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A new rezoning request<\/a> along Gorman Street near NC State could clear more than 60 existing homes to make way for a seven\u2011story student housing project, raising fresh displacement concerns in one of West Raleigh\u2019s last pockets of lower\u2011cost housing.<\/p>\n

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The owners of an 11\u2011parcel assemblage \u2014 Rhyne\u2019s Gate LLC<\/a>, Weikan Holdings LLC<\/a>, Darrick Seconi and Loubna Tazi<\/a> \u2014 have filed to upzone the 3.55\u2011acre site from three to seven stories. It\u2019s one block south of Western Boulevard, directly across from NC State\u2019s South Campus.<\/p>\n

Attorney Collier Marsh of Parker Poe, who is representing the applicants, submitted the request, citing surging university enrollment and demand for walk\u2011to\u2011campus housing. He describes the aging Rhyne\u2019s Gate apartments and surrounding single\u2011family rentals as \u201cideally suited\u201d for redevelopment.<\/p>\n

But the proposal would require demolishing 48 garden\u2011style apartments, a duplex and several small homes \u2014 a cluster of naturally occurring affordable housing, or NOAH, that currently houses dozens of people. The loss of NOAH has become a growing regional trend: Raleigh has shed roughly 35,000 naturally affordable units in the past eight years, according to the city\u2019s 2025 Affordable Housing Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In West Raleigh today, NOAH rents typically fall in the $900 to $1,300 range for one\u2011bedrooms and $1,200 to $1,600 for two\u2011bedrooms, depending on age, condition and proximity to NC State. These are older, unsubsidized properties \u2014 not income\u2011restricted units.<\/p>\n

According to the filing, existing residents will get 120 days\u2019 notice before early termination of their leases. The developers would provide $2,500 in relocation aid for each displaced household.<\/p>\n

Marsh did not respond to multiple requests for comment.<\/p>\n

The proposal is slated to go before the planning commission on Tuesday, June 23.<\/p>\n

City planners have recommended<\/a> approval, saying the rezoning would increase market\u2011rate housing near multiple transit lines and support future Bus Rapid Transit<\/a> (BRT) by allowing taller, denser residential development.<\/p>\n

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Student\u2011housing rents near NC State have jumped 30.5% since 2020, according to Moody\u2019s Analytics<\/a> \u2014 the fastest rise among the Triangle\u2019s major universities \u2014 as luxury projects continue to dominate the market. (Moody\u2019s defines student housing as off\u2011campus apartments where at least half of tenants are college students.)<\/p>\n

Among them: The Hub Raleigh<\/a>, a 2,195\u2011bed tower under construction at 111 Cox Ave., which is slated to open this summer; and The Standard at Raleigh<\/a>, a 707\u2011bed mixed\u2011use project on Hillsborough Street completed in 2019 where current rents range from $799 to $1,885 per bedroom, according to the property\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Both projects are within a mile of the Gorman Street rezoning site, which has a total assessed value of $10.1 million, according to property records<\/a>. It\u2019s estimated that 60-plus households are living on the site.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what\u2019s included:<\/p>\n

Rhyne\u2019s Gate Apartments<\/b><\/p>\n

Nine small single\u2011family parcels, 0.09 acres each<\/b><\/p>\n

One additional parcel with a duplex + single\u2011family home<\/b><\/p>\n

The planning commission has 60 days to review a rezoning case and issue a recommendation to city council, supervisor Hannah Reckhow said in an email.<\/p>\n

Once that recommendation is made, the application moves to a city council agenda to be scheduled for a public hearing.<\/p>\n

Both hearings are \u201copportunities for public comment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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