Ice Rink on Charter Square or What Else?

Photo on Flickr (via LWY) I’m sure as most of you know, the era of little credit is upon us and recently it has affected the start of construction at Charter Square. The Raleigh City Council has given the developers an extension and ideas are being thrown around for temporary uses for the area on [...]


City Plaza to crown downtown – Local & State – News & Observer

City officials are also trying to figure out what to do in the near-term with the slab of concrete directly south of the Bank of America building. That is the future site of Charter Square, a two-tower project that has been delayed by the credit crunch………….. Diaz wants to turn a portion of the Charter [...]


Pic of the Week

Click for larger The underground parking deck is still under construction and Charter Square is planned to be built above.


Charter Square Rising

On Fayetteville St., two cranes loom out of a giant hole in the ground. Construction on the underground deck continues and is beginning to rise up to the street. Concrete has now met up with Wilmington and Fayetteville Streets, which are actually at different elevations on this block. Fayetteville St. is higher then Wilmington. See [...]


Project Highlight: Charter Square

Charter Square will consist of two towers located on the southern end of Fayetteville St. across from the new Marriott Hotel. You can thank Craig Davis Properties for these beauties as they will have, from their website: …two towers, constructed of natural stone and glass. Building One will consist of approximately 405,000 square feet of [...]


Pic of the Week

Construction starts on the parking deck that will be under the future Charter Square.


Site One Is Now Charter Square

I want to link you over to Gogoraleigh’s post about Site One, now called Charter Square. There, you will find a great write up on what is to come on the south end of Fayetteville St. Please note the label change from Site One to Charter Square. Along with Gogoraleigh, I want to encourage everyone [...]


New Design Surfaces For Site 1

There is some really good discussion going on over at the Urban Planet Forums over Site 1, a development project going up on Fayetteville St. These pair of towers are planned to be built across Fayetteville Street from the new Marriott Hotel. Currently, the site is being used as a staging area for the hotel [...]