[Justin6882]

I feel like RBC Plaza looks a little less "clunky" than 300 S Tryon...just my opinion though.

[uptownliving]

DanRNC, on Mar 28 2007, 01:26 PM, said:

Who is the architect on this one? Cooper Carry?

LS3P is the architect on 300 S Tryon.... the other interesting thing is the RBC is rumored to be the anchor tenet for this new tower in Charlotte.

[ralncdude]

ChiefJoJo, on Feb 13 2007, 05:09 PM, said:

RBC Tower webcam link

The first floor is retail--above that are several floors of parking.

The image no longer works for me. Is there another webcam link for this project? Thanks.

[RALNATIVE]

uptownliving, on Mar 28 2007, 01:48 PM, said:

LS3P is the architect on 300 S Tryon.... the other interesting thing is the RBC is rumored to be the anchor tenet for this new tower in Charlotte.

Next you will be claiming that RBC is rumored to be moving their headquaters to Charlotte. I love how these sorts of rumors always originate from our neighbors down south.

[DanRNC]

^I don't think anchor tenant is what you think it is. There is a BofA Plaza in Chapel Hill and a Wachovia Building in Raleigh but those would never be indicative of an HQ. They just set up ops in a building and pay some naming rights. RBC actually anchors several buildings including one down in Spartanburg etc.

[ChiefJoJo]

ralncdude, on Mar 28 2007, 05:03 PM, said:

The image no longer works for me. Is there another webcam link for this project? Thanks.

You have to wait about 20-30 sec for the image to appear. It still works.

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Next you will be claiming that RBC is rumored to be moving their headquaters to Charlotte. I love how these sorts of rumors always originate from our neighbors down south.

Relax. He's just saying RBC will be a major tenant in that building, just like Wachovia has one here, but their HQ is in Charlotte. They just announced the move of their HQ to Raleigh--RBC isn't going anywhere.

[Nostyle]

It is speculated that RBC might be the anchor tenant because not long ago one of the Charlotte forumers 'stumbled' upon a rendering of this exact tower, only it had an RBC symbol at the top of it...it appears they were pitching this new tower to RBC, who is looking for a home in Uptown. Note that the article says that it's a spec tower. We'll have to wait and see how much, if any, of the office space RBC plans to occupy.

Here it is:



Note the RBC symbol at the top.

[uptownliving]

RALNATIVE, on Mar 28 2007, 05:11 PM, said:

Next you will be claiming that RBC is rumored to be moving their headquaters to Charlotte. I love how these sorts of rumors always originate from our neighbors down south.

It would be the RBC Capitol Markets Group which has been based in Charlotte for quite some time. The HQ is moving to Raleigh which is where it should be. The local RBC exec was quoted in the paper as saying that RBC is looking for some high profile office space in Uptown Charlotte...so the 300 S Tryon tower would make sense. I was the one who took the photo of the rendered tower with the RBC logo on it...so it seems to me like a solid rumor.

It is just ironic how similar this building is to the RBC HQ going up in Raleigh.

[dmccall]

It's probably more "coincidence" than it is "irony".

[Spatula]

I like the Charlotte one more, mostly because it incorporates the balconies correctly.

[dmccall]

I agree. The upper portion looks much less like the Love Boat and more like the old Wachovia building in W-S.

[DwnTwnRaleighGuy]

Can someone please explain to me why the RBC building is currently working on there 4th floor/level and the new Marriott hotel is now on there fifth? The hotel seems to have only started construction in the past month? And the RBC building started in Oct 2006?

[MireLanski]

DwnTwnRaleighGuy, on Apr 5 2007, 02:08 PM, said:

Can someone please explain to me why the RBC building is currently working on there 4th floor/level and the new Marriott hotel is now on there fifth? The hotel seems to have only started construction in the past month? And the RBC building started in Oct 2006?

It's because of the parking deck in the RBC. It's 6-11 stories of parking deck I believe and that requires more time to place each slab of elevated concrete in order to achieve the ramping up effect.

[Jones133]

DwnTwnRaleighGuy, on Apr 5 2007, 01:08 PM, said:

Can someone please explain to me why the RBC building is currently working on there 4th floor/level and the new Marriott hotel is now on there fifth? The hotel seems to have only started construction in the past month? And the RBC building started in Oct 2006?

Two conceptual reason.....the Hotel has been under constuction for quite some time in the form of building theparking deck beneath it...thoe are its footings...with RBC the footings were much much deeper because the building is much heavier and taller. I think actual above grade construction time has been about the same for both....

[ChiefJoJo]

Highwoods has a new webcam with neat features like a timelapse animation.

[yankeeblue]

^ That was pretty cool

[Eastwestrob]

ChiefJoJo, on Apr 16 2007, 11:51 AM, said:

Highwoods has a new webcam with neat features like a timelapse animation.

They are really moving fast on this one

[nibletodell]

Didn't see this rendering on the website, I looked everywhere to make sure it wasn't, so here it goes, hopefully this is new to some people. I can't wait to see this building finished. I think it looks great. If this rendering is already posted I appologize.

This post has been edited by nibletodell: 17 April 2007 - 03:18 PM

[pack-man]

i'd be tempted to dive from one of those balconies into the pool, but i'm sure the pool is only 3 feet deep like the paramounts.

[dmccall]

I saw The Realm condo building in Atlanta's Buckhead area last month and the RBC's top floors certainly came to mind. In practice, those stuck-on looking balconies don't look quite so lifeboat-ish.