So, who wants to sneak out here at night and vandalize upgrade these signs with an “E”?
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That Gym alone would get me to move there if I was looking for an apartment
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I wouldn’t mind walking down into a gym. Its the walking back up and out that would be difficult for me! The stairs leaving Carmichael Gym at NCSU were always a killer for me, if my workout had been good, lol.
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Not me. I’m in the no E camp.
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I was chatting with the designer who worked on this. The missing E is a tip of the cap to the way they spelled it when the name Smoky Hollow came into existence. I think we hit on this back when this project first started.
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The poorly played Tetris blocks appear to have been filled around with dirt. Looks like foundation progress to me!
Note my 
fancy new watermark. 
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fancy pants!! 
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Can one of you smart people point me to the plans for Smoky Hollow P2 that were submitted? There is some serious foundation work going on out there and I want to try to figure out what is what. TIA.
Thank you very much @Tenkai
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Am I wrong or is nearly the entire Phase II first floor parking?? I see a few grey blocks that say “1 story office” but most of it looks like parking. Like nearly the entire block. 
Edit: So maybe the courtyard area is elevated? Still looking.
Edit: instead of deleting my prior comments, I’ll show my ignorance. Looking at this thing from my cell and didn’t realize it said “Existing Conditions Plan” 
Carry on…
Edit: one note, the Harrington elevation shows them covering the parking deck to make it look more like the office building:
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lol, yeah, it’s all first floor retail except for the parking deck.
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I didn’t think that the first floor was parking, but it’s an interesting consideration with an elevated plaza. Let us know what you learn!
Vowels costs $250 a piece.
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I actually hadn’t had time to research the plans until now.
Counted total of 12 retail spaces, with vastly different sizes which is a smart move.
4 different height elevations at 5,6,7 & 9
281 apartment units with 70% being 1 bedroom or studio(196 units). With 371 total new residents.
Also only provided 706 parking spaces but were required 755, I wonder how they got away with that.
This is large development especially combined with Peace and everything else being proposed.
Awesome entrance into downtown.
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I suspect the phase 1 Parking deck was considered in total parking?
I think this is all the brick we will see on the parking deck. But I still have faith it will not be raw concrete in the end.
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So, serious question here. If a developer builds to the UDO, does the city have any mechanism that they can use to prevent a developer from leaving an ugly garage like that exposed in such a prominent way?
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Deny permits, perhaps?
He’s not going to do that. Trust me. Just like the missing e.