{"id":71383,"date":"2016-03-07T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=71383"},"modified":"2016-03-07T07:22:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T12:22:22","slug":"development-beat-new-building-report-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/development-beat\/2016\/03\/07\/development-beat-new-building-report-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Development Beat: New Building Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Monday, March 7, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Credit where it’s due:\u00a0the most interesting development story in Raleigh right now can be found in the pages of the Indy Weekly<\/a>, which published a piece on Friday about Niall Hanley’s plans to transform the former home of Jillian’s Nightclub at 411 West Morgan into a local mall\/food court.<\/p>\n

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

The former home of Jillian’s nightclub<\/p><\/div>\n

If this works out as planned, it could potentially be one of the best things to happen to downtown Raleigh since they rebuilt the old Capitol building. This is an opportunity for downtown to offer something truly unique; it won’t just be some strip mall filled with chain stores; Hanley told the Indy he wants the place filled with local artisans and vendors.<\/p>\n

So while the sort of concept he’s proposing isn’t one-of-a-kind (the Indy described it as a “grand outdoor market, crossed with Atlanta’s Gunshow;” I’d just call it an upscale flea market) it will certainly be the only thing like that in downtown Raleigh.<\/p>\n

And while it\u00a0certainly wouldn’t be on the same scale, having something like Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market<\/a> right on West Morgan Street would be fantastic. A better comparison, also from Pennsylvania, might actually\u00a0be\u00a0Booths Corner<\/a> in Boothwyn, a sort of Farmers Market\/Flea Market where you can buy everything from a Sega Genesis to\u00a0fresh-made artisan bread.<\/p>\n

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Booths Corner<\/p>

Booths Corner<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course, conceptual work for transforming the former Jillian’s nightclub is\u00a0still underway, so it could be a while before we’re writing about permits being issued for this place, but it’s exciting nonetheless.<\/p>\n

While downtown Raleigh can certainly accommodate the increased dining and retail options this development will offer, the subject of today’s new building report is located in an area that, to my eye, already offers more than enough of both.<\/p>\n

That’s right: the Crabtree Valley Mall area. Anyone who’s ever had to travel down that stretch of Glenwood during the morning or evening commute hours or basically\u00a0any time on the weekends knows how crowded it gets out there. And it’s only getting worse.<\/p>\n

I’d actually lost track of how many new developments in that area I’ve written about in the year-and-a-half I’ve been doing this column, so I went back and looked.<\/p>\n

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

Work continues on the Creekside at Crabtree, March 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

So far, we’ve covered:<\/p>\n