South Street, between McDowell and Dawson, is now closed. I think this is a pretty big deal as it marks the start of a second wave of the “Convention Center District”. That’s not a thing I’m embracing but something that I think we’re becoming more and more; a convention center downtown. That’s probably a topic for another day.
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There’s a lot to watch over on the state government campus these days. We’ve posted before about the ongoing Education Campus that’s taking place across from the Nature Research Center but now we’ll be watching a long-time office building come down. The Bath Building, on the corner of Wilmington and Lane Streets, is being slowly chipped away. It’s probably cheaper to demolish and remove all that liability rather than renovate at this point but I’m not an accountant.
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The state government seems to be done digging it’s large hole along Jones Street and now has a crane set up to start putting things in it. We’ll actually see a second crane here as the base for it is already in place.
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This week, we have a not so great photo of the new sign on the Union Station Transit Facility. I thought this would be significant as we are months away from the station opening. The area looks very unfinished and future development is still to come to the area.
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Opening this month is downtown’s newest apartment tower, Maeve Raleigh. It’s been fun watching this one go up and I prefer these towers where the parking deck is detached. Optimistically, (hopelessly?) I feel like the deck can be repurposed one day or even built on top of but that’ll probably be decades if that ever happens. Either way, we should be welcoming new residents and you want to be friendly to these residents in hopes they invite you over. Maeve has some high-end amenities, according to their website.
Continue reading →During the February 6, 2025 Design Review Commission meeting, there was a presentation (YouTube link here) related to the plans for the upcoming Red Hat Amphitheater, which should start construction this year. The video really speaks for itself and it’s a highly recommended watch. While the images aren’t final by any means, they do a great job of giving you a sense of what’s being built along Lenoir Street, more specifically to the south of the current amphitheater site as it sits today.
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I’m sure someone is working on a name to kind of “districtify” the area of South Saunders street and Lake Wheeler Road where Rockway Raleigh and The Weld are currently being built but for now, I’ll just refer to everything around here as Saunders Street. Until that’s more socially adopted, we should see the opening of new digs and new eats here in 2025.
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The new Hilton hotel building, with both a Tempo and Homewood Suites branded hotel, certainly looks open, no? As a local, I don’t consider it open until the rooftop restaurant, Urban Oak, is open for business and as of this writing, their website says that’ll be in early February.
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