Formerly Bank of the Ozarks. It’s a big regional bank, they just don’t have a large retail presence in the Triangle. Much bigger in the construction space. Lots of people telling on themselves here.
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Oh boy oh man, gee willikers am I just on the edge of my seat waiting to see what “North Hills residents” have to say about this!!!
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I’ll clue you in. In no particular order:
- Shadows
- Traffic
- Why does north hills need to be like NYC?
- Fire department not equipped to handle tall buildings.
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You forgot “We’re in favor of growth, just not here” and its twin brother “We’re in favor of density, just not this proposal.”
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The funny thing is that this proposal doesn’t change the density from what they are allowed now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKMUec8rzBg 30, 40, 50 percent….now they our friends.
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And that video is from 9 years ago.
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from my mid rise in Crabtree area with view of the Midtown North Hills skyline before it clouded up. Today. Sadly I could not see the downtown skyline from here.
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Sixty Vines, a vineyard-inspired restaurant with locations throughout the South, will open next month at 4000 Center at North Hills in a 2-story space. It will be located in One North Hills in the Main District, in the space Limani Grille originally planned to occupy, near RH Gallery and its rooftop restaurant. They will serve brunch, lunch and dinner and feature an extensive selection of wine on tap. Its food menu includes charcuterie boards, appetizers, salads, pizza, pasta, main entrees, sandwiches and more. The space will feature outdoor patios on both the first and second floors, as well as a bar on each floor with operable windows to create indoor or outdoor bar areas.
Also, CowBar Burgers & Fries at North Hills has closed. They still have a location in downtown Raleigh’s Morgan Street Food Hall. This is not be confused with Cowfish Sushi & Burger Bar, also at North Hills.
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Unlikely Professionals is open in the North Hills Innovation District. Great selection of fun things to look at and beer of course. Sadly they are closing the original location in a few months due to the landlord not renewing their lease.
Also the greenway bridge is coming along, with the pedestrian bridge connecting to Standard looking close to being ready to be placed.
And finally, the Strand going up across from Arrow Haircuts is continuing to rise out of the ground.
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That’s a huge bummer… I felt like the whimsy of their old spot made it one of the coolest spaces in Raleigh.
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Yeah apparently the building itself has had a lot of problems and been a huge headache for them, and the landlord did nothing to fix them. And then decided he didn’t want to hear them complain anymore so refused to renew the lease. Wouldn’t be shocked if he tries to sell the building rather than fix it up after each lease ends. But we’ll see.
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Well, that just pisses me off. Why do all the coolest spots in Raleigh (this one, City Market) happen to be owned by the laziest, do-nothing POS possible???
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I watched this live on YouTube. It’s interesting that the key discussion points aren’t reported by ABC11.
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Kane isn’t looking for more entitlement, only height. The rezoning wouldn’t theoretically add more congestion over what can be developed already under the current zoning.
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Kane’s bait is “public” amenity space that can be provided if he could go taller and not fill all of his land with building footprint. The dissenting vote on commission seemed stuck on this not really being a public amenity since it’s privately controlled. She has a point on semantics. The “public” space will be like all of the other “public” spaces at North Hills. They are actually privately provided open spaces that are used by the public at the developer’s discretion.
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Not unexpectedly, the issue of affordable housing came up as well. The rezoning doesn’t require a certain amount of the entitlement to be housing, and the developer is certainly trying to not make a promise one way or another. That said, I think that housing is certainly going to be present at these rezoned parcels. There’s certainly more housing demand than office demand at this point.
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Some neighbors (one also a business owner in NH) spoke in favor of the rezoning and amplified the value of the public amenity space. There was opposition as well with all of the expected arguments against it.
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Well she should look into what happens in other cities. Private public space is done all the time in NYC as a concession. Sure the owner controls it but that means the city neither pays for it or has to police and upkeep it. Still a net benefit to the city so it’s really a no brainer.
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indeed, hundreds of times. perhaps raleigh looks toward a portal like this one to make the public aware of the POPS available to them and to hold owners accountable
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That’s really cool. Yeah establish a city policy about access and upkeep and force them to agree to it. This really isn’t that hard.
we have a lot of private public open space in Uptown Charlotte. Many people think The Green on South Tryon is a public park but it privately owned by Wells Fargo. It is 1.5 acres with underground parking and has the famous “Charlotte” directional sign. Plus we have others uptown. The private public spaces are great and yes they can be closed off for private events but many times publicly owned parks can be too.
In terms of this Kane plan at North Hills I think it is good to have some green space and trees.
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