even rediscover them until 2004.)
***UPDATE***: Adding on to this post with the news that Bluejacket and its much-touted head brewer Megan Parisi have parted ways,
according to the Post.