North Hills / Midtown area developments

[RALNATIVE]

Ahh.. Raleigh, RTP, or somewhere in the Triangle needs a W Hotel!!!!!

I agree with you. In fact, the Triangle needs alot of things...

[DCMetroRaleigh]

So, any update on the transit people mover?

[rooster8]

The N&O article from May says the feasibility study will be complete this summer. Kane's flyer about the project: "If the results are favorable, we will proceed."

[DCMetroRaleigh]

Oh ok. The North Hills website already has a link to the project. I sense they will greenlight it.

[Green_man]

Looks like ground has broken for the hotel on the East side of Six Forks across the street from the Captrust tower.

And TBJ has an article about Yard House filling space at the bottom of the Captrust building. Looks like they are essentially another draft house type restaurant.

[Jones_]

Article about possible elevated electric people movers

And a timely analysis of the sort of situation North Hills would be replicating

[Green_man]

The second link appears to be about a Light Rail station being added to the mall and the influx of commuters using it as a park and ride to go elsewhere. The proposed North Hills transit will be quite different and mainly serve trips within North Hills area and extend to Wake Forest Rd. It would likely still necessitate people driving to the area in the first place and then using the people mover. It would be great if they could extend the monorail another 1.0 mile to the proposed Light Rail station at Atlantic Ave & Six Forks intersection!! Then you wouldn't need a car at all!

[DCMetroRaleigh]

oh boy, how I wish this could come to fruition soon. just imagine how light rail or PRT would change not just Raleigh, but the entire Triangle. The problem is that too many Raleigh official still think of it as a tiny sleepy city of the 1970s when, in a 15 years, it will probably have a MSA population of nearly 2 million people. Public Transit planning needs to be forward-thinking, not based on things as they were or even are now.

Edited April 2, 2012 by DCMetroRaleigh

[orulz]

Kane just sold the Park & Market apartments, which are the apartments at North Hills East, for $82 million. Seems he didn't necessarily intend to do this, but was in default on some of the loans from developing North Hills. This sale provides enough capital to pay those loans ($26 million) and probably continue to move forward with expansion and construction.

[burt]

The restaurant/bar chain called YARD HOUSE has plans to open its first North Carolina location at North Hills.

http://www.yardhouse...on.aspx#raleigh

[DPK]

Is there more construction about to get off the ground over at North HIlls?  I noticed driving by the other day that all the screening that used to be on the chain link fencing has been removed and newish looking orange construction erosion material has been put in place here.

Edited December 25, 2012 by DPK

[Euphorius]

I'm not sure about the new erosion control fencing. I know there is a new hotel under construction on the east side of NH, but it's not on that lot. Is there any way we can modify the name of this thread to get rid of the word mall? 

[DPK]

I know there is a new hotel under construction on the east side of NH, but it's not on that lot.

 

Yeah the hotel is on the plot of land southeast of the Captrust Tower.  Then again all that wind we had the other week might have blown off the fence screening too, now that I think about it.  No idea.  Kane has always surprised me so who knows.

[DPK]

Looks like my suspicion was right, new apartments are about to break ground:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/01/03/2581987/more-apartments-coming-to-north.html

[Euphorius]

What happened to The Lassiter? I think that's what it was to be called. You'd think he would want to get that one completed so that the west side of North Hills would be built out. 

[orulz]

That was designed as a 49 unit ultra luxury condo building so it would need a significant redesign to be turned into apartments.

 

Although I do agree, I'd like to see the rest of North Hills West built out, including the mid-rise office buildings that were planned but then canceled because the city (stupidly, IMO) refused to let them build close enough to Six Forks Road.

[RALNATIVE]

Kane is expected to invest more than $250 million in North Hills development projects in 2013:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2013/01/28/slideshow-check-out-raleighs.html
 

 

 

A 19 story tower is planned next to the CapTrust tower:

 

A digital rendering of the proposed 19-story tall Tower Two office building (right) at North Hills as it would be viewed from Six Forks Road. The existing 17-story CapTrust Tower building is on the right.

Edited January 29, 2013 by RALNATIVE

[DCMetroRaleigh]

Hmmm, not sure if I like it.

[RALNATIVE]

Hmmm, not sure if I like it.

 

To a certian extent I agree. Raleigh's developers have got to move away from these boxy structures that have little character, but in the end, it is a substantial development and I will take it.

[DCMetroRaleigh]

Of course, I love the height and square footage, but can't someone in Raleigh build a tower with spikes, crowns, parallelograms, or domes? 

[Green_man]

I think that view is from Lassiter Mill Rd.  In front of the Total Wine?

[NCMike1981]

at a glance the new tower in the rendering looks like a 70s era office tower....the height is nice but I think they should jazz the building design up a bit....

[dmccall]

Close, Green_man. I think that view is essentially from the front of Coquette, looking east (obviously).

[Jones_]

Of course, I love the height and square footage, but can't someone in Raleigh build a tower with spikes, crowns, parallelograms, or domes? 

The new SECU building is just that....

 

Also the second slide shows three buildings of similar heights (19 stories or more) facing the beltline and the originally proposed buildings up on Six Forks on the original NH side....

Edited February 2, 2013 by Jones133

[DCMetroRaleigh]

Yes, the SECU building is a refreshing departure.