Plan for four downtown towers before city
Published: Tue, Sep. 02, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Tue, Sep. 02, 2008 01:24AM
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closeRALEIGH -- The City Council could approve a project today that would send four more towers soaring over downtown.
The 1.6-million-square-foot Edison project calls for two 38-story and two 29-story towers on the block between Wilmington, Davie, Blount and Martin streets.
The planning commission recommended the council approve the project with conditions when it meets at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Avery C. Upchurch Government Complex at 222 W. Hargett St.
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Plans call for the four towers to sprout from a nine-story shared base, and the council has already approved a parking deck at the site.
The project would feature retail space, 576,000 square feet of offices, up to 640 condominiums and possibly a hotel.
It could also put 70-year-landmark Clyde Cooper's Barbecue in a new storefront after restaurateur Tony Moore worked out a deal with developer Gregg Sandreuter.
The City Council also will hold a public hearing during the meeting today on a special-use permit request from Cardinal Gibbons High School for a 2,980-seat stadium.
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