How Trinity Heights Broke The Rules - And Got Built Anyway
Join us Tuesday August 26 to hear developer Bob Chapman share how a project once blocked by zoning laws became an award-winning Durham neighborhood, and what it took to get there.
It was against the rules to build the Trinity Heights neighborhood in Durham, despite the development for the 6.8 acres having been meticulously designed to complement, elevate, and blend in with the existing, beloved downtown neighborhood that surrounds the small parcel adjacent to Duke’s East Campus.
Prior to the completion of the development, the parcel was empty, owned by Duke University but not yet put to use. When they wanted to create housing for faculty and staff, Duke turned to local developer, Bob Chapman, of Traditional Neighborhood Development Partners, which has developed dense, mixed-use, infill, walkable neighborhoods across the county.
However, creating a similar environment to the existing neighborhood, which was built from around 1895 to 1905, had been effectively outlawed by zoning codes by the 1990…
