North Hills / Midtown area developments

Raleigh Walker · April 16, 2023

Can y'all see it? Pic taken from Navaho @ Wake Forest

KJHburg · May 3, 2023

Brief visit up here North Hills main. NH Innovation District really under way with apartments and office building there too.

Raleigh Walker · May 31, 2023

Almost a month since that last set of pics? Allow me!

RALNATIVE · June 1, 2023

Thanks for posting!

As I was driving down 440 today and past these developments and the existing NH, I was amazed at the impact these buildings are starting to have when viewed from the interstate.

Raleigh Walker · June 2, 2023

On 4/16/2023 at 5:21 PM, Raleigh Walker said:

Can y'all see it? Pic taken from Navaho @ Wake Forest

1.5 months later:

KJHburg · June 28, 2023

first tower in the Exchange is topped out:

""Dewitt Carolinas’ 1000 Social at The Exchange Raleigh has completed the initial construction of the final floor of the 12-story office building off St. Albans Drive east of the North Hills shopping district. With that, the building is 51 percent preleased.

The 353,891-square-foot building will have 319,808 square feet of Class A office space, 20,013 square feet of ground-floor retail and about 7,000 square feet of conference space. There is 16,000 square feet of outdoor space including balconies, terraces and courtyards.""

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2023/06/27/dewitt-carolinas-exchange-raleigh-office-tower.html

KJHburg · July 6, 2023

Guess who is in town today? The Exchange tower, the Cardinal, Midtown east and North Hills main. New office buildings new apartment buildings on both sides of Six Forks Rd by Kane.

RALNATIVE · July 26, 2023

Snapped a few photos at dusk of the first Exchange tower, with NHE and NHID in the background.

Once this development is fully built out and the second tower is erected, those towers will look spectacular. Very impressed with how this project is progressing.

KJHburg · August 6, 2023

this is a great photo from the Kane website

https://kanerealtycorp.com/places/mixed-use/

DCMetroRaleigh · August 7, 2023

On 8/5/2023 at 8:12 PM, KJHburg said:

this is a great photo from the Kane website

https://kanerealtycorp.com/places/mixed-use/

Love this!

KJHburg · August 24, 2023

Update on North Hills and the new North Hills Innovation District.

From the Triangle Biz Journal

""The developer has released more information and renderings for the third phase of the $1 billion North Hills Innovation District as it begins construction on a new building.

The third phase will now include a 6-story residential building along the future extension of Hardimont Drive and south of St. Albans Drive. The building is called Tributary and is named for the adjacent creek that is a tributary to Crabtree Creek. Tributary will have 320 luxury apartments and 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The market-rate apartments will be studios, one, two and three bedrooms. Kane Realty has started construction on St. Albans Lofts, a 6-story residential building on the corner of St. Albans Drive and the Hardimont Drive extension. The company announced the project in 2022. St. Albans Lofts will have 396 apartments in two buildings with many amenities.

and the update on the other projects:

""Channel House Apartments: 200 luxury units with studios, one, two and three bedrooms that opened in May 2023 and is 40 percent occupied. Amenities include a podcast room, saltwater pool and outdoor grilling and gaming area.
Makers Alley: 13,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space under the Channel House apartments and is scheduled to open in summer 2024. The spaces are 350-900 square feet for small local restaurants and retailers. The first tenant is Dose Yoga.
F&B Building: A 6,000-square-foot standalone building that will be for a single retail tenant that will open summer 2024. It also has outdoor space and seating.
Tower V: A 17-story tower with 355,000 square feet of office space. There will be an indoor bike room, shower facilities, indoor and outdoor amenity space and ground-floor retail space. It is set to open in summer 2024.
Pumphouse: A 1,500-square-foot standalone retail space at the base of Tower V that will open summer 2024.

Meanwhile, work at the North Hills Main District is well underway. Several new retail tenants have been announced, but securing office tenants remains a challenge. One North Hills, which is next to the Renaissance Hotel, and the 5-story creative office building were set to open in August, but the company wasn't able to acquire certificates of occupancy until early August. Reeves said Kane is now looking at opening both buildings by early November. Highland, the 12-story residential building, was set to open later this year, but won't be able to open until summer 2024.""

It is hard to keep up with all the development in this area. https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2023/08/24/kane-realty-north-hills-innovation-district-update.html

Edited August 24, 2023 by KJHburg

dmccall · August 25, 2023

These restaurants are coming to the Main District (former site of JCPenney):

The N&O, btw, pasted the press release to their story.

Rufus · August 25, 2023

12 hours ago, dmccall said:

These restaurants are coming to the Main District (former site of JCPenney):

True Food Kitchen

Village Tavern

RH Gallery rooftop wine bar

Limini Grille

Mia’s Bakery

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

The N&O, btw, pasted the press release to their story.

