Things happening
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If @OakCityDylan doesnāt one-wheel or drone past it is it even downtown?
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There might be some truth to thisā¦
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Eh, close enough. I bike by here at least once a week and thereās a slow crosswalk, so Iāll take responsibility for updates. Speaking of which:
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What exactly is going here again? Thereās so many different proposed projects right around here.
Hereās more info
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Shaping up for more development down the road. Thereās going to be another request for 20 stories on Lake Wheeler Rd. Itās across from the farmers market. Received a required neighborhood meeting advisory a few weeks ago for this upcoming Monday night.
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Morningstar_042722.pdf (3.5 MB)
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Exactly why I keep telling people Iām so high on Downtown South basically extending all the way to downtown one day. Really think this whole area is on the verge of getting going.
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As long as thereās a clear, urbanized connection between DTR and DTS. These isolated hotspots of activities is also the reason why theyāre failing and thereās so many empty storefronts.
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ASR-0045-2022 pendingā¦
Hammell Drive Mixed-Use: āCONSTRUCTION OF TWO MIX-USE BUILDINGS (RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL) WITH STRUCTURED PARKINGā
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And here it is: https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR15/ASR-0045-2022.pdf
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Wow, 191 residential units per acre.
Since Iām more obsessed with transportation infrastructure lately, Iām loving the roundabout at Hammel and Lake Wheeler, and the raised intersection within the development:
Also, the views of Downtown and Dix Park from the upper levels of this building are going to be insane.
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Some initial highlights Iām seeing:
- 467 one-bedroom, 188 two-bedroom, 15 three-bedroom, total of 670 units
- 12,181 sqft of retail/restaurant
- 947 parking spaces, nearly 350 less than the max allowed
- 136 long-term bicycle parking, 42 short-term
This is a ton of people moving in across the street from Dix Park and right on the edge of downtown.
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Nice, I donāt necessarily like how they have chosen to concentrate activity (pedestrian entrances and retail) on Hammell rather than Lake Wheeler. But wow, that density. Good stuff.
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Woah I feel like this has passed people by without much discussion.
30 acres rezoned to 20 stories. Not 1 acre, not 3 acres. 30 acres. āNo more than 3,000 dwelling unitsā Thatās ten 20-story towers all holding 300 residential units if they went max. lol
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Wow! That is a HUGE tract of land! This whole area is going to look completely different in 5-10 years. Itās another district!
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Thatās huge. Hopefully Trophy Brewing is spared. If thereās one thing I wish Raleigh had more of it would be urban breweries, not just places you had to drive to. This seems perfect for Trophy to be a social hub so fingers crossed they develop it last
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Interestingly, this rezoning appears to be a joint decision by about 30 different individual owners. Iām guessing the majority owners were able to convince a bunch of neighbors to sign an agent authorization affidavit to pursue this rezoning all at once. Is this a unique situation? Iāve never heard of this large of a collaboration between different property owners
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Is that a good thing? That sounds like a good thing, but Iām not really sure what the implications of that are.
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