# Bloc 83 - One Glenwood and Origin Hotel **URL:** \ **Category:** New Construction\ **Created:** [May 22, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28 "2018-05-22T16:08:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![CanesFan](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@CanesFan](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/CanesFan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/301 "2019-03-17T18:10:04Z")
And if anyone questions you, ask to see their union card. ---
**Author:** ![Lucius](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/b782af/32.png) [@Lucius](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/Lucius)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/302 "2019-03-17T20:48:28Z")
Yeah this is Raleigh not Pittsburgh… ---
**Author:** ![KenAA](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/kenaa/32/1875_2.png) [@KenAA](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/KenAA)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/303 "2019-03-19T21:32:54Z")
Well let’s get the 2nd tower going! Glenwood 2 looks to be more glassy and modernistic than 1. Less of a hodgepodge. I wonder when when they’ll start the demo for it… ![Glenwood2](https://community.dtraleigh.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/18dd75ee18ecd3319277ff87470a70f60f3370c1.png) ---
**Author:** ![GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/guccilittlepig/32/25831_2.png) [@GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/GucciLittlePig)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/304 "2019-03-19T21:58:26Z")
I wish I knew. I think about this daily LOL. Gotta get Dram and Draught’s space started because they can’t demo the old one until the new one is ready. At this rate it could be 4 more months… ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Mark](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/305 "2019-03-22T03:31:33Z")
I’d rather they do this accessory building all modernist than the stacked crates. People with money pretending to be cool is just lame and kills off what was cool at one time. Real ingenuity is born from necessity. A guy in Alaska living in a shipping container…pretty interesting. Also, perhaps some artists in a struggling City like say Cincinnati (sorry Cincy I love you and you have the best murals) doing that would work too. They work in downtown Vegas which struggles mightily compared to the strip (they have a container park in downtown). Downtown Raleigh? Just the same old piggy back, can’t come up with anything on its own place. I was starting to like 1960’s era strip shopping centers for some reason, and I finally realized its because people are doing things in them that are unique and weird on shoestring budgets and not trying to copy other cities, or coattail in on trends. Having ranted on there, Raleigh was always a leading edge modernist city and I think embracing that is still a good go-to identity. Interestingly, those 1960’s shopping centers coincide with the original modernist era, so maybe that explains me a little…who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/will/32/218_2.png) [@Will](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/306 "2019-03-25T23:27:41Z")
Just saw that their are “For Lease” signs on both of One Glenwoods retail spaces. Maybe Dram and Draught backed out? Could also just be extra advertising for the one open space. ---
**Author:** ![GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/guccilittlepig/32/25831_2.png) [@GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/GucciLittlePig)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/307 "2019-03-25T23:28:07Z")
Just saw this too. I’m actually at dram and draught now and plan to ask ---
**Author:** ![GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/guccilittlepig/32/25831_2.png) [@GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/GucciLittlePig)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/308 "2019-03-25T23:58:28Z")
They are still moving in. It’s for the other retail spaces. I wish this whole thing would keep moving tho. I thought they were gonna be starting on phase 2 as soon as construction of One Glenwood wrapped up, but no demolition, no start of Dram and Draught’s new space, and no updates. ---
**Author:** ![Tenkai](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/tenkai/32/2845_2.png) [@Tenkai](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/Tenkai)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/309 "2019-03-29T18:16:38Z")
I finally ended up on the construction cam! That’s my dog and I in the bottom right corner. ![DogWalk](https://community.dtraleigh.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/31f2635d033bb7240f40d26dc7a2e3c81f201a4c.png) ---
**Author:** ![RobertB](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@RobertB](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/RobertB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/310 "2019-03-29T19:03:17Z")
Lol, I thought the truck was you, and then I read the second line. ---
**Author:** ![JKK](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@JKK](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/JKK)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/311 "2019-03-29T19:07:51Z")
![image](https://community.dtraleigh.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/21b0d958e9923ffcac392b676ca95272954e187e.jpeg) Coming soon sign was put up a few days ago. ---
**Author:** ![GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/guccilittlepig/32/25831_2.png) [@GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/GucciLittlePig)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/312 "2019-03-29T19:09:06Z")
Yay! I was just over there taking in the views from the parking deck on this nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Drew](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/drew/32/23896_2.png) [@Drew](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/Drew)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/313 "2019-04-02T13:31:01Z")
Development Beat is reporting work has begun on Dram and Draught’s new location. Says they are beginning construction while the current location remains open. > **[Development Beat: New Dram & Draught Coming Soon, Biscuitville Coming to...](https://www.itbinsider.com/development-beat-new-dram-draught-coming-soon-biscuitville-coming-to-western-blvd/)** > > New Dram & Draught coming soon, Biscuitville coming to Western Boulevard, York Elementary set for renovation, 321 Coffee opens first retail location, ---
**Author:** ![GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/guccilittlepig/32/25831_2.png) [@GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/GucciLittlePig)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/314 "2019-04-02T13:41:02Z")
Interesting. Nothing had been done when I was there Saturday, but the webcam shows an orange cone or something in the doorway this morning. Been waiting for this to start, since they can’t demo the old location till this is finished, and they can’t start the rest of Bloc 83 till the old location is demoed. ---
**Author:** ![GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/guccilittlepig/32/25831_2.png) [@GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/GucciLittlePig)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/315 "2019-04-02T20:28:30Z")
Actually happened by there today, and indeed they have started work! ![20190402_152319](https://community.dtraleigh.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/920fcc98ebdc3bf69a9d8e2155670f44bc53ffcf.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![KenAA](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/kenaa/32/1875_2.png) [@KenAA](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/KenAA)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/316 "2019-04-03T17:31:22Z")
Might need to have a future DTRaleigh meetup there! ---
**Author:** ![TedF](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@TedF](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/TedF)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/317 "2019-04-04T11:58:47Z")
Last floor going up. ![Origin2](https://community.dtraleigh.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fe505d1bb874f5506e5970ed75d10bd3ca576144.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/guccilittlepig/32/25831_2.png) [@GucciLittlePig](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/GucciLittlePig)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/318 "2019-04-04T12:38:02Z")
In sadder news ![20190404_083720](https://community.dtraleigh.com/uploads/default/original/2X/7/78ca1ffb9134d672f7369a34f419d38eadbac5c3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Francisco](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/francisco/32/10233_2.png) [@Francisco](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/Francisco)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/319 "2019-04-04T16:28:49Z")
> **[Bloc(83) - Downtown Raleigh Office and Retail, One Glenwood, Tower Two](https://bloc83raleigh.com/)** > > Bloc\[83\] includes two Class A, high-rise office buildings—One Glenwood and Tower Two, carefully selected retail and dining options, and a boutique hotel. I can see why that pizza place closed. It was going to be surround by ugly parking lots. ![parking-1030x687%20(1)](https://community.dtraleigh.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c4e4f026d9a26e7b737e2a8815d03b00d593d362.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Kevin](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@Kevin](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/Kevin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28/320 "2019-04-04T16:46:39Z")
The cladding on that parking deck is rough. [Previous page](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28.md?page=15) [Next page](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/bloc-83-one-glenwood-and-origin-hotel/28.md?page=17)