Does Carrboro need another coffee shop?

My RSS feed from the Carrboro Citizen reports that Tim Peck of Peck and Artisans is hoping to start a new coffee shop in the lower level of his building which is next to Akai Hana at the juncture of East and West Main Streets.  Tim Toben, developer of the Greenbridge project, is named as [...]


Greenbridge may stave off foreclosure

Greenbridge, the state-of-the-art green building in Chapel Hill’s West End, is slated for foreclosure auction on June 27th.  Those in the know tell me that before the foreclosure documents were filed, developer Tim Toben and his representatives submitted several offers on the condos to Bank of America, but B of A rejected these offers which [...]


A Tale of Two Condos

As one condo community (Greenbridge) inches steadily towards foreclosure, a second one (140 West Franklin) has broken ground.   You can read a whole history of articles on Greenbridge here. Greenbridge Greenbridge was controversial at its inception.  Taller at ten stories high than any other building in Chapel Hill or Carrboro, with high priced condominiums [...]