Despite rumors that it was closed, downtown restaurant Yancy’s was open for business today and serving lunch.
- newsobserver.com | Ignore rumors; Yancy’s is open"DOWNTOWN RALEIGH: 11 a.m.- 3 p.m., N.C. Museum of History, Capitol grounds and Bicentennial Plaza. Memorial service, reading of the Declaration of Independence, concerts, children’s crafts, dance performance, a watermelon-eating contest and sack races. Food vendors will be on the Capitol grounds."
- newsobserver.com | Wake Fourth of July celebrations"A year ago, developer Gregg Sandreuter envisioned a two-tower plan that would include the Triangle region’s tallest building and a smaller cousin. After six months spent negotiating key corner-property acquisitions, Sandreuter is seeing double.
Now his Edison is poised to sprout four towers over the next decade. Two would soar 39 stories above a smaller set of twins in one of the region’s most ambitious downtown development plans."
- Charlotte Observer | 07/01/2008 | The new face of downtown Raleigh"The city attorney’s office could file a condemnation lawsuit as early as two weeks from today against The Simpson Organization. The condemnation action would not take any actual property from Simpson; it would just give the city the easement it needs to proceed with construction of the City Plaza. "
- newsobserver.com | Council OKs property condemnation"The council unanimously approved giving Raleigh-based Empire until Nov. 1 to submit site plans for the 22-story Lafayette tower it is proposing south of the convention center. That also will give Empire more time to find a lender. "
- newsobserver.com | Downtown Raleigh developer wins more time for project