Citrix Systems Downtown Raleigh

[DCMetroRaleigh]

This turned out even better than I thought it would, and that is saying something.

[cowboy_wilhelm]

They moved out of my office building a couple of weeks ago. I didn't know their new building was that far along.

[RALNATIVE]

Triangle Business Journal has a gallery up of some photos of the completed renovation.  http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/gallery/88651

 

Wish there were more photos!  Such a cool building for downtown Raleigh!

My condo is just around the corner from Citrix. Walked over a week or so ago to take a look, and was very impressed with the look of the outside.

 

The grand opening is scheduled for next Thursday. I'm certain that more photos will be posted then.

[DanRNC]

Very cool!

[Jones_]

I'll admit to making my walk home from work extra long most days so I could watch the progress as it was being built. They really nailed it and I hope have set a standard around town. 

[cowboy_wilhelm]

I wonder how long it will take for the W. Hargett St. rail crossing to become a quiet zone.

[Euphorius]

Despite the fact that I work in a completely different profession, this building almost makes me want to work for Citrix. 

[RALNATIVE]

It definitely is a beautiful urban campus.

[InitialD]

Video of the Citrix building:

[RALNATIVE]

Great video!

[DPK]

I'm definitely impressed with what they've done to establish a presence there.

[RALNATIVE]

Currently, Raleigh has 3 of the top 20 best tech companies to work for...SAS, Red Hat, and Citrix. I suspect that this will be the driving force for branding Raleigh as one of the premier high tech cities in the US.

 

Great companies attract the best talent and other companies follow the best talent.

[Jones_]

I totally agree. I have been saying for a while that Raleigh's 'thing' should to position itself as a technology leader and orient downtown around that concept. We also have Cree, and LEDing all of downtown's lights seems like a no-brainer to me. Anyway, since nobody in a leadership position really seems to have embraced this idea, I am very glad Citrix and Red Hat are lighting the torch themselves and running with it...

[RALNATIVE]

Anyway, since nobody in a leadership position really seems to have embraced this idea, I am very glad Citrix and Red Hat are lighting the torch themselves and running with it...

 

Not sure if that's correct. I've met and talked to Mary Ann Baldwin and she really does get it. She co-founded Innovate Raleigh and is a powerful voice on the city council for smart growth, innovation, and pushing Raleigh forward. Mitchell Silver was another strong advocate, but unfortunately he left to return to NYC.

[InitialD]

[RALNATIVE]

I noticed glass being installed today on the ground level of the Citrix parking deck, facing Morgan St. I'm assuming that this will be retail space afterall.

[InitialD]

I noticed glass being installed today on the ground level of the Citrix parking deck, facing Morgan St. I'm assuming that this will be retail space afterall.

Yeah, I was milling around the area and that appears to be the case. There's a "space available" sign up there, too.

[Jones_]

I should be an adult about this, but I pointed this out on August 11...

[RALNATIVE]

Some photos of the new Citrix facility:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/citrixsynergy/sets/72157648167467062/

[ctl]

Now this. Unfortunate.http://www.newsobserver.com/2015/01/29/4514573_citrix-systems-to-lay-off-900.html?rh=1

[Captain Awesome]

That doesn't sound too bad.  They are just dropping to 8600 workers worldwide.  I wouldn't worry as much about new Citrix locations as I would about locations that are already shedding jobs. 

[Jones_]

The Raleigh location is basically Fileshare, and from what I gather Fileshare revenue is growing just fine. But we'll see soon I suppose

[ctl]

Meanwhile there continue to be doubts about the future of Citrix. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/22/us-citrix-m-a-idUSKCN0RM2T920150922

 

 

[DanRNC]

Downtown Raleigh's tech scene isn't doing too well these days. Shake ups at the Raleigh Underground are occurring as well that look pretty dubious.

[Captain Awesome]

I don't see that as more than just a change in the by whomever buys Goto (and Sharefile, for that matter).  The facility plus existing staff is going to be a huge plus for the company that picks up those product suites.  As far as the Raleigh Tech scene, I think it's still going strong.  The startup scene may be having issues, but in a city with limited local VC, and with the state of the national VC scene (sorry, finance majors, an LLP with a niche mobile app and no clue how to monetize it is not worth $500m) isn't a great indicator of the health of technology nor innovation in the area.  Our ability to generate homegrown talent, and the work being done in software, hardware and other tech fields in the area is what drives the health of the industry in Raleigh.  The shift to calling it a "scene" is a symptom of misplaced priorities and a quick ROI mindset; the VC set and the engineers trying to cash a lottery ticket are slowly learning that.  What this area has, and what it needs to foster is not a "scene" but an industry, but that's a rant for another day.