That area is going to be jam packed with missing middle density. This development is going to add 27 townhome condos to an area with hundreds of existing residential units, just within 6-8 blocks:
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Sunrise’s old homes that were replaced housed at least 2 registered sex offenders residing there……bit easier sell to the neighborhood
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A friend used to live on this street back in the day when it was a collection of 1940s one story apartments.
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Ahhh, I’ve seen the signs for these new condos on the corner of Grant and Chester - been wondering where they were supposed to go, but interesting to see they’ve amassed all those old houses to redevelop! So now I’m still left wondering what’s going in the brown pit (pictured at the bottom left corner) because they’ve been busy at work on that pit for months.
I currently live right within your screenshot, for reference.
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The Anderson Forest neighborhood is throwing quit a NIMBY fit between the greenway and now this:
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Oh my! Houses that have been there for more than 40 years! LOL
So, they’ve been there since at least 1985? …on Six Forks Rd. ….the horror!
It’s like the proposal is going to destroy a historic village or something. 
The only value to this property is to develop more densely since very few people are going to want to buy a SFH facing Six Forks Rd. between North Hills and Costco. This is clearly just a NIMBY play for other SFH owners to not have (probably) million dollar townhouses beside them and behind them.
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What a great looking use for land on a really busy road where few would want to buy a sfh.
Which development were they fighting against?
I don’t like this at all:
“The practical impact of the decision is that the townhome developer is not prohibited by law from building the townhome community while waiting on the outcome of the litigation challenging the Missing Middle reforms. However, while there may be nothing “legally” prohibiting the developer from proceeding, there remains financial risk. That risk persists because if the courts ultimately invalidate the City’s Missing Middle reforms, the neighbors could seek to force the Developer to remove whatever it built on the property pursuant to the invalidated ordinance. The same risk applies to any developer seeking to build a project using the Missing Middle reforms”.
This one is 908 Williamson. It’s been going on for a few years now.
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The gift that keeps on giving. 
The fact that I (and others) are moving forward with 1000s of new units indicates that it’s a pretty empty threat. It’s explained a bit under Tactic #2 on this earlier RaleighForward post (written, BTW, by a retired land use attorney). Beyond the procedural note mentioned there, the NIMBY lawsuit is on a technicality: whether the amendment was properly advertised. The “proper advertisement” consists of a newspaper ad, so the city could re-adopt the ordinance after running said newspaper ad.
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