Noticed that the traffic from folks crossing Western at Pullen Rd was backed up all the way to the Hillsborough roundabout the last few days. The other three streets also were way backed up too. I know it’s dependent on BRT design, but that bridge and intersection needs an intervention, fast.
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The BRT station can double as a pedestrian tunnel–which Western has always needed.
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Variations on a theme, from the City Western BRT report https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR22/WesternBRTFinalReport.pdf
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Sold. Start it tomorrow.
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We don’t have any actual renderings of what’s coming here, yet, do we?
Looks like another Highwoods parking lot to me 
(I know, I know, Highwoods doesn’t own this property… haha)
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Right - I just hope this one actually has some damn street activation, otherwise Hillsborough is gonna have a loooooong stretch of completely pedestrian-unfriendly monoliths.
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14-story Hub On Campus Cincinnati is around 20 feet taller in height than this project and it looks pretty tall. About 140-150 feet tall.
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Gonna be ugly AF but at least the parking deck seems relatively hidden. Also can’t really tell from those massing renders but I’m not optimistic about ground floor retail. Would really be a huge missed opportunity if so, and I do believe the city should really start requiring ground floor activation in these blocks-long monolithic structures going forward. Otherwise just literally creating giant concrete walls down entire blocks of sidewalk in areas where there absolutely should be an active, vibrant pedestrian experience.
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I really hope they chose to use brick for the exterior. I feel like black and clay colored bricks would look nice on a building like that.
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This residential density is going to be great!
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It is going to look like a borg cube when done. A veritable Kowloon Walled City. I am exaggerating of course, but it’s not as much of an exaggeration as you might think. In terms of density and how they’re stacked and packed in this complex, I am not aware of anything else quite like this in the state. Or really the entire southeastern US. The density of this development (1749 bedrooms in 3.85 acres) will be nearly 300,000 people per square mile!
This is 1/10 the density of Kowloon Walled City, for comparison. But holy crap, actually registering on the scale of Kowloon Walled City is still really friggin dense.
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