They still have that one sample piece sitting on the garage. Maybe that’s all we get 
🥲
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I’m not sure why we’re comparing Raleigh to the Bay Area, but I’ve always said Raleigh is the cheapest place I would actually want to live in. Anywhere else desirable is much more expensive. From what I’ve seen, you get a lot of people coming here from more expensive places that want more space and more amenities that they don’t get elsewhere. I used to take golf lessons up in Heritage Wake Forest - ugly beige development near nothing of interest - but there were a ton of New Englanders and New Yorkers there who now have big yards, tennis courts, golf course and pool which they could never have afforded up north. Anyway - having read through the responses, I’m glad to see everyone is happy with the choices in location and type of home they’ve invested in! Would be unfortunate if you weren’t!
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No doubt that Publix dictated where the front door of their store faced, but that’s likely due to the fact that they didn’t understand the neighborhood. There’s a Publix in Miami Beach that is in a midrise retail building that faces a major street in South Beach. The Publix doesn’t face the street, rather the back of the block that faces the neighborhood. If they truly understood how the neighborhood would work, they could have made a different decision. If Kane had known about that example, they could have used it in the discussion.
Also, why didn’t Kane assure that there was a friendly path from Johnson St. through the garage to the store? I have tried all different ways to walk to that store from Glenwood South. I’ve walked along Peace; I’ve taken Johnson to Harrington to Peace. I’ve walked through that service motor court to the garage and up. None of those were good options. Now I just take Johnson to West to Peace and never engage SH at all. It’s just a walk along the periphery. It’s quite sad. I wish that they would have at least carved a friendly way to walk through the garage from Johnson.
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I drive to the Publix parking deck and leave my car there while I wander around downtown. By the time I come back, I usually have to pee, and they have a bathroom. So that’s convenient for me.
I think I might not be using Publix in the way they intended. 
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You may not understand the compelling power of not wanting to do lawn work.
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The HOA in my neighborhood takes care of that. I think if I could afford a million dollar condo, I would just hire a landscaper
I got notification that there was a rezoning meeting about the Cornerstone properties wanting to go from DX-5 to DX(?)-12 but wasn’t able to attend. Curious if @John or anyone else was able to attend and had any feedback from the meeting.
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I did not attend, but am also curious. I’m sure that they’ll get whatever they ask for in rezoning from what I’ve witnessed in other meetings recently.
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Agreed, as long as the setbacks and promised amenities (bike share station) are adhered to, 12 stories shouldn’t be that out of place with the Glenwood towers and Paramount next door.
Did I miss something? What does a bike share station have to do with a rezoning / potential redevelopment?
I don’t know, it was just one of the specific contingencies called out in the mailer that went out about it.
The resolution to how 615Peace is being developed, vis-a-vis The Paramount, gives me some confidence that any design issues associated with the rezoning can be resolved in a mutually beneficial manner.
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I joined the neighborhood meeting but admittedly was multi-tasking and had other calls that overlapped so wasn’t able to focus enough to provide any real update/info. Sorry. 
TBJ is reporting two century-old homes will be removed for an office development. The addresses are 115 and 119 N. Boylan Ave. The developer is asking to rezone the property up to 7 stories.
https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2021/03/25/north-boylan-properties-could-see-office-project.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=me&utm_content=ra&ana=e_ra_me&j=23320575
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Removed as in raised, or actually moved? Lovely homes, it would be nice to see them moved. If not moved, I hope that someone will salvage a fair portion. The wood in these houses cannot be replicated.
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If they’re looking for somewhere to put an office development, there’s this great spot around 400 Hillsborough St that doesn’t have any nice looking old homes on it…
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I got up about 0300 and used up all my likes for the day, so people will just be getting smilie faces today.
Yes, I walked by the 400 H picture is pretty. The lots look abandoned, lol
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It’s my greatest frustration with all the stalled projects downtown.
I went to be at 1:30. We just missed each other… LOL
(Can you really run out of likes?!)
I am getting warnings that I don’t have any likes left for 16 hours, but it seems to let me doing it any way. And yes, I’ve run out several times! lol. Just spreading the love!!
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This may not be a popular take, but at the end of the day, outside of maybe Blount street, there should probably be no SFH’s, historic or no, in the St Mary’s / RR Tracks / South / Person / Peace pentagon