North Hills - Raleigh - North Carolina - 4K Neighborhood Drive

Afternoon drive around the bustling, growing North Hills area of Raleigh, NC.
Filmed: August 2021

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From Wikipedia:
North Hills is a mixed use development located in midtown Raleigh, North Carolina that includes stores, restaurants, entertainment, commercial offices, residential living and a continuing care retirement community. The Commons area frequently features events such as live concerts, festivals, and a farmers' market.

Anchored by JCPenney and Target, North Hills includes nearly 100 stores such as REI, Ethan Allen, Fink's Jewelers, Anthropologie, Learning Express and Plow and Hearth. Restaurants include Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, Firebirds, Vivace, Mura, Coquette, Fox & Hound Pub & Grill along with more casual options such as Zoe's Kitchen, Five Guys, Moe's Southwest Grill and Panera Bread. It also features the Regal North Hills Stadium 14 movie theater, a Fitness Connection, Genealogy Boutique & Formals, Natural Body Spa and other service businesses. The 223-room Renaissance Raleigh Hotel offers 4-star accommodations on the property as well.

In 2001, Kane Realty also purchased North Hills Mall from Nags Head Properties, with the intention of creating a new low-rise, pedestrian-friendly urban development that would make the area Raleigh's new midtown. At the same time, Dillard's moved to Triangle Town Center.[2] The mall was closed in January 2003, with Kane Realty auctioning off everything from parking signs to benches and fixtures to storefronts to the public. The response to the one-day event was so great that it was extended for several additional weekends. In April, the mall was torn down shortly after, except for JCPenney and the existing parking deck, to create a mixed-use development featuring a new open air shopping center.

The new North Hills officially opened in November 2004 with a Grand Illumination of holiday lights as well as performances by members of the North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Master Chorale and North Carolina Theatre. A new underground parking deck was added, with the lower level flanked to the south by an entrance to JCPenney and to the north by a new Target. The Target featured the first shopping cart conveyor in the Carolinas—an escalator for shopping carts so customers could more easily transport purchases to a higher level of the parking deck. A 14-screen, stadium seating movie theater located directly above Target, was originally operated by Eastern Federal but is now owned by Regal Entertainment.

Another phase of the development, North Hills East, opened in 2010 across Six Forks Road from North Hills Mall. It features a new two-story Harris Teeter, Sparians (now King's) upscale bowling alley, the Captrust Tower skyscraper, as well as more restaurants, shops and residential living.

On January 17, 2020, it was announced that JCPenney would be closing as part of a plan to close 6 stores nationwide. The store was originally set to close on April 24, 2020, however it was delayed due to JCPenney closing all its stores temporarily due to the COVID-19 crisis and then permanently closed after Christmas 2020.