We are so, so close to the opening of one of downtown’s newest hotels. In a way, it’ll be two hotels as we’re getting two brands under one roof in the Homewood Suites and Tempo both by Hilton. The lobby looks real good and you can already make a reservation.
Continue reading →Raleigh is Poised for a Leap in Cycling Activity Thanks to Electric Bicycles
This is my current thinking after my family purchased a pair of e-bikes in Spring 2024. After putting almost 400 miles on them between my wife and me, I’m convinced we’re closer to more bicycle adoption in Raleigh. If the infrastructure continues to improve, the numbers will keep climbing.
Continue reading →Above is the Raleigh City Council meeting (watch on YouTube) that included a presentation, public comments, and a vote on the plan to rebuild the Red Hat Amphitheater just south of its current location, resulting in the closure of South Street between Dawson and McDowell Streets. It’s worth watching, as you can really see the council’s thoughtful deliberation on this issue. I encourage readers to give it a view.
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The upcoming apartments at The Weld are really showing their presence on the southern side of downtown Raleigh, shown in the photo above. We may be witnessing the creation of an entirely new district with this project and nearby activity.
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The apartments over at The Alexan are starting to get some clothes on. The brick exterior is starting to be put in place at, what will be, Glenwood South’s newest apartment building. The approximately 180 homes here will keep adding to what is likely the densest residential area in the city.
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The old North Carolina Administration building is currently being demolished over on Jones Street. It’s certainly not an implosion kind of thing but a slow “chipping away at it” process as it’s easily been over a week, maybe two, and they are only about halfway through. It’ll certainly open things up a bit on Jones once finished.
Continue reading →Recently, the Downtown Raleigh Alliance (DRA) released the final draft of the Downtown Raleigh Economic Development Strategy, the ongoing study that hopes to revitalize urban Raleigh post-pandemic. We talked about part 1 earlier this year, with a heavy focus on Fayetteville Street, and now we have the complete report which lays out new ideas and a bold vision for downtown. Here are the many ways to dive right into it:
Rezoning case Z-92-22, or better The New Bern Avenue Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) case, is now in the books. Or “on the map” as I prefer to see these things. The final votes took place in July and I wanted to kind of wrap up these changes as the city council has been working it since January of this year. Above is a screen grab from iMaps where you can see the applied TOD zoning in East Raleigh.
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