MoveBuddha's March report names Greensboro and Asheville among 25 U.S. cities with the fastest jumps in move‑search interest. Winners tend to be practical, job‑connected midsize places.

Regency Centers will tear down much of Durham's long-closed Northgate Mall and build an open-air center anchored by a 140,000-square-foot Target, a plan that has neighbors worried about lost housing.

Durham has reconvened a working group to revive plans for the four‑acre site at 505 W. Chapel Hill St., weighing affordable‑housing scenarios and a possible rehab of the Milton Small building.

Orange County leaders are weighing a one‑year pause on new large‑scale data centers as neighbors warn about water, power and rapid growth. A public hearing may be set in April.

Marcus & Millichap sold a 122‑room Comfort Suites in Cary; the buyer plans to convert it into an extended‑stay Hilton near RDU and Research Triangle employers.

Siemens plans to add 350 jobs across Knightdale and Wendell to build power systems for data centers, deepening Wake County's manufacturing footprint amid a local debate over data‑center growth.

City planning papers show 3911 Western Blvd may be rezoned to allow seven‑story buildings near NC State, putting a decades‑old Amedeo’s block under development pressure.

At a packed Lee County meeting, residents urged a moratorium on data‑center approvals after reports a company explored using local gas wells to power servers. The debate turned sharp over zoning, water and extraction risks.

The first building at South Creek topped off this week and a local preschool signed to take a ground-floor space. The milestone brings apartments and shops a step closer to opening.

DRB Group has filed plans for about 300 homes near Pittsboro, adding to Chatham County’s development momentum and local planning debates.

Durham planning commissioners recommended only one of four big rezoning cases — Bella Ridge — leaving three controversial projects headed to City Council. Hearings are scheduled this spring.

Landlords across the Triangle are fitting offices with move-in-ready spec suites to cut vacancy and lure tenants, and firms like Davis Kane are moving into finished spaces. The plug-and-play approach is shortening turnaround and driving quicker leases in several Raleigh projects.

Dunkin' is lining up another Clayton-area store as the town's housing boom pulls more retail into outparcels and shopping corridors. National chains are following the growth.