I’m actually fine with this. Very much so actually.
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Where did you find this?
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My company was invited to bid on this today. We aren’t bidding, too large for our company. We typically don’t touch anything over 5 floors. It’s very early pricing mind you, mostly just design stages and working out budget. This could change drastically between now and when/if it gets built.
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Very interesting. Thanks for posting. First impression is that I like it. Decent height, gets rid of surface parking. Interesting that they are going with office on the first floor.
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That might be a misread on my part. I think these are hotel offices and offices for guest use etc.
Well we won’t ever be called a pretty city but at least we get rid of another surface lot. With a Feb 2020 proposal looks to break ground maybe at the end of 2020 or mid 2021. lol
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Originally this building was also going to have offices from the existing baptist building. Wonder if that’s still the plan?
Raleigh will be the queen of both /r/SuburbanHell and /r/UrbanHell soon. Imagine tilting your head just slightly up and all you see is a sea of poorly disguised parking lots: that’s 2025 Downtown Raleigh. Haha.
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What was originally planned for this space? Wasn’t there another hotel going here at one time? This is the spot next to McDonald’s.
20 characters of Woof.
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I am not opposed to the parking plinth-style per sea, but this one just strikes me as extra ugly. A particular shame for such a visible lot on one of our most important thoroughfares. Ah, to have the capital or connections to be a developer myself. I’d give y’all a good looking town -building would have a fountain!!
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This is probably the worst rendering I’ve seen for downtown. But then again it can’t be worse than Citrix building a parking garage larger than their building.
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would be hard to make it more bland looking 
pBeez, going to rename you fountain boy.
Not that I have anything against an impressive fountain.
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@scotchman at 54 I might prefer fountain man. Though either is better than water boy!!
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Fifty shades of grey.
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Resistance is futile…
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I surprised by the tempered reactions on here. I easily think this is horrid.
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I think we’re just becoming complacent with absolute garbage being proposed/developed. The parking decks are getting out of control.
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I like it. I am not one of those people that thinks a parking has to look like anything other than a parking deck…
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