First Citizens are extremely hostile to downtown. I could see them putting a whopper in North Hills though.
(within close proximity to multi-million dollar SHFs) 
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I don’t know if “hostile” is quite the right word, they do have a branch and some offices in a modestly sized building they own on Fayetteville Street - but they of course own 15 acres spanning nearly two full blocks at North Hills. If they build anything, it will be there.
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They were going to build a tower downtown but backed out at some point. I think I learned that on this forum.
What’s weird to me is that FC Bank does have some nice tall buildings in other downtown cities. However I assume that it’s because a developer came to them with an offer to fill space and not build it themselves. 
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Their tower was propsed around the same time as the other two towers were built. The other two got started, so because of the office space glut, they cancelled their building.
If I remember correctly, it was straight up neo wedding cake architecture too.
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It just needed a bride and groom on top of the columns at the top.
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Do they own those buildings or is it a (former) Wells Fargo situation where they use a small portion of the office space but are paying for the naming rights?
Not before demolishing a block of historic buildings first. Raleigh is like Charlie Brown, missing that football again and again.
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