I also took the mileage pill a few months ago. Found a used 2019 Chevy Volt that only had 58k on it. Battery still gets 40 miles–enough to cover my commute plus an extra errand or two.
I CAN charge at home right now, but can’t guarantee that at my next place. So a plug in hybrid was the compromise instead of going full electric.
I follow the car industry pretty closely. Much of what I have read indicates that a huge amount of national pride and respect is granted to Vietnamese companies that manage to bring a major product to market in America, which I think resulted in a bigger focus being put on selling a car in America, instead of selling a car in other markets until the company worked out the kinks and was ready for the American market. The model that Hyundai/Kia followed in the 80s and 90s (undercut existing manufacturers) is not really feasible anymore because buyer expectations are so much higher now even for basic commuter cars, and barring a massive breakthrough in cost or battery range there’s really no reason to buy an EV from an unproven company when almost all of the legacy automakers have EVs at this point.
If you don’t have to have an EV, the Civic Hybrid like @Bryan got is arguably the best bang for the buck currently. $30k for a pretty comfortable and well-equipped reliable car that gets 50 mpg and looks (I think) good doing it. For some reason a lot of EVs look needlessly weird imo.
They don’t post attachments for sketch plans, so don’t waste your time checking
This feels pretty real. Given what we experience with highwoods and the fact that they are a public company they are not going around making conceptual filings for marketing purposes. I bet this is in real late stage negotiations.
A little summary of that:
Highwoods Properties has submitted a sketch plan for a mixed-use office building at 321 W. Hargett St. in downtown Raleigh, which is permitted for up to 40 stories and 440,000 square feet of office space. This marks a potential end to a lull in new office developments in Raleigh, as no new buildings have broken ground since 2023. The plan also indicates an anchor tenant, apparel brand Peter Millar, which intends to establish its headquarters in the building. Although the site is assessed at $12.4 million and zoned for significant mixed-use development, the specific square footage has yet to be detailed. The project is undergoing express review, with initial reviews set for June 17, but completion of the project is expected to take until 2029 or later due to high vacancy rates and financial challenges in the current market.
Kimley-Horn is the consulting engineer and it is proposed mix-use with retail and office with internal parking. No info if going to be full 40 story that is is zoned for.
Hopefully this means a multi-tenant tower project because Peter Millar only need about a few floors of office space.
They’d be pretty small floor plates if it’s only 440k square feet among 40 floors. I doubt that they go that high.
agree. I think this is in the about 20 story range as 440K of office space could easily be done in 25 story building or less. But still very good news to have some new office development but it may be even smaller than 440K as that is a max.
20-25 floors of office is no slouch of a building. I have no issues with it at all. I’d love to see a crown of sorts on the building so we don’t have yet another flat-top building on the west side.
Sorry who? Never heard of the guy…
Tell me you don’t belong to a golf club without telling me that you don’t belong to a golf club.
FWIW, I never heard of him either! 
Who is this Petar Millar?
Peter Miller? I hardly know 'er!
You’re forgetting the 10 story parking podium that will come with the office space.
Peter Millar jokes aside (and the story of the name is pretty funny, not sure it’s been shared here). In my mind this is such an important corner for connecting the Wild West End and the nearly solid run of apartments to FaySt and Moore Square - this, along with the new City Tall will be a huge improvement to the density & walkability of Hargett St. I just wish we could get some movement on the other side of the squares loop along Martin St. I love the view coming out of Uniion, looking up to the FaySt ridge, but there are several just boring dead spots.
I propose they call this new building The Millar at Har/Har
