Highwoods Properties Donates “Experience Downtown Living” Package to Triangle Heart Ball Silent Auction One-night stay at RBC Plaza Condominiums, Gourmet Dinner at The Mint, Two Tickets to the North Carolina Symphony
RALEIGH, NC – February 2, 2011 – Highwoods Properties, Inc., the largest owner and operator of suburban office properties in the Southeast, today announced that it has donated an “Experience Downtown Living” auction package to the American Heart Association’s 26th Annual Triangle Heart Ball taking place on March 5, 2011, at the Raleigh Convention Center. The lucky bidder will experience all that Downtown living has to offer! This unique package begins with an elegant gourmet dinner donated by The Mint, followed by a memorable performance at the North Carolina Symphony courtesy of Highwoods. The winner will cap off the evening with a quick ride several hundred feet up in the RBC Plaza Condominiums where they will be staying overnight in a beautifully appointed condo, with spectacular views of Raleigh.
“Highwoods is pleased to again support the American Heart Association’s Triangle Heart Ball event. This year, Highwoods donated a package that would provide the unique perspective of what it’s like to live and play in downtown Raleigh,” said Ed Fritsch, president and CEO of Highwoods Properties.
Located off of Fayetteville and Martin streets, The Plaza Condominiums is the residential component of Raleigh’s tallest building, RBC Plaza. Offering one-, two-and three-bedroom units, The Plaza Condominiums features an amenities level with pool, home theatre, clubroom and state-of-the-art workout facility 23 stories above the city. With only 25 condo units left, hurry in today to see what Downtown living is all about.
For information about The Plaza Condos, please visit www.rbcplazacondos.com. To learn more about the Triangle Heart Ball go to www.heart.org/trianglencheartball.
About the American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is the largest voluntary health organization fighting heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. These diseases devastate millions of Americans of all ages and cause nearly 950,000 deaths each year. To fight them, the association supports research, public and professional education and community service programs in local communities throughout America.
About Highwoods Properties
Highwoods Properties, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, is a publicly traded (NYSE:HIW) real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and a member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The Company is the largest owner and operator of suburban office properties in the Southeast and provides leasing, management, development, construction and other customer-related services for its properties and for third parties. At December 31, 2010, Highwoods owned or had an interest in 330 in-service office, industrial and retail properties encompassing approximately 32.4 million square feet and owned 612 acres of development land. The Company’s properties and development land are located in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information about Highwoods Properties, please visit our web site at www.highwoods.com.
The Plaza Condominiums
Gains Fannie Mae Approval RALEIGH, N.C.
– October 8, 2009 – Dominion Realty
Partners, a full-service real estate organization
providing development, management,
leasing, acquisition and investment
services, today announced that
The Plaza Condominiums is the first
downtown condo project to be Fannie
Mae approved.
“This is great news
for condo buyers in the lively
downtown Raleigh market,” said
Andy Andrews, president and CEO
of Dominion Realty Partners. “With
Fannie Mae approval, buyers can
now get a 30-year fixed mortgage
on a condo, where as they could
not prior to this approval. We
anticipate seeing buyers who wanted
to live at The Plaza Condominiums,
but were affected by the tight
lending practices of banking institutions,
to now be able to make living downtown
a reality.”
Located off of Fayetteville
and Martin streets, The Plaza Condominiums
is the residential component of
Raleigh’s tallest building, RBC
Plaza. Offering one-, two-and three-bedroom
units, The Plaza Condominiums features
an amenities level with pool, home
theatre, clubroom and state-of-the-art
workout facility 23 stories above
the city.
For information about
The Plaza Condos or to learn more
about Fannie Mae, please visit www.rbcplazacondos.com.
About Dominion Realty
Partners, LLC
Dominion Realty Partners, LLC is
a full-service real estate organization
providing development, management,
leasing, acquisitions and investment
services. Collectively, the Dominion
Realty team of professionals brings
more than five decades of real
estate experience in handling quality,
environmentally friendly commercial
and residential transactions in
the Southeastern and mid-Atlantic
United States.
RBC Tower Symbolizes Comeback 33-story building has offices, condos and retail
On a clear night, far from the city center, you can see RBC Plaza's illuminated
spire jutting high above Raleigh's skyline. You'd expect a tall building -- especially
a 33-story tower -- to stand out. But in this case, the significance of the building,
at the corner of Fayetteville and Martin streets, rises above its size. READ
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Developers Break Ground
On RBC Plaza
Developers today broke ground -- and revealed the name of -- what will be downtown's
tallest building: RBC Plaza.
Raleigh developers Highwoods Properties
and Dominion Partners and tenant RBC Centura Bank held a ceremony at
10 a.m. to celebrate the start of construction on the 33-story tower
at the corner of Fayetteville and Martin streets.
It will be the headquarters for the U.S.
subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada when finished in 2008. READ
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Groundbreaking With
Muscle And Style
Ceremonies become more elaborate as optimism, projects grow
Ed Fritsch climbed into the cage of the Bobcat 763, pulled down the loader's
safety bar and cranked the ignition key.
The engine rumbled in the south Raleigh
parking lot as Fritsch, wearing a crisp, white button-down shirt and
striped tie, grinned like a boy realizing Tonka-truck dreams.
The CEO of Highwoods Properties wasn't testing
the machine for kicks. He was practicing for one of the most elaborate
groundbreaking ceremonies of his commercial real estate career.
When it comes to the 33-story tower his
company will break ground on today -- its most ambitious project ever
-- golden shovels aren't enough. READ MORE
City Council Green-lights
RBC Headquarters Design
The Raleigh City Council on Tuesday approved the design for RBC Centura's
long-awaited downtown headquarters.
The decision comes less than a week after
the Raleigh Planning Commission accepted the bank's plan.
The 538-foot, 32-story tower will rise from
a 0.83-acre lot on the south side of E. Martin Street between Fayetteville
and South Wilmington streets. READ
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RBC To Build
Downtown Tower Raleigh's Skyline Will
Look Dramatically Different In 2008.
RBC Centura officials announced Tuesday
that the bank will build a 29-story, $100 million skyscraper in downtown
Raleigh to house its headquarters. The building will be located at
the corner of Fayetteville and Martin streets, next door to ABC 11's
Raleigh Eyewitness News Center.
In addition to RBC's offices, the building
will house shops and restaurants on the bottom level, several parking
decks, space for other offices and 140 condominiums on the top floors READ
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Centura Building Will
Rise From Retail To Condos
RBC Centura's new corporate headquarters, a $100 million project slated
to be completed by 2008, will be a 29-story precast and glass structure
from the drawing boards of Atlanta-based architectural firm Cooper Carry.
Architect Jerry Cooper, in a dark fedora
and overcoat buttoned against the cold Tuesday morning, stood smiling
in the crowd of onlookers as RBC Centura CEO Scott Custer announced
the site and developer for his bank's new home. READ
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