Maybe it’d be different here, as it’s downtown but wrapping around the Poole restaurants reminded me of the townhome folks complaining about the height with the East End development encircling them. If anything happens here I’m sure there will be some sort of buffer space between the restaurants/hypothetical development.
Height variation and a cool design would do wonders here as this building would be in any sort of Red Hat amphitheater money shot. Upper floors would have a nice view of any concerts going on too.
I think we’re just going to have to agree to disagree on this one. This is Raleigh we’re talking about, not NYC. I just don’t see a developer coming in and proposing something like that. I see something more along the lines of the first picture I posted on top of a parking podium more than anything.