16 townhome-style condos are being built at the corner of Boylan and North Streets. We saw the signs for this awhile ago but checking in on it recently, the new houses are well underway as you can see in the photo above. Noble Place, as it’s called now, is located in Glenwood South and will offer some very nice features, as their site clearly lists off.
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Seems like the only one building new office space in downtown is the state government. In this economy and with Raleigh having some of the highest work-from-home percentages in the country, make of that what you will. The block just north of the Nature Research Center, shown above, has been mostly cleared. The surface parking lot has been removed and all the trees are gone as construction of the North Carolina Education Campus is in its early stages.
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I took this photo almost two weeks ago and it’s probably already dated. That’s because the pace at which these two towers over at The Weld are increasing is pretty rapid. Well, rapid from the lay citizen’s point-of-view anyway.
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Demolition of the old Police Headquarters is now complete. Right now, foundation work has started on the East Civic Tower so expect some noise if you’re hanging out in Nash Square sometime soon. If you’re interested in following this project along more closely, you now have two resources available to you.
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Have you driven up South Saunders Street lately? The apartments along the eastern side are really coming together and this angle, shown above, looks to be the signature view of the development.
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Should we start calling the southern end of downtown “The Convention District” or maybe “The Entertainment District”? Those are probably the most boring names I could think of but it seems the Raleigh Convention Center is poised to grow it’s influence on downtown this decade. This month, the Raleigh City Council approved agreements with a developer to start work on a 550-room convention hotel nearby. This would support a future convention center expansion which is also working it’s way through the planning process.
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Kindley Street is about to get some new neighbors. The Mira Raleigh apartments are getting close to opening, with move-ins planned for May 2024, according to their website. Above is a photo of the building from outside the construction site on Kindley.
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The dual-branded Hilton hotel at the corner of McDowell and Davie Streets is now taking reservations in October of this year. That brings another 240 or so rooms to the downtown hotel market.
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