Format
Full
City
Raleigh
State/Province
NC
Country
USA
Metro Area
Raleigh
Project Type
Mixed Use
Location Type
Suburban Business District
Land Uses
Entertainment
Fitness Center
Hotel
Multifamily Rental Housing
Office
Open space
Parking
Retail
Senior Housing
Supermarket
Underground Parking
Keywords
Active streets
Big-box retailers
ground-floor retail
High-rise building
Mall redevelopment site
Mixed-use development
Multigenerational
Office over retail
Pedestrian-friendly design
Place making
Site Size
94
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
1999
Date Opened
2004
A staid 1960s mall and its surroundings have been transformed into a $1 billion, 94-acre urban destination—located on two major parcels separated by an arterial street—for one of the country’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas. At North Hills, a finely balanced mix of uses surrounds parks, plazas, and walkable streets. In all, visitors will find 988,500 square feet of lifestyle and convenience retail, dining, and entertainment; 1,056,000 square feet of office space; 920 residential units; and 366 hotel rooms. The careful arrangement of uses, both vertically and horizontally, allows boutiques and fine dining to coexist at North Hills with parking garages, office space, and large-format retailers. Local developer Kane Realty began the project in 1999 by repositioning a modest retail strip and then demolishing the mall and assembling adjacent parcels for redevelopment. In the years since, the project scope has steadily evolved to encompass a broad, long-term vision of a 24-hour, high-rise urban district.
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Format
Full
City
Raleigh
State/Province
NC
Country
USA
Metro Area
Raleigh
Project Type
Mixed Use
Location Type
Suburban Business District
Land Uses
Entertainment
Fitness Center
Hotel
Multifamily Rental Housing
Office
Open space
Parking
Retail
Senior Housing
Supermarket
Underground Parking
Keywords
Active streets
Big-box retailers
ground-floor retail
High-rise building
Mall redevelopment site
Mixed-use development
Multigenerational
Office over retail
Pedestrian-friendly design
Place making
Site Size
94
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
1999
Date Opened
2004
Website
Project address
4321 Lassiter at North Hills Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27609
Master developer
Kane Realty
4321 Lassiter at North Hills Avenue
Suite 250
Raleigh, NC 27609
Investors/owners/developers
Kane Realty
JP Morgan
Federal Capital Partners
Fortress Investment Group
KBS Realty Advisors
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Concord Hospitality
Trammell Crow Residential
Master planners/architects
Duda Paine Architects
RTKL
Architecture and engineering
Dwell Design Studio
Carter & Burgess
Housing Studio
The Preston Partnership
WDG
CSO Architects
Braun & Steidl Architects
Duda Paine Architects
LS3P
Cline Design
SchenkelShultz Architecture
Civil and landscape architects
McAdams
HGOR
ColeJenest & Stone
General contractors
Holder Construction
Fortune-Johnson
Brasfield & Gorrie
Lendlease
Davidson and Jones Construction Company
Duke Construction
Fred Smith Company
Balfour Beatty Construction
Clancy & Theys Construction Company
Structural engineers
M2 Structural
The Preston Partnership
Brockette Davis Drake
Elhert Bryan
Haris Engineering
Stewart
Ellinwood + Machado
Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers
Crenshaw Consulting Engineers
The Preston Partnership
Saber Engineering
Herndon Engineering Services
Bass, Nixon & Kennedy
Interviewees
John Kane, chairman and chief executive officer, Kane Realty
Mike Smith, president and chief operating officer, Kane Realty
Jennings Glenn, chief financial officer, Kane Realty
T.J. Barringer, development director, Kane Realty
Bonner Gaylord, general manager, North Hills
Staff
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