The area along 440 from Six Forks Road and Wake Forest Road currently has more active development than any other area during my time here in the Triangle. There are eight major projects led by four different development teams, and at the time of this writing, four tower cranes.
Highest and Best Use is a term that you will often hear in relation to whether or not a real estate investment should be made. Highest and Best Use is a tricky concept because the term is subjective and relative
Some restaurants have lines of people waiting out front for the doors to open during their initial first weeks as “foodies” attempt to be the first of their friends to say they have tried the new spot. But, as I sat in my car at 7:55AM on a recent Wednesday, I wondered, how many restaurants have a line at the door four and a half years after opening? It was clear that A Place At The Table is one of those places.
A few weeks ago I had a chance to go over to Brookside Bodega for lunch. I hadn’t been to the Brookside Plaza in a few years, so I was excited to see the changes.
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens are located in the heart of the Duke University Campus in Durham, but they feel like a world away.
Completed in November 2021, Boxyard RTP is the first retail built on the grounds of The Park since its inception in 1959.
Originally built in 1953 the warehouse at 1053 East Whitaker Mill Road would eventually go on to become one of my favorite development projects in Raleigh. The project is deceptively large at 183,000 square feet sitting on a lot that is just under eight acres.
Boulted bread has been slinging delicious breads and pastries from their ovens and custom stone ground mill in their storefront at 614 West South Street in Downtown Raleigh since 2014. They have made a lot of use and a lot of bread out of that space in the last 8 years, but soon, they will be on the move.
The barriers to entry for commercial real estate (both on the developer and tenant side) are high and seem to be getting higher. So, whenever I see a creative real estate solution that lowers those barriers, I get really excited.
Over the last several years there has been a flurry of activity in Downtown Cary. We have seen several multifamily projects, including for sale and for rent, redevelopment or retail, a new library, and a new park currently under construction. One thing that has not been seen until now is speculative office space. The Rogers project changes that.
