The next apartment building to open up in downtown Raleigh looks to be the Alexan Moto, located along both Harrington and West Streets. That’ll up the number of homes in Glenwood South, which is already the most dense area in the city, and perhaps one day start to transition the area as a highly residential-focused area rather than just “the nightlife spot.”
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I pass by this project so often and it’s followed so closely on the Community that I didn’t realize I hadn’t posted a photo of the progress here on the blog. The city’s new civic tower, at the corner of McDowell and Hargett, has a few floors assembled as we head into the summer building season. Be sure to check out some interior photos posted here on the Community, including a look at the future council chambers.
With the base of the tower mostly complete, I imagine the rest of the floors will be a “pour, rinse, and repeat” process all the way to the top. That’s likely what we’ll be watching throughout the year, as the construction timeline currently runs into 2026.
If you’re new to this project, it’s called the East Civic Tower or simply the future City Hall. It’s set to replace all operations currently housed in the Raleigh Municipal Building next door. Several existing downtown office leases will not be renewed, and city departments will consolidate into this one central location. I’m not aware of plans for the rest of the city-owned block but I’m sure one new office tower will be enough for now.
It’s still just a parking lot over at 320 West Cabarrus Street these days. If you didn’t know, this was the former location of our Amtrak Station before Raleigh Union Station opened up. The former train station here was demolished in 2018. Now, plans are moving forward for a small office building on the site which is still owned by the North Carolina Railroad.
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Did you catch the announcement about Garden West? The new renovation project taking place at the former Raleigh Crossfit, located at 15 North West Street, will be transformed into new restaurant space. This project looks particularly interesting as I see the former parking lot turned into a vast outdoor patio. The renderings really sell this thing.
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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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