With a price point that could approach $1,600 a month for as many as 160 apartments, it's still not clear how well these units will rent. With 300 apartments slated to be built at the new Granite Run Town Center, the added housing supply adds to the mystery of why so many of these are being built and just who will buy them.
There are no conceptual drawings that I know of, but here are design sketches that provide a bit of context to just how big this will be.
Exactly what Media does NOT need. More development and traffic to an already congested part of Baltimore Pike. Hopefully the city will get its head out of its ass long enough to plan ahead and actually time the lights on Baltimore Pike through Media so traffic flows. Why is it that every time the light you're sitting at turns green, the next one immediately turns red? Ridiculous. Add to this a huge influx of cars and people with this latest project and Media is quickly losing its small town feel and appeal.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't have said it better myself! This area has got to time their lights so traffic moves. Congestion is only getting worse and holding traffic at a stop-'n-crawl is at least half the problem. Eliminating the ridiculous "No Turn On Red" signs would also help.
Deleteawesome - more density on top of density - what more could we ask for?
ReplyDeleteSmall town feel already lost; Media = the new Springfield
ReplyDeleteOkay let me see if I have this right.... A decidedly urban, historic borough that was mostly built out in the late 19th and very early 20th centuries with a walkable street grid, a town center, and plenty of rowhousing is somehow now becoming a suburb that was built out mostly as typical suburban sprawl from the 50s-70s?
DeleteThis is replacing an old industrial looking property in a borough that should not be so disconnected. Where exactly is the downside? It's exactly what should be being built in that part of Media.
Media already has $1,600 a month apartments! Not like they are paving over paradise for a parking lot. Time for the West end to be put to good use.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who sees this as a GOOD thing? This will put hundreds of new, tax paying residents within WALKING distance of the shops on State Street and Baltimore. It will greatly improve the look of the west end of town, which is right now little more than a garbage dump. And at $1600 it's obviously going to be a nice building (with what appears to be underground parking!). I'd rather have people rent here than in the new apartments at Granite Run, where they will drive into Media every time they want to eat/shop and really add to the traffic/parking issue. Seriously...where's the downside to this?? Media will have so much tax revenue it won't know how to spend it?? The shops on State Street will become too successful?? I'm baffled.
ReplyDeletepeople tend to resist change even if it's a good thing. Would the investor build such a large project if they didn't anticipate success? Because of projects like this, Media may seem to lose some of its 'small town' feel (which hasn't been around for awhile btw), but its a small side effect to the many positives which you point out.
DeleteI could understand if they were bulldozing the courthouse for this thing, but it's in a part of Media that's pretty far removed from the "small town" center. I think the only real impact people will feel is more businesses on State Street. I welcome it!
DeleteI agree with you, and I believe the silent majority also agrees. this is a perfect project, and the right place for density. Walking distance into town, walking distance to the train, and it improves a beat-up part of town. If you don't like this one, then there is nothing you like.
DeleteLet's hope the Obama administration can subsidize some of this housing and allow a place of rest for those displaced by the Bush wars. With our transition town efforts and the Media Free Store, we have a wonderful opportunity to promote further diversity while ending the failed experiment of capitalism which has consequently led down a troubling road of income inequality.
ReplyDeleteYeah let's get u a free obamaphone and obamacar to go with it too. Hilarious
DeletePerfect time to open the 3rd Street Bridge with all of the new neighbors coming into town.
ReplyDeleteI just hope there are -multiple- traffic studies being done taking this project and the New WAWA into consideration for Baltimore Pike traffic flow. So far I haven't seen anything that shows the appropriate significant changes to the current roads or intersections. These 2 projects could combine to cause havoc for drivers on a daily basis, I hope this is being looked at seriously.
ReplyDeleteSo I guess Media Realestate is behind this ... they just can't let any open space in town ... Greedy
ReplyDeleteIts more about what being done and who's doing it- I am all for open space but not necessarily here. its a very unceremonious backdoor to down as it exists this bring the opportunity of creating a gateway to Media... IS it ever happens. WAWA is in year 4 of pre-construction.
DeleteNot Media Real Estate....Check out all the VACANT lots around the borough....those are mostly Media Real Estate's.
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