But isnt everyone downtown supposed to want this feature? The “feature” being downtown with nothing but a view into someone else’s residence, and about 1/3 the square footage as a similar or lower priced suburban SFH?
Yes, I believe the large apartment complex approved for next to Fairweather condos will obliterate most of Fairweather’s Eastern view of downttown buildings. Fairweather should have gone higher. All its Eastern side, and especially the lower levels, feature views of an power transformer station and eye level views of power lines and power poles, even on the rooftop terrace. Really puzzling.
What’s the deal with this (unfortunate) Raleigh trend of building condos facing power lines? Yuck. 615 Peace has it just as bad as Fairweather. From the linkedin in video landing page: “Duke Energy welcomes you!” No way in hell i’m paying that kind of $ to look at that crap out my window.
The “feature” is “being downtown” yes lmao. Otherwise, like you said, go out to the suburbs and buy a SFH with a yard. Y’all really want to make this out to be something nefarious, when this is simply how cities develop. Not everyone is going to get a primo view, and those that do PAY for it ($$$$$$$)
Choose wisely or pay wisely. Always look at what you face (or could face in the future) if that is something of concern. The Fairweather had future potential zoning heights of concern to me on the north side of the building so I bought on the South side. All of this is online and available. Don’t count on your real estate agent to tell you (although it is a material fact to disclose).
Ill post it here to it paywalled but I think if I spread the word here people will understand what I’ve been preaching. Glenwodd South could be a good active area. Im not gonna rant about the article because it isn’t productive. But we have 7 corridors for entertainment PNC, the future MLB site (if it happens), RTP, Glenwood South, West Raleigh, North Hills, Red Hat Amphitheater.
Italian Italian or American Italian? Because almost all the existing ones in downtown are Italian from the Tri-state.
I could kill for some Italian Italian fast casual near my workplace in Downtown. There’s this fast casual place in Milan that would work perfect in the US as a fast casual Italian pasta shop.
They are all not going to survive. In my opinion, a savvy operator would position themselves on the budget end to win with volume. For those of us who’ve been around Raleigh for a hot minute, think Two Guys or Brothers.
