The billion-dollar Fenton development in Cary officially starts construction on November 12 (they have been doing site work for a while).
Phase 1 includes 350k sf of retail, 200k sf of office, 357 homes, a 12-stort hotel, and a “high- end dine-in theater”. Opening April 2022.
This project stormwater runs down towards Downtown South area no? Where’s the outrage?! /s
Does anyone have information regarding the Cardinal expansion at North Hills? The 18 story building would be a phenomenal addition to the North Hills skyline, but it seems to have fallen off the face of the earth as far as information goes. Here is the site review for reference.
I believe the site plan was approved. I don’t believe that it has been submitted for a building permit.
A greoundbreaking was setup for this past March but it was postponed that very week due to Covid restrictions. It’s still very much in the pipeline.
Ahh, that makes perfect sense. Thanks for the information!
That’s a nice pivot for the airport outlet mall, or am I wrong about the location here…?
That’s the one! (The link Niko posted shows that on a map.)
Here’s the brochure on the website:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5db1e82ee1f1263e8bb6eac2/t/5f86f0b219345a56f6375781/1602678968817/The_Stitch_leasing_flyer_email.pdf
…and some highlights:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5db1e82ee1f1263e8bb6eac2/t/5f6a1b687619436f3c78be36/1600789358144/The_Link_Amenities.jpg
They’ll have a common space called “The Link”, where different tenants of the building can come together for shared amenities.
I see this food truck and outdoor seating areas and wonder why we can’t get those at the NC Museum of Art or one of the lakes (Johnson/Shelley/Lynn). I would love to head out to one of those areas and enjoy a picnic.
I saw in another thread a developer mentioned, Atlas Stark. I decided to search property records and discovered they have an assemblage of property across 440 from North Hills East on Barrett Drive, which it appears they have held since January.
This would be right across the planned roadway bridge from Kane’s NHE expansion and Dewitt’s midtown exchange.
The area is zoned for 3 stories, but is called out in the Midtown Area Plan as recommended for 7-20 story development.
I’ve been saying for years that it is only a matter of time before North Hills jumps the Beltline into this older office park. I am eager to see another crossing (or two) over the Beltline between NH East and this area. I’m not sure which will come first, but one (development or crossing) will lead to the other.
Yeah - this area is ripe for redevelopment. It mostly medical office buildings. Dentists, Doctors, chiropractors and the like. But it’s all very dated
GoTriangle released the agenda for their upcoming Board of Trustees meeting, which includes updates to major projects like RUSbus.
In it, there’s a curious update about a new Regional Transit Center since we last talked about it. Originally, the Kimley-Horn consultants hired by GoTriangle recommended just two options for where a new bus terminal could be (only one of which is directly next to where a commuter rail line could run)…
A subcommittee meeting minutes from Oct. 28 (see pg.2) makes it sound very unlikely that this third location is a bridge over 40 like @orulz or I’ve brainstormed (idea 1 / idea 2).
If there’s a 3rd option for where we could have a transit-oriented, walkable development that’s also a bus terminal in RTP, but it’s not a bridge over 40, where could it be?
The finishing touches to AAP tower. Looks sharp.
I did wind up emailing the idea for moving the RTC to I-40/NCRR to staff at GoTriangle, but got no reply. Maybe it did get some traction or perhaps they independently made the suggestion on their own. It does sound like the bridge at I-40 is getting at least some consideration, anyway.
Constructibility is a downside; the cell tower and NCDOT’s tendency to be protective of their rights-of-way could be problematic. But this drives me crazy about the screening process uses in the Alternatives Analysis process. They let potential roadblocks steer them away from what could ultimately be the best solution, without even determining if they are real roadblocks or not first!
TOD opportunity being poor for that spot is BS, though. There’s not much space between the tracks and Miami, for sure, but there’s the 100 acre Nortel site to the west, complete with loads of parking lots directly adjacent to the tracks. Plenty of TOD opportunity across Miami, too- in the Central Park Drive/Old Page Road area.
It’s such a stupid idea, I wonder if it’s on purpose? Maybe I’m just salty from the Durham light rail drama, but I feel like GoTriangle swung too far in the other direction in how it thinks about its projects. They relied too much on future developments and stakeholder cooperation in Durham’s light rail, and it sounds like they’re now trying really hard to have something built while working with as few stakeholders (and buy land from as few people) as possible.
If that’s their intention and they just want to build something quickly and easily for cheap (rather than doing it right), I wish they’d just make that clear.
The article doesn’t talk about it, but ApiJect’s technology is super cool!! It basically lets you assemble an entire injection kit without a glass vial or even a syringe. This technology could be useful for EMS, developing countries, and anesthesiologists too, so there’s a lot they could do long after this pandemic is over.
Also, in case anyone was interested, the N&O/Herald Sun says this is where the factory will be in 2501 E. Cornwallis Rd., next door to Eli Lilly and AskBio.
