This is what I was figuring, but I went over there to take a look and the crane is very much on the other side of Marchmont St–here’s a shot from Marchmont St looking south:
Here’s their drawing of the building (“The Brightbury”) I’m assuming they’re using the crane for. Seems a bit excessive for a 3 story building housing 18 units but what do I know I guess when the starting price is $2MM for a 2 bedroom you can afford a crane lol
Bonus photo of some condos (“Oberlin Villas”, 4 units total, they’ll be mirrored) going up nearby–turning into quite a dense corner, at least by ITB Raleigh standards
I don’t see it listed in the building description anymore, but I recall reading once they are using steel from the framing and I wonder if they are using the tower crane to erect the steel superstructure. At $1,000/SF it’s going to be a well built condo building for sure!
What’s crazy is Williams Realty has ~2,100 SF “cottages” in that community for $740/SF ($1.6M) that don’t even have cooktops, wall ovens, or built in fridges and then across the street is Legacy’s large SFH at $500/SF ranging in size from 3,700 to 4,100 SF ($1.8-2.1M).
Don’t disagree (some ridiculous wording on their website), but also it’s probably a good thing for rich people in Raleigh to not only have the option of SFH
Raleigh never really had any heavy old industry so it is nice to see this project. I really like it and Jamestown did a great job. They are upfitting the Piaget space.
One of coolest developments in the triangle. It’s a shame it is so isolated. If the midtown waterfront vision is ever realized and with some well thought out non-car connectors to it this could be such a incredible and unique part of town.
I wish they’d continue the Atlantic Avenue Improvement Project all the way down to Iron Works. It still blows my mind they’re stopping short of Crabtree Creek Greenway. If I remember correctly, there are plans to add sidewalks on Atlantic from Iron Works to the greenway, but I can’t remember where I saw that.
In addition to the obvious increase in density (Iron Works and East End), there are a few lots in the area that have apartments planned or are rezoned for multifamily:
I don’t know, Its fine - same category as Fenton or North Hills. Drive up new urbanism or whatever you want to call it. I find that tube slide kind of obnoxious and the guard rail along Atlantic that basically shuts off pedestrian access is infuriating.
Council this afternoon approved rezoning for a sizable parcel just north of Iron Works to 20 stories. (Z-48-24)
Part of the justification for the rezoning was the proximity to the transit corridor on Capital, despite it not having walkable access to Capital currently resolved.
This is awesome - that was kinda the last piece of the puzzle for connecting the existing Iron Works land (behind the renovated warehouses) and the Salvage Yard development next to it. Now they can both build UP (pretty sure Salvage Yard has a few plots planned for vertical development, if I’m not mistaken) and become one, huge, connected district.
Just NEEEEEEED that pedestrian bridge over Atlantic connecting IW with Dock 1053 and we’re in business.
for those who don’t pass by the iron district often, construction is bustling and coming along nicely.
the buildout on the ap watches american hq continues. they’ve got a nice skybridge connecting the upper floor of the bow truss. be nice if we could get one of those over atlantic. downstairs, interior work continues for future tenants.
wine store imminent and vintage store won’t take long to move in since it’s just taking over the old curated events space which moved to the other side of the double gable.
bad brain coffee has a permanent home in the middle of the whole deal. highly recommend.
at the salvage yard the future cannonball music hall is looking cool from the outside with these retro outdoor lamps. there are several spaces, i’d say at least 6, in that building and around the area for future tenants.
triangle rock club is insanely nice.
the sidewalk connecting whitaker to (almost) hodges has to be coming any day now, and if my eyes didn’t deceive me, i believe i saw a pedestrian crosswalk sign laying on its side where said sidewalk would end. i’d bet you were going to get an RRFB sending pedestrians across the street at the north end of salvage yard, where they can FINALLY safely connect to dock 1053. pretty lame solution this far in tho.
across atlantic, nothing really new to see at the dock as far as i can tell.
further up, the east end market remains mostly a concrete wasteland, but work is well underway across whitaker on another old building which has east end market branding.
besides iron works and salvage yard (and not really even that) there still remains virtually no pedestrian infrastructure between any of these developments. come on already!
Great updates! Thanks for sharing these. Between some trips and just being busy, I haven’t been over this way in a while. As someone who typically takes a car to my destination, I don’t personally care that much about pedestrian connectivity outside of downtown itself. But this is a case where it is sorely lacking, plus it would make the most sense for everyone. I hope they work that out soon.
I guess when the starting price is $2MM for a 2 bedroom you can afford a crane lol
