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[DanRNC]

Pretty funny considering they didn't want the excess traffic generated by Weaver Street going through that area. Now they want to put a parking deck, library, and offices.  

[urbanesq]

DanRNC, on Oct 31 2006, 10:55 AM, said:

Pretty funny considering they didn't want the excess traffic generated by Weaver Street going through that area. Now they want to put a parking deck, library, and offices.  

Actually I think it was the enlightened Hillsborough Town Council that was so concerned about all that additional pedestrian traffic in downtown.  Thanksfully it looks like people have come to their sense...  for now!   I think it looks like a great plan; it'll be a good anchor for the south end of our little downtown.

[NCMike1981]

Four Story Building and Parking Deck Proposed in Downtown Hillsborough

Just an update on the progress of downtown Hillsborough, including an update on the Gateway Center which is to house the Weaver Street Market

Edited by NCMike1981, 13 January 2007 - 09:00 PM.

[pack-man]

good for hillsborough, this will anchor their downtown for sure.

[urbanesq]

Lots going in in little Hillsborough lately, mostly fueled by Orange County government.  A couple of projects include:

*Central Orange Senior Center and Sportsplex renovation/expansion
  Located in the Meadowlands complex near 85/86 interchange
http://www.co.orange...lSize6-7-07.JPG

*Gateway Center
  Located downtown where Churton St. crosses the Eno River, will be home to offices and Weaver Street grocery co-op.  The project includes Hillsborough's first parking garage
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*Orange County Office Building  
  Located downtown adjacent to the Weaver St. project, this 3-story building will house Planning and Inspections, Environmental Health, Economic Development, Information Systems, Environmental Resources and Community Development, the County Engineer, and Housing and Community Development.
http://www.co.orange...ngRendering.jpg

*Orange County Library
  Located downtown in the Gateway Center project, the library will relocate from its current downtown location to a new 2-story building.
http://www.co.orange...ryRendering.jpg

Justice Facility Expansion
  Another downtown project that will significantly expand the courthouse facility, both the Clerk of Courts office and the Orange County Sheriff's Department will relocate to the new building.
http://www.co.orange...otRendering.jpg
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Public Market House and Riverfront Park
  Located adjacent to the courthouse expansion, the public market will house the Hillsborough farmer's market and will provide a community gathering place on the river.
http://www.co.orange...Size9-12-07.JPG

The Waterstone development south of town (I think there's a topic on this development already?) is still moving along, and construction has started on a 225-unit senior housing community and assisted living facility just outside downtown on Highway 70.  

It's encouraging to see that so much of the development downtown is going to be architecturally sensitive to the existing historic district.  Interesting times for such a small town!

[orulz]

The Small Area Plan for the Amtrak station in Hillsborough is coming together. View the town's website to find out more. The site is south of the tracks just east of Churton Street. The first phase calls for just a platform, and a few road extensions into the area. Later phases would add a station building and some kind of mixed use development nearby.

[NCMike1981]

UNC Hospital's plans can move forward

UNC Hospitals receives the green light to proceed with building a hopital in the Waterstone development with an expected opening date of 2015

[NCMike1981]

Here's a few pics I came across that I had taken from around town in Hillsborough. This shopping center is North Hills (not to be confused with Raleigh's North Hills). Please ignore my new at the time Neon haha. Picture taken December of 1999. Anchors at the time were Dollar General (still there), Heilig Meyers (now Maxway), and Lowes Foods (replacing a Byrds, since closed and replaced with a free standing Kerr Drug):



old Hillsborough Wal-Mart, pic taken around December of 1999 when store was still open:



This was in October of 2005, at which point Wal-Mart had been closed for a while but not yet re-purposed into county offices, also note Dollar Tree has opened in a portion of the old Wal-Mart:



This was the new Wal-Mart supercenter as of Oct of 2005:

Edited by NCMike1981, 06 November 2010 - 11:43 PM.

[NCMike1981]

Any idea on what may go into the vacant Lowes Foods space at Hillsborough Commons? As it stands now the shopping center is in a pretty pitiful state, currently housing county offices, a Dollar Tree, and a few small shops/restaurants clustered around the recently vacated Lowes Foods. What I think is funny is how supposedly Orange County is so starved for retail yet that shopping center has been struggling since Wal-Mart left about 10 years ago. I know the economy isn't helping matters either...but I heard rumors a while back the county was thinking of leasing more space within the complex w/ an option of buying it in the future? I imagine that whatever happens to the Lowes Foods space over the coming months will probably signal what direction the center is taking from here.

Anyone have any ideas?

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Edited by NCMike1981, 17 December 2010 - 10:00 PM.

[NCMike1981]

A few shots from around North Hills Shopping Center in North Hillsborough:



This location originally opened as an A&P in the 1960's, later a Heilig Meyers furniture store, currently a Maxway Discount Store:

[NCMike1981]

Groundbreaking for UNC Hospitals Hillsborough location