Council considers turning site into parking area :: WRAL.com

The site, at 301 Hillsborough St., would be leased to Campbell University’s law school for student and faculty parking, Mayor Charles Meeker said.
via Council considers turning site into parking area :: WRAL.com.


A Clean Slate on Hillsborough Street

The hole that was created by the demolition of 301 Hillsborough has now been filled. I’ll use this as a sign to move on from the former tag of ‘The Hillsborough’, the project that was planned here, and start with a new tag of ‘301 Hillsborough‘. The RalCon link map has been updated and we [...]


‘The Hills’ Runs Out of Money

It looks like this is the end of the line for the project called The Hillsborough. I think no one should be surprised by this as it has been reported in the past that the developers were facing an uphill battle securing financing. Now that it is official, we can move on. There’s no doubt [...]


Pic of the Week

This picture is over a year old. There was no need to take another one cause this site, for The Hillsborough, has been the same for this entire time. According to the city:
“The developer also must meet certain other deadlines in the revised agreement or the City could exercise its option to repurchase the property [...]


The State of Hillsborough St.

Hillsborough St. gets my vote as being one of the most important streets for downtown. From the Capitol building out to Glenwood, the first six blocks will be a major route that connects Glenwood South and Fayetteville St. The zig zag route should become the spine of activity for downtown. It is pretty clear that [...]


Credit Slowing The Raleigh Skyline

The Hillsborough site remains the same since January
I wanted to highlight this interesting article in the Triangle Business Journal that gives you an idea of the problems that the lagging developments in Raleigh are facing. Some are related to downtown.
“It’s just a lousy environment,” says Reynolds, who along with his father, Ted, is trying to [...]


‘The Hillsborough’ Construction Site

In case you have not seen it yet, here is the flattened construction site at 301 Hillsborough. The Hillsborough’s final rendering has not been released it seems. Until then, Dawson residents can enjoy their new view.

The Hillsborough site with Bloomsbury Estates in the background


CON-struction and D-struction

The early winter sunsets are really cutting into my weekday opportunities to go out and take pictures of things downtown. I really think pictures help to add more to the story but we’ve all got a life and a job to do. Anyway, today I have more quick news regarding construction downtown that may be [...]