This is what Wegman property should have been. The Wegman property is so ugly and suburban.
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wonder how long the old apartment complex next to beltway will stay around? I know it has been around for at lease since 70ās
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With this sort of development literally next door I would have to think its days are numbered.
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It seems like the majority of development south of 440 has been random. The Midtown-St Albans plan seems to be the first attempt at a master plan for this side of the highway.
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Cool proposal. Like others I am somewhat skeptical until they break ground, anchor tenants are announced, etc.
If it goes forward I would love for it to connect with north hills to make the area seem more like a single destination instead of separate islands of development.
Agree with @scotchman, the conference facility will probably be relatively small. Iāve been to conferences/events at a few different hotels in the Triangle and they werenāt really the kind of thing that would be at the RCC.
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I used to live in those apartments about three years ago before we purchased a home in a North Hills neighborhood lol Iām not one to talk to bad about apartments, but they were in terrible shape, even when āremodeledā. Pretty cheap back then, but still, there were almost borderline dangerous to live in. I would run up St. Albans and it was pretty scary at night. The only thing, isnāt a portion of that area a floodplain? People up in Lakemont/Quail Hollow already complain about flooding from some of the construction that way, so I wonder how much of the budget is reserved for neuse river buffers/floodplain remediation?
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Build this out, and then add the Personal Rapid Transit!
And then connect it to Crabtree and Downtown Raleigh. Easy peasy!
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Iām waiting Kane to announce that he has assembled a bunch of those old office properties ITB and will jump the Beltline with his developments.
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Interesting - this rendering include the lot he Hilton is on across from he Hospital. Which I thought was owned by Kane.
More information and lots of renders here:
Looks like they have put a fair bit of work into this rollout.
Features include a nice water feature, a food truck court, and an underground speakeasy in honor of Isaac Hunters Tavern.
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I think this development ends just across the street from the Hilton.
I highly recommend people watch the video to really understand the scale of whatās being proposed. Itās incredibly ambitious, and the open space is far larger than it appeared in the rendering, with an enormous meandering water feature. Iām trying to wrap my head around something like this that almost appears like an awkward spot in between suburban and urban developmentā¦ wide boulevards, huge central park, buildings set back from the streetā¦ not sure how it would feel as a pedestrian unless it was packed with activity. Thereās some pretty cool moments in it nonetheless.
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Wow that actually looks pretty nice. And I agree with the people who have mentioned extending development through to Crabtree and downtown from midtown, along with transit. Would make this actually feel like a real city instead of downtown and then endless sprawl for 15 miles in all directions
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On second look - you are correct.
@elevatoroperator cool link! The water feature is so dope.
Iām actually jealous of this kind of development that it canāt be in downtown. Maybe this will encourage downtown developers to build a similar feature. At lease these āmidtownā complexes will increase the urbanity of the area. Some snaps:
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Yeah, you have to wonder if the plan to put a bridge over 440 to connect St Albans and Barrett (pdf) is going to jumpstart some new development over there.
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In ABC11ās recording of the press conference where DeWitt announced this development, they mention that they plan to start site work / road construction in January.
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Wow. That video probably cost $25k? Thatās a lot of rendering
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With the water feature itās like a clean sheet American Tobacco Campus.
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Just Have to like that bar/restaurant/seating area that is kind of inside the water feature surrounding on 3 sides with waterfall (fountain 
). The two office towers linked by a sky-bridge is cool also.
Darn they even thought of me ā300 Senior Living Unitsā
Just hope this is not just a ruff draft.
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