The hysterics over this are predictably ridiculous. The group should change its name to Hysterical Raleigh.
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For those that are able to make it, tonight is the City Council meeting! From the YIMBY group:
This is your reminder to SHOW U P TONIGHT and
WEAR GREEN
Plus - weâll be gathering for a pre-hearing drink at Parkside Restaurant at 6PM if youâre able to come early and join us. Follow the link for full info.
Donât forget to show up for housing TONIGHT Tuesday, January 6 in Raleigh:
Raleigh City Council Public Hearing - Tuesday January 6th at 7PM
City Council Chamber ⢠222 W. Hargett St, RaleighShow up in support of Rezoning Z-34-25 â Lassiter Mill Assemblage (North Hills, District A)
BE THERE andPlease plan to SHOW UP TO SUPPORT this dense, infill, tall-tower build in North Hills Raleigh. ICYMI, CITYBUILDER recently published a piece by Jenn Truman on why this housing matters.
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Again, there is no change in entitlement. No more and no fewer housing units will get built despite what happens tonight. That said, the argument is more about the quality of place that Kane is promising in the publicly accessible realm (on his terms).
With all of these NIMBY attacks on height, we end up with a less interesting city with less publicly accessible space. Why folks enjoy North Hills has a lot to do with these open spaces, plazas, grass (real or otherwise), trees, benches, places for respite, etc.
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Iâm guessing the NIMBYs hope that Kane really wants to include those âpublicâ spaces anyway and that will limit the density down even from the current entitlement. Although that seems very risky behavior that he could call their bluff and build to the maximum. I agree with you though - the open spaces are what sets North Hills apart and basically what Fenton and other places try to copy.
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You might be ascribing more strategic thinking to those folks than is warranted.
Hereâs a new one for you, used at tonightâs meeting:
âShade Canyonâ
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Well the Grand Canyon attracts tons of international travelers. Throw an observation deck on the top of one of the new buildings and watch Shade Canyon bring in those tourism dollars!
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If they want a shade canyon, then we better get busy building tall on all sides of their houses.
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Rezoning case was left open. Will revisit it later in January.
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How was green attendance?
Ahhhhh yes, letâs not make the obviously, objectively correct decision right now when we have the ability to and just kick the can down the road while nothing happens in the meantime. #Raleigh
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Continuing the public hearing is a common action, particularly for complex applications.
Usually utilized because someone on Council has asked a question or sought more information that is going to require some level of research and response by staff and/or applicant that cannot be supplied on the spot.
Sometimes it also is employed to provide the applicant an opportunity to tweak or add a voluntary condition of approval.
A few extra weeks of process is not going to affect a projectâs overall timeline.
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Yeah if anything I think keeping this in line with the standard hearing schedule is ok in that it makes it less likely to get covered as Council railroading the proposal through over the neighborsâ objections.
But It is kinda annoying that this is SOP. Iâm hopeful that Council understands that the height is a nonissue and something is getting built there either way. Obviously the frothy NIMBY types donât
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Kinda my point. Like âIâm sorry, youâre asking this now? Why are we all here, then?â
I get that this is standard. Itâs just that itâs an annoying standard #ISaidWhatISaid
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Macyâs is reportedly closing its Triangle Town Center store.
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Multiple reports that the Triangle Town Center store is on the chopping block for closure.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/09/macys-store-closing-list-2026-liquidation
what that means for TTC I am not sure but it is time to shrink the mall space and come up with some redevelopment plans.
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I was in that Macyâs this weekend and it was a ghost town and inventory was low. Makes sense to close up shop here.
Triangle Town Center is somewhere I went to maybe twice when I moved here 16+ years ago. It wasnât great then and has gone down hill since. Iâm surprised itâs still open, and I donât wish them any harm, but it sounds like itâs on the expected trajectory.
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