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Does this differ at all from the other "live! work! play!" destination centers around the Triangle? IE North Hills, Fenton, Park West, Parkside, etc.
I feel like the concept is always great but they just end up being glorified strip malls. Parkside was the funniest because the apartments are clear on the other side of the development, and there's a 4 lanes road (O'Kelly Chapel) splitting it all up. North Hills and Fenton are nice I guess, parts of Park West are nice.
Does this differ at all from the other "live! work! play!" destination centers around the Triangle? IE North Hills, Fenton, Park West, Parkside, etc.
I feel like the concept is always great but they just end up being glorified strip malls. Parkside was the funniest because the apartments are clear on the other side of the development, and there's a 4 lanes road (O'Kelly Chapel) splitting it all up. North Hills and Fenton are nice I guess, parts of Park West are nice.
Parkside started as a much more interesting concept and got scaled way back, which is pretty common with this type of development.
Oh and how could I forget Beaver Creek. I'm not sure what the original plan was for that, but it's the worst now...
Ugh yeah, with Parkside they shoved the apartments as far away as possible from the Teeter and Target. I get scaling back, but there was zero care as to how that was going to function at all.
Agreed as well with Beaver Creek. In regard to all the "lifestyle centers" in the Triangle, it's a strip mall. There's no concept of live/work/play there. Just ****ty retail that you can't walk between. Don't even get me started on the road network in that hell hole.
I still say that a return to the early 20th century small town layout is the way to go.
Just build a square grid of streets for several blocks in each direction and let people build individually on small urban-scaled lots.
I think the objective should be to be able to walk to the corner store to buy toilet paper, loaf of bread, etc. with getting in the car.
The grid of streets should connect to 2 or more existing major arterials to distribute the traffic load, and let a small town develop organically.
I'm so happy to see that Rolesville is building a town center just like I always wanted. It's located right where the original main intersection was at 401 and E. Young Street.
Does this differ at all from the other "live! work! play!" destination centers around the Triangle? IE North Hills, Fenton, Park West, Parkside, etc.
I feel like the concept is always great but they just end up being glorified strip malls. Parkside was the funniest because the apartments are clear on the other side of the development, and there's a 4 lanes road (O'Kelly Chapel) splitting it all up. North Hills and Fenton are nice I guess, parts of Park West are nice.
It seems to be the first of its kind in Johnston county. But maybe other real estate experts can confirm this.
It seems to be the first of its kind in Johnston county. But maybe other real estate experts can confirm this.
Does it have a Cracker Barrel?
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