As new projects are starting along the Welton Corridor, in the Five Points-Curtis Park neighborhood, some are beginning to wrap. Today, we are going to visit the completed 2460 Welton project also known as The Wheatley at Five Points. We had pretty extensive coverage on this project, which was announced back in June 2014:
New Curtis Park-Five Points Project: 2460 Welton
Curtis Park-Five Points: 2460 Welton Update #1
Curtis Park-Five Points: 2460 Welton Update #2
Five Points-Curtis Park: 2460 Welton Update #3
Five Points-Curtis Park: 2460 Welton Update #4
The Wheatley features two types of residential units, 14 for-sale townhomes, and 84 rental apartments, and ground floor retail. Comparing to the rendering, the project came out almost exactly as expected. The dark paneling on top of the town homes is positive change, as it adds more contrast to the roof-line.
Here are two more photos of the completed project. Landscaping was just starting to go in when I took these pictures and should be nearly complete present day.
The Wheatley complements the neighborhood nicely from a scale and design standpoint. It also features for-sale and rentals in one project, which isn’t very common. Overall, this is a great piece of infill!
Very nice project! I wish that all townhome/rowhome projects would look this nice. This city was built with brick and brick should be the majority exterior material. On a side note, I find that dark colored window framing seems to make the building look better and appear higher quality than white colored framing. The white color somehow seems cheaper.
Agreed with Jerry – hopefully this type of architecture/design will be more prevalent with new development in the surrounding neighborhoods moving forward. When you really think about it, the town homes aren’t all that different from many of the other new stuff being put up; I think the big difference here is it’s not relying on silly multi-colored facades or thin-slit windows, and the exterior materials actually fit in to the surrounding environment rather than trying too hard to be different… The materials used also make it appear to be a much higher-quality build from top to bottom, in my opinion.
This project turned out great. Simple detailing and massing with high quality materials that relate to the context. I especially like how they varied the brick color for the townhomes to add some variety in a simple way to help the building read as distinct units. More developments like this, please.
I agree. This came out quite good. Looks great and the architecture fits in well.
Great development. I’ll take 20 similar developments spread around the city, please.
Overall I like it. It has a simplicity of material and form that many other projects around the city lack (that POS just up the street comes to mind…)
A few nitpicks though – the transition from the townhomes to the appartments feels unresolved, just a bit award. Also, the cool grey chosen for the pseudo-mansard roofs really contrasts with the otherwise warm color pallet. Too much so in my opinion.
Nice project though.
I agree. I don’t care much for that paneling.
I like the project, which is a good thing as I look at it out my window!
But, is it just me (colorblind) but I prefer the coloring of the original rendering and don’t prefer the
darker paneling? (A small quibble for an otherwise good project)
I’d also say that Confluence builders spent a lot of time with the neighborhood and integrated a lot of comments into the development. (I don’t think they’ve done nearly as well with their 2500 block of Welton project sadly.)
I think you and Citizen Kane both have very valid points about the darker roof paneling. However, my counter point to that is I think it makes the lighter colors “pop” more. This makes the continuation of light brick between this development and the adjacent existing building more noticeable since they are at the same level. I also think that by highlighting the light brick, it makes it feel more pedestrian scale, especially at night when most people won’t notice the roof. Additionally, I like that the larger building is on the corner and anchors the building mass. The brick detailing and corner entry are a nice touch.