From the outside, the City of Raleigh’s new City Hall looks just about complete. However, the real work is taking place on the inside as walls are put up, doors installed, and stair railings are put into place. That’s all according to the city’s ongoing update page which you can see here. I recommend it if you are interested in this project.
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Last time we checked in on The Acorn hotel, it was just a cleared site. Today, we can see the stairway (elevator?) shafts being constructed. I’ve noticed that these usually are the first to go up followed by the wood construction afterwards. I’ll have to check back soon as these will go to seven floors before that even starts.
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The North Carolina Education Campus continues to click in place. The metal skeleton looks mostly finished and materials are being craned up inside as workers continue constructing the floors and infrastructure. The main building, the tall one, has a commanding presence on Lane Street. I’m curious to see how it will interface with the sidewalk and how many of those open bays are people space versus exits and entrances to the underground parking garage.
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Most likely by the time you read this, the buildings in this stretch of Hillsborough Street will be demolished. The Community is watching this take place and reporting in that the demolition work needed for downtown’s next residential project, named 501 Hillsborough at this time, is underway. These very nice, but almost always empty, storefronts should make way for new retail spaces plus hundreds of new residents above them. Let’s review.
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The first floor of Highline Glenwood, soon to be the Glenwood South district’s tallest building, is being poured right now. Crews have taken over North Street as equipment and materials come in and out of the construction site. I imagine the process will look repetitive as the concrete-pouring, metal arm thing fills in each floor and up we go to floor 37.
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Have you been curious as to the progress of the new Red Hat Amphitheater? I know I was when we recently had Spring-like temperatures which means downtown walks become more frequent. I snapped this photo above which doesn’t show much yet. Lots of dirt is still being moved but it does give us a sense of the scale of the project.
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2026 should definitely see the opening of Oldham & Worth, the apartment building showing off some brick over on West Cabarrus Street. That’ll be another 250 homes on the edge of downtown which will continue to help increase the downtown resident population. This location is pretty stellar as you are a few blocks from all kinds of interesting things.
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The southern end of Fayetteville Street is now off limits! Construction fencing is up around the parking lots in front of the performing arts center and currently, trees are being removed. This is all in preparation for the ground breaking of the new Omni Hotel and the future 600 block of Fayetteville Street.
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