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Posted on 7/23/22 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 7/23/22 at 6:18 pm
Just spent a month in Auburn. It's just as much growth as SLC on a smaller population scale.
- New building for Target (where Denaros/Quixote was)
- New building for Publix (where the BK was)
- New Auburn Bank with 1st floor retail
- New building for Marriot Hotel at Village Theatre
- New bank building on the corner of College and Glenn
- New condo building by J & M
- New building for The Graduate Hotel (where Anders was)
- 1 square block between College and Gay Street for apartments & retail. They are doing all the sewer stuff now.
- All the new apartments/condo’s downtown
That is A LOT of new shite. You don’t even realize how much until you type it out. The only thing I don't like is the aesthetics of the huge apartment complexes downtown. It kills the old Auburn charm. I wish the city council would have pushed back on the architecture. I don't vote in Auburn/AL so JMO.
- New building for Target (where Denaros/Quixote was)
- New building for Publix (where the BK was)
- New Auburn Bank with 1st floor retail
- New building for Marriot Hotel at Village Theatre
- New bank building on the corner of College and Glenn
- New condo building by J & M
- New building for The Graduate Hotel (where Anders was)
- 1 square block between College and Gay Street for apartments & retail. They are doing all the sewer stuff now.
- All the new apartments/condo’s downtown
That is A LOT of new shite. You don’t even realize how much until you type it out. The only thing I don't like is the aesthetics of the huge apartment complexes downtown. It kills the old Auburn charm. I wish the city council would have pushed back on the architecture. I don't vote in Auburn/AL so JMO.
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Posted on 7/23/22 at 6:33 pm to alpinetiger
I forgot... and the new Rane Culinary building with a boutique hotel, brewery, four eateries and a wellness grocery/kitchen. I think that opens in a month. Sheesh.
Posted on 7/24/22 at 10:38 am to alpinetiger
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and the new Rane Culinary building with a boutique hotel, brewery, four eateries and a wellness grocery/kitchen. I think that opens in a month. Sheesh.
+ a new food market hall will open soon next door
Downtown Publix, Target and the new Food hall are all game changers!
Campus development:
- The new Academic Learning Center complex is basically finished (second largest academic building on campus now)
-Starbucks (student center) will move and replace Au Bon Pain and then offer hot breakfast items
- New residence hall near Haley concourse already in the planning stage
- The new Legacy plaza is already u/c
- New massive STEM academic complex in early planning stage (220,000sqf, construction start expected: Summer 2023)
- New $100m FOF enters final construction phase
This post was edited on 7/24/22 at 10:43 am
Posted on 7/24/22 at 6:31 pm to AUreo
What they need to do is build more banks. There aren't enough of those in Auburn....
Posted on 7/25/22 at 5:58 am to AUBTIG47
Good list.
Some stuff coming down. tearing down the Hill dorms for future expansion. First up new education building. The ultimate goal is to tear down the Haley Center Tower.
Some stuff coming down. tearing down the Hill dorms for future expansion. First up new education building. The ultimate goal is to tear down the Haley Center Tower.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 9:57 am to allin2010
Auburn, both the city and the university, just keep changing. If you live there or visit often, it's more gradual. If you haven't been there in a while, the changes are pretty dramatic.
They are also building a Buc-ees at Exit 50 (Cox Road) and the former Stokers property is now a large apartment/condo/commercial complex.
They are also building a Buc-ees at Exit 50 (Cox Road) and the former Stokers property is now a large apartment/condo/commercial complex.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 12:20 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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Auburn, both the city and the university, just keep changing. If you live there or visit often, it's more gradual. If you haven't been there in a while, the changes are pretty dramatic.
Very true. Last stopped in Auburn either spring or early summer of last year coming home from visiting friends in Baldwin County. Hadn't been there since the 2019 Iron Bowl, and hadn't gotten to really look around in years. Amazing how it has changed.
I know this is a "get off my lawn," type comment, and the new developments are great for the students, but it is sad to see downtown Auburn becoming home to so many chains. Target, Five Guys, Whataburger, Publix. And at the same time losing places like Anders, Tiger Rags. How much longer will J&M be around, since the days of hard copy books are mostly in the past?
Posted on 7/25/22 at 12:27 pm to PJinAtl
J&M mainly sells T-shirts, caps, hoodies, and other stuff like that, along with art supplies. The last time I was in there, they had a section in the back where they were selling locally-produced gifts, like ceramics and paintings and stuff.
