New Construction
New Talks of Salisbury Street Hotel, Wants Inn On The Convention Center Action
Hotel space seems to be a lacking resource for downtown Raleigh but reading through the city’s Budget and Economic Development (BED) Committee agenda yesterday shows more rooms may be on the horizon. Longtime readers will remember The Lafayette project proposed for what is called “Site 4″, the parcel of land along Salisbury Street that butts [...]
New NC State Bar HQ Construction Begins, Deals Final Blow To Former Baptist University
Dirt is being moved at the corner of Blount and Edenton Streets for the new headquarters of the North Carolina State Bar. The four story, 60,000 square foot building will have a classical exterior with a rotunda entrance to its lobby on the corner of the intersection. The new workplace for the Bar’s seventy-five employees [...]
The Gramercy Apartments Eyes Glenwood South, We Dive Into The Plans
The apartment trend continues with Glenwood South landing another pack of density. The Gramercy is a seven story, 209 unit apartment building planned along North Street between Glenwood Avenue and Boylan Avenue. The building will be on the north side of North Street and partially along Anson Place. The site plan is available here. If [...]
The Edison Scales Down, Shows New Renderings
And we’re back with more Downtown Raleigh. Actually I was working on a longer piece but this bit of news is too interesting to sit on. This comes from the great reporting at the Raleigh Public Record. Edison Plans Scaled Down, But Inching Forward via Raleigh Public Record At Tuesday October 18th’s Budget and Economic [...]
Capital Boulevard Corridor Study Open House On September 29, 2011
From my e-mail directly to you, take note of this upcoming meeting on the Capital Boulevard Corridor Study. Where: Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in the Meymandi Concert Hall and Lobby When: September 29, 2011, 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Related link: Capital Blvd Corridor Study via RaleighNC.gov Raleigh residents are encouraged to [...]
Glenwood South Hampton Inn Ready For Construction, Pics
Here at the corner of Glenwood Avenue and Johnson Street demolition occurred to make way for a future Hampton Inn hotel in downtown Raleigh. We saw pictures of that about two weeks ago and now the slate is clean for the hotel to be built. Take in the openness as this intersection will start to [...]
Connoisseurs Report In, Demolition In Glenwood South
Reader Mark sent in these pictures of the demolition work taking place on Johnson Street. This destruction will make way for a new Hampton Inn hotel for Glenwood South, properly dissected in this post here. While not a visually stunning building, the hotel elevates the district’s status as now visitors can stay right on the [...]
Parking Cleared For Outdoor Seating on Glenwood South, Cars Wimper While Driving By
This is a small project that was first mentioned back in 2008. What a nice surprise to find this lot torn up as I walked up Glenwood yesterday. I asked one of the construction workers what they were working on and he confirmed that they were putting in a patio seating area for the restaurants [...]
