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Week of July 31, 2017
Renderings for the 20-story tower on Hillsborough Street
No tacos for the horse barn in City Market
A Place at the Table may have found a permanent home
City seeks input for Six Forks corridor
Inside look at 10th & Terrace rooftop bar
41Hundred opens at North Hills
Raleigh gets a new Cathedral
Southern Charred headed to Glenwood South
New renderings for 20-story tower on Hillsborough
In January, we first reported on the plans to bring a new 20-story, 540,867 square foot tower to the 400 block of Hillsborough Street. The plan for the new development, which is still going by the name 400H, is for it to be a “smaller, newer” version of PNC Plaza. Architectural firm Gensler released a set of new renderings last week.
In addition to 129,000 square feet of office space and 16,500 square feet of retail space, the 244′ high building will include 220 residential units: 120 one-bedrooms, 90 two-bedrooms, and 10 three-bedrooms. 674 parking spaces will be provided for the residents and building tenants.
No Mas Horse Barn Tacos
Sadly, Justin Miller, friend of the ITB media empire, is no longer seeking to open a taco restaurant in City Market. The space that Miller (no relation to the best attorney in Raleigh, Stacy Miller) had shown an interest in last year once served as a horse barn for the Raleigh Police Department. Miller, who co-created the popular WedPics app and El Taco Cartel (a taco cart) cited the costs of renovating a 102-year-old building and a lack of clarity and special capabilities from the city as the main factors in his decision.
In a prime location adjacent to the soon-to-be renovated Moore Square, we imagine it won’t be long until the space is transformed into something a little more glorious than its previous use. Council is expected to discuss the building’s future at its August 15 meeting. Many are speculating that WNFIV will debut plans for a LaCroix drive-thru, but that’s just a rumor at this point.
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A Place at the Table May Have a New Home
A Place at the Table, the nonprofit that’s been hosting pop-up events around the city since last April may have found a place to call home – 300 West Hargett Street. The space was occupied by Cafe de los Muertos before it closed in February. The pop-up events have offered diners the option to pay what they want at various restaurants around town, and the concept has been both successful and well-received.
Per Ashton Smith’s excellent weekly newsletter Raleigh, over-easy, we heard the old Muertos space might soon become the permanent home for APATT. As a fan both of the former cafe and the mission behind APATT, this is one rumor I’m really hoping turns out to be true.
Maggie Kane, executive director for A Place at the Table, would only tell us that an official announcement would be coming out within a week. To learn more about the nonprofit, you can visit their website, or check out their next pop-up event, scheduled for August 12 at 10 am at NOFO.
City Sets its Sights on Six Forks
The City of Raleigh is seeking feedback for its ongoing Six Forks Corridor Study, which runs from North Raleigh down through North Hills and ends at the Creekside Crossing Shopping Center.
According to the City, Six Forks was selected for a corridor study in part because it’s a highly congested corridor with increasing development pressure, growing pedestrian demand, and poor bicycle accessibility.
Part of the City’s roughly $45 million plan includes turning the corridor into an “irresistible gathering place; the Main Street of North Raleigh,” which will require a lot of upgrades and improvements.
These upgrades include widening the sidewalks to a minimum of six feet, reducing the speed limit to 35 mph, and adding over 4 miles of grade separated bike lanes, over 700 canopy and flowering trees, 10 new bus shelters, 52 high visibility crosswalks, public art and much more.
If you have any feedback on the City’s current plans, which you can view here, you can comment:
Online at www.raleighnc.gov, keyword “Six Forks Corridor Study”
Email carter.pettibone@raleighnc.gov
Call Carter Pettibone at 919-996-4643
Send a letter to the following address:
Carter Pettibone
Department of City Planning
City of Raleigh
P.O. Box 590
Raleigh, NC 27602
The city is seeking comments on the draft study document through August 21.
10th & Terrace To Open In September
10th & Terrace, the rooftop bar at the newly opened Residence Inn in Downtown Raleigh should be open to the public in September. Described as the “tallest and only full service rooftop bar in Downtown Raleigh” it is currently open to hotel guests. We got a sneak peek last week because we’re important.
Small Plates at North Hills
The 41Hundred Lounge opened in North Hills last week, offering visitors a swath of bite-size menu items and expertly-prepared cocktails. We’ve always thought Raleigh could use more small/shared-plate joints, and 41Hundred, which bills itself “a haven of casual, shareable plates in an uncomplicated setting,” looks to be a very welcome addition indeed.
Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral Opens
It is finished. After less than 18 months of construction, Raleigh’s brand-new Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral is now open to the public.
A dedication ceremony held last week also served as a sort-of passing of the torch: for nearly a century, the Sacred Heart church on Hillsborough Street served as the Diocese of Raleigh’s Cathedral, or Mother Church. That mantle now belongs to the Holy Name of Jesus location, which can hold 2,000 worshippers, compared to the 320 that used to squeeze into Sacred Heart.
Holy Name is absolutely beautiful on the inside, and the iconic dome is nothing short of magnificent. The 43,000 square-foot, $46 million house of worship was designed by O’Brien & Keane architects out of Virginia, a firm that specializes in religious projects. Clancy & Theys, a local firm, served as the general contractor.
The Cathedral has an interesting video series on their website worth checking out.
Southern Charred Coming to Glenwood South
The barbecue restaurant coming to 510 Glenwood South now has a name. After reporting in May that Matt Kenner, owner of Milk Bar, was planning to open a barbecue joint, we only had one question: would he name it Barbecue Restaurant?
Permits issued last week indicate the new spot will be called Southern Charred, which sounds very similar to the hit Bravo reality show “Southern Charm”. No word on if the cast of the Charleston-based show will be in town for the opening. Southern Charred will offer a blend of North Carolina-styled ‘cue, mixed with Memphis, Kansas City, and Texas influences.
Turning Over a New Leith
A set of site plans filed last week would add to the growing mass of asphalt and glistening steel that dominates such a large swath of North Raleigh, as Leith plans to build a brand-new Jaguar/Land Rover dealership on Capital Boulevard.
Of course, if you’re reading this column, we imagine you’d much rather do your car shopping from within the safe confines of ITB, and in that case, Finley told us there’s no place finer than Thompson Buick GMC Cadillac.
I have always thought the old horse barn would make a great drive through coffee shop!!
Milk Bar doesn’t serve milk. Owner opens BBQ restaurant that doesn’t serve BBQ.
Very interested in seeing the new cathedral. Bet it’ll knock our socks off…and I’m not even catholic.
Also interested in changes at North Hills. Would love for Kane to put walking bridges across Six Forks for people shopping, dining, parking, etc. I think people would feel much safer crossing such a busy street
I think we need to remember we are called the City of Oaks and we need to add a greater number of trees back into these development plans. We can’t just let developers run out city
Now that the Catholics have 6 Flags over Jesus what’s going to happen to Sacred Heart?