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B A S E BU I L DI N G D E F I N I TI ON
Landlord will perform all work necessary to provide Tenant with a completed “base building” space. Such work will be
performed at Landlord’s sole cost and expense in a workmanlike manner and in accordance with all applicable building
codes. Landlord’s Base Building Work will include the following:
BUILDING OVERVIEW:
The proposed Tower III at North Hills building rises to 25 stories, with a main entrance lobby at grade level and office
functions contained in the top 18 floors, over a multi-level parking garage. The building contains approximately 454,481
Square Feet of office use that includes 16,023 Square Feet of retail space with independent entrances and street frontage
along Plaza Street, Front Street and Six Forks Road.
The main entrance to the building is located on Plaza Street where large storefront window systems will provide visual
access, and maximum day lighting for the lobby and reception areas. At 334 feet, the height of the building will insure
an iconic presence that will celebrate its location as a premier destination at North Hills. A simple, sleek contemporary
building aesthetic is presented to the surrounding area. A primary feature of the building will be emphasized with a soaring
folded plane providing closure to frame the glass expression extending to the top of the tower. This is accentuated by a
step back in the massing thus providing an outdoor terrace for office occupants at the 23rd floor, as well as a prominent
location for major tenant signage.
The retail areas are designed to maximize transparency with exterior walls comprised of aluminum and glass. Upper floors
have an architectural character that is representative of their office function with the façade articulated by neutral color
precast concrete panels, and energy efficient high performance glass that will allow maximum clarity and transparency
without sacrificing the energy conservation goals of the enclosure walls. The effective use of exterior glass reinforces
maximum day lighting of office spaces, promoting a motivating and healthy work environment.
The parking garage entries are from Plaza Street and Boundary Street, whereas the loading and service areas are accessed
from the rear service alley. All loading/service/trash removal for the retail and office spaces will be from an internal loading
dock and service area that will be screened from public view. The parking garage for the building will be a total of nine (9)
levels. Additional parking spaces are also available on the ground floor. The project will be designed under the guidelines
of the US Green Building Council with the goal of a LEED “Silver”.
INTERIOR LAYOUT AND FINISHES:
The building is planned for single or multi-tenant occupancy with core elements placed to provide maximum flexibility and
high efficiency for interior work spaces. The core is designed to contain all required service components to insure efficient
floor function. The clear span structural system and 30’ x 40’ column spacing allow for maximum flexibility for the tenant
user layout.
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The main entrance to the building is located on Plaza Street with capability for a secure reception lobby area, if desired.
The lobby design will promote the identity and prestige complementary to the building architecture and its occupants.
The material and color palette selected for the lobby will be reflective of contemporary Class A office standards. The
reception lobby and retail areas will accommodate a minimum ceiling height of 14’-0” clear. Clear ceiling height of 9’0”
will be provided on office levels
The passenger elevator lobby will be located off the reception lobby and connected to all the office floors; likewise, the
parking shuttle elevators are also adjacent to the reception lobby. The interior finishes of the elevator cab walls will be
hardwood, stone or an equivalent. The flooring of the elevator cab shall be stone, terrazzo, or equivalent. One dedicated
freight elevator with Class A General Freight load rating and capacity will be incorporated into the building core to provide
direct access from the loading dock to every floor. The loading dock provided in this building will be weather protected.
The trash compactor, trash room and recycling room will be provided in the service area of the ground floor, and will not
interfere with the loading dock area.
Women’s and men’s restrooms will be provided within the building core on each floor, sized to meet the required fixture
count. The restroom finishes and fixtures specified will be selected for durability, appearance, and water use. Restrooms
and drinking fountains will be fully in compliance with Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard. Restroom finishes
will include granite or marble countertops and back splash, ceramic tile floors and base, and ceramic tile wainscot on wet
walls. Ceilings will be an ACT system. Restrooms will include full height mirrors over sinks, one full length mirror, fully
recessed stainless steel toilet room accessories; ceiling hung plastic laminate toilet partitions and urinal screens. One set of
“Hi Low” stainless steel drinking fountains per office floor. Restrooms will be constructed in accordance with the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Tenant side of core walls will be sheet-rocked, taped, spackled and ready to receive standard paint finishes. Core wall
enclosures will include, but not be limited to, fire vestibules, all floor openings, all common area stairs and stair openings
(including the installation of fire rated doors) toilet rooms, janitor closets, mechanical rooms, electrical rooms and telephone
rooms. Landlord will install, at its sole cost and expense, finished elevator lobbies and connecting corridors on multi-tenant
floors.
Two (2) building fire egress stairs to be installed on each floor in the core area. Egress stairs will be designed to comply with
the required occupant load. Egress stairs to be finished and painted drywall with wood veneer doors, hollow metal frames
and brushed stainless steel commercial grade hardware, concrete landings and stair treads, painted metal railings and
lighting. Landlord will allow Tenant use of fire stairs as interconnecting stairs (at Tenant’s option) and to upgrade finishes in
fire stairs at Tenant’s cost. All common areas, doors, hardware and any other building components will be fully handicap
accessible as defined by the International Building Code and applicable accessibility guidelines. All exterior perimeter
walls will be sealed, insulated and weather tight.
UTILITY SERVICE:
Service to the premises will be provided as follows
Gas:
Electric:
Water:
Sanitary:
Storm:
PSNC Energy
Duke Energy
City of Raleigh
City of Raleigh
City of Raleigh
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Vertical conduit risers and box infrastructure for internet connectivity will be provided to the building. Adequate “roughin” for telephone risers and plywood-backed boards will be installed in the main telephone room on each floor. The main
telephone room on each floor will be equipped with an electrical outlet and building standard ventilation.
BUILDING STRUCTURE:
The structure will be post-tensioned reinforced concrete structural slab utilizing reinforced concrete columns.
a. The foundation system for the structure will be drilled caissons embedded in rock.
b. The facades will be a combination of high performance energy efficient curtain wall, precast concrete panel,
thermoplastic core metal panel (parking garage).
ROOF STRUCTURE:
Concrete slab with protected membrane roof: 6” TPO roofs.
NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES:
1,291 parking spaces dispersed among 9 dedicated parking levels. 28 spaces also occur on the first level.
HVAC SYSTEMS AND PLUMBING:
Heated and cooled by a two-pipe hydronic system consisting of water source air handlers and VAV boxes. Air handlers are
serviced by chillers, cooling towers, a heat exchanger. The systems are further defined as follows:
An air-conditioned shell with sheet metal trunk ductwork in place, supplied from the penthouse central air handling system
as described below. The system will be designed in accordance with the following temperature design criteria:
a. Building HVAC design criteria will be:
Summer – 74 degrees F. dry bulb, +/-3 degrees and maximum 50% RH, up to 90 degrees dry bulb outside air
temperature, based on internal heat load generated by total of 3 watts: 1 watts for tenant lighting and 2 watts for
tenant equipment.
Winter – 70 degrees F. dry bulb, +/-3 degrees, down to 16 degrees dry bulb outside air temperature.
b. The HVAC system will be a floor-by-floor, water-cooled, self-contained VAV air handling units with fan powered
VAV boxes. HVAC system will provide appropriate tonnage based on actual loads. Expected ratio of one ton for
each 400 square feet of usable floor area. Trunk ducts, medium pressure duct loop and distribution ductwork will
be installed with the Base Building. The costs attributable to VAV discharge ducts, volume dampers, and round,
rigid and flex ducts and diffusers will be borne by Tenant.
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c. One VAV Box will be provided for the core and 4 VAV boxes per floor for initial dehumidification and freeze
protection. All future boxes are tenant work. VAV boxes will have direct digital controls. All boxes with heat will
be fan-powered PIUs. All control wiring for the 5 boxes will be provided and installed by Base Building control
subcontractor at Landlord’s cost.
d. Outside air for ventilation will be provided per ASHRAE standards at the rate of 17 CFM per person based on
occupancy of 5 persons every 1,000 usable square feet and consistent with current ASHRAE Guidelines for indoor
air quality.
e. Tenant is responsible for all costs for installation of tenant specific supplemental cooling systems. Provisions (roof
space, shafts, electrical capacity) will be included in Base Building to make installation possible. Base Building
HVAC system will have sufficient cooling and fresh air capacity for Tenant’s conference rooms and other high
occupancy spaces.
f. Automated, direct digital, Base Building energy management system. Activation will be zoned on each floor.
All core fixtures and mechanical and electrical equipment will be included, i.e., toilet rooms’ mechanical rooms and other
like Base Building areas.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS:
Electrical service entrance, with vault mounted transformers outside of building, sufficient capacity will be provided to
meet tenants needs. three phase, four-wire, and 480/277-volt service. 5.0 watts per usable square foot will be made
available for Tenant receptacles and equipment (120 volt) use and 2 watts per usable per square foot will be provided for
Tenant lighting (277 volt). Tenant will be entitled to its pro rata share of high voltage and low voltage electrical panel space.
Landlord will provide sufficient fire alarm panel capacity on each floor to meet Tenant’s reasonable needs. Landlord will
provide this base building fire alarm on each floor. Tenant will need to tie into this system as part of their tenant fit up.
EMERGENCY POWER:
Code compliant Emergency Generