Raleigh Renaissance

Its been a while since the last update, but the Downtown Raleigh maps section has finally been brought back. Some of the information/renderings may be out of date, but they’ll be updated over the coming weeks. There are some additional features planned for the map section, but they’ll take time to implement. In the mean time feel free to leave comments/feedback.

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Project Sub pages have been added!

When you click on the projects tab, if you click on a specific project’s name you’ll get another page with a rendering and more information.
I’m in the process of making the renderings and information accurate, complete, and up to date.

Next on the agenda, bringing back the map of downtown Raleigh projects.

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Downtown Raleigh’s skyline has exploded with cranes!

Here’s a quick rundown of active construction projects (included in the new gallery “Raleigh_Construction_11-1-06″)

• Convention Center (Skeleton is basically done at this point)
• Underground Parking Deck (Site 1 and the Convention Hotel)
• Palladium Plaza (Seems to add a lot to the block already, hopefully will have some ground level retail)
• RBC Headquarters
• Bloomsbury Estates
• 222 Glenwood
• Quorum Center (Looking very nice and should be done very soon)

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A quick update on the Wake County Parking deck which will be going up on the corner of Davie and McDowell.

The deck will contain 800 spaces and will have 2 stories of retail/offices along two sides. In addition there will be 44 condo units above the parking deck. This project will start construction in early ‘07.

A video can be found here at News 17 Wake County Parking Deck Story

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In 1990 Progress Energy (then CP&L) was Raleigh’s tallest building but things were changing: two buildings were being built that would soon define Raleigh’s skyline for the next 17 years. These buildings, Wachovia (then First Union) and 2 Hannover, were both about the same height and several blocks apart. 2 Hannover was in the heart of the CBD, next to a few other highrises. Wachovia, while only down Fayetteville Street Mall, was much taller than anything else around it.
Flash forward to September 26th, 2006 - Downtown Raleigh is about to break ground on its new tallest building. At 538 feet, the new headquarters for RBC will stand 100 feet above our current tallest. Just like 1991, however, our new tallest building won’t be alone. The long awaited Reynolds tower is expected to break ground next summer. While we don’t know the final height or final plans, it’s recently been announced that the building might go up to 31 stories. Whether or not it will surpass RBC isn’t known, but one thing is for sure: Wachovia and 2 Hannover are getting some company, our “bookends” are getting some books.

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The projects page and links page are now back up.

The projects page is sortable, so if you click on the column headings you can sort projects alphabetically, by their types, current status and their heights. The next update (coming up sometime this week) will allow you to click on the project to get a rendering and more information. The information is “current”, but keep in mind that some projects still don’t have final heights/floor counts.

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All the old galleries have now been added, Check them out!

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Old news articles are now accessible under the “News” tab or ” the “Older News” link. Also I’ve been working on the photo gallery section which is now available under the “gallery” tab. Only one gallery is up for right now, but the others are on their way. Next steps are putting more galleries up, the links page then the “projects” page. The map and catalog are still at least a few weeks away, but should be pretty nice when done.

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The site is still in the process of being updated and most of the old functionality is temporarily down. Keep checking back for updates!

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Raleigh Renaissance is undergoing major changes/upgrades over the weekend. A new layout, updated information and more features are on the way!

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