Capital Bank Plaza
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Capital Bank Plaza is a skyscraper in Raleigh, North Carolina
which houses the headquarters of Capital Bank
. Formerly known as 333 Corporate Plaza, the 15-story building at 333 Fayetteville Street has 135000 square feet (12,541.9 m²) of space and is an "outstanding example of International Style
modernism
" and "features black granite
on the facade with polished green marble
, black granite, and cherry
paneling in the lobby."
Emery Roth
designed the building, built in 1964. From the 1960s until 1990, the building housed the Raleigh offices of BB&T
. The Equitable Life Assurance Society, which had owned the building since 1980, began a $4 million renovation in 1993, and renamed the building 333 Corporate Plaza. KB Fund IV of California bought the building in 1997 and sold it to Modern Continental of Cambridge, Massachusetts
in 2000. Raleigh Development bought the building in 2004, and McKinney & Silver soon left its 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) to move to Durham
. On November 2, 2005, Capital Bank announced plans to move to five floors in the building and rename it Capital Bank Center, putting the bank's name on top. The move gave downtown Raleigh its first bank headquarters since First Citizens
moved to a suburban location 15 years earlier.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
which houses the headquarters of Capital Bank
North American Financial Holdings
North American Financial Holdings Inc. is a bank holding company which operates out of Charlotte, North Carolina but for regulatory purposes is headquartered in Miami, Florida. The nationally chartered NAFH National Bank operates as Capital Bank, which is based in Raleigh, North Carolina...
. Formerly known as 333 Corporate Plaza, the 15-story building at 333 Fayetteville Street has 135000 square feet (12,541.9 m²) of space and is an "outstanding example of International Style
International style (architecture)
The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...
modernism
Modern architecture
Modern architecture is generally characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. It is a term applied to an overarching movement, with its exact definition and scope varying widely...
" and "features black granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
on the facade with polished green marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
, black granite, and cherry
Cherry
The cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy stone fruit. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the wild cherry, Prunus avium....
paneling in the lobby."
Emery Roth
Emery Roth
Emery Roth was an American architect who designed many of the definitive New York City hotels and apartment buildings of the 1920s and 30s, incorporating Beaux-Arts and Art Deco details...
designed the building, built in 1964. From the 1960s until 1990, the building housed the Raleigh offices of BB&T
BB&T
BB&T Corporation is an American bank with assets of $157 billion , offering full-service commercial and retail banking services along with other financial services like insurance, investments, retail brokerage, mortgage, corporate finance, consumer finance, payment services, international...
. The Equitable Life Assurance Society, which had owned the building since 1980, began a $4 million renovation in 1993, and renamed the building 333 Corporate Plaza. KB Fund IV of California bought the building in 1997 and sold it to Modern Continental of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
in 2000. Raleigh Development bought the building in 2004, and McKinney & Silver soon left its 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) to move to Durham
Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
. On November 2, 2005, Capital Bank announced plans to move to five floors in the building and rename it Capital Bank Center, putting the bank's name on top. The move gave downtown Raleigh its first bank headquarters since First Citizens
First Citizens BancShares
First Citizens Bancshares, Incorporated is a bank holding company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. that operates two subisidiaries, First Citizens Bank and IronStone Bank...
moved to a suburban location 15 years earlier.