Business

Luxury condo development in trouble

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A bank filed a lawsuit in late January against John Bruckel and David Iauco, developers of Bloomsbury Estates. The seven story estate is perched on the corner of Boylan and Hargett streets overlooking Raleigh’s cityscape and the convention center’s prismatic oak tree.

Despite Bloomsbury Estates’ striking Second Empire design and downtown location, some potential buyers have shown signs of disappointment. hree complaints have been filed against Brucknell since construction of the condominiums began. Two are still pending and one has been voluntarily dismissed. And then there is the most recent complaint.

City Council

Hillsborough Street bike lanes move forward

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The Raleigh City Council’s public works committee members voted unanimously to support bike lanes for Hillsborough Street. If the plan gets final approval from council and the state Department of Transportation, there will be dedicated bike lanes along the section of the street fronting N.C. State University. Photo by Will Butler.

Environment

Wake County’s water quality report card

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Tension is rife these days between Raleigh and Durham about Falls Lake water quality. Raleigh contends “its” water source – whose headwaters are located in Durham County – is dirty, getting dirtier and Durham allowed it to get that way.

Dirty water is neither cheap nor easy to clean. Raleigh may have to pay $450M to boost its water treatment plant’s cleaning capacity if Falls get dirtier. Durham likely would pay considerably more to clean Falls Lake. Finger pointing is all very fine, but everybody lives downstream.

News

School board: ending year-round the goal, not guarantee

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The Wake County School Board passed a resolution Tuesday saying ending mandatory year-round school is the goal, but not a guarantee. Board member Debra Goldman split with the Republican-backed majority to pass the resolution.

Tuesday vote was to be the second reading of a resolution ending the mandatory year-round calendar. The change means the school board will have some leeway as it tries to give parents a choice between year-round and traditional school schedules.

City Council

Changes ahead for rezoning process

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The Raleigh City Council will hold public hearings on two new text changes to the zoning code Tuesday evening. The first will bring the city into compliance with a new state law that requires quasi-judicial hearings for rezoning appeals. The second could shorten the time for rezoning cases and limit the conditions the planning commission could put on new developments.