{"id":22150,"date":"2014-10-14T08:10:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T12:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=22150"},"modified":"2014-10-13T19:45:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T23:45:21","slug":"development-beat-n-raleigh-used-car-dealer-gets-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/development-beat\/2014\/10\/14\/development-beat-n-raleigh-used-car-dealer-gets-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"Development Beat: N. Raleigh Used Car Dealer Gets Permit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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James Borden \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/p>

The future site of a used-car dealership on Glenwood Avenue<\/p><\/div>\n

A controversial<\/a> used car dealership run by the sales arm of Enterprise Rent-A-Car to be built at 5800 Glenwood Avenue was issued permits on September 30. The site is the former home of a Ragazzi\u2019s restaurant, which was demolished in January 2013.<\/p>\n

When City Council held a public hearing on the project back in April of this year, the dealership was met with fierce resistance from local residents. The neighbors had banded together and hired an attorney, Scott Lasso. At the hearing, Lasso said of the project:\u00a0 \u201cYou can put lipstick on a pig, but it\u2019s still a pig.\u201d<\/p>\n

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James Borden \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/p>

The future site of an Eagle Convenience Store and gas station.<\/p><\/div>\n

Speaking of cars, permits were issued September 29 for a new gas station on Tryon Road near the border of Cary, next to the former site of the Putt-Putt Fun Center. The center was tragically demolished in January of this year.<\/p>\n

The site will include a 4,200 square-foot Eagles Convenience Store and a 1,680 square-foot car wash. In an appalling disregard of the site\u2019s storied history, the development will not, unfortunately, include a go-kart racetrack, a mini-golf course or an indoor arcade. Which is weird, as most new gas stations tend to include these most basic of amenities.<\/p>\n

Fayetteville Street \u2013 itself only recently re-opened for vehicular traffic \u2013 is the site of two permits issued last week, one for what will likely be another bar, and another for a new office space.<\/p>\n

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James Borden \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/p>

Permits were recently issued for a “Muddle N’ Shake” at this Fayetteville Street address<\/p><\/div>\n

At 207 Fayetteville Street, permits were issued September 29 for a 1,180 square-foot fit-out for a tenant named \u201cMuddle N Shake.\u201d According to Google, this is also the name of a specialty cocktail. The total cost listed on the permits for the project is $75,000.<\/p>\n

Down the street and\u00a0less than a block away at 227 Fayetteville, permits were issued October 2 for more than $1.6 million worth of work on nearly 20,000 square feet of interior space. The building will soon be the new home of digital textbook company Vital Source Technologies, which is currently housed across the street at 234 Fayetteville.<\/p>\n

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James Borden \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/p>

Vital Source Technologies will be moving across the street to 227 Fayetteville<\/p><\/div>\n

Vital Source wasn\u2019t the only downtown Raleigh tech company to receive office fit-out permits last week, as October 3 saw the issuance of a $1.2 million permit for the interior completion of Citrix\u2019 fourth floor.\u00a0 Of course, there is still plenty of construction going on outside the building there as well \u2013 including on the adjoining parking garage, but even given all that plus the lack of a completed fourth floor, the company has reportedly moved all of its existing workers into the new building.<\/p>\n

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James Borden \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/p>

Interior work to the fourth floor of Citrix\\’ new office building is now underway<\/p><\/div>\n

A former First Citizens Bank on North Person Street will soon be home to City Vet, as permits for the $220,000 renovation were issued to McKenna Construction on October 1.<\/p>\n

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James Borden \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/p>

A former bank is being turned into a veterinarian’s office<\/p><\/div>\n

As it stands, the building, constructed in 1974, is clearly a former bank \u2013 it includes a both a drive through teller and a night depository, which will hopefully not be transformed into a drop-off for unwanted pets.<\/p>\n

Although downtown Raleigh has seen a number of new breweries open in recent years, a space just outside of downtown off Atlantic Avenue on Whitaker Mill Road will soon be home to Blackjack Brewing Company.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s web site promises the location will open in late 2014 and feature \u201cHand crafted beer of the finest quality\u201d and a \u201cHuge taproom and outdoor beer garden.\u201d\u00a0 It also claims the location is in \u201cthe heart of Raleigh,\u201d which is debatable.<\/p>\n

Either way, anyone fascinated by the construction process can check out photo and even video coverage of the project on the company\u2019s\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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James Borden \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/p>

Black Jack Brewery will be opening soon at this location off Atlantic Avenue<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A rundown on some of the construction permits issued for the week of September 28, including a controversial used car dealership on Glenwood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24061,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1599],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24061"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}