Southern Village, North Carolina

Southern Village is a 312acre New Urbanism neighborhood located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Established in 1994, Southern Village includes 550 single-family homes, 375 townhomes and condominiums, 250 apartments, and 350000sqft of retail, office, and civic space. Southern Village was the top selling neighborhood in the Triangle market from 1999 to 2001. Nationally recognized as an example of smart growth, Southern Village has been featured in numerous publications including TIME, Better Homes & Gardens, and Builder magazines.Andres Duany is known as the founder of New Urbanism; his projects have been built all over the country and the world; his flagship development, Seaside, Florida, served as the too-quaint-to be-real set for The Truman Show. Duany and Zyberk actually came to Chapel Hill and spoke to the Town Council about the future of New Urbanism here, and their oration had a profound effect on D.R. Bryan. Bryan even took a trip to Pienza, Italy, to understand his concepts by visiting the source of them. He came back with his own vision, one he had the means to fulfill: Bryan became the architect and developer of Southern Village.Business DistrictHyatt Place, a limited-service hotel brand that caters to business travelers, which is owned by Hyatt Hotels, is coming to Southern Village early 2017. Bryan Properties has partnered with Beacon ING of Charlotte as its development partner in the project.“We are looking at it as the third anchor for the Village Center,” Developer DR Bryan says, adding to the village’s commercial options that include the Weaver Street Market co-op grocery store and the Lumina Theater movie cinema.