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140 West Building Goes Up
via Chapel Hill News
By Katelyn Ferral
Downtown Chapel Hill’s second biggest condominium project got under way last January after more than a decade of planning.
The Death of the Fringe Suburb
By Christopher L. Leinberger
Drive through any number of outer-ring suburbs in America, and you’ll see boarded-up and vacant strip malls, surrounded by vast seas of empty parking spaces…
140 West Franklin is going to Festifall!

Sales Heat Up at 140 West Franklin
by Andrea Griffith Cash
Could the real estate market be picking up? All signs point to yes as far as 140 West Franklin, the downtown mixed-use development, is concerned.
140 West Franklin Passes Halfway Mark
via Chapelboro
Freda Kahen-Kashi Reporting
CHAPEL HILL - Construction on 140 West Franklin is still in progress, but developers are well on their way to selling all 140 available residential units.
140 West Franklin at Sales Midpoint
via Chapel Hill News
BY MARK SCHULTZ, Staff Writer
CHAPEL HILL - The developers of 140 West Franklin have passed the halfway mark on units under contract and have begun negotiating leases for the project’s commercial space.
140 West Franklin Sales Heat Up as Cranes Come In
Ram Realty Services is delighted to announce that 140 West Franklin Residences have sold 73 homes with five contracts written in the last month. The installation of two cranes in July have changed the Chapel Hill skyline and triggered intense interest from buyers. Several new homeowners have combined two neighboring units into a larger floor plan designed for their own ideal living requirements.
Rooms with Views
By Sally Keeney, Chapel Hill News
via Chapel Hill News

The 140 West Franklin condominiums are truly in the heart of Chapel Hill. The view featured in this article is approximately what will be seen from Unit 612, according to Kim Counts, who handles the marketing of 140 West Franklin.
Ram Realty breaks ground on 140 West Franklin with company’s own money
By Mark Schultz, Staff Writer at Chapel Hill News
The developer of 140 West Franklin, the luxury condominium and retail project under way downtown, says the project will succeed because of its location, financing and luck.
Big Changes in Chapel Hill
Ground Broken at 140 West
By Dave Hart, News & Observer
via newsobserver.com
Representatives from the town of Chapel Hill and Ram Realty Services gathered Wednesday morning for a ceremonial groundbreaking to mark the start of construction of the 140 West mixed-use project in the heart of downtown.
140 West Franklin: What Will it Mean for Downtown?
By Aaron Keck, 1360 WCHL
via 1360 WCHL
Parking Lot No. 5 is closed and construction on 140 West has finally, officially, begun. So what does that mean for the future of downtown Chapel Hill?
Ground Breaks on Chapel Hill Project
By Gregory Childress, The Herald-Sun
via The Herald-Sun
CHAPEL HILL — With the ceremonial strokes of six shovels, ground was broken Wednesday at 140 West to set the stage for construction of a long-awaited $55 million mixed-use project downtown.


