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Developer Kane Realty has notified the city that it is withdrawing the request to rezone 11 acres of land within North Hills that would have allowed for taller towers - up to 37 stories along Six Forks Road.

WRAL HAS CONFIRMED KANE REALTY IS WITHDRAWING ITS REQUEST TO REZONE PARTS OF NORTH HILLS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. BROKE THIS STORY WITHIN THE HOUR ON WRAL DOT COM WS. KEN SMITH IS HERE WITH WHAT ELSE WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS COME WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? LISTEN, JEFF, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT NORTH HILLS RIGHT NOW. ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON RIGHT NOW CONSIDERING. >> THE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS REZONING AND COULD HAVE VOTED ON IT AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. HERE'S SOME BACKGROUND THAT REZONING WOULD HAVE COVERED ABOUT 11 ACRES OF LAND WITH THE NORTH HILLS. IT WOULD ALLOW FOR TALLER TOWERS OF THE 37 STORIES TO BE BUILT ALONG 6 FORKS ROAD. THIS REZONING BATTLE HIS RAINSTORM BETWEEN KANE REALTY AND CITY COUNCIL. ALMOST 2 YEARS. CAIN DID MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS OVER THAT TIME. THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS TO BUILT. I WAS UP TO 40 STORIES WHICH WAS REDUCED TO 37 CAIN ALSO OFFERED TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL AS LAND FOR CITY TRANSIT STATION AND AN EXPENDED FI STATION IN NORTH HILLS WHO TEND TO COPY OF THE EMAIL CAIN'S ATTORNEY SENT TO THE CITY THAT READS IN PART AT THE GIVING IT A GREAT DEAL OF CONSIDERATION. THE APPLICANT HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THIS ZONING CASE. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE TIME AND ENERGY. THE STAFF PUT INTO THIS REZONING NOW A CITY SPOKESPERSON TELLS WRAL THE WITHDRAWAL MEANS THIS REZONING SUBMITTED IN OCTOBER 2021. IS DEAD FOR NOW. THE CITY SAYS KANE REALTY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT 2 YEARS TO RESUBMIT THE REZONING AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. NOW, WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THIS REZONING FACED OPPOSITION FROM THE MIDTOWN CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL WRAL'S METALL HIM IS PUSHING FOR MORE ANSWERS ON THE STORY INCLUDING WHY DID DEVELOP A KANE REALTY PULL THIS REQUEST AND CONSIDERING THE TIMING AGAIN? ALSO, THE MAN'S REACTION AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE

Kane Realty withdraws from rezoning request in North Hills

Residents in historic Boylan Heights attended the meeting at the Pullen Community Center to voice their disagreement with the proposal.

Residents in Boylan Heights discuss planned towers in historic neighborhood

Proposed rezoning for Boylan Heights

On Tuesday, the Raleigh City Council voted to hold the next hearing on North Hills rezoning on Dec. 6. It is the same day that four new council members are set to be sworn in.