Listen, I get it -- it's probably world's easier to get a restaurant to open, but with all of the new space, does everything now have to be a restaurant? I know it's hard to compete with the existing retail here and not far from here, but it just feels like we have too many restaurants here now. A little more variety would go a long way.

RALNATIVE · August 27, 2023

On 8/24/2023 at 11:05 PM, dmccall said:

These restaurants are coming to the Main District (former site of JCPenney):

True Food Kitchen

Village Tavern

RH Gallery rooftop wine bar

Limini Grille

Mia’s Bakery

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

The N&O, btw, pasted the press release to their story.

Does anyone know if Ruth's Chris will be moving to a larger space?

Edited August 27, 2023 by RALNATIVE

Raleigh Walker · September 2, 2023

On 8/25/2023 at 12:01 PM, Rufus said:

Listen, I get it -- it's probably world's easier to get a restaurant to open, but with all of the new space, does everything now have to be a restaurant? I know it's hard to compete with the existing retail here and not far from here, but it just feels like we have too many restaurants here now. A little more variety would go a long way.

Would like to see more than just restaurants and bars...I don't drink alcohol, and if I have already eaten dinner then there is near 0 reason for me to be out and about in DTR or MTR

dmccall · September 5, 2023

I'll play devil's advocate: what would you do after dinner in downtown Charlotte, Williamsburg, Charleston, Asheville, or Wilmington?

CLT @❤️ · September 7, 2023

CLT @❤️ · September 12, 2023

dmccall · October 23, 2023

Now 380% overbudget, the Six Forks Road widening plan is being ditched. The city released a survey today considering 4 scaled down alternatives, as well as a complete return to the drawing board.

Plans for this project were begun 9 years ago. Just before final approval, the project was halted in 2016 by City Councilor Kay Crowder's insistence on dedicating the new lanes in each direction to buses only. That sent the project back into a redesign phase from which the project still hasn't recovered.

Public engagement link

DPK · October 26, 2023

Maybe if they do another study they'll be able to create a good framework for another study to eventually have a study in another 10 years.... yadda yadda.

The entire thing is ridiculous. They should invest in public transit and density along that corridor, not widen it.

Hushpuppy321 · October 26, 2023

Does any of the buildings in North Hills / Midtown have any Aesthetic Lighting at night? Love the colorful displays in Charlotte and wanted to know if that’s migrating to Raleigh.

KJHburg · November 2, 2023

This is a great idea a pop up small slice of high end stores in containers coming to North Hills!

Bal Harbor Shops are super nice outdoor mall north of Miami Beach. It is so nice they charge to park at the mall! (unless validated)

Bal Harbour Shops Goes On Tour With Exclusive Traveling Luxury Pop-Up (forbes.com)

Tiffany & Co., luxury retail shops coming to Raleigh for pop-up event (wral.com)

Rufus · November 2, 2023

16 hours ago, KJHburg said:

This is a great idea a pop up small slice of high end stores in containers coming to North Hills!

Bal Harbor Shops are super nice outdoor mall north of Miami Beach. It is so nice they charge to park at the mall! (unless validated)

Bal Harbour Shops Goes On Tour With Exclusive Traveling Luxury Pop-Up (forbes.com)

Tiffany & Co., luxury retail shops coming to Raleigh for pop-up event (wral.com)

Listen, this is a huge deal. Bal Harbor Shops are among the most exclusive shopping centers in the world. Their clientele is uber-wealthy. Whatever brands they bring will be amazing and exclusive. This is exciting to see since Raleigh doesn't really have a luxury market. The untapped potential is off the charts.

RALNATIVE · November 2, 2023

3 hours ago, Rufus said:

Listen, this is a huge deal. Bal Harbor Shops are among the most exclusive shopping centers in the world. Their clientele is uber-wealthy. Whatever brands they bring will be amazing and exclusive. This is exciting to see since Raleigh doesn't really have a luxury market. The untapped potential is off the charts.

My takeaway is that this tour will be used as a test for the market. If proven successful in North Hills with a clear demand for high end luxury shopping demonstrated, I can foresee a "Shops at North Hills" popping up in the future. I'm also very bullish on this.

KJHburg · November 28, 2023

North HIlls is looking great. One North Hills the first high rise office on the original side is wrapping up as is the 12 story apartment tower. the RH store is just framed up. On the east side the new office tower by 440 is topped off and further down St Albans the new Midtown Exchange tower looks great. Unrelated is a large apartment community on St Albans that looks like the other 2 developments. Kane does great work. I bravely walked across Six Forks from one side of NH to the other. Also saw the Cardinal high rise finishing up the high rise tower.