That is awesome!

9/29/2012 1:58:59 PM

Sweet, a vault in the basement as well? It sounds like they want to try and show it off. It could be a nice accent for a restaurant or a bar.

9/29/2012 2:39:31 PM

^^^awesome

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9/29/2012 2:55:26 PM

Yessir I like

9/29/2012 3:35:43 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/09/28/2375823/classic-downtown-raleigh-building.html

I think its awesome too, too awesome for the last post on the page.

9/29/2012 4:37:52 PM

How lucky that it wasn't just torn down like so many other buildings during that period.

9/30/2012 10:25:27 AM

Great news for Raleigh. Hopefully James puts his money and resources to good use on downtown Raleigh for years/decades to come!!

9/30/2012 7:16:34 PM

^^^ sweet Shell porcelain sign in that last picture

9/30/2012 10:31:56 PM

that is awesome that it is being restored to how it was

also good to see goodnight raleigh get a shoutout in the article, I love that website.

10/1/2012 12:34:05 AM

Love to hear preservation success stories like that one. I'd love to see the finished product!

10/1/2012 11:13:09 AM

I live 5 blocks away and will try to post some more picture updates over the next 6 months.

10/1/2012 11:57:10 AM

Here's the gutted second floor before the scaffolding went up.

10/1/2012 3:50:52 PM

Quote :

"CowFish (from Charlotte) is now heading to North Hills in the CapTrust building. The original rumor had them opening up in the old Nelson's/Foster's location, but the current rumor for that space has Harris Teeter acquiring and using it as additional storage or grocery space."

I'm not happy to hear it's going to North Hills instead of CV but at least it's coming to Raleigh at all. Hopefully it will be just as delicious as the original Charlotte location.

10/2/2012 10:53:25 AM

speaking of ^, has anyone tried the new sushi place in cameron village?

10/2/2012 11:04:55 AM

The Garland should be opening sooner rather than later, though I think they'll be opening a late night food take-out window before opening the full restaurant

10/2/2012 11:07:25 AM

^meaning this fall? this month? before 2014?

^^It was closed last week when I drove by. Has to be better than Uncle Fattys!

10/2/2012 11:21:57 AM

Quote :

"Plus, a new restaurant concept called Sushi Gami, which will have a full bar and feature a blended menu of sushi and burgers, will be opening late this summer."

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2012/06/19/cameron-village-adding-two-new.html

Ahh, someone copying the Cowfish idea. Wonder if it's as good.

10/2/2012 11:29:28 AM

Yeah that place has been under development for a while. I'm hoping to check it out soon.

10/2/2012 11:42:21 AM

can't find a website/menu anywhere online for Sushi Gami

10/2/2012 11:47:34 AM

Yeah only thing I can find is job postings from last month. You'd think they would have a website up by now to at least let people know they're coming even if it didn't have a menu, etc on it.

10/2/2012 11:51:51 AM

http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/NCRALEIGH-55c997

Seems like a good move for the city. Should help the Moore Square homeless problem. (especially considering the re-model should still be on track for completion in a few years)

10/2/2012 4:02:31 PM

http://www.wral.com/downtown-raleigh-sheraton-sold/11625085/

10/4/2012 1:48:23 PM

Good, maybe now the lobby area will stop smelling like a combination of chlorine and bum pee.

10/4/2012 2:12:30 PM

^^^ Aren't they moving the Bus depot too? those two things together need to happen

Moore Sq isn't so sketchy that I don't want to walk through there, but I'm definitely not hanging out in Moore Square and am unable to enjoy the park space.

10/4/2012 3:29:57 PM

The Marriott that they built downtown right next to the Sheraton is freakin' gorgeous. Stayed in there for our wedding night, and the day prep, and the rooms are wonderful, lobby is spectacular, and the front desk staff was very nice (gave me a room upgrade, yay!)

10/5/2012 11:59:13 AM

^^ Part of the problem is that different churches set up there in the mornings to give out food. Which just encourages the homeless to camp out in Moore Square. We went to Benelux one morning for breakfast and when we first parked next to Moore Square there was one church out there, and when we got done with breakfast over an hour later there was a different church group out there giving out food.

Now I'm not saying that the churches shouldn't be free to run programs to feed the homeless, but I don't think it should be done directly in the park. There should be a shelter facility that these churches come together to run and give these people a roof over their heads and services to help them get out of homelessness. Giving them some chicken biscuits in the park in the mornings isn't really doing them any long-term favors and makes it so the rest of the public avoid the park.

