I love the last photo. Duke Energy Center and the Westin look great together. I don't care for the small crane. These usually aren't as visible. I think I saw it in an August photo and it wasn't as visible, though maybe it wasn't fully assembled? I still love this building. It's among my favorites. I think the different angles create a more interesting building and these angles and many setbacks are among the reasons I like it. Thank you for the update! If you can find the time, I would like to see it in a skyline photo with The Vue. Thank you again!
Wow! It looks huge from there. Charlotte looks sort of like a modernized New York City with the BOA playing the role of Empire State Building. I wonder if the city can keep this up.
This building is amazing! Hopefully, they won't add anything (logos) to the handle. It looks great as-is.
Thank you for the skyline. Charlotte also has a building similar to the Chrysler Building (Hearst Tower).
Most of Charlotte's skyline was built by two banks. The largest employer of the two banks was one of the first victims of the recession and was bought for almost nothing by Wells Fargo. The building above was planned as their new headquarters, before they were forced by the government to sell last year. The last remaining bank, Bank of America, now has most of its revenue generated from New York City and some are concerned the headquarters may leave for New York City. The growth of Charlotte's skyline will slow down, now that Charlotte only has one bank headquarters and could slow dramatically, if Bank of America leaves. Charlotte skyline lovers are presently watching the new CEO search at Bank of America. I've seen reports the board wants the next CEO in Charlotte and other reports that say they are ready to move, if the next CEO wishes to.
That would be disastrous for Charlotte. Why do American boom-towns always have to end in ruin?
No, that wouldn't be disastrous; it would mainly bruise our ego to have the HQ's leave. We would still have a bunch of BOA jobs located here, just the top brass (maybe 100 or so jobs of a few thousand) would relocate if that happened. We still remain an attractive place to do business despite the banking upheavals here. New jobs announcements are still streaming in.
Exactly, boom towns usually seem to do quite well, because they develop the infrastructure, and once the boom is over, they've built, developed, and diversified enough to keep things going. Think about Chicago and its quick and massive build up. Denver was a boom town with mining. San Fransisco with gold. L.A with movies and television, etc. I think if BOA leaves, it will just leave more office space for other companies, and with the growth of population North Carolina is seeing, and the amount of great Universities there, I still see good things happening. Whether or not BOA stays, Charlotte got some amazing buildings out of them.
Some offices in Uptown are there to work with the headquarters and would likely leave as well, but the space will fill over time. The biggest impact from losing the headquarters would be fewer new skyscrapers. It could be 5-10 years after a Bank of America relocation before another new skyscraper is built and instead of two, three or four new skyscrapers a year, you would see one, two or maybe three every ten years. They likely would average around 25 floors or less, creating mid and low-rise infill. It seems most companies moving to Charlotte are more interested in suburban offices or campuses. The banks are responsible for the amazing skyline. Thankfully McColl and others are trying to talk some of the companies interested in Charlotte into selecting Uptown to help fill space from bank layoffs. Ally almost selected suburban space, before they were talked into Uptown. If McColl was still CEO, I doubt Bank of America would build low-rises in Charlotte's suburbs and I doubt he would approve of One Bank of America Center's design.
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