Goes to prove that the RR doesn’t give up any property. Ever. Lol.
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They’re not just a RR company, they’re also a real estate company! Apparently.
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This rezoning passed, with the conditions we’ve already discussed about preserving the “head house,” using similar materials, pedestrian walkway, etc.
Again, Cox voted against because it doesn’t preserve the entire structure. And he wants to rename the Raleigh Historic board because they don’t deny everything.
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One of the rare instances where I actually fall more on Cox’ side about this, as I would love to see more than just the head house preserved - at least the facade of the remaining building. @mike had some great ideas on this, I just wish he were in charge!
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Honestly, same, but if they do a good job with this space like some of the idea renderings, I can get behind this.
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I’m a bit less tied to the Depot and understand the challenge of preservation here with the block size. I’m in the “it’s a shame” camp vs “bring out the pitchforks”. Hopefully the ground floor retail street activation is on point.
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Obviously I don’t know the developer’s objectives, but it just seemed to me that the site was a bit more flexible for fitting a redevelopment while also keeping the Depot building with just some more creativity.
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Creativity takes work, Mike, and sometimes a little extra money. We can’t be having any of that now, especially since downtown Raleigh has no surface parking lots begging to be developed and way too many old buildings with character that just need to go because they’re old and not a million stories tall.
Sorry, feeling a bit salty this morning and I couldn’t resist.
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I know this has been discussed a bit elsewhere but it does baffle me a little that developers tear down an old building when there are so many open lots. I guess it just depends on what’s available and maybe the attractiveness of a particular location.
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I heard the other day that this project was likely to be scrapped because of funding issues. Anyone know the story? A lot of money was spent on jumping thru the various hoops to get approvals so it seems strange that they would just drop it.
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Good. I didn’t want to get rid of the Depot anyways. I made my peace with it, like Logan’s leaving Seaboard Station, but if it fell through, I’m not losing any sleep over it.
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I thought it was a tad ironic that they were going to tear down the old depot which was the namesake for the Depot District. There’s plenty of architecturally and culturally insignificant property that can be sacrificed for new construction without having to take down buildings that are functional and thriving.
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Given this is owned by NCRR I never really believed they had intentions to develop, even though they insisted that they did. Not saddened by the loss of this one. Happy to keep The Depot!
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WOO HOO. This is one of those historical sites that I would be excited to see stay in place.
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I mean y’all, Videri Chocolate was literally just named one of the best (2nd best I think) chocolatiers in the entire country and the open/self guided factory tours was one of the things listed as what made them so special. I’d be happy if they never even touched the Depot building at this point.
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Tearing down the Depot would have been a tragedy, but I hope that building something on the Depot’s rather odd cobblestone parking lot is still under consideration.
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A city market scaled retail development would be awesome here to provide a neighborhood gathering spot that will also allow it to continue to be a foot traffic connector from the Warehouse district to points south that are rapidly seeing new residential development. It could even repurpose those cobblestones.
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I like this idea but I think the cobblestones should stay in the ground 
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Anyone have any updates on this? I feel like it was going strong earlier this year and then kind of stopped. But I haven’t been by in months, so I can’t say if this is still true.
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