At least 50% of the historic Seaboard Train Station in Raleigh will be preserved as development plans move forward. | theraleighcommons.org
At least 50% of the historic Seaboard Train Station in Raleigh will be preserved as development plans move forward. | theraleighcommons.org
The Raleigh City Council and a developer struck a compromise that will allow a mixed-use development plan to proceed, provided that Raleigh’s historic Seaboard Train Station will be preserved.
The developers will have to preserve a minimum of 50% of the building facade, or relocate a minimum of 50% of the building elsewhere onsite if the entire building isn't relocated.
“This compromise was not easy,” Jamie Schwedler, who is with Parker Poe, a representative of the developer, Turnbridge Equities, told CBS17.com.
Council members approved rezoning the area to allow for the 20-story project at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The motion was approved with the caveat of the Seaboard Train Station being preserved where it is or relocated by a third party.
“After great debate, we feel this is meaningful preservation,” Dana Deaton, a member of Save Seaboard Train Station Task Force, told CBS17.com.
Members of the task force cheered the conditions after the meeting.
“Will the entire train station be saved in its original location? No, but a minimum of 50% of the main part of the building, including the eastern facade, will be saved either in place or on their parcel or Turnbridge or another group can move it to an adjacent property,” Deaton said.
Developers also said they will work to save more than 50% of the building if possible, according to the Save Seaboard group.
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