Guessing these new towers are the ones circled since the other two were already submitted.
Edit: however, the rendering makes it look like the towers are across the street from each other so dunno.
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Details below for those who couldn’t pull up the article.
Kane Realty Corp. revealed plans on Tuesday for the first two high-rises it will build in Raleigh’s Downtown South — a 21-story apartment tower and a 27-story office building.
Construction will get underway in early 2023, the company announced, saying it would file plans with the city “in the coming days.”
The over 300-apartment residential building is being designed by Raleigh-based Cline Design Associates in collaboration with Kane.
Looks like Kane heard your complaints @Francisco, you got your wish! 
Seven levels of parking and 14,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and creative office space were incorporated in the design. Amenities will include a collaborative work space, a rooftop club room and a sprawling pool deck.
The glassy office tower is the work of international architecture firm CallisonRTKL. It will have 375,000 square feet of office space, plus 10,000 square feet of ground-level retail and an integrated parking deck.
The office building will be built on the east side of South Saunders Street just north of I-40, while the residential structure is being built just east, on the opposite side of Downtown South’s entry drive.
Site work will begin later this year for two previously announced mid-rise buildings, while the high-rises will get underway in early 2023 and be move-in ready in 2025.
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Haha yeah. This should make the skyline expand south very quickly if they are aiming for an early 2023 build start date!
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I’ve learned to never underestimate Kane. If he says 2023, history shows he will do it and then some. A glass box yes. However, activating this side of Saunders is long overdue.
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What happened to 40 stories building ?
That is just the zoning classification and it is just phase 1 of multiple phases.
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Oh okay that must be nice
Maybe this link might work, saw it on LinkedIn.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article261523477.html
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Anyone else starting to feel like SmoHo3 might be gettin’ back burnered ?
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Only for the last 2 years. 
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There’s lots of surface parking in this site plan. #sigh
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perhaps if transit increases downtown the surface area can be used for food trucks and a few tables with umbrellas.
Kane might be wise to do so - he may be waiting until something is clearly in motion at Devereaux Meadows, which will certainly make investing there an even more attractive prospect.
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Just to point out: this site plan is only Phase 1. As with North Hills, future phases will eventually build on all of those parking lots.
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How is it getting “back burnered”? There is 1 developable lot remaining there? If I am not mistaken that is earmarked for a tall tower.
It could almost be a mall from the aerial top view. So much surface parking.
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Despite the tall buildings, its site plan isn’t looking very downtownish.
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Yes, in the choice of “space for cars” vs “space for people” it clearly looks like the first one to me.
This makes me think more and more to the “entertainment districts” built from scratch. Someone shared an article recently about those.
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I guess we’ll have to restate “the empty parking lots are because it’s just Phase 1” every five posts
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I will say the architect they’ve announced that will design the 27 floor office building, Callison RTKL, does some interesting looking stuff. Especially all the stuff they have done in China so far.
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