RBC Center Gets New Scoreboard
Say goodbye to the RBC Center’s
old scoreboard
. Installation has begun on its replacement, which is rumored to be much like the
impressive display/scoreboard
in Newark’s Prudential Center. The new display will be “state-of-the-art” (whatever
that
means) and feature much-needed High Definition video on four sides.
Follow the scoreboard assembly progress by checking in on the RBC Center’s Roofcam .
UPDATE: This will be a Daktronics double-HD display with two ribbon boards. CanesVision has put together a fantastic blog documenting the process of dismantling both the scoreboard and the old SD control room. ( Thanks Jonathan! )
Cashmere Coming to Glenwood
A new upscale martini bar named
Cashmere
will soon take the space in The Creamery formerly occupied by April & George. The establishment is being done by the same people behind the ESS Lounge, and will feature a tapas menu.
Taste of Downtown Raleigh Coming Tuesday
Tuesday (May 19) is the date for Preservation North Carolina’s
4th Annual Taste of Downtown Raleigh
. This annual fundraiser is a great way to try out that downtown restaurant you’ve been meaning to visit! Here are the details:
Tuesday, May 19 — 5:30-7:30
Reception and tours of the following newly renovated downtown properties:
- Historic Carolina Trust Building (2nd, 3rd, and 5th floors open – there are some terrific interior features of this building)
- Historic Mahler Building (next door to Carolina Trust; reception will be held in the 1st floor art gallery and the upper story condos will be open for touring)
- Foundation Bar (across the street from the Briggs Hardware Building; newly renovated basement level bar with great interior features)
- Briggs Hardware Building (Tour PNC headquarters’ building, see available office space for lease, and take in a short picture show of before-and-after images of our work)
Afterwards, enjoy dinner downtown at one of the sponsoring restaurants offering a buy one entree, get one free opportunity! Restaurants include Sitti, The Mint, Second Empire, The Pit, The Big Easy, The Oxford, Side Street, Sono, Duck & Dumpling, 18 Seaboard, and Raleigh Times.
Tickets are $25 for PNC members, and $35 for non-members (which includes a one-year PNC membership).
Noir Bar & Lounge Coming to Glenwood
The little building to the left of the Armadillo Grill parking lot will be transformed to Noir Bar & Lounge.
Boylan Bridge Brewpub Now Open
The
Boylan Bridge Brewpub
is finally open. If it weren’t for the Fairweather house on St. Mary’s, this would be the longest renovation in the city’s history. Gawd!
Natty Greene’s Coming to Powerhouse Square
The site at 505 W. Jones St., formerly occupied by Southend Brewery and later Prime Only, will soon be home to Greensboro-based
Natty Greene’s Brewing Company
. The brewpub specializes in its own beer, and has a
menu
similar to that at Village Draft House (and its siblings). Full of perfect price point items, the menu is heavy on appetizers and sandwiches. The Greensboro location features a loft area that can be rented. Most likely the back right section of the Raleigh location will fit the bill well.
This sounds like a repeat of the Southend Brewery theme for the space. While Southend’s beer was about the only microbrew I’ve actually liked, their menu was far too ambitious. With much more affordable price points, that Natty Greene’s might just hit the spot for that site.
111 Seaboard Undergoing Facelift
111 Seaboard was planned as another low-rise condo project in downtown Raleigh. However with the real estate market taking its turn, owners have decided to renovate the existing structure for now.
The building will be transformed into a very visible and accessible office and retail strip that stands at both the entrance to Seaboard Station and at the northern gateway to all of downtown Raleigh. Spaces range from 1,100 square feet up to 10,000 square feet, all of which can be subdivided.
Along with facade improvements, the owners will open up the rear of the building (facing south), exposing the space to the rest of downtown. The anticipated availability date is late summer.
Blount Street Commons Slows, Loses Local Management
TBJ is reporting that LNR Property Corp is asking for more time to purchase parts of the Blount street property it had agreed to buy. Also, the state is keeping the lieutenant governor’s office, the Hawkins Hartness House. The economy is being blamed for the changes.
The delays aren’t the only bad sign revealed in the article. It also mentions that Doug Redford, the local guy who made this his pet project from the start, has left LNR. The project is being managed by executives in Charlotte and Atlanta. Uh oh.
Moshakos To Revive Former Pine State Offices
The incredible transformation of Glenwood Avenue from an light industrial corridor to Raleigh’s premiere entertainment district has been nothing short of breathtaking. One of the puzzle’s final pieces, 500 Glenwood, is about to be put into place.
Triangle Business Journal is reporting
today that Lou Moshakos, owner of the
Carolina Ale House
,
Taverna Agora
,
Bentley’s
, and others, will convert the former Pine State Creamery office building into a three-story restaurant complex.
A Carolina Ale House will occupy the third floor, which must be constructed above the existing two story structure. The third floor concept is not new, however, as it was a key component of a previous design for the property by New City Design . “The Wave” has since disappeared from the New City website, but it looked similar to Solas in form. The east side of the building, hidden from Glenwood Avenue, was a stack of decks and external stairways. Perhaps the new design will keep some of the strengths New City saw in the site previously.
Planning Commissions Advises More Spaces for Broughton
The Planning Commission today approved a plan for 100 additional parking spaces on the front lawn of Broughton High School. The school had eariler requested 126 spaces in their original plan.
They also recommended returning “The Strip” (Cameron Street section across from the baseball field) to the Wake County Public School System. Such control would afford the school to return The Strip to 90-degree parking, adding back 30 previously deleted spaces.
Global Toast To Bring Bar Toward Center
Sam & Wally’s will open a new bar named Global Toast on November 1. The bar will be connected to Sam & Wally’s in the base of Two Hannover Square (The BB&T building), making it a fantastic landing place for convention center, Marriott, and Sheraton visitors.
Waverly Sold To Distant Firm
The Cary shopping center that once looked like the prologue to a New Urbanist’s dream has been sold,
according to Jack Hagel at the News & Observer
. Durham’s Todd Zapolski has given up his aggressive dream for reorganizing the site into a North Hills cousin, and sold the property to
RP Realty Partners
, a Beverly Hills, CA firm. Zapolski told the N&O he was glad to be cashing out on the property that has had so much trouble gaining momentum. Zapolski did not sell his outparcels at the center.
As you may recall developers Zapolski and Rudd bought the odd-shaped site a few years ago and proposed partial demolition in order to facilitate high-rise hotel, condo, and office space. Z&R reorganized and in June I hypothesized that Waverly might have an advantage in getting a Dean & DeLuca store based on the fact that Leslie Rudd owns D&D.
Most likely the existing plans (.PDF) for the center will be scrapped. Who knows what RP wants to do with the property, but we all know how it goes with long-distance landlords. In an area of the Triangle that is dying for upscale shopping opportunities, RP will probably low-ball the entire project and continue to hold nearby residents hostage.
Home Show Runs Through Sunday
The NC State Fairgrounds is the site of Fall edition of the
Southern Ideal Home Show
. Tickets are $9 for adults (there is a $1 coupon on their website). The show runs through Sunday.
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