North Hills / Midtown area developments

[RALNATIVE]

34 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

this Raleigh Iron Works is one of the most exciting projects in the Triangle along with North Hills expansion and Midtown Exchange. 

Just took a look at their website video. They're stating that the first phase of office space will be available in 1Q2022. That is a very aggresive plan.

[CLT @❤️]

[CLT @❤️]

From yesterday in Raleigh 

[rancenc]

A smaller version of Atlanta's Buckhead! Nice pictures @CLT @!!

 

[nicholas]

Crazy to see two cranes in North Hills, but here we are.  Also some drive by pics of the JCPenney site.

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Edited August 25, 2021 by CLT @❤️

[carolina1792]

The corridor between Downtown Raleigh and North Hills will be getting a couple more notable projects including several 18+ story towers. Which begs the questions--the North BRT route does not service this area so should there be a new mass transit project that connects the Six Forks Road corridor, Midtown, south Capital Blvd, and Downtown Raleigh. Maybe the fifth BRT route? Or a protected lane street car/skytrain/cut-in-cover tram/light rail. 

Edited August 25, 2021 by carolina1792

[RALNATIVE]

22 minutes ago, carolina1792 said:

The corridor between Downtown Raleigh and North Hills will be getting a couple more notable projects including several 18+ story towers. Which begs the questions--the North BRT route does not service this area so should there be a new mass transit project that connects the Six Forks Road corridor, Midtown, south Capital Blvd, and Downtown Raleigh. Maybe the fifth BRT route? Or a protected lane street car/skytrain/cut-in-cover tram/light rail. 

It's hard for me to envision them not doing something to improve transit in and around Midtown.

The current infrastructure will NOT support the transit needs long term, especially once Midtown Exchange and NH Innovation District are completely built out. The city must already be planning for this.

[nicholas]

Been playing around on Google Maps (again), trying to think up ways to improve mobility around this whole area.  This is an evolution of a previous map that I posted.  Basically, I would extend Benson Dr from the Bahama Breeze across 440 to Wake Towne Dr, and include a separated pedestrian/bike path adjacent (I would extend the pedestrian/bike path up past St Albans Dr since this corridor would be much more pedestrian-friendly than Wake Forest Rd).  I also created a park next to the partly-vacant Planet Fitness plaza which includes a greenway connection to the Crabtree Creek Trail, and that greenway would extend to the pedestrian/bike path alongside Benson Dr (although I suspect the greenway would have to be rerouted around the neighborhood due to resident pushback).  Additionally, I added another bridge connecting Barrett Dr across 440 to the Midtown Exchange project, and a third bridge connecting Browning Pl to Hardimont Rd.  Haven't tackled BRT or any other mass transit yet, and I realize that the land acquisition and construction costs for just what I've done so far would be pretty substantial, but I think that this would help relieve congestion for local residents as well as give them options other than driving.

 

[nicholas]

Various pics around North Hills from the past week:

Iron Works:

[CLT @❤️]

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[nicholas]

JCPenney is gone!  Plus a bonus pic of the Walter.

[CLT @❤️]

Temporarily “Kane Valley, @North Hills” (pic #5), John Kane’s, poly-centric city is just a thing of beauty, both for what it is now, and what it is becoming. You just can’t mess with vision and JP Morgan AM capital. 

[Mid South NC]

On 9/7/2021 at 3:10 PM, CLT @ said:

Temporarily “Kane Valley, @North Hills” (pic #5), John Kane’s, poly-centric city is just a thing of beauty, both for what it is now, and what it is becoming. You just can’t mess with vision and JP Morgan AM capital. 

Beautiful pictures @CLT @ thank you

[KJHburg]

while I all in favor of this development North Hills going higher and higher I do think the tallest buildings need to be near I-440 not sure about the heights they are asking for here. Not sure up to 40 stories along Six Forks Road further from I-440 I wish this energy would go towards downtown or their Downtown South project. 

""The next wave of development at North Hills is officially in the works as Kane Realty Corp. plans to petition the city to rezone several portions of the district for more urban development.  The request will seek the rezoning for four sites: two along Six Forks Road requesting mixed-use up to 40 stories; one along Lassiter Mill Road abutting I-440 requesting 30 stories; and one behind the existing Total Wine store on Six Forks Road seeking 12 stories.   "This rezoning is for the next iteration of North Hills," said Bonner Gaylord, Kane Realty's chief operating officer. “There are fundamentally two ways the city can grow; since we're not making any more land we can grow up or grow out into more suburban sprawl. We believe we should grow up in the urban nodes.”""

Kane Realty preps next wave of North Hills development in Raleigh - Triangle Business Journal (bizjournals.com)

[KJHburg]

Here is a page on Kane's website and map of where they are asking for their increased heights

North Hills Rezoning - North Hills (visitnorthhills.com)

The first two along Six Forks road west side I have no problem with as they are on a major road and across from other high rises.

  I think the 30 story rezoning ask for Lassiter Mill 440 tract not as excited about too close to low rise residential.  I would suggest a 4-5 story apartment block or even luxury townhomes since across the street is SF residential.  

12 story ask on tract next to Lassister at North Hills apartments unsure about it.   Maybe 

Make your voices heard Raleighites.  I have no dog in this fight but that is my thoughts.  

 

Edited September 14, 2021 by KJHburg

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[nicholas]

35 minutes ago, CLT @ said:

Red interior gang

[dmccall]

Here's a pano of the JCPenney hole. This is taken from the 2nd story of the parking garage, at the point nearest 440.

[SydneyCarton]

I think that downtown Raleigh is so lame, but North Hills is amazing.

[Rufus]

14 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I think that downtown Raleigh is so lame, but North Hills is amazing.

Why offer this opinion? It's not constructive, and it's not guiding the conversation further. All it's doing is trolling. Why not say something like: "Midtown is going to attract tenants from downtown because of the great design and retail amenities"

Stop with the bloviating 

[Mid South NC]

 

 

 

 

Edited September 21, 2021 by Mid South NC

[nicholas]

More progress on the Main District.

The Walter towering over everything.

[nicholas]

Down the street at the Iron Works and East End Market projects:

Edited September 21, 2021 by nicholas