As I mentioned in this other thread, I hope that NCSU realizes that those pink buildings between The Oval and Centennial Parkway will be just about the only truly urban, lake view buildings in Raleigh – owing to the boat ramp and a hillside. I wish StateView hotel were there, with a big roof deck restaurant / ballroom, but some other semi-public use would be just as well.
At some point recently, I’d heard that Centennial Campus had the region’s highest office rental rates (on par with the priciest high-rise submarkets in Charlotte), despite having only average-quality buildings. Hopefully, having this quantity of FAR on the table will (a) put it on the radar of bigger firms, like the national developers in RTP, and (b) get enough people there that it starts to feel like a place, rather than a suburban office park with a weird affinity for brick.