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Request for Qualifications € Consultant Services Morningside Village Redevelopment
Firmitas Development, Charlotte, North Carolina
Submittal Deadline: March 27, 2008 Firmitas Development is seeking development team qualifications for one of the ten city blocks located in Morningside Village, a +/- 33-acre mixed-use redevelopment project located in the Historic Morningside Neighborhood, approximately two miles from Charlotte € s Central Business District on the Central Avenue corridor. Project Overview
The Morningside Village redevelopment includes ten city blocks entitled for a maximum 1,000 residential units (600 for-sale, 400 for-rent) and 30,000 square feet of retail. The project is zoned Mixed-Use Development District with optional provisions that allow for innovated design alternatives including single-family, townhomes, carriage homes, courtyard condominiums, residential flats, and apartments. The zoning allows for a variety of height limitations including an 11-story condominium building on Block 9. The site construction will be complete September 2008 in time to release a maximum of five blocks for vertical construction. Additional blocks will be released one at a time on a 12 to 18 month schedule. Blocks 6 and 7 are currently under contract with Post Properties Inc. for the development of 400 urban apartments with 25,000 square feet of ground floor retail, including two proposed restaurants fronting the existing +/- 17-acre Veterans Park. RFQ
Firmitas Development is seeking qualifications and proposals from innovative development teams that will advance the vision set forth in the Morningside Village Design Standards as a mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly, traditional urban infill neighborhood. A maximum of three development teams will be short-listed and interviewed for the development of a minimum of one and maximum two of the blocks currently being offered, which include Blocks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 10. Development team qualifications are due March 27, 2008. Contact
For a copy of the complete RFQ or for more information on Morningside Village visit www.morningsidevillage.com in the password-protected "Developer Center" section
(password: Firmitas). Mr. Francis Reiner, RLA
Partner, Senior Urban Designer
101 W. Worthington Ave., Suite 208
Charlotte, NC 28203
704-661-5966
freiner@firmitasdevelopment.com
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