Don’t worry; we don’t consider you one! 
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FTA has a grant called “Low-No,” so this may be referencing that. It was also probably promised from the get-go, since it would substantially reduce the ventilation equipment that would have to be designed in.
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Oh whoops; thanks for pointing that out. You were right; it was actually mentioned in the BUILD grant application.
What about the Acorn? Doesn’t that break ground in 2022 as well?
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I think start of 2023 was the construction start for the Municipal Tower. Demo likely this year though.
Drove by this morning and new fencing is up with a construction trailer and dumpster.
I’ll try and get a picture at lunch.
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I believe the municipal tower is supposed to demo/break ground in '22.
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The most detailed plans of the project appearance yet as of Feb 3rd. Not much has changed since the last update its still 435 feet tall and looks like they’re in the final phase to hammer out the design.
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There’s more, enjoy:
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I’m absolutely blown away by this project. Cannot wait to see this thing in person.
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That’s very cool. The tall tower is almost Constructivist with those clean rectangles and jutting balconies.
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Has there been a more exciting project, from a size and design standpoint, in downtown raleigh?
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Honestly the more I think about it, NO. PNC is taller but did it have the street impact this will? no way. There are 3 buildings, hotel, office, residential, retail and bus station!
This is going to be awesome to watch.
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Super exciting project. Definitely going to be a big contributor reshaping our skyline.
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If you, like me, thought this looks amazing but wondered about how this will get built: GoTriangle is almost done putting together development agreements with Hoffman & Assoc. to decide how to build and run this building. A summary of the agreements showed up in this document revealed last week and noted that, among other things:
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Hoffman & Assoc. is designing this project and will build it too, but GoTriangle still owns the land and what gets built. How “sub-components” like retail, hotel, and residential units will be built will be codified in the ground lease agreement.
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GoTriangle will lease the property and ground/air rights to Hoffman for 99 years for a rent of $375k/year starting the fourth year. That rent will be 25%, 50%, and 75% of that for the first three years of rent commencement; rent will escalate 2% annually from year 5 onwards.
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Legally, RUS Bus will be built by “RB Vertical LLC”, a special-purpose company that Hoffman created for this project. If you’re digging through public records to learn more about this project, keep this name in mind.
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10% or 20 housing units will be made “affordable” (how much is unclear) for 15yrs after the certification of occupancy is issued.
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The project updates list “Phase 1” of this project’s construction to begin this April. I’m not sure what is Phase 1 and what’s Phase 2, though, since the transit amenities and private overbuilds both appear in the latest sketches and plans.
GoTriangle is also preparing a white paper that summarizes some recent changes to what this project will entail, how long it’ll take, and what it will cost. It doesn’t sound like this involves sexy or scandalous changes, though, since mentioned updates include GoTriangle’s negotiations with the state’s Dept. of Environmental Quality to figure out how to clean up soil contamination and manage erosion.
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I missed the part they are starting in roughly 2 months! I guess we can include this project for another crane addition.
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I listed it in my few starting this year. 
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This + Bloc 83 Phase 3 (as much as I hate what they’re doing) + Creamery is going to DRAMATICALLY extend the skyline to the West! Then the South St 20story apartment building + 20 story Clearscapes project on Martin St will continue it!
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You can throw the CAM museum in there too whenever that is gonna happen.
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Speaking of which, 5 parcels on the CAM block are on the market. I will post more info on that later today.
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