Cultural / Convention District Strategic Development Plan 


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City-owned development tracts 

Site 1 - eastside addition to existing Convention Center - Between future Fayetteville St. and Wilmington St.  Demolition of existing building will take place September 2005.  Site is approx. 1.75 acres adjacent to 980-space underground parking deck to be constructed by 2006.  Potential for additional 640-space deck beneath this site.

Site 2 - Parking lot east side - between the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts and the existing convention center, approximately 0.75 acres on the east side of future Fayetteville Street.

Site 3 - Parking lot west side - between the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts and the existing convention center, approximately 0.75 acres, on the west side of future Fayetteville Street.

Site 4 - adjacent to Performing Arts Center parking structure - approximately 0.5 acre tract immediately adjacent to new Convention Center just east of the Performing Arts Center deck fronting on Salisbury Street.

Site 5 - Dawson - McDowell split - This property exist between the north and southbound thoroughfare pair which forms the primary entry and exit into downtown Raleigh. This site is prominent on the Raleigh skyline and consists of approximately 1.9 acres.

Site 6 - South Salisbury Street site - intersection with Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. This tract (approximately 2.25 acres) is immediately south and east of the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, on what is currently a southbound major downtown street (Salisbury) at its intersection with a cross-town arterial (MLK, Jr. Blvd.).