By Ashton on May 17, 2007
The Department of City Planning/the Urban Design Center will be hosting its 3rd Annual Downtown Raleigh Home Tour this Saturday. Held during the same weekend as Artsplosure, the tour (which is self-guided) is intended to show off the great variety of options available in downtown housing. The tour takes you through historic properties, single [...]
Posted in Downtown, Housing, New Developments
By Ashton on May 17, 2007
A development formerly known as ‘The Nash’ has changed its name to simply ‘Hue‘ as a new site sign reflects. Perhaps the name change is to reflect the appearance of the colorful building, or perhaps to make it sound less like a disease. Regardless, it is slated at 7 stories which will sit between [...]
Posted in Downtown, Housing, New Developments
By chris on March 29, 2007
The Seaboard Station area of downtown continues its recent boom with the release of the floorplans for 1 Eleven Seaboard. This condo building–which is currently carrying the generic "Condos with urban flair" tagline–will be going in across Seaboard Avenue from 18 Seaboard and Capital City Grocery. Dates and prices should be made available within [...]
Posted in Downtown, New Developments
By Ashton on March 19, 2007
712 Tucker, one of more than 10 new developments planned for Downtown has recently revamped their website, which now boasts of units starting at $155,000 and ranging through $400,000. Located on half of the block bound by St. Mary’s St., Tucker St., and Boylan Ave., the development promises four to five stories of 1,2, [...]
Posted in Downtown, New Developments
By Jeff on March 15, 2007
The Brier Creek Village Center is beginning to take shape with construction on the Village Main Street recently going vertical. The Main Street is part of a 300 acre plan that includes residential and commercial development as well as Brier Creek Elementary School and a WakeMed medical facility.
The cross-section drawing of the Main Street [...]
Posted in New Developments, Other
By on January 6, 2007
Last night about 50 people were invited to a brainstorming session to create a vision for the City Square. The site where Jaume Plensa proposed a square last year is now a blank canvas for all of us to create what we want. The only rules are that the street must not be obstructed (for [...]
Posted in Downtown, New Developments
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By on December 12, 2006
The Nash (.pdf file) won unanimous approval from the Raleigh Planning Commission today. The 7-story condo building will rise at the NW corner of Hargett and Dawson Streets. Included in the plan are 208 condominium units, a somewhat hidden parking garage, courtyard with a pool, and Hargett street retail parcels. A representative from Trammell-Crowe, the [...]
Posted in Downtown, Housing, New Developments, Retail
By on December 11, 2006
Last night I checked the front page of this site and noticed that due to the archiving of the giant transit article, there was little meat on the front page. Gotta fill some space to keep it looking pretty, so here goes…
Posted in New Developments, North Hills
By on November 30, 2006
A family home at 207 Poplar Street is being rebuilt by ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition beginning this weekend The show is a spinoff of Extreme Makeover in which a family’s house, including all rooms, exterior and
landscaping, is made over by a team of builders and designers in seven
days while the family goes off on [...]
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