Downtown's Doro District Secures Parking

[downtownbrown]

Been to Charleston lately?  Did a culinary tour of North King St last weekend.  5 years ago the area was a boarded up, dangerous part of town.  Now it's young, hip, happenin', all led by start up local restaurant groups, helped by local political commitment.  The abandoned building count has been vastly diminished, crime has been pushed out, tourism is through the roof.  And they have no equivalent of the Vet, the baseball grounds, or Everbank.  If there are enough risk takers, no reason Doro and the rest of the core can't mimic their success.  Desperately need more housing units, though.  As does Charleston.

[JFman00]

This is the kind of positive incremental improvement that leads to better things and we should be just as if not more supportive of them than billion dollar mega projects.

[Gunnar]

Agree, but IMHO in order for this to work you both need a sufficient stock of (usable) empty buildings, as well as owners either wanting to part with them or rent them out for a reasonable price. Empty lots and overpriced ruins really aren't enablers.

[JFman00]

Empty lots are daunting to small-scale development if they have to be eaten whole. Would love to try out being a small mixed-use property developer.

[KenFSU]

With all the talk about the sports complex lately, curious if anyone's heard anything new about the Doro District.

After a flurry of initial activity - DDRB review, parking procurement, DIA approval - seems like this project has fallen silent since last May.

[JaxVision]

Any news on if the bowling alley has been shelved or is that going to go up this year? This district could become what Pinewood Social in Nashville is.

[tufsu1]

With all the talk about the sports complex lately, curious if anyone's heard anything new about the Doro District.

After a flurry of initial activity - DDRB review, parking procurement, DIA approval - seems like this project has fallen silent since last May.

The Chamber's annual meeting next week is happening at the Doro

[KenFSU]

With all the talk about the sports complex lately, curious if anyone's heard anything new about the Doro District.

After a flurry of initial activity - DDRB review, parking procurement, DIA approval - seems like this project has fallen silent since last May.

The Chamber's annual meeting next week is happening at the Doro

Sweet!

[acme54321]

Has anyone used the dock at Intuition?  It looks like it's been fixed up on Google maps.  Is there a gate or anything on it?