Renaissance Raleigh Hotel @ North Hills

[DwnTwnRaleighGuy]

They started digging today at the NH site of the Marriott Renaissance.

[carynative]

Is it still sure to be 10 stories? That will make quite the impression when pulling into the North Hills area from Six Forks.

[unique1rdu]

How is the progress going for this project?

[dmccall]

There's more digging with giant screws. As a dentist, I am impressed and yearn for a drill that big. Wow.

[RALNATIVE]

Has construction already started on this hotel?

[carynative]

I was going to ask the same question after reading the Hurricanes article. I was by there not too long ago and couldn't really tell what was going on?

[pack-man]

it sounds like reynolds family is working on this project too

[DwnTwnRaleighGuy]

it sounds like reynolds family is working on this project too

[DanRNC]

What do you mean,"It sounds like the Reynold's family is working on this project too"? Is there name listed somewhere that I haven't seen? That would be very interesting.

[RALBOI]

I think its sarcasm-the pace of the project mirrors that of every Reynolds project.

[Tayfromcarolina]

Speaking of North Hills, whatever became of the North Hills East debacle. Did it get a yah or neh?

[Subway Scoundrel]

Speaking of North Hills, whatever became of the North Hills East debacle. Did it get a yah or neh?

[cowbreath]

it sounds like reynolds family is working on this project too

[dmccall]

I do have a question, are they going to knock down the small glass building that sits behind the trees/bushes in the corner near the on-ramp

[bikwillie]

Yeah, this baby is underway. Walked by there the other night and they have a lot of site work under way. I wonder if they are going to add any parking with this. Parking is already a little tight, and then add 200 guests and the hotel employees... Anyone know? I thought that it might make sense to continue the parking deck for the first two levels, but I have no idea what the official plans are.

[Subway Scoundrel]

Yeah, this baby is underway. Walked by there the other night and they have a lot of site work under way. I wonder if they are going to add any parking with this. Parking is already a little tight, and then add 200 guests and the hotel employees... Anyone know? I thought that it might make sense to continue the parking deck for the first two levels, but I have no idea what the official plans are.

[ncwebguy]

I thought that the hotel would "start" on the Gold's Gym/Mura level. The parking deck would be extended to the Target access road, flush with the old "JC Pennys" deck to fill in the existing gap/hole shown in the picture. That would create two levels of parking, three if the hotel's footprint is not the same as the existing pit.

I think that was the plan all along, but they didn't want to build that portion of the deck until they knew how big of a hotel it needed to support.

[dmccall]

continue the parking deck for the first two levels,

[dmccall]

Crane shot from 7:45 this morning:

[Subway Scoundrel]

Crane shot from 7:45 this morning:

[Beth Y]

Me, I am just hoping that they have a nice bar with good cocktails. I am a simple girl.

[unique1rdu]

Today's N&O business section had some interesting information on the Renaissance @ North Hills. The developer Concord Hospitality Enterprises stated the hotel would be 17 stories. Under headline " hotelier sells 20 inns"

[Rascal]

Today's N&O business section had some interesting information on the Renaissance @ North Hills. The developer Concord Hospitality Enterprises stated the hotel would be 17 stories. Under headline " hotelier sells 20 inns"

[ncwebguy]

Here is a link to that story, and the important paragraph:

One of those is a 17-story, 227-room Raleigh Renaissance Hotel going up now at North Hills, the upscale development in North Raleigh. The others will be outside the state, said Kevin McAteer, Concord's vice president of sales and marketing.

[JeffC]

At just over 14 rooms/floor (assuming none on the first floor) the rooms will be big or the hotel tower itself will be small.