13TH FOR A BOND HEARING. DEBORAH CHELSEA DONOVAN LIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY. THANK YOU. CHELSEA. >> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS IN NORTH HILLS. AS YOU LOOK LIVE AT THAT AREA TO THE WRAL LIVE CAM NETWORK TALLER TOWERS PROPOSED BY LOCAL DEVELOPER WILL NOT BE GOING UP FOR APPROVAL UNTIL A NEW CITY COUNCIL TAKES OVER THE BUREAU'S. MATT TALHELM IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH WITH DETAILS ON THIS DECISION MADE IN JUST THE LAST HOUR THAT. >> YEAH, GERALD, THIS WAS A SURPRISE MOVE BY CITY COUNCIL PATRICK BUSKEN WHO REPRESENTS NORTH HILLS YESTERDAY. YOU HEARD IT RIGHT HERE ON WRAL NEWS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS REZONING OF NORTH HILLS TODAY. IT JUST ABOUT 45 MINUTES AGO INSIDE THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE. HE URGED THE CITY TO TAKE MORE TIME AS THEY CONSIDER SOME OF THE COMPLICATIONS AND CONFUSION OF THIS PROJECT COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PUSH THAT REZONINGS HACE BACK UNTIL DECEMBER 6TH. THAT IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW CITY COUNCIL WHICH WILL INCLUDE 4 NEW MEMBERS WHO HAVE CALLED FOR MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN DECISIONS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT. IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE KANE REALTY APPLIED TO REZONE LAND WITHIN THE NORTH HILL SHOPPING CENTER THERE TO ALLOW FOR THOSE TALLER TOWERS. NEIGHBORS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE DENSITY OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AND TRAFFIC ON 6 FORKS ROAD. AN ATTORNEY FOR CAIN PUSHED FOR APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING SAYING THE DEVELOPER HAS RESPONDED TO THOSE CONCERNS FROM BOTH COUNSELORS AND THE COMMUNITY. THE VOTE AGAINST THIS CASE IS A VOTE AGAINST THOSE THINGS AGAINST PORTABLE HOUSING AGAINST MEANINGFUL PUBLIC TRANSIT. >> AGAINST ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND PLACING DENSITY WHERE IT'S DESERVED. I TELL YOU, TRULY, MY DISTRICT IS DIVIDED ON THIS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SITTING OUT THERE. HOPING THAT WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. CAIN IS OFFERING TO LIMIT THE HEIGHT OF THE TALLEST BUILDINGS ON 6 FORKS ROAD TO 37 STORIES AND TO DELAY THE START OF CONSTRUCTION UNTIL 2026. AND THAT WOULD GIVE THE CITY SOME TIME TO PLAN AN EXPANSION OF 6 FORKS ROAD. >> AND WE LEARNED TODAY TO PUT IT ON THE TRANSPORTATION BOND THAT SAME YEAR 2026, I ASKED ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR CAIN, ONE OF THE EXECUTIVES FROM KANE REALTY. DO YOU PLAN TO COME BACK TO THIS NEW COUNCIL DECEMBER 6 WITH SOME NEW CONDITIONS? SOME NEW OFFERS TO TRY TO GET THIS APPROVED, SAYS THIS POINT THEY DO NOT PLAN TO OFFER ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.

Raleigh City Council votes to push North Hills rezoning to December

The city council voted on Tuesday to hold the next hearing on North Hills rezoning on Dec. 6. It is the same day that four new council members are set to be sworn in.

Raleigh leaders defer rezoning of North Hills to December, when city council will have four new members

Developer offers new conditions in North Hills rezoning

A group of community organizers are challenging recent changes to the city's zoning laws that are allowing one of their neighbors to sell their private mansion for the purpose of turning it into luxury townhomes. 

SIMILAR EVENTS IN APRIL BROUGHT IN MORE THAN 100 GUNS. >> YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE SIGNS POPPING UP AROUND RALEIGH, SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT AGAINST NEW ZONING CHANGES THAT ALLOW DENSER DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. WR AS MATT TALHELM SHOWS US HOW THIS BATTLE IS BREWING ALL BECAUSE OF ONE O. >> THIS STATE LE MANS HAS MAINTAINED ITS PERCH OVER THIS CORNER IN THE TREE LINED HAYES, BARTON NEIGHBORHOOD FOR NEARLY A CENTURY. NOW A DEVELOPER PLANS TO TEAR IT DOWN AND BUILD 17 LUXURY TOWN HOMES WHERE THIS ONE HOME STANDS NOW. THIS IS MISSING MIDDLE 2 IS WHAT THEY'VE CALLED. FRANK GORDON LEARNED ABOUT THE MISSING MIDDLE AFTER FINDING OUT THE FATE OF THE PROPERTY DOWN WILLIAMSON DRIVE FROM HIS HOME. IT'S A TERM FOR HOUSING. THAT'S A MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND BIG APARTMENT BUILDINGS. THE ZONING TEXT CHANGES APPROVED BY RALEIGH CITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST YEAR. ALLOW DENSER DEVELOPMENT AND SMALLER HOMES ON SMALLER, LOTS BEFORE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A PUBLIC REZONING PROCESS. THE THE WORST PART ABOUT IT IS. >> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S WHY GORDON AND SEVERAL OF HIS NEIGHBORS ARE FORMING A SAVE. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS GROUP SIGNS LIKE THIS ONE ARE GOING UP IN YARDS. THEY'RE TAKING IT CITYWIDE TO TRY TO FIND MISSING MIDDLE DEVELOPMENT FROM REPLACING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. YOU EXPECT TO HAVE THAT? >> PRESERVE NOT TO HAVE YOUR NEIGHBOR SOLD OUT TO A BUNCH OF TOWNHOUSES OR APARTMENTS ARE TINY HOMES, WHATEVER THEIR CITY IS CHANGING. WE'RE GROWING. I ASKED RALEIGH, MAYOR MARY-ANN BALDWIN ABOUT THE GROUP'S CONCERNS. IF WE CAN, HOW 17. >> ON A PROPERTY THAT NOW HOUSES ONE. FAMILY. I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF PROGRESS WE WANT TO MAKE. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING, THE SAVE. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS GROUP IS ORGANIZING SUPPORT, STARTING WITH A MEETING TONIGHT HERE AT HAYES, BARTON, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AT 7 O'CLOCK. MATT TALHELM, WRAL NEWS, >> THAT OVER THOSE TOWNHOMES TOLD WRAL THEY PLAN TO HOST THEIR OWN COMMUNITY MEETING FOR

