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A good article. The cost building this day is high, so most apartments are the same all over the county up to 6 stories and over 6 stores they may look different.
The US's first hydrail is planned to run from Raleigh to Charlotte. Looks like DOT and DOE are involved so hopefully the Federal government picks up a big portion of the tab. Fingers crossed this can be completed.
The US's first hydrail is planned to run from Raleigh to Charlotte. Looks like DOT and DOE are involved so hopefully the Federal government picks up a big portion of the tab. Fingers crossed this can be completed.
The US's first hydrail is planned to run from Raleigh to Charlotte. Looks like DOT and DOE are involved so hopefully the Federal government picks up a big portion of the tab. Fingers crossed this can be completed.
Ugh, Charlotte Stories is yellow journalism. It is like the Fyre Festival of Charlotte blogs.... the guy is quoting an article from September and in an article he wrote yesterday. He should stick to reviewing the latest burger restaurants.
There is room for Raleigh’s core to get better, and it is, but when for 40 years your main area of employment has been outside the city limits, that is a fairly major deal that is fairly unique.
No one in Raleigh cared about or wanted to go Downtown until about 10-15 years ago.
My father thought building a convention center there was the worst idea ever.
That generation ran from danger instead of taking back an area that was crime infested.
Downtowns across Anerica only began their resurgence about 20 years ago.
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and the average Raleigh citizen still isn’t actively thinking about downtown on a daily basis nor wishing for it to become more prominent,
We know It’s the obsession of Charlotte and that’s great for it’s contribution to a state blessed with mountains and beaches and towns of all sizes.
I don’t see people in Raleigh ever prioritizing downtown to the degree that Charlotte does, simply because it already has the status of being the state Capital, the abundance of university life, and the beach is 2 to 1,5 hours away.
A good article. The cost building this day is high, so most apartments are the same all over the county up to 6 stories and over 6 stores they may look different.
They all seem to be clad in cheap materials mostly because so much was spent on the hundreds of innovated building products that specifically address previous problems. Examples include roofing materials, sealants, high performing windows etc.
There’s nothing left in the budget after all of that to splurge on finishes.
Also all of the technology and life safety systems that are in new construction uses up much of the budget.
Yes, the stick-built aspect is relatively inexpensive and this skilled labor is easy to find too.
But these new apt. Dwellings are the most energy-wise to date, due to meeting more stringent codes set by states and the federal govt.
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The US's first hydrail is planned to run from Raleigh to Charlotte. Looks like DOT and DOE are involved so hopefully the Federal government picks up a big portion of the tab. Fingers crossed this can be completed.
Updated article in TBJ further talks about the plans for the 301 Hillsborough block in DTR. Quick summary for those blocked by the paywall.
- Three ~20 story towers on one block. Office, Residential, Hotel. All sharing a parking deck. Lots of ground floor retail as well. Total sqft is 900k+
- To be developed in phases with the office tower being built first. (Rendering)
- Fallon Company is the developer out of Boston and have the ability to provide their own capital for projects. They setup regional HQ at 301 Midtown in Charlotte (thought the "301" name was a funny coincidence) and are planning the Strawn Cottages Redevelopment as well. Also in the NYC market.
- Plans are to break ground in September and build off speculation. No anchor tenants have pre-leased. Not many developers try that in Raleigh for large projects. Hopefully that means more developers are gaining confidence in this market's position in the current economy.
- Fallon is just getting started with it's presence in the Triangle and also claims to have several offers out on properties in both urban centers of Raleigh and Durham.
This is a game changer of a project for DTR. Especially at that location. Hopefully it all goes as reported. Would be a massive improvement over a parking lot like it currently sits.
No one in Raleigh cared about or wanted to go Downtown until about 10-15 years ago.
My father thought building a convention center there was the worst idea ever.
That generation ran from danger instead of taking back an area that was crime infested.
Downtowns across Anerica only began their resurgence about 20 years ago.
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and the average Raleigh citizen still isn’t actively thinking about downtown on a daily basis nor wishing for it to become more prominent,
We know It’s the obsession of Charlotte and that’s great for it’s contribution to a state blessed with mountains and beaches and towns of all sizes.
I don’t see people in Raleigh ever prioritizing downtown to the degree that Charlotte does, simply because it already has the status of being the state Capital, the abundance of university life, and the beach is 2 to 1,5 hours away.
I think you are speaking about yourself or maybe older people(don't mean that to be negative, just noticed that older people in general aren't that gun ho on going to downtown as people in their 20s and 30s are) but tons of people love downtown and go damn near EVERY day. I've noticed with some of my older coworkers they only go every now and then. It would flabbergast me sometimes because many of them been here their whole lives and don't know where anything is at when I asked them about a place.
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That said Downtowns are important, today's society work longer hours. work controls when what time we sleep, what time we wake up, we go to work, and spend and have very little time for ourselves and for our families to the point that many of us are living for the weekend. So for many, going downtown, a place that is supposed to be a cities entertainment and cultural hub is a nice little break from the mundane and routine of the day to day. And the larger the downtown the more there is to explore.
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That said I don't think the issue in regards to this forum is people's obsession with downtown, it's their obsessions with skylines, when a skyline doesn't say anything of the street level experience.
At least in Charlotte’s case, Skyscrapers are replacing empty lots and former interstate interchanges. Those former interchanges and empty lots are now Fortune 500 towers, luxury apartments with retail and other amenities, etc etc. empty surface lots are now a park and baseball stadium. Etc.
Every new tower pretty much means another surface lot has bit the dust. It means more people or workers. And now days retail or restaraunts instead of big lobbies.
Last edited by Charlotte485; 02-20-2019 at 07:27 PM..
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