Bank of America Plaza is currently renovating their lobby and the facade facing City Plaza.
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This weekend I took a walk around the Blount Street Commons area. The Elan Apartments look almost done here along Wilmington Street. As we’ve discussed, nothing fancy at all but it’s a lot of urban infill compared to the parking lot that was here before.
The state government district could use some new residential for sure.
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The Gramercy coming out of the ground at the corner of Glenwood and North Street.
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Great to see construction starting on the makeover of Exchange and Market Plazas. The construction should wrap up this Fall.
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The Raleigh [ ] Space parklet on Salisbury Street is looking real good this Spring.
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Here’s a recent photo of an empty newsstand on Fayetteville Street. Installed in 2006 when the street makeover was finished, I haven’t seen them very active in the last few years. Or are they so active that everything gets snatched up so quickly that I miss it?
Are these needed anymore? Should they be removed or maybe re-purposed?
- Device charging stations
- Retrofit into small stages for impromptu performances
- #putamuralhere
- Convert them to storage lockers for public use
- Big bike parking stations
What else?
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Future site of Raleigh Union Station
Another sunset over the future Raleigh Union Station. The planned March 21 groundbreaking was delayed and it looks like it’ll be this summer before we see any activity here on this site.
It will likely be July before any demolition or construction work begins at the Union Station site in downtown Raleigh’s warehouse district, confirms Scott Cutler, vice president at the Raleigh-based Clancy & Theys construction firm. Clancy & Theys is part of a joint venture partnership with Skanska USA in association with Holt Brothers Construction of Raleigh that will be serving as the construction manager-at-risk for the Union Station project.
*Raleigh delays March ceremony for Union Station project, construction to start in July
If you didn’t catch it, March 21 of this year was the 175th anniversary of the first train line to be completed in Raleigh. It was highlighted in an interesting article on This Day in North Carolina History.
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I spotted this poster right in front of the Raleigh Space Parklet located on Salisbury Street. It gives you a good idea where Raleigh’s first parklet is heading. Since we last saw it in November, the space is hugely different and looks to be almost finished with phase 1.