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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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