Neighbors challenge Raleigh's 'missing middle' zoning changes to build luxury townhomes

Residents of a historic downtown Raleigh area are organizing against the city's latest rezoning law that is allowing a private resident to sell their mansion to a developer and 17 luxury townhomes on their former property. 

Changes to Raleigh zoning laws allow for historic mansion to be sold, turned into $2M luxury townhomes

A discussion for a massive project for Raleigh's North Hills wrapped up on Tuesday evening. Developers with Kane Realty are proposing two new skyscrapers.



NEED MORE AMBULANCES BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN CALLS. >> A DISCUSSION FOR A MASSIVE PROJECT IN NORTH HILLS WRAPPED UP TONIGHT. KANE REALTY IS PROPOSING TO BUILD 2 SKYSCRAPERS IN MIDTOWN WITH A PLAN TO TAKE FLIGHT. THE AREA WOULD HAVE TO BE REZONE. THE BUREAU'S JULIAN GRACE ATTENDED THE MEETING AND JOINS US LIVE. JULIAN DEVELOPERS SAY THIS PROPOSAL HAS A PUBLIC BENEFIT. >> THEY DID SAY THAT JOB. AND LET ME TELL YOU, THIS IS WELL, IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE INSIDE THIS BUILDING FOR THAT MEETING TONIGHT. AND KAY REALTY SAYS THEIR PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE WILL ADD ABOUT 9 MILION DOLLARS IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY OF RALEIGH WITH THOSE THAT ARE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL SAY IT MAKES NO MENTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> THE PLAN ON THE TABLE. 40 STORY BUILDING ON THE PARKING LOTS ALONG 6 FORKS ROAD AND THE CORONER FACING INTERSTATE 4.48. LASSER MILL WOULD GET A BUILDING UP TO 30 STORIES AND BOTH WOULD BE USED FOR MIXED USE. KAY REALTY SAYS IN THAT PROPOSAL IS 9 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES, LAND DEDICATED FOR BUS TRANSIT CENTER. A NEW FIRE STATION PROTECTED BIKEWAYS IN MIDTOWN. BUT WHAT THE PROPOSAL DOESN'T INCLUDE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AN ISSUE. SEVERAL RESIDENTS NOTED INCLUDING 3 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. >> THIS CASE ISN'T READY TO BE APPROVED OR AT LEAST NOT TO GET MY SUPPORT. I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO ON THIS CASE. THERE HASN'T MADE ANY MONEY SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS AREA YET YOU HEARD ABOUT THE TAX MONEY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING, BUT IT'S NOT GOING INTO MIDTOWN. >> SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? K REALTY HAS BEEN TOLD TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND MAKE SOME REVISIONS AND THEN MAKE ANOTHER PRESENTATION HERE ON AUGUST. 16TH AND GERALD, WE'LL BE WATCHING TO SEE IF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS INCLUDED AND THOSE

North Hills residents speak out against proposed towers 

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A west Cary community is worried about zoning changes that could impact the safety of their children.
