I see it as more of a mixed use property similar to the Dillon with more focus on first floor retail.
It looks like this is exactly what’s being proposed for the bus terminal idea, though?
From the slides in the NC General Assembly as posted by @Andrew, and as described by @orulz, it looks like mixed-use commercial spaces are already being accounted for, including ground-floor retail.
Looking at this and the other images on that slide deck, it really looks like RUS Phase 2 is more like the Dillon with a bus bay in the back. It even also accounts for spaces for parking decks and BRT stations nearby, but at the very least, it will keep the functional features of what used to be there. (There’s an entire thread to talk about this)
If this means it’ll be easier to take buses/BRT from NC State or Cary to DTR and possibly get coffee while meeting up with people without walking out of the building… I don’t see anything wrong with that, either?