Via the Skyhouse construction cam, this is zoomed in on the Lincoln development:

http://i.imgur.com/10f1nKm.jpg

Rendering:
http://www.jdavisarchitects.com/wp/w...he-Lincoln.jpg

Also, here's a rendering of future plans to add a harbor and mountains to Raleigh ;)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvSRwoSCYAA6PSS.jpg

Most of the news has been on Raleigh or Durham, but here's an update on downtown Chapel Hills.

Northwood Ravin joins Cousins Properties for $100M project in Chapel Hill

123 W. Franklin development is expected to begin demolition and site prep later this year and vertical development to start early 2015. More info.

http://i.imgur.com/ywCWMLE.jpg

http://www.chapelhillmagazine.com/do...23Franklin.jpg

http://static.squarespace.com/static...0Rendering.jpg

Here is the recently completed 140 West Franklin:
http://photos.tacquire.com/eProp/web/3882838.jpg

http://www.140westfranklin.com/image...ewbuilding.jpg

New rendering by JDavis architects of the Edison office tower that will go next to the under-construction Skyhouse. Construction could begin fairly soon. height is 275 ft. (83.8 m) not counting the mechanical floor on top.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwEVlhIIUAAy23p.jpg
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It will go just to the left of the under-construction Skyhouse in this photo, and will be slightly taller I believe:
http://i.imgur.com/CKluKKT.jpg

Also, Wake County (Raleigh, Cary, Apex) recently hit 1 million residents! Orange County (Chapel Hill, Carrboro) at 137,000 and Durham County (Durham city) at 283,000 are the primary counties that make up the Triangle area.

Does this include the buildings in the background... :)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwEVlhIIUAAy23p.jpg

Hahahahaha no.

But there was a new rendering released today by Hobgood Architects for Hobby Properties which owns the site. This residential building is across the street from the Edison office tower site.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwOPjhQIgAAPTRU.jpg:large

Neat design. That's a very small site for a tower though - https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&l...ent=apiv3&z=21

Yes, that is a small footprint. A lot is going on around that block:

http://i.imgur.com/Oi3fbqJ.jpg

Oh sure. Raleigh now will be a mini-Manhattan. :doh: :)

Hey everyone,
Here's some updates of various projects happening around the city.

Future North Hills Tower 2 Site - Still a parking lot.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5591/...c01f80c0_b.jpg

Future North Hills Apartment Site.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5573/...1ecbf58f_b.jpg

Hilton Garden Inn Crabtree has topped out.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3913/...0da5f881_b.jpg

Rex Hospital Parking Deck
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3876/...f6756bf0_b.jpg

I'm guessing this is where the new Rex Tower will go??
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5571/...fd4ff0b0_b.jpg

Aloft Hotel NCSU Belltower
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3839/...f539322d_b.jpg

The Link Apartments - Still a big hole in the ground.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5553/...568ca103_b.jpg

The Ale House Glenwood South - Tower crane has been taken down.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3874/...e3ef23ef_b.jpg

The Devon
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3872/...9b82bb8a_b.jpg

Citrix
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3883/...22d0f102_b.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5595/...d235451f_b.jpg

The L Building
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3892/...f0b02a00_b.jpg

Elan Apartments
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/...bf808461_b.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5581/...89824320_b.jpg

New Apartments going up on Wake Forest Rd, just inside the Beltline. Looks like they'll be 4 stories.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3880/...836e3c4b_b.jpg

The recently completed AIANC Center for Architecture and Design. The "greenest building in the city." “It consumes half the energy of an ordinary office building, it has windows on every side so we can work in natural daylight and with natural ventilation during nice weather, its roof collects rainwater for watering the gardens, and, best of all, it’s beautiful.” Source

http://blueplatepr.com/wp-content/up...evation_sm.jpg

New Critical Public Safety Facility is under construction along the beltway, at Raleigh Blvd and Westinghouse. The Lighner Center would have housed everything in a 17 floor building downtown, but those plans were scrapped when the economy tanked. Now we get this squat little building out on the beltway. Meh.

http://i.imgur.com/l13D0jG.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/ciHvwkS.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/CcBBREZ.jpg?1
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This was the original proposal for downtown:
http://www.newraleigh.com/images/mad...30_80_s_c1.jpg

The Ten is beginning construction on South Person Street:

http://i.imgur.com/iBbT72v.jpg
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Here's the rendering:

http://www.hilarystokes.com/uploads/...19126_orig.jpg
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The L construction in Raleigh:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3915/...734d22cd_b.jpg

Charter Square South:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3860/...ba5c60a5_c.jpg

The Edison and Skyhouse construction:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3865/...1c3a9d74_b.jpg

This is what's going in this hole:

http://www.jdavisarchitects.com/wp/w.../12/Edison.jpg

North Hills Tower II began construction yesterday. 18 floors. Expected completion date is April 2016. News article on the groundbreaking.

I've previously posted renderings, but here's a different rendering:

http://www.synergycommercialadvisors...201%2010-9.jpg
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Now that North Hills Tower II is under construction, they released the rendering of Tower III. It's 28 floors, and they say all they need is a tenant and the permits and they are shovel ready.

http://i.imgur.com/lba913c.jpg
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Damn, initiald!

I remember when North Hills was basically nothing but a smallish mall. Now it seems to be blowing up to be Raleigh's version of Perimeter Center here (which I always thought would be around Crabtree Valley).

Amazing changes in the Triangle over the last several years.

Downtown could really use that 28 floor building.

It's unfortunate Raleigh's local developer with the deepest pockets and most overhead is unwilling to build downtown, and goes to great lengths to pull businesses and residents away from it. This is the one thing Charlotte will always have over us. Their private sector has always embraced downtown. Raleigh's government supports downtown, and Raleigh's voters want to improve downtown and build it up, but there's a disjoint between their views and the views of major developers in the Triangle still. That's a problem we need to do something more radical about.

It's the same thing we see in places like Atlanta with Perimeter except in this case it is in city limits. I am mostly opposed to it simply because the transportation infrastructure can't really handle it.

I would be fine with it if downtown were currently getting more and taller proposals, but it isn't. The traffic argument really doesn't sway me much. The transit around North Hills can be improved. Changes to the intersections, better connections to the surrounding neighborhoods, reworking the transit hubs to account for the greater population there, etc. People will use the same argument against development inside the beltline...

It's great for North Hills and it's good for Raleigh ultimately, beats an office park on 540. But it'd be even greater downtown....

Yeah, what I mean is I'd prefer it to be downtown but it is a lot better than how they used to throw stuff willy nilly in the RTP. I do like that the area is fairly mixed use with residential over shopping, a hotel, etc. unfortunately it isn't along the proposed light rail line.