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The Marriott hotel is coming up quite fast. Here is a recent construction update. Make sure to check out more information about the hotel here.
The images are a little old but these 4 aerial shots of the entire area give you an idea of the setup with the convention center, Marriott hotel, the future extended Fayetteville St, and Site 1.
Over the past week, there has been some considerable work going on across the street from the Progress II building, the block we refer to as Progress III. Progress Energy owns the majority of the block and has major plans for this area. Possible plans may include a pair of 30 story towers but no renderings or announcements have been made.
Currently the block is being razed except for the storefronts facing Wilmington St. Most of them are closed and I expect them to be either destroyed or heavily renovated to be incorporated into whatever is built on the land behind the shops.
Witness the destruction for yourself. The map I have used earlier to show the construction on this block has been updated as well.
red – razed area, yellow – construction fences
That building used to have a middle section
Soon will bite the dust
Both those buildings used to connect
I’m working on a couple longer posts that highlight some of the projects that are going on around the convention center area. This mainly includes the plans on sites 1-6. Keep checking the site for those entries. They will probably pop up next week after I take some pictures this weekend.
Until then I want to highlight the link below. It is for a webpage on the Raleigh Livable Streets website that has all the public and private projects listed with information on each one. Just glancing at this list will give you an idea of what is going on in the area. Check it out when you have some time to kill.
Livable Streets Public and Private Projects
Nice article in the N&O about some hotels, the Winston’s want to bring to Raleigh.
RALEIGH – Winston Hotels wants to bring another tall tower to downtown – one that could rise 25 stories and feature two hotels and hundreds of condominiums on an entire city block.
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Winston’s plan to include two hotels from two chains in one building is part of a strategy to take on two emerging, diverging sectors of downtown’s hospitality landscape: boutique and business class. It attempts to do so in two merging sections of downtown: Fayetteville Street and the Glenwood South entertainment district. It’s on the one-acre block bounded by Hillsborough, Edenton, West and Harrington streets, where weathered, one- and two-story buildings now sit.
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The project will also include a 120-room Hampton Inn, which is expected to attract visitors who like uniformity in services and amenities – stuff big chains are known for.
“But it will have a little more panache than a typical highway Hampton,” said Winston Hotels CEO Bob Winston.
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Plans for 200 to 250 condominiums are still fluid. Construction is expected to begin in early 2008 and wrap up two years later. By then, the housing market could change radically.
“We think now it makes sense to do the condos,” Winston said. “But we’re flexible about that.”
With the condos, the tower would rise 22 to 25 stories high. Without the condos, the project would stand half as tall.
Location
This project has been a little under the radar and I keep forgetting about it. It seems that the 630 North website has posted a rough schedule of events. It says that the groundbreaking will occur in June of this year, with the building being completed in the fall of 2008.
This ten-story, mixed-use building will have a parking deck for its offices and condos on the upper floors. There is no on street retail, which I think is disappointing. However, most of the foot traffic in the area will be on Glenwood, which will work out in the near future. If the area continues to grow and develop, then I think it is possible to turn the ground floor space into some kind of shop for the local residents.
Overall, I like this project and it adds some good infill to downtown and the Glenwood South area. Also, no one should feel bad about the church that’s getting demolished in order to build this building. I think they came out pretty well in the end.
Where’s at?
The Raleigh Chronicle is reporting that there are warning signs placed at the future site of the 712 Tucker project about demolition taking place.
An entire city block just off of Glenwood Avenue where the Raleigh Office Supply used to be located will be demolished soon.
The large brick structure will be torn down along with another smaller office building on the other end to make way for new luxury condominiums to be built this summer called 712 Tucker Street Luxury Condos.
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A large green fence held in place by sandbags has already been erected at the site and signs warning of the impending demolition have already been posted. According to people at the site, the fence has been in place for about two weeks and workers have been busy removing materials from the warehouse already.
If the Raleigh Office Supply warehouse has any sentimental value to you, then you better get down there and say goodbye before it vanishes. Check the bird-vision for its location.
Bird-vision!
Here’s a quick construction picture of the Bloomsbury Estates project. The area should eventually have two buildings on the lot but only one is currently under construction. They may be planning to focus all the work on the first building to allow residents to move in at an earlier time.
We’ve discussed some plans recently for a complete development of the block mostly owned by Progress Energy. This is the block bounded by Blount, Martin, Davie, and Wilmington st, shown here. They are planning to possibly do some big things to this block but no plans have been released.
It is odd however that fencing on this block has been put up and lots of the surface parking has been destroyed. Refer to my little sketch up of the block below to get an idea of what is going on at the moment.
Yellow – Fences, Red – Demolished lots
The fencing encompasses most of the block and even some of the store fronts, which are currently empty. It is interesting to see some kind of activity on this block, especially to this extent, without anyone knowing about what is going on; there is no news or media information about it.
The area is used for the RBC Plaza construction staging area, which is being built across Wilmington St. There is also a parking deck that will be constructed on the northern portion of the block, shown in this map. It may be reasonable to assume all this activity is for this deck and that the mid block structures are going to be demolished in the coming weeks. No concrete information can be found on what is going on exactly. As usual, I will post when more information comes about.
