Are there any amenities planned for this thing?
Looks like there will be a fitness center, some āstudy spacesā, and a pool on the roof. No retail.
Reflecting back to my college daysā¦ I was broke as a joke. So a bunch of broke college kids will bring a lot of residents to the area, but not really a lot of spendable cash to be spent at local businesses. (Unless they put in a DGX there, then they would rake in the mola!)
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Players Retreat is only a block away. Just sayinā.
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Thing isā¦ thereās already a LOT more than just broke college kids living around this future development that could and absolutely would patronize useful retail/businesses that could lease here. What a god damn WASTE!!! Long been sick of these giant walls of cheap apartments not even contributing to the pedestrian experience in the slightest.
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Iām just going to say this even though I know itās an unpopular take but āunfortunateā realityā¦ not every housing development needs retail. The last time I rode along Hillsborough St., Uncommon and Stanhope had many vacant retail spaces. If there is barely any demand right now, why add more just to add to the number of vacancies and waste money?
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Youāre not wrong. Also, Hillsborough St seems to have almost nothing but fly-by-night, generic retail that comes and goes with high frequency. I get the demographic influences this, but Iām not losing sleep over this apartment building not having another tea with chunks shop or shitty fast causal Asian fusion restaurant or generic sandwich place.
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You really donāt like Asia lol 
I do hear the complaints about Hillsborough Street. There is not much there that makes it a destination. There isnāt much reason for somebody who lives elsewhere (whether itās downtown, north raleigh, or Wendell) to choose Hillsborough Street over somewhere else for a night out.
But honestly what urban Raleigh lacks is not Cool Destinations with Character. What we need more of is places that make everyday urban life bearable and convenient without a car for residents. Grocers. General retailers like Target. Convenience stores like 7-11 or DGX. Pharmacies. Fast food.
A critical point about this complex (Corespaces) is that it will have one parking space for every 3 bedrooms. I donāt see that it will have a cafeteria. There are a few limited retail options nearby at the Pullen Rd and Morgan St roundabouts, but itās a half mile to Harris Teeter at the Village or Target on Hillsborough - which is walking distance, but it feels long when youāre schlepping bags of groceries. So I do think that there is room for more retail here.
When I was in Japan years back, I found urban life to be fantastic, but most of the retail (and prerty much 100% of the retail outside of a few core shopping districts) is generic. Hell, thereās a 7-11 (or Lawson, or similar) convenience store like every 100 yards. A grocer is never more than a few minutesā walk away. Fast food is everywhere. 100 yen shops (basically Japanās version of Dollar Tree) are commonplace. All very generic, very little in the way of character, but it all justā¦ works.
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I think that the demand for retail will increase once this development is completed and other developers will include retail. As of right now though it seems like thereās no need for additional retail space.
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We canāt even get something on that Two Guys lot thatās still a concrete skeleton. Retail on Hillsborough is tough.
I think if there were more housing for NCSU employees and not just students that would help.
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As an NCSU employee, I do not want to live that close to the student population 
But thatās just my hot take.
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Iād be ok with giant student housing complexes with no retail if they werenāt fronting Hillsborough St. But the entire City of Raleigh has a stake in creating a good pedestrian experience up and down Hillsborough. Even if itās not retailā¦ how about a pocket park with trees and benches? No blank walls!
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Remind me which development ia going up here instead?
This oneā¦
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Iāll be there again tomorrow evening, hope Iām in time to catch an AC unit falling.
I walked by on my evening walk, and it still looked like the photo shared from this morning by @Justin6882
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