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.
I guess when the starting price is $2MM for a 2 bedroom you can afford a crane lol
