According to the TBJ, Research Triangle Park is apparently considering changes to how it lets member companies use land so that denser, mixed-use developments could be possible!
This is especially relevant and fascinating since:
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GoTriangle recently won a federal grant to move its headquarters and bus terminal to a more convenient, central part of RTP
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Planners and transit agencies are already moving to beef up bus service in/through RTP and RDU as if Hub RTP is another major quasi-downtown part of the Triangle.
…so the idea of “RTP 3.0” seems to be a response to this. It’s an evolution from RTP 1.0 (the old regime of suburban, isolated office parks) as well as RTP 2.0 (the pre-pandemic idea of making Hub RTP being an urban core that serves the rest of RTP).
The Research Triangle Foundation (which owns RTP) said they’d “establish a committee to develop policies around” entitlements that would let landowners develop shops, houses etc. on their property if the vote passes on the 31st and rezoning requests that get triggered by the covenant change are approved by both Wake and Durham counties.
Although the article makes it sound like many companies are enthusiastically supportive of this move, it’ll be hard to track how this will actually proceed - especially since we have no clue what the amendment to RTP’s landowners’ covenant look like. After all, it’s not a public document (and naturally, there are no public copies of it online).