College textbook-oriented stores, as we knew them, are long gone.
Nobody goes downtown much any more, it's too crowded.
College textbook-oriented stores, as we knew them, are long gone.
Nobody goes downtown much any more, it's too crowded.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 12:31 pm to SpotCheckBilly
Yeah I don’t see J&M leaving or closing. They did recently kill their bookstore location on South College. The souvenirs will keep their main location afloat.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 3:40 pm to Rig
That’s pricy real estate though. Also a shitty building comparatively.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 4:37 pm to alpinetiger
WhataBurger in the old Bodega …. That’s just pathetic…
Posted on 7/26/22 at 8:34 am to SpotCheckBilly
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Auburn, both the city and the university, just keep changing. If you live there or visit often, it's more gradual. If you haven't been there in a while, the changes are pretty dramatic.
It's shocking every time we go. I don't recognize half the shite anymore. Honestly, I'm not sure I'd go to Auburn if I was going today. I loved the small town charm and feel. It doesn't have that now.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 8:47 am to Aubie Spr96
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Honestly, I'm not sure I'd go to Auburn if I was going today. I loved the small town charm and feel. It doesn't have that now.
You're comparing it to how it was when you were there. Not against other schools/towns currently.
Sadly, it isn't the charming little town it was when I was there, but it still has a smaller feel than most other SEC schools.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:48 am to Aubie Spr96
quote:I wouldn't get admitted into Auburn currently. I would have spent my first year or two at the Onion. Attending AU but also growing up in Auburn makes all this stuff bittersweet. I still remember being 5 years old, attending the Learning Tree nursery behind the Fiji house and kicking around the soccer ball with the dudes in the frat house where the Alumni Center is now. And the Wreck Tech pajama parade. Bring that back please.
It's shocking every time we go. I don't recognize half the shite anymore. Honestly, I'm not sure I'd go to Auburn if I was going today. I loved the small town charm and feel. It doesn't have that now.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 1:29 pm to alpinetiger
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I wouldn't get admitted into Auburn currently.
The incoming freshman class numbers are ridiculous. Average GPA over 4.0 and ACT of 28.6. I wouldn't get in.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 1:44 pm to slacker130
quote:Oddly enough, I recently visited Starkville, where I lived from 1990-1993. Other than some minor improvements, the place remains virtually unchanged after 30 years.
You're comparing it to how it was when you were there. Not against other schools/towns currently.
Sadly, it isn't the charming little town it was when I was there, but it still has a smaller feel than most other SEC schools.
The neighborhood we lived in, just a few blocks from the heart of town, is EXACTLY the same, and all the houses there were built in the 1940s so they were half a century old even then.
It’s actually pretty amazing, and oddly comforting. I never would have guessed that it could remain the same after all the drastic changes in Auburn in the past few decades.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 1:59 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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J&M mainly sells T-shirts, caps, hoodies, and other stuff like that, along with art supplies. The last time I was in there, they had a section in the back where they were selling locally-produced gifts, like ceramics and paintings and stuff.
As someone else mentioned, that real estate has to be super valuable. Also, TigerRags and Anders were big soft goods/apparel retailers as well and they are both gone.
I'm wondering if at some point you will end up with AU Bookstore and the sports venues as the soft goods retailers on/near campus and everything else pushed out or online. Also curious where AU Bookstore goes when Haley is finally demo'd.
I know in Knoxville, there is the UT Bookstore and then the other places (HoundDogs, Alumni Hall, etc.) are out a ways from campus, mainly in west Knoxville.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 6:04 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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Nobody goes downtown much any more, it's too crowded.
Yogi BerraPosted on 7/26/22 at 6:18 pm to FearlessFreep
quote:My house in Auburn was built in 1965. I've done nothing to it and its pretty awesome. My aunt, who is the spitting image of my Mom got her masters at MSU. We visited often and Starkville and the surrounds are great by me. That is a great area, IMO.
Oddly enough, I recently visited Starkville, where I lived from 1990-1993. Other than some minor improvements, the place remains virtually unchanged after 30 years.
The neighborhood we lived in, just a few blocks from the heart of town, is EXACTLY the same, and all the houses there were built in the 1940s so they were half a century old even then.
It’s actually pretty amazing, and oddly comforting. I never would have guessed that it could remain the same after all the drastic changes in Auburn in the past few decades.
Posted on 7/26/22 at 7:33 pm to alpinetiger
It had the small town feel when I was there but was even more so when my dad was an undergrad in the early 60s.
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