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Mt. Moriah Road Project Subject of Neighborhood Meeting
A 170-acre development along Mt. Moriah Road straddling the Durham and Orange county line is up for discussion on Wednesday. The project, proposed by M/I Homes of Raleigh LLC, seeks rezoning and annexation to allow for development of hundreds of apartments, townhomes, and single-family homes between Durham and Chapel Hill. The neighborhood meeting is set…
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[UPDATED 11/13/2024] Brickworks Project Goes Before Durham Planning Commission
UPDATE 11/13/2024: The Durham Planning Commission voted to send the Brickworks project forward to the City Council with a favorable recommendation. A single board member, Kari Wouk, opposed sending it forward. Patrick Byker, an attorney representing Charlotte-based developer Spacecraft, assured the board that another neighborhood meeting will be scheduled with improved outreach after commissioners raised…
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Divided Durham Council Passes Ellis Road Townhome Zoning
Despite neighborhood concerns about flooding and the area’s changing character, the Durham City Council this week approved a plan for 102 townhomes on more than 12 acres along Ellis Road. During the public hearing, Jessica Dewey, a resident who lives on nearby Theodore Lane, told the council that she worried about disruptive clear-cutting of mature…
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More Than 100 New Townhomes Proposed for Odyssey Drive
On Wednesday, developers of a proposed 110-unit townhouse project called Odyssey at RTP are holding a neighborhood meeting for Durham residents via Zoom. The property, about 7.8 acres owned by Sundar Mandava, is currently zoned for single-family homes. Mandava, through the Morningstar Law Group, aims to change that zoning to residential multi-family. The proposed Odyssey…
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Durham Council to Consider Ellis Road Townhouse Plan
Lynley Townhouses, a 102-unit project along Ellis and Clinton Roads in southeastern Durham, faced rejection from the Durham Planning Commission in August. On Nov. 4, it goes to the City Council for a public hearing related to Farasat Syed’s request to rezone more than 12 acres of land currently set as residential rural to planned…
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Fayetteville Road Closing Nightly for Eight Weeks
Improvements to the Fayetteville Road bridge over Interstate 40 are starting this week, which means the N.C. Department of Transportation is closing the road in both directions starting at 9 p.m. and ending at 5 a.m. Over the next eight weeks, contractors are repairing the bridge’s joints, concrete surface, and deck railing. Northbound traffic on…
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Durham Breaking Ground on New Lofts at Southside Phases
Durham city officials, developers, and community leaders will gather on Oct. 23 to mark the groundbreaking of Phases III and IV of the Lofts at Southside, a project aimed at adding 100 affordable housing units to the Southside neighborhood. The event, organized by the City of Durham and development partner McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc., is…
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South Durham Projects Under Review for October 2024
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertiser and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! The following projects are listed as “under review” for the South Durham area on the City of Durham’s planning map as of Oct. 16, 2024:
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Patterson Place Parcels Could Lose Watershed Protection Designation
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! More than 20 acres between Mt. Moriah Road and Southwest Durham Drive within Patterson Place may be removed from the Falls/Jordan Watershed Protection Overlay Protected Area. Durham City Council members expected…
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Durham Planning Committee Agenda Includes New Development Cases
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! The Joint City-County Planning Committee will hear about several new growth management cases during its meeting at City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 2. No action is expected to be taken on…
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South Durham Site Could Add Townhouses
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! A developer plans to build as many as seven townhouses or detached rowhouses at 3112 S. Alston Avenue, according to a rezoning application submitted by Triangle Wholesale Buyer LLC. The property,…
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Durham Planning Commission Agenda: New Townhouses, Caring House Expansion, and More
Do you find reporting like this valuable? Support Southpoint Access as a subscriber or advertising sponsor and make it possible to keep this information flowing to readers in our community! Development of 126 apartments in a former Extended Stay America hotel, townhouse projects on Doc Nichols Road and Leesville Road, and the expansion of Caring House are among the items on…
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