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140 West Franklin Construction Public Information Meeting
A public information meeting will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 22, to introduce construction plans for the 140 West Franklin project consisting of condominiums, retail and parking on Town-owned Parking Lot 5 at the intersections of Franklin, Church and Rosemary streets in downtown Chapel Hill.
The meeting, organized by the Town of Chapel Hill, will be held at University Presbyterian Church Campus Ministry at 101 Henderson St. Parking is available in the Rosemary Street Parking lot and garage.
Town and developer representatives will share information about the project, which is expected to begin in August. The general contractor is John Moriarty & Associates Inc. Completion is projected in about two years.
The 140 West Franklin building will stand four stories tall along the street and steps back to eight stories tall at the center. The project includes 140 homes (18 of which will be dedicated to the Community Home Trust), 26,000 square feet of ground-level retail space and 337 parking spaces. There will be a two-level parking deck including a dedicated public parking level which will be owned and operated by the Town of Chapel Hill. The project also will feature a large outdoor public plaza with art by landscape artist Mikyoung Kim.
The Town Council requested professional peer review of the project by architect Marvin Malecha, dean of the College of Design at NC State University. The special use permit application for the project was approved in June 2007 with the expectation that the development should meet the community’s high standards for sustainability and design while retaining economic viability.
For more information about construction associated with 140 West, contact the Town of Chapel Hill at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or Jay Gibson or Mike Taylor, Engineering: 919-968-2833; or Catherine Lazorko, Public Information: 919-969-5055. Additional information is available at townhall.townofchapelhill.org/projects/dedi/ and interested persons can sign up for e-mail updates at http://www.townofchapelhill.org/signup.
