I am sorry, but I am a “HUGE” skeptic when it comes to this company…believe it when I see it come out of the ground… 
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Barrio Alto in Lisbon isn’t too far from that.
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I can’t imagine that when it rains…lol
Not too bad actually. Wear good shoes or you’ll slip a lot.
I meant the flooding 
About 30 inches of rain a year so not a whole lot. Though I stayed on Bica Grande and Bica literally means fountain or spout. …
Highwoods page for this project seems updated? Total 23 floors with office space on 10-23. 19th floor might be claimed?
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Highwoods execs have a high degree of confidence in the Raleigh market post-Covid. 23-floor is too small for this property but whatevez.
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Not nearly as interesting architecturally as the jenga-like hobgood style design from earlier, but whatever. At least we’re (maybe) getting that from Salisbury Square.
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Is it me or does this look very similar to 121 Fayetteville?
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It does and I don’t like it at all, find more designs to copy
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I’d take anything from the commerical RE and Architecture world regarding the health of the commercial RE market with a grain of salt.
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Actually, it reminds me of the new Dominion Energy building in Richmond. Maybe it is just the fin a the top, but they look pretty similar IMO.
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They’re seriously still only going for 20ish floors on this lot…? Even with the new city council in place that would approve a 40 story rezone without question??? UGH.
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I think this was just a website refresh, no? I’m not sure I’d jump to any conclusion that this is anything more than a marketing refresh to drum up interest.
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Count me on team #BuildMoreSquareFootage rather than team #BuildTaller.
23 stories is plenty tall. If they want to build taller, they should be able to - but we shouldn’t do anything to try to force them to build taller than they want to.
Remember, at DT Raleigh land prices, going taller than that almost certainly increases the cost-per-square-foot of construction. I’d rather have more square footage downtown, than taller skyscrapers.
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This raises an interesting point — when would we expect a time when economics tip and actually drive height of buildings UP for a market ‘emerging’ like Raleigh from an available real estate perspective?
I’m in agreement about more square footage (let’s get all we can get!) and I’m very intrigued about the reality of economics driving height versus the easier armchair-SIM’ers vertical desire (which gets to me as well). Appreciate any thoughts from the collective…
Happy Winter Wonderdust out there ! Enjoy while it’s there.
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Especially since they have another 1 acre site in the warehouse district. I’d rather get smaller towers on each site rather than 1 taller one on just 1 site.
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THIS
I’d like to see more layered blocks instead of mega block designs. This allows for greater streetscape variation, and more varied interactions, creating a more lively environment.
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Does anyone think this will actually be built? What is this the 3rd/4th rendering for this site in the last 5+ years? I will believe this is happening when a crane gets put up 
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