Me, too. My small section of the neighborhood is zoned for schools in the farthest reaches of Cary just inside 540.
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No he means this same site work:
Was followed up with this rendering:
Almost 3 weeks apart
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Yes! Curious if the 213 Harrington events follow this.
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Blergh I completely misread that. I shouldnāt do anything before I have my coffee in the morning.
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I still wanted to reply to it, I just didnāt know how. 
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My reporter, who has been closely following the developments on this block for personal reasons, informs me that staff working at the GCF store on Hargett tell him that the store will be closing down for good on Saturday, June 1. That would seem to portend that there are likely going to be some changes coming soon to this block.
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Interestingā¦ 213 South Harrington footprint itself would not interfere with the GFC store it seems
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I can confirm that the GCF store is now closed. GCF and an LLC own a total of .91 acres here. This plus 213 S. Harrington St. (which is .15 acres owned by the Dillon) cover roughly the northwest quadrant of the block bounded by Hargett, Harrington, Martin and Dawson.
I canāt say for certain, obviously, whether these two development are related, but itās certainly interesting timing. If you combine the two holdings you get a very attractive corner property on which to build something tall. You could see where that might be more attractive than trying to build 20 stories on .15 acres. Youād really have a lot to work with here. (The city of Raleigh owns .85 acres running further south on Harrington St.)
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And the City has been marketing that land sort of on the DL.
Looks like they sold the property:
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The press release doesnāt mention to whom the land was sold. Iām sure weāll find out before very long, but boo.
If the Goodwill plot is combined with 213 S Harrington, seems likely that a shorter building goes up. Instead of 20 floors on 0.15 acres, probably end up with a 10-12 floor building on the 1 acre site. Smaller lot would push a more unique design, curious if they would do they same if larger plot.
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Well - now we knowā¦ Highwoods bought the Goodwill property. 321 &327 W. Hargett Street for $6.4M.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article232828772.html
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Ahh, so it will sit empty for years, I guess.
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Sounds like you know how Highwoods operatesā¦Lol 
Could you imagine a Raleigh were Highwoods were like John Kane but then took it a step further and actually bought properties, worked with other designers and developers and built truly unique, thoughtful, and perhaps even beautiful buildings? And in doing so, helped to elevate NCās state capital into something more than just a city with square buildings and a street name of Capital Blvd, but maybe a capital with a beautiful blvd and inspiring buildings? As in the stateās motto: āto be, rather than to seemā?
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Not that I expect a responseā¦
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Well, not getting a response would mate well with the actual development brand, so thereās that.
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Youāre all wrong. They will demolish it all first *then let it sit undeveloped for years while collecting some parking revenue from it.
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Based on ~30k square foot siteā¦ maybe 1st floor retail, 4-5 levels of parking, and 5-7 levels of office??
The parking is the part I canāt figure out. Any idea how they would lay out the deck? It would be much easier for them if they also picked up the small Dillon Supply Co lot at 213 S Harrington.