Spotlight Durham County turns public land into affordable apartments in heart of downtown Kristen Johnson, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Nov 22, 2025 Nov 22, 2025 Updated Nov 23, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A decade after it was conceived, a mixed-income apartment development in the heart of downtown Durham is almost full.kAm%96 #6?68256 pA2CE>6?ED 2E bbd t] |2:? $E] @A6?65 E9:D 72== 2?5 3J s646>36C[ H:== 36 4@>A=6E6=J @44FA:65] p5G@42E6D D2J :E’D 2 3:8 DF446DD :? 677@CED E@ 5:G6CD:7J 9@FD:?8 :? 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