Oh cool! I wasn’t sure if the recent rezoning was to help implement the master plan that’s on the books now; it’ll be cool to see how the plan updates come along, then. I agree that working with the city and NCDOT will probably be the hard part, but I think the BRT TOD report shows the bureaucratic intent is there so I think there’s good vibes in the long run.
Still working on it, sorta. The university seemingly put all their eggs into one basket, the State faculty-made experimental autonomous shuttle ecoPRT, and it’s still a work in progress.
They showed in 2019 that it’s cost effective in a NCDOT-funded study, but it had issues detecting pedestrians, cyclists etc. on shared-used paths. They’re working on that now, but this short video from last October is the only recent update I could find. Until Seth Hollar’s team can get this project shovel-ready or the university gives up and decides to openly endorse a different transit mode, I don’t think it’ll be anything more than some pretty lines on a map…
One of the original renderings for Talley Student Center had a monorail going next to the building. I think the design was even on the student directory when I was started school there in ‘95. Searched google but can’t find it.
CityPlat is taking over the failed 7-story condo site on Hillsborough St; they’re planning retail & restaurant space at the location.
The building permit process for 2510 Hillsborough St. has started and is expected to take about 10 to 12 months, Moore said. Construction should begin during that time and will require about six months before the building is ready for the public.
They are in talks with potential tenants including a restaurant for the ground level, which is about 4,900 square feet, but are still seeking businesses for the substory space and the roughly 8,000-square-foot rooftop unit.
From the article: “Unlike the previous proposal for the site, which is next to a Target (NYSE: TGT) store, they are forgoing the idea of building multiple stories.” Kind of a big bummer to me. While anything here will be better than the concrete nothing that currently stands, I would’ve been fine with the long wait to actually get the originally promised 7-stories. This article doesn’t really indicate how tall they will build, but that quote reads to me as though they will literally only build a 1-story ground floor retail space. Kind of a let down for all the promise of that site if you ask me…
It’s looking like it’ll technically be 3 floors of space, if you count the sub-story space as well. (See the last quote on my original post for details on the square footage)
Eh, even still that’s a far cry from the 7-stories that we had initially set our hopes for, and with the massive growth around here, especially around State, it’s short-sighted not to build as tall as it is now zoned for even just for student apartments.
From reading the article, I’m assuming the reason they’re going with the 3 floors of retail (instead of the original 7) is to minimize the risk of going higher vertically. They stated that this was the reason the original plans for the 7-story condo failed, and that the lower development costs of the new plans will allow CityPlat to actually get to work on this.
IMO, if these concessions are what’s needed to have something developed on this site sooner than later, I’ll gladly take it.
They are in talks with potential tenants including a restaurant for the ground level, which is about 4,900 square feet, but are still seeking businesses for the substory space and the roughly 8,000-square-foot rooftop unit.
Strange that the top level is shown as only outdoor space in the renderings. I can’t imagine they’d have a tenant that takes only the rooftop with no interior square footage? Also, how can the rooftop be 8000 sf if the ground level is 4900? Something doesn’t add up. 8000sf for a tenant that will take BOTH the ground and rooftop levels makes more sense.
Looks like they’re planning to do something with the substory that was built for the previous condo project as well:
They are in talks with potential tenants including a restaurant for the ground level, which is about 4,900 square feet, but are still seeking businesses for the substory space and the roughly 8,000-square-foot rooftop unit.
