So the sidewalk improvements will include above the curb protected bike lanes? Or this is just a mistake?
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Would be nice. Love that those are starting to catch on, but would seem a bit silly to just have 400’ of them.
Most places I’ve seen them so far though has been tiny stretches like that.
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What are these road layouts from? are there plans to change N. Dawson Street?
That’s probably a long term Raleigh streets plan. Probably will be a while before implemented street wide.
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Elevations from all 4 directions for those curious:
South / Hillsborough St
East / Dawson St
North / Edenton St
West
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Just realized this hotel is going to be L-shaped. Wish there was some height variance since 301 & 400H are both next door, but atleast it won’t look similar to anything else downtown.
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These renderings remind me of the hotel at Crabtree Valley Mall and the I-440 Belt-line 
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If the Advance Auto Parts tower and Pendo building had a baby is the vibe I’m picking up here…
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Hope they do something with that blank wall facing Taverna Agora… Lol
Maybe they could work with Smoky Hollow Phase 1 to get murals painted, and get a group rate.
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This will be 8 feet shorter and 24 hotel rooms less than the Holiday Inn. It will also look almost identical to the 3 buildings surrounding it.
I guess we can look forward to the sidewalk activation and retail?
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And a mostly hidden parking deck, appears to be fully wrapped by hotel. Otherwise HUGE MEH
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Pray for good materials, because if they value engineer this one, it’s going to be a a big ole turd.
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I also cannot understand the logic behind demo’ing an existing hotel only to build less hotel (???)
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More total value since the rooms will be going for much more, plus there’s also apartments and retail. In terms of usage, this is a big win.
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Sure, a few less hotel rooms, but adding 350 residential units.
I’m slightly bummed about the quirky Holiday Inn being torn down, but this is a much more intense use of the space. And the Kimpton will likely be by far the nicest hotel downtown.
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Nothing against a Holiday Inn, and we certainly need a mix of hotels that cater to different clientele, but the Kimpton will body slam the former in terms of product quality and breadth of services. No comparison. I lament the loss of a vestige from the past, but I think I can stomach the loss of 24 rooms.
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The Holiday Inn is listed at 239’ but that is only an estimate based on its number of floors. I think one of us did a measurement via Google Earth a while back and it was much closer to 210’ or so.
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Agree. Kimpton has an excellent product and we badly need an actual upscale hotel offering downtown because there are none currently.
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Thank you. This hotel will be taller. The holiday inn is NOT 239FT. The wiki has a few things messed up I think.
Indeed, the Holiday Inn is not anywhere near 239’
We’re surveying for 400H and use control points to coordinate ourselves to the job and we use the holiday inn as a reference point and our check in height for that structure is around 210’
Just a little fun fact.
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