Saw this on LinkedIn this morning. Current status of the Midtown Exchange project.
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Would you look at that. A barren land.
Hah yeah but hopefully weâll start to see something starting soon. I imagine a project of this scale has a ton of work necessary to do before any sort of visible construction starts
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Iâve been meaning to grab a pic of this site and post it. Havenât seen any people or equipment here in monthsâbasically since they graded and built the roads, although that LinkedIn post implies things are still moving. I wonder what the story is.
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Often times projects of this scale may have a completely different contractor that does the initial infrastructure compared to who does the building. They may have to completely finish - punchlist and everything before handing it over.
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Not to mention actually getting building permits for the buildings. That has been taking a long time.
It seems like itâs been 2 years since they started clearing trees
They got going in earnest around Dec '20. So I guess about 1.5 years.
Drove by the former Kroger at the corner of Wake Forest/ Six Forks today and noticed construction fences up in the parking lot. There are a bunch of dumpsters as well, so I assume the space is being redeveloped. Does anyone know whatâs going there? I wish theyâd just open the Kroger back up!
I believe itâs going to be a life sciences center.
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Yup.
And happily thereâs a Wegmans and Trader Joeâs very close by, which are way better than that Kroger and strip mall. I lived right by here for 2 years, a few years too early unfortunately.
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They could put a Dylanâs Candy Bar there that would be popular itâs isnât seriously that boujee.
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Iâll be the one to make that executive decision, but I approve.
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Yeah it something other major cities have, donât say Iâm not against you know but I think youâll be interested in Dylanâs Candy Bar.
This is an interesting video that addresses how suburban redevelopment holds the key to housing shortages.
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Oooohh like North Hills
Not just North Hills. The greater Village District area has long been going through a metamorphosis of its own, just more organically and less through the lens of one master developer.
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North Hills and Village District are not suburbs of RaleighâŚtheyâre Raleigh. I donât have time to watch the whole video but planned communities 30 miles outside Phoenix or in Fairfax, VA (DC suburb) are different than NH or VD. These sound like what is happening in Wendell. But just having driven from the Tampa airport to the Sarasota area, Iâm waiting for some of the abandoned strip malls along the way to be converted to something livable. Itâs depressing.
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I really donât understand some of the narrative about Wendell on here when at build out Iâll literally be able to walk to anything I need including shops, grocery, restaurants, hotels, hospital, multiple schools etc. how may ITB can even say that?
Wendell is shooting for some pretty well planned neighborhood centers too.
Blueprintwendell2030.com
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