I suspect that it’s a good predictor. Kane is learning in North Hills and perfecting in Smoky Hollow. At least IMO, the finish and detail of SH2 exceeds similar buildings @ North Hills east. Let’s hope that repeats itself with SH3.
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21 floor to go? That is going to be huge compared to the other towers in NE east.
Also - the construction fencing is up on St. Albans where the new tower for the NH old folks community is going. Not sure how tall that will be.
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The Cardinal’s website says it will be 18 stories.
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I think the old site plans showed 240ft.
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Well, that’s a curve ball that I didn’t see coming.
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Well that’s kinda disappointing I guess?
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Uhm maybe they could make a Fortnite amusement park in smelling this it’s could be like our own version of Disney World!!! Cause with all that space there not just gonna use that as just a corporate headquarters but much more it could become a huge tourist attraction for this area!!!
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I’ve given up trying to figure out what’s going on at the CTC site. It changes every two months.
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Maybe Epic is going to make an Ikea game?
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The only real news is that they’re not leaving Cary for another city. The car-oriented suburban campus for Epic Games is alive and well.
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IKEA honestly had a better chance of success at the Triangle mall than CTC but that’s just my opinion.
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Well lego-branded games are really popular. lol
Maybe, maybe not. This is on the Western BRT corridor and I’m sure that was a selling point to move here, but it remains to be seen how committed Epic is to the dense, mixed-use campus that Carolina Yards was supposed to be. We really don’t know anything at this point.
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I went by there yesterday to see if there were any good deals. Only about 4 stores open and most of the mall has been boarded up.
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So is this to be folded into Carolina Yards or in lieu of?
Hoping for the former but bracing for the latter.
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I’m thinking Carolina Yards is no more.
“Epic Games said the company is now working with the Town of Cary on its plans for the development, including ways to incorporate a community aspect into the project.”
“A community aspect” doesn’t sound like a big development.
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Hoping that that the planning and appearance staff will insist Epic keeps faithful to the rezoning previously approved:
The rezoning allows for up to 1.2 million square feet of office use, 360,0000 square feet of commercial use, 450 hotel rooms and 1,800 multi-family and townhouse dwelling units.
Perhaps Epic is using this as a diversification strategy to get into the development game a bit. A real life Sims City.
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holy shit… for multiple reasons. Epic held a competition for the campus expansion that shortlisted world-class starchitects. I’m shocked they’re scrapping all of that.
Also very curious to see how this came about, if groundbreaking for Carolina Yards was set to be only a few months away. I’m honestly very disappointed and don’t have high hopes for them keeping most of the mixed-use elements. Epic tends to be very secretive/high security about their space. It’s a damn shame they snatched up 87 acres of what could’ve included a ton of housing and set the bar for future development in Cary.
EDIT: well, maybe there’s hope. Their current campus would’ve been less than 18 acres after full build-out. Maybe they’ll keep that portion for themselves and go mixed-use on the rest.
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