Buildings similar in scale to The Acorn are expected in this subarea besides the adjoining hotel. The two City-owned tracts adjacent to Moore Square are each zoned for 12 stories. However would be surprised if the mixed-with-affordable proposals being reviewed for the block east of Moore Square and west of The Lincoln (5 stories) are not 5-over-2 (7 stories) in form. The parking lot next to City Market might go higher if a hotel use is anchoring the project and building on a parking deck podium.
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Block work completed for the elevator tower and the two stairwells. Framing beginning.
Crane boom is parked downwind at end of the workday. So currently closer to the adjacent cell tower located to the south than normal while working (east-west swings are to the north). Disproportionate height to the two 7-story buildings seems to be driven by providing vertical clearance just in case.
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Worth noting that in high wind events, tower cranes will typically be allowed to “weathervane” and rotate freely to minimize horizontal forces coming from the wind. Definitely need to have clearance to swing in a full circle.
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Hello all … I’ve just posed some drone video of this construction project…
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I’m concerned for you and your drone flying into the site and structure like you did here. I feel like you could get in trouble…
Awesome! You should try and get this birds eye perspective of RUS
What is RUS? I don’t know your acronyms!
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Raleigh Union Station Bus station that is under construction in the warehouse district. Lots of demolition and site work going on behind the exterior facade we cannot see.
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Looks like the ASR for the hotel has hit. Remember that this is going to have the narrow side facing the street.
https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/the-raleigh-wire-service/748/2045?u=guccilittlepig
Edit: I’m curious if this is an update or revision or what from the one here, which has a different ID:
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That is definitely a regular ole mid-level city hotel building. Oh well, we could use the rooms and it’s midblock and inoffensive.
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Certainly nothing spectacular but also Marriott-level inoffensive.
Fills a vacant lot hole. And at seven stories (for which it was zoned) will be the tallest building on South Blount besides 23-story Skyhouse. Fits the general subarea form while pushing the envelope mid-block along with its 7-story neighbor on South Person, The Acorn.
Glad to see the use. We need the additional wallets to support DT retail.
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So it’s going to be sorta like the Hampton Inn and Suites but without the dental crown moulding on top. That’s an improvement.
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Disappointing that east of Person is no-mans land for towers. Downtown should extend to at least Tarboro St.
East Downtown Raleigh is almost completely gentrified so that cat is already out of the bag. Displacing a bunch of programmers if anything.
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I’m hoping the State selling the DMV property will change that to some degree. But with the amount of single family homes as apposed to the warehouse district it will probably stay a majority homes with a few high rises mixed in.
Speaking of which, why hasn’t the state begun the process of listing the DMV lot for sale, it’s been vacant for more than a year.
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And whatever the Edison will be. But yes there major gentrification. I’ll probably raise land values with that hotel/apartments.
https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2022/10/05/new-downtown-raleigh-hotel-in-the-works.html
Article on the hotel at this site. Says it will be 7 stories and 138 rooms. Apartments set to deliver Summer of 2023. Didnt really see anything else new and exciting.
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