Project Update – June 1, 2020



On Monday, November 4, 2019 the Durham City Council voted 6 – 0 to direct the City Manager to enter into negotiations with The Fallon Company in order to reach a development agreement for 505 W Chapel Hill Street. The Fallon Company will be the Master Developer supported by other project team companies including WinnCompanies as the affordable housing developer, architectural firms Duda Paine Architects and Weinstein Friedlein Architects, Stewart Engineering, Banks Law Firm, and Morningstar Law Group.



On Monday, June 15, 2020 City Council (items #26 and #38) will vote on two Agenda Items related to 505 W Chapel Hill Street. First, City Council will consider whether to add restrictive covenants to the property making the requirement to add 80 units of affordable housing a perpetual requirement. Second, City Council will have a public hearing to consider adopting an ordinance amending the Unified Development Ordinance by taking property out of the Downtown Design District – Support 1 (DD-S1) and establishing the same as the Downtown District – Core with a development plan (DD-C(D).



Overview

The City of Durham owns a property at 505 W. Chapel Hill Street, a four-acre parcel that contains the former Durham Police Department (DPD) Headquarters building and supportive surface parking lots. The existing office building was originally built for the Home Security Life Insurance Company in the late 1950's. The building occupies less than a quarter of the site.



The site will become vacant in Winter 2018/2019, when the DPD moves to a new headquarters building on East Main Street. The City will not have a municipal purpose for the property after DPD relocates to its new facility.

The information received from the surveys and public events (detailed below) will inform the re-use opportunities for the site.

Contact



If you have questions about the site itself or the disposition/re-use process, contact Stacey Poston , special projects manager with the City of Durham General Services Department, by email or call 919-560-4197, ext. 21254.



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