Ethan Allen Coming to North Hills
The space that formerly housed Storehouse and a clothing store is being prepared for Ethan Allen’s move. A couple of weeks ago the walls dividing the space were removed; a sure sign that something was afoot with the space. The sign is up now confirming it.
The move is an interesting one as “Glenwood ?North?” has been a hotbed of furniture retailers. The new space is only about 75% the size of the current Glenwood Avenue location, but has excellent viability to upscale shoppers attracted to North Hills.
As a side note: the clothing store located in the southern corner of this space may have had the best clothes around, but did they have any idea how awful their lighting was? Who in the world thinks that metal halide gymnasium lighting makes merchandise, especially clothing, look good? (the same goes for all of you retailers who are switching over to compact fluorescent lighting, by the way)
North Hills Buzz Offering Real Estate Listings
The North Hills Buzz site, which does a great job of covering all things North Hills, has added a real estate section. The standard listings are $25 per month, while $50 is the charge for a listing that will appear on every page on the site.
New Openings
A couple of long-awaited businesses have reached their opening dates. The Renaissance Hotel at North Hills has officially opened, however not all floors are completed. The restaurant and bar are also open.
In Cameron Village the Flying Biscuit Cafe, the newest offering by Raving Brands will officially open on Monday.
North Hills East Revised Plans Submitted
This past week revised plans for North Hills East were submitted to the Raleigh planning department. The site plan (.pdf) merely shows street placements and building footprints, so it is difficult to appreciate the scale of the project without knowing the heights of the buildings. However there seems to be better integration with hidden parking and the supporting streets. There are roughly 20 buildings proposed with very little open space. The plan also uses the existing surrounding street network well.
Cook Wins Club Award
North Hills Club General Manager, C.W. Cook, has been named the recipient of The Excellence in Club Management Award for 2008. It is a prestigious honor bestowed annually to only three general managers across the country. The Excellence in Club Management Award, co-sponsored by McMahon Group and Club & Resort Business magazine, and is an annual award that recognizes private club general managers and chief operating officers who have exhibited outstanding skills in managing their club.
The award is selected in each of the following three categories:
- Country/Golf Clubs with 600 or More Full-Privilege Members
- Country/Golf Clubs with Under 600 Full-Privilege Members
- City, Athletic or Specialty (Non-golf) Clubs of All Types
This is a tremendous honor as no other club manager in the State of North Carolina has ever been selected as the recipient of this award.
North Hills Offering Holiday Greenery Sale
On Saturdays thru the end of December, North Hills will host a greenery market. Garlands, wreaths, and decorations will all be available from 11am to 3pm each Saturday. (The market is most likely to be held in the commons).
Coquette Set To Open Monday
Coquette
, the newest venture from the Urban Food Group, will open in the former South space in North Hills on Monday at 5pm. The restaurant will be the Triangle’s first
brasserie
, and plans to serve breakfast on weekdays and brunch on the weekend. The chef is CIA graduate Rob Bland.
Read much more about this project thru excellent posts at varmintbites , including the preliminary menu .
Ruth’s Chris Unveils Small Plates
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse has introduced a 13-item small plate menu where items begin at $7.95. According to the press release:
Seared Cajun Filet Tartare, Sizzling Scallops, Crab Stuffed Mushrooms, Mini Filet on Garlic Toast, Kobe beef, and Seared Ahi Tuna Salad are just a few of the new items served beginning at 4:00 p.m. Sundays through Fridays at the recently-opened Raleigh North Hills location of Ruth’s Chris Steak House, as well as Cary.
From Monday through Wednesday, guests can order one lounge menu item and receive a second of lesser or equal value for 50 percent off. The offer includes favorites like a Steak Trio for $15.95, which includes a Mini Filet on garlic toast, a New York Strip with an Asian Ponzie sauce and a Kobe slider with BBQ butter, or a Crab Cake Sandwich at $14.95, which boasts a full quarter pound classic Maryland crab cake on a fresh baked bun. The soul-satisfying Prime New York Strip Sandwich at $16.95 is served with roasted peppers and onions on a fresh baked roll.
Each lounge menu item is designed to pair well with selections from an extensive by-the-glass wine list. Guests can also sample a dozen specialty cocktails, including a Black Cherry-tini, a Pomegranate Martini, a Hemingway Daiquiri, a Bourbon Street Manhattan and more.
“Our guests often want to sample several items, or may be looking for a lighter meal in the early or late evening,” said Steve de Castro, CEO of Big Steaks Management. “This new menu offers a sizeable selection of some popular regular menu items, as well as other fun favorites such as Kobe Beef Sliders.”
North Hills Announces More Midtown Music
The Midtown Music series of Thursday evening concerts continues in the the fall at North Hills. The events taking place on the commons feature the following bands:
- 10/9: Cafe Mars
- 10/16 Sugar (not Bob Mould’s old band)
- 10/23: Liquid Pleasure
- 10/30: Bull City Syndicate
YoHo Asian Bistro Coming to North Hills
Cary’s
YoHo Asian Bistro
will open a second location in the former Mama Fu’s spot in North Hills. The restaurant is a step up from the fast-casual concept, yet stops short of being a formal, chic restaurant (ala P.F. Chang’s).
North Hills Postpones Events
Due to inclement weather from Hurricane Hanna, North Hills has postponed the Iron Chef Competition and canceled its Farmer’s Market for Saturday. The Iron Chef Competition is now rescheduled for two weeks from tomorrow on Saturday, September 20th. Chefs from Bonefish and Mura will go head-to-head using ingredients from the Farmers’ Market, dishing up delicious treats for you to taste. Proceeds will go to benefit the InterFaith Food Shuttle.
REI Offers Outing Opportunities
Nobody loves the great indoors better than I, however I still get excited by the merchandise and outing opportunities offered by REI at North Hills. Below the fold is the list of courses and outings happening over the next month.
Holly Park Renderings Available
The much-needed renovation of Holly Park shopping center won’t be complete for about a year, but new renderings of how it will look are posted on-site. The artist portrays a colorful, boxy, EIFS facade that updates the 34 year-old shopping center’s look. The key anchor for the center will be a Trader Joe’s, which will sit alone in a new building where the Wake Paint and Decorating store currently is. The former CCB and Taco Bell site has been replaced with pavement, but just behind it, in the former main driveway of the center, a new 10,000 square foot retail building is going up.
The renderings are an update to
previous renderings
(.PDF). The only apparent changes center around the signage for the stores. The current Jersey Mike’s site is labeled “Coffee”, while the right end of the new, 10K building shows “Subs”. Adjacent to this space is patio seating, so could it be that Jersey Mike’s is moving across the parking lot to the new space?
The center’s secondary anchor, The Melting Pot will stay put, and is undergoing an expansion.
Holly Park is being redeveloped by Charlotte’s Lat Purser & Associates . The architect is Finley Design.
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