Charter Square (Site One)

[RALNATIVE]

I think that this design would look much better if the section on the right was substantially taller than the rest of the building.

Edited June 29, 2015 by RALNATIVE

[CHGuy]

Much different design from the original proposal.  We'll see if they stick with this one.

[DPK]

Nice!

[Jones_]

It's sort of a fusion of international and gothic architecture. I like it. I have confidence it'll be executed as well as Charter south was. I am glad this pushes the standard hopefully permanently upward a couple of notches. 

[Rufus]

There's a lot going on with this design, but I don't think it's a detriment.  I like that it is somewhat pushing the standard box design.  The staggering of the panes reminds me of the International Gem tower in New York.  I wish there was either a large screen at the bottom corner for a ticker, or that it was cantilevered so as to break up the block-ishness of the design.  But I love the crown top. 

[DwnTwnRaleighGuy]

I think that they should either bring the Wilmington side up or move the Fayetteville side down. Either way leaving one building with two different heights makes it look odd to me...still not sure if I like it. It does remind me of the old BB&T/Capital Bank building also on Fayetteville st across from Duke Progress.

[Rufus]

I think that they should either bring the Wilmington side up or move the Fayetteville side down. Either way leaving one building with two different heights makes it look odd to me...still not sure if I like it. It does remind me of the old BB&T/Capital Bank building also on Fayetteville st across from Duke Progress.

 I agree.  It would be nice to play off of BB&T by having twin spires.  

[Spatula]

 

Raleigh with the proposed buildings built -

 

22 fl - Charter Square North

19 fl - Edison Office

20 fl - The Dillon

20 fl - 301 Hillsborough

13 fl - Hilton Garden Inn

 

[Jones_]

I guess Marriott Residence at 9 isn't visible behind the Wake County office building. Finally spreading out…makes downtown feel less geographically small…thanks for the post!

[Spatula]

I guess Marriott Residence at 9 isn't visible behind the Wake County office building. Finally spreading out…makes downtown feel less geographically small…thanks for the post!

 

I think that got bumped up to 11 floors and it would be visible from that angle, I just forgot about it!

 

 

Here's another with the same 4 buildings plus that Residence Inn.

Edited July 1, 2015 by Spatula

[CHGuy]

The site plan drawing in the site plan submittal for the Charter Square North building shows it as 23 stories and 316 feet tall with 489,702 gross square feet.

[Green_man]

New rendering of Charter Square North...  courtesy of TBJ.

[Justin6882]

Hmm...seemed to vanillafy it a little bit. Was there an article to go along with the rendering?

[RALNATIVE]

I'm liking this design much better.

[bj-26]

Yea this sucker is gonna look nice from the money shot. Can't wait to see a crane up working on this. 

[Atowwn]

Much better than first version. Wonder if it will start before I'm in a old folks home?

[RaleighHeelsfan]

It's ok...short. Typical Raleigh stuff.

[Spatula]

It's a bit bland but it's better than the earlier render, which had very poor scaling between the outside details and the structure itself, that made the whole thing look kinda tacky. If nothing else, it will make a huge contribution to the perceived size of the city from the convention center.

 

[DwnTwnRaleighGuy]

Ah downtown Raleigh, the new, new North Raleigh...lol

[Green_man]

Charter Square tower sold to Highwoods Properties.  http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2016/09/28/sold-charter-square-sale-finalized.html

Gotta think this sale helps the developer (Dominion Realty) get the 22-story north tower started now.

[DwnTwnRaleighGuy]

I may be wrong, but I'm thinking that you won't see this project going up before 2018...

[bj-26]

Gosh has anyone heard anything about Charter North? It seems to have just died.

[InitialD]

17 hours ago, bj-26 said:

Gosh has anyone heard anything about Charter North? It seems to have just died.

Probably trying to line up tenants. Sometimes a developer will announce a tower and hope to generate buzz to pre-lease enough space so the backers will sign off on starting construction. The Edison is another example. Now the new developer has new renderings and is shopping the space around. 

[Jones_]

The Charter folks are pretty good at 1) drumming up those ore leases and 2) bridging financing gaps. I'd expect it to happen at some point soon. But there is a ton of competition all of a sudden so I'm thinking something will die in this rush to build 20 story buildings all over

[Rufus]

5 hours ago, Jones_ said:

The Charter folks are pretty good at 1) drumming up those ore leases and 2) bridging financing gaps. I'd expect it to happen at some point soon. But there is a ton of competition all of a sudden so I'm thinking something will die in this rush to build 20 story buildings all over

I would think this would be the easier one to build compared to Edison office because this had/has a residential component, correct?