CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Another crane will soon be added to Tryon Street as the Carolina Theatre project in uptown prepares to go vertical.
The Foundation For The Carolinas said it will be installing a tower crane at the theatre site, which sits at corner of North Tryon and Sixth streets, this weekend.
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The tower's foundation work has been ongoing for about a year or so, with 123 macropiles drilled into bedrock. This fall, work includes constructing pile caps, which will tie the piles to the vertical steel, and cast-in-place concrete foundation walls.
The foundation is leading a restoration of the Carolina Theatre, which opened in 1927, and has appointed Australian developer SB&G Group to build a 34-story tower adjacent to it. Five floors will be dedicated to the theater and civic space, and a 256-room InterContinental Hotel will be built on the remaining floors.