Welcome to this site! Sounds like your new house will be around the northern edge of the Midtown-St. Albans area plan, which is the playbook developers will have to follow. Raleigh’s planning on making it safer (and prettier!) to walk or bike along Quail Hollow Dr. between Millbrook Rd. and North Hills, as well as adding mixed-use developments and “missing middle” housing along Millbrook.
Combine this with potential BRT and transit-friendly areas planned along Capital Blvd., and it means you could be 15-30min away from shops, restaurants, parks etc. even without a car in the next decade and some change.
We have a whole thread dedicated to talking about projects in that area, by the way.