10/5/2012 3:12:49 PM

They are allowed to do that? I'm calling the city, hopefully they don't have all of their permits.

10/5/2012 6:43:20 PM

yeah, charity is a nasty business. shut that shit down.

10/5/2012 11:02:24 PM

They can move it to the soup kitchens, don't need to do it in a park. They can move it to the soup kitchen I volunteer at, we need more people.

10/6/2012 9:29:46 AM

http://dtraleigh.com/2012/10/details-rise-up-seven-stories-for-the-west-apartments/

Looks like there is a proposal for a 7 story apartment complex next door to West.

10/10/2012 10:48:57 AM

^^ Exactly.

I'm glad to see more apartment projects on the docket. I think it was a mistake to focus mostly on condos initially.

10/10/2012 11:33:15 AM

^agreed. Apartments should bring the much needed density to downtown living, allowing younger people with less liquid assets to have a piece of the downtown experience for 1st and last months rent. This density will lead to more restaurants and bars in the short term, but eventually should result in retail/grocery/entertainment options that downtown is starved for.

10/10/2012 9:58:02 PM

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10/11/2012 12:43:16 AM

Also, only the ignorant call brutalist architecture "ugly". It's a boxy office building in Raleigh where people toil their worthless souls away, it's not supposed to have flowery decorations so you can pretend you're in grand Pari.

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10/11/2012 1:28:53 AM

Quote :

"I'm glad to see more apartment projects on the docket. I think it was a mistake to focus mostly on condos initially."

I partially agree. However I think the big mistake is overcharging like hell for the condos. The inflated prices blow my mind, given that this is Raleigh, not Chicago.

10/11/2012 10:10:31 AM

^^ what is that map, where is it from, and brutalist is ugly

^ there are hardly any vacancies downtown, which means they are not charging too much

10/11/2012 10:22:55 AM

^that statement doesn't express the truth of the matter.

The vacancies are low right now because they sold all/most of the open inventory in a series of low price auctions (some at 50% of the original list value or lower). These sales have driven down real estate prices on the downtown grid, causing most owners to not even be able to sell or refinance if they wanted to so the inventory is effectively frozen at this point.

10/11/2012 10:48:07 AM

we are talking about rentals. Even in buildings managed as rentals (hue for example) they have very low vacancies and high prices. If the prices were too high for the market, then they wouldn't have low vacancies. people want to live downtown, there is a small supply, so prices are very high.

10/11/2012 10:59:11 AM

Gentrification's not cheap.

10/11/2012 11:24:57 AM

You can't gentrify a place that didn't have anyone living in it to begin with

10/11/2012 11:26:19 AM

I remember when the first settlers landed downtown.

10/11/2012 11:31:29 AM

Quote :

"I partially agree. However I think the big mistake is overcharging like hell for the condos. The inflated prices blow my mind, given that this is Raleigh, not Chicago."

"condos" are not rentals. They are owned by individuals. The post you were responding to was discussing the high price of condos. Rental prices are right in line for the market, with the premium being paid for the benefits of living downtown.

Hue was initially build as condos, they went bankrupt, were bought at bank auction by the group that are now "renting" them. Rentals are clearly priced right and in high demand, I don't think anyone is arguing with you on that point. Hell, there are 1000 units coming online in the next 2-5 years.

10/11/2012 11:43:00 AM

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10/11/2012 12:15:13 PM

The Hue is 98% occupied. What are you talking about sir?

10/12/2012 12:17:58 AM

^^^while you're quoting me here, I assume you're replying to dtownral?

10/12/2012 11:39:47 AM

I agree with what he is saying, if my point wasn't clear before his is the point I was trying to make

10/12/2012 11:51:58 AM

I am agreeing with what I quoted

dtownral was discussing apartment pricing, while you were discussing "condo" or "sales" pricing.

I agree with everyone with regard to apartment pricing, its right on, or else the owners would lower them to a point where they could get 95%+ occupancy.

10/12/2012 3:05:17 PM

Plaza condos never had an auction and they are down to 3.

10/12/2012 7:29:53 PM

fuck the lounge. I keep thinking i'm gonna see hot sluts when I open this thread

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

10/12/2012 8:21:23 PM

It was finished in 2008. Thats a long time to sell units, and they still have 3 that have never been lived in. I know they reduced pricing, and offered extras (including multiple extra parking spots) to incentivize sales. Definitely not a horror story, but far from a downtown raleigh condo success story.

10/13/2012 10:49:17 AM