Encroachments were granted for footings for an expansion of the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences called the Nature Research Center and for a skywalk over Salisbury Street that will connect the museum and nature center.
via City of Raleigh | Approval Given To Encroachment Agreement For Green Square Project.
Recent photo
Photo from a Blount Street Commons post on Februrary 11th, 2009.
Not much being done. There were signs that say two units were sold, however.
In these troubled economic times, Wake County commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to move ahead with the Wake County Justice Center, an 11-story building slated to go up on land bordering Martin, McDowell and Salisbury streets.
via Wake to proceed on Justice Center – Wake County – News & Observer.
I was planning to go out after work on Monday to get some pictures but the rain ruined my plans. Here is a short list of projects moving along around downtown.
If you see any other activity while you are walking around, please, report in.
The N.C. State Bar is poised to build a four-story, $14 million headquarters in downtown Raleigh.
The state agency, which regulates the legal profession, has secured a site at the corner of Blount and Edenton streets for a new 60,000-square-foot building that it expects to begin constructing next year. Target date for occupying the building is the first half of 2012, said Tom Lunsford, executive director.
via .biz – State Bar plans new headquarters | newsobserver.com blogs.
Rendering of the Nature Research Center being built at the corner of Salisbury and Jones as part of the Green Square project. Go to this website [Update: Broken link] for more renderings and a live webcam of the construction site.
Also, the Raleigh City Council just approved a site plan for a 12-story building for the the State Employees Credit Union that will sit on this same site. This is most likely the tower that you can see in the rendering.
The Collectors Gallery, one of downtown Raleigh’s oldest art galleries, will move from City Market to the more central location in time for the Raleigh Wide Open Festival on Oct. 23.
via Raleigh art gallery moving to City Plaza – Arts & Living – News & Observer.
City Manager Russell Allen will ask the City Council today to allocate $59,760 to design a 4,978-seat venue to host summer concerts under the Shimmer Wall. The venue, to be built on the site of the old Sir Walter Chevrolet dealership at McDowell and Lenoir streets, would cost about $1.5 million and could open as early as May of next year.
via Raleigh vote on concert venue set – Local & State – News & Observer.