Capital Bank Plaza is a skyscraper in

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which houses the headquarters of Capital Bank. Formerly known as 333 Corporate Plaza, the 15-story building at 333 Fayetteville Street has of space and is an "outstanding example of International Style

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" and "features black

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on the facade with polished green

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, black granite, and

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in the lobby."

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designed the building, built in 1964. From the 1960s until 1990, the building housed the Raleigh offices of

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, which had owned the building since 1980, began a $4 million renovation in 1993, and renamed the building 333 Corporate Plaza.Kay McFadden, "333 REDUX Raleigh office building gussies up," ''News & Observer'', 1993-03-02. KB Fund IV of California bought the building in 1997 and sold it to Modern Continental of

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in 2000.Steve Cannon, "Sale of office tower likely," ''News & Observer'' 2000-09-08. Raleigh Development bought the building in 2004, and McKinney & Silver soon left its to move to

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. 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.Frank Norton, "Bank plans to move downtown," ''News & Observer'', 2005-11-02. Capital Bank announced it would lease two floors of the ten-story One Glenwood in Raleigh. The lease included a sign on the building.

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External links

Guide to the Raleigh Development Company Records on 333 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 1963-2007
Skyscraper office buildings in Raleigh, North Carolina Bank buildings in North Carolina Office buildings completed in 1964 Emery Roth buildings {{RaleighNC-struct-stub