Here’s another at 501 S Person St. Google says it’s rented out to Clearscapes currently, but until recently (and for years) it was owner-occupied.
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Norfolk and Baltimore both have bars in old churches. They also have lots of big old churches, since they were much bigger cities than Raleigh back in the era when such churches were built (and their central cities’ populations then declined).
Adaptive reuse is not usually cheaper than new construction, so it’s not likely to do much for affordable housing.
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Festevents :: Norfolk Harborfest its kinda neat to see the ship parade. nice festival.
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Just back from Philadelphia. Great history and buildings. Like this 60 story Comcast Tech Tower with Four Seasons Hotel on top. Great place to celebrate America’s 250th birthday which is happening next year.
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Had dinner and cocktails up there a couple years ago. That speedy glass elevator is terrifying. Great building and views tho. Just needed to pack another pair of underwear.
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Don’t think I see Spartanburg mentioned on here much, but for a city of its size it has seen a very impressive amount of downtown civic investment over the past few years. The old (and heinously ugly) city hall was just demolished for a new building that will be starting construction soon. A parking deck will be constructed on this block which will eventually be wrapped by a mixed-use public-private development.
The county courthouse was just replaced as well.
The city’s newspaper building was knocked down last summer to make way for a new mixed-use redevelopment. Nothing truly crazy but certainly a pretty good amount of density for the city.
Their new minor league baseball team (relocated from Kinston) will be hosting games starting sometime in the next couple weeks as well.
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Love to see this happening anywhere, especially in nearby small towns. And this development is only a 10-minute walk from Spartanburg’s Amtrak station, served by the Crescent 
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Miami has announced a $3B, 63 acre affordable and workforce housing development. In addition to the 5700 units, the development includes substantial retail to serve the community.
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That’s a lot of really nice Classical revival architecture that looks to have not been value engineered into sad thin facades. Well done!
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Greenville (SC) might be getting a new tallest building. I say might because Greenville is probably worse than Raleigh about proposed developments never coming to fruition, BUT there has actually been site work occurring for the past month or so. This would go on the former site of the Greenville Memorial Auditorium which was imploded in 1997 (right before the current Bon Secours Wellness Arena was completed across the street). 29 stories, 342 apartment units, and 14k sf of retail.
Greenville punches pretty far above its weight imo. The Swamp Rabbit Trail is the busiest greenway I’ve ever been on aside from the Rail Trail in Charlotte (if you consider that a greenway), and there is a very healthy amount of downtown retail. It’s too bad that rail is such an afterthought in SC because I think a good CLT-GVL line would be killer. As it stands now, those are two of the worst Amtrak stations in the Carolinas.
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There’s over 500,000 people in Greenville County. It’s bigger than most people think. SC didnt have the liberal annexation laws that NC had for a long time.
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Loved in Greenville for almost 10 years before moving here. Great smaller city. I remember riding on the Swamp Rabbit trail rail bed before they built it out and paved it.
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It’s kind of hard to tell what cities Greenville actually stacks up against due to that though. Greenville County is pretty large, like almost as big as Wake County is. Feels like Greenville probably falls somewhere in the range of a Winston-Salem or Greensboro, but has had development almost on par with Durham over the past decade. Spartanburg has also been crushing it far more than what feels normal for a city of its stature.
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Greenville was an old textile mill town that fell on hard times when that industry went offshore. The arrival of BMW in the 90’s really supercharged both Greenville and Spartanburg. It lured in many other automotive suppliers to the area. Including Michelin North America headquarters.
Only bad thing I can say about Greenville is that there are way too many Clemson grads and fans living there.
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I spent a weekend with friends down there in December '23 - it’s a really interesting town - feels surprisingly touristy (in a good way - think lots of shops, restaurants, boutique hotels, and tourists) for a smaller/lesser-known town - the falls in the heart of the city definitely helps on that front. Definitely think it’s becoming a bit of a weekend destination for folks in Charlotte/Atlanta which really helps but it’s a really nice place to visit
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I keep meaning to get out there. It’s just far enough away that Asheville and Boone win out for spur of the moment mountain trips, and it has to compete with Charleston, America’s best weekend town, in the same driving radius.
Michilen is actually the company that really jumpstarted things. They built four facilities in the SC upstate in the 70’s. BMW came way later.
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Developer buys first chunk of land toward planned Disney development in Chatham County.
In March, developers spent $23.3 million on 217 acres of land.
A town of Pittsboro spokesperson told WRAL News this is the first of a nine-step process to purchase [1,500 acres to build the community, which is known as Asteria.
Asteria will include 4,000 single-family and multi-family homes. The project is in the initial stages of development with home sales set to begin by 2027.
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