FNB Tower (Charter Square)

Yeah, I seem to remember that the developer of The Paramount wanted to put a residential tower at the south end of Glenwood, though I thought it was supposed to be the other side of the street.

I guess you overlook all the snark directed at me around here? Don’t single me out. I find it offensive. I actually agree that places like the eastern half of 301 and N&O we should go up as high as the developer wants to. *My reason is because it takes pressure off the [finite] historic resources a tad further out that the 20 story footprints get pushed out into. I know the other reasons and have gradations of agreement with them. I still think the place we’ll eventually see 50 or 60 stories is where the Sheraton parking garage is on Salisbury.

I found the article from 2007 and you’re right, east side. And Vatnos was right too, it was talked about as between 20 and 30 stories. Obviously the mortgage securities bubble killed it…
“Raleigh lawyer and real estate investor Andy Sandman is finalizing plans for a mixed-use building tentatively called One Glenwood that could stand between 20 and 30 stories high with around 200 condominium units, ground-floor retail and a parking garage.”…
…“The One Glenwood project will be about seven blocks south on the east side of the block bound by Glenwood Avenue, Hillsborough Street and West Morgan Street. Land acquisition hasn’t been completed, but one tract is occupied by Chisholm Chiropractic.”

Thanks to my secret accomplice for teaching me to read hidden content.

The hook for this project was that, despite being over a train track valley, the east view condos would have had some pretty great views. I’m pretty sure that the bubble did kill it.


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I liked the idea but thought it was putting too many on the market plus wasn’t convinced the site would easily hold such a heavy building without essentially digging out the entire embankment between the bridges and setting at the level of the tracks. Anyway, I am surprised the current One Glenwood folks haven’t bought to control the view situation.

FTW, the rendered building on the far left was the Hillsbourgh.

Which, I believe, was overscaled in the future skyline.

This picture taken through the chain link fence and the best angle I could get to show that they have started the stone work on the pillars. Hopefully all the ugly orange will be covered up soon.

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I’m sure somebody else has a better view of this but they’re glassing up the resi section now. I’ll try to get out this weekend to get some aerial updates of various sites around DTR.

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As I was driving by this morning, I notice that they had placed the American Flag at the top now :slight_smile:

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Taken this morning. You can see it’s topped out.

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So, from this view, the roof of the building nearly touches the horizon. Did you take this photo from the top floor of One Progress?

Yes. I tried to get a good angle so that we could compare the heights. Once the cap of the tower is put on top this will be the 4th tallest building in Raleigh.

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It might just be the angle of the shot, but it seems to me that the occupied floor of One Progress is a bit higher. If so, it will only be the crown that makes this building taller.

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I will say the photo makes it look shorter than it actually is. You are correct though as the top floor of One Progress is taller than the top floor of FNB but not by much.

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I just walked by it a few minutes ago and I too noticed that it was topped out. It will have 21 floors and not 22.

Yep, I’ve been saying this since they even broke ground. Some of the permitting paperwork even mentions this.

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‘287 roof height’… hmm… maybe he meant 267?