Construction to Start Summer 2022 on 27-Story Durham Skyscraper in Place of 1970s Bank
Construction is poised to begin in June 2022 on a glassy 27-story skyscraper that will transform the Durham skyline and bring a wealth of residential units to one of downtown’s most bustling commercial corridors.
The Novus will sit on the wedge of land between Main Street and Morris Street, surrounded by dozens of restaurants and bars and backing up against the Downtown Loop. The South Bank building stood on the site for nearly 50 years before being demolished over the course of several weeks earlier this year, leaving behind a pit scattered with heavy equipment and workers.
It will be the second 27-story building downtown, which is about the limit of the stories that modern builders can fit under the downtown core’s 300-foot (91.4-meter) height limit. Builders must seek out a variance if they wish to go taller. Austin Lawrence Partners also built the first — One City Center, a project similar in scope, with condos, apartments, a handful of stores and office space.
Plans are already in motion for what could be the city’s third 27-floor building: the new downtown YMCA, which is being redeveloped by Chapel Hill’s East West Partners. The redeveloped YMCA is expected to break ground later this year and be completed in 2025 or later.
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