Urbanism isn’t necessarily a partisan thing. There are pro-urban lefties and also nimby-lefties. There are mayberry righties but also pro-development righties. It’s complicated. Although there are individual issues like transit that do have a strong left/right polarization.
That said Kane’s dumped a LOT more office space in North Hills than Downtown. You have to wonder if we might’ve seen a couple more towers by now if it weren’t bleeding businesses to North Hills. It’s a very Atlanta-esque “Buckhead” urban island for the rich style of thinking, and I do think it has blunted Raleigh’s boom somewhat. I have mixed feelings about Kane.