New life coming for abandoned Raleigh hotel

Alliance Residential Company bought the former Capital Plaza hotel that stands just north of Interstate 440, at 2815 Capital Blvd., from CB Hotel LLC.

Plans call for the 12.99-acre site to be redeveloped into an apartment complex called Broadstone Oak City. There will be 335 units spread across four buildings. Most of the apartments will be one-bedroom units, with 68 two-bedroom units and 16 three-bedroom units.

The developer will add a new public street to the property, to be called Alloy Street.

“We are excited to announce our acquisition of the former Capital Plaza Hotel for the development of Broadstone Oak City, which will allow for redevelopment of an underutilized site at a high-visibility location,” said Alliance Residential Company Carolinas Managing Director Donald Santos. “As Raleigh’s East Midtown area is booming, Broadstone Oak City will create much-needed additional housing in this growing area."

The hotel has seen many owners since it opened in the 1970s as a Holiday Inn. It changed hands and was a Doubletree when it closed in 2000.

In 2004, it reopened after a $1 million renovation as the Hotel Europa. Less than a year later, the hotel closed after the property owner sued the hotel manager for thousands of dollars in unpaid rent. The manager later pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges.

Accredited Medical purchased the property for $6 million in early 2006 with plans to renovate the hotel. Those plans were scrapped after Accredited Medical filed for bankruptcy in 2007 and closed the hotel. The hotel was foreclosed on and purchased by National Financial Lending for $8.2 million at a public auction in May 2007.