Videos and Pictures: St. Patrick’s Day Bikini Contest at Fox & Hound

Jason Peck — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:58:20 +0000

Everyone had a great time last night at Fox & Hound for St. Patrick’s Day festivities, which included green beer, a snowboard giveaway and a bikini contest. Check out the videos (introduction and three rounds from the bikini contest) and pictures from the night!

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Hope you enjoyed that. For more videos you can check us out on YouTube!

New Construction Pictures

Jason Peck — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:09:20 +0000

Since it was such a nice day outside today, I was able to take a few pictures of the construction at North Hills. We’ve come a long way from some of the past pictures from about a year ago (see links below) to now.

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Visit to the Ramblewood Condo Model

Jason Peck — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:33:20 +0000

Yesterday (Monday) morning, I visited the sales model over at the new Ramblewood condominiums, or “the stacked flats” as they are commonly called. Ramblewood is part of Kane Realty’s plan for North Hills Raleigh, and this neighborhood is located about a minute or two away from the main North Hills shopping center. If you’re going south on Six Forks, you pass the exit for the Beltline on your right and then take the next right, and Ramblewood is on your left. The area includes the condos, town homes and larger “garden homes.” Most of the community is still under construction, though there is at least one of every type of unit that is open.

Check out the sections below for some facts about the condos, information about the Ramblewood area as a whole and some pictures from my visit.

Ramblewood Stacked Flats – The Facts

When all construction is complete (still TBD) there will be four separate stacked flat condo buildings in Ramblewood. The model that I visited was in one of the larger buildings, and it had 24 units total (three floors, eight units per floor). The stacked flats are all single level residences with two or three bedrooms. There are seven different floor plans available for these condos, which range in size from roughly 1,150 – 2,000 square feet. Each Unit includes:

9-foot ceilings
Nice hardwood floors
KitchenAid appliances
Granite countertops (I think you can choose from 12 different types/colors)
Covered terraces
Kohler plumbing fixtures
Parking and storage rooms underneath the building

Of course there are more features, but these were the ones that I remembered. If you’re really interested in these stacked flat condos at Ramblewood call Anne Simons and Josie Reeves (919-833-5263) and make an appointment to visit the sales office. The office is open from 10am-6pm Monday through Saturday and on Sunday from 1pm-6pm.

More Ramblewood Information

I was impressed by the level of customization available for these condos and the plan for the Ramblewood area as a whole. Instead of just building a bunch of condos and homes and hoping people will buy them, Kane is really going to wait and see what people want and listen before building out the entire area. They’re also planning on varying the type and color of the brick that will be used in all the buildings while matching up the rooflines. They say this will ensure that nothing sticks out like an eyesore and the area will feel more authentic.

One thing I and others are concerned about is traffic due to all this building. While we will expand on this topic in a future article, I learned yesterday that when the Lantern Square Apartments are torn down as part of Phase 2 of Ramblewood’s development (timing is still TBD), the population density of the area is supposed to decrease, so traffic shouldn’t be much of an issue (at least in the Ramblewood area).

Has anyone else visited the condo model here? What did you think?

Ramblewood Pictures