The apartments at Capital Square are getting dressed up with a pretty nice looking exterior facade. It’s not a typical pattern like you see in some of the recent developments in downtown Raleigh. The new tower has definitely topped out and the crews are working on the parking deck that will sit between the tower and next-door storage facility.
Continue reading →Embedded above is a pretty nice looking aerial video circling the site of The Weld which sits between South Saunders Street and Lake Wheeler Road. Currently under construction, and hard to photograph from the streets, are a pair of 20-story buildings facing Hammell Drive.
Continue reading →Moore Square is a such a vital part of the downtown Raleigh fabric. I love the space here as it truly feels like a space for all and you can see people from all different walks of life. The square organically caters to residents who want some open space, visitors who want to linger around the city, and events, planned or unplanned, in the various sections around this park-like square.
Continue reading →It’s all going according to plan.
Straight out of the 2015 Downtown Plan, the southern end of Fayetteville Street, currently being used as surface parking and owned by the city, was to be kept for a major “catalytic” project. In 2015, it was envisioned that a major hotel to serve the convention center and a large corporate relocation would set up on the two sites. Fayetteville Street would then be extended down the middle.
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Above is an artist’s rendering of a new project, already under construction, at the corner of Bloodworth and Cabarrus Streets. The Raleigh Architecture Company has designed ten homes here and the sales website claims that they are net-zero energy homes.
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Block A at Seaboard Station has really taken shape and I think once that final floor there is completed, the crane will come down. That’ll probably be before the end of the year if I had to bet. Pictured above is the latest project which includes a hotel (on the left) and apartments. (on the right)
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Capital Square, an apartment building with almost 300 homes, is really starting to rise over Dawson Street. This 20-story building broke ground about a year ago and had extensive work done to the foundation. However, it’s been fun to watch it go up, floor by floor, throughout 2023.
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Remember The Alexan? The site between West and Harrington Street (or where you used to park when driving to 42nd Street Oyster Bar) is now being cleared. Perhaps this means that the 180 or so apartment building that we saw plans for earlier last year is going to get started.
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