Durham high-rise condo hits the market at $3.4 million. Here’s a look

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra
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Here’s a peek inside the new 27-story skyscraper transforming Durham’s skyline
Amenities include putting greens and golf simulators, co-working spaces, a pickleball court, an outdoor movie theater and a dog park, plus pools, hot tubs and steam rooms. (Triangle MLS)

If you have a few million dollars laying around, the newest luxury high-rise housing coming to Durham may be for you.

Million-dollar condos will be part of The Novus, a new high-rise tower developed by a firm with an already established presence in downtown.

Although formal plans for The Novus mixed-use tower haven’t been announced yet, renderings of the future tower and early listings for its pricey condo units have appeared online.

A three-bedroom, four-bathroom condo of 3,755 square feet with views of the Bull City will go on the market for a cool $3,479,900, according to a new Zillow listing. The building will also include apartments, office and retail space.

Smaller condo units that are listed online will go from $1,429,900 to $1,939,900.

The building will include a pool, a hot tub, a pickleball court, gym, club room, dog park, outdoor theater and a golf simulator “among other wonderful features,” the listing says.

Urban Durham Realty is listed as the agency in charge of these units in the high-rise, which the listing says won’t be finished until 2024. More details on The Novus will be released soon by its developer, the agency told The News & Observer.

The high-rise, which will be over 20 stories tall, is at 400 W. Main Street on the site of the current Five Points Center, an aging office building built in 1973 at the intersection of Main, East Chapel Hill and Morris streets.

The Novus will be another high-profile downtown development from Austin Lawrence Partners, who brought the 27-story, mixed-use One City Center tower — the tallest in Durham — to town and the Unscripted Hotel.

Austin Lawrence Partners, operated by Duke graduate Greg Hills, bought the building for $6 million in 2013, Durham County records show.