The adage, ‘If you build it, they will come’, still rings true in eastern Wake County.
In northeast Raleigh and neighboring Knightdale , the boom is, well, booming. Multiple housing projects are being built on Forestville Road and Old Milburnie Road.
At Buffaloe Road and Forestville Road, off Interstate 540, a Publix is being built with a sign in front that reads: “Coming soon.”
“It’s too much,” said Ellen Binder, “it’s just too much.”
Binder moved to Knightdale from New York about 11 years ago to get away from the city.
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She said she feels like the city followed her to eastern Wake County. “I think they’re already here,” she said. “Most of ’em.”
Meanwhile, the addition of soon-to-come homes also means anchor stores and shopping centers will be full of consumers.
Nashville resident Amy Barnes said that’s why she keeps coming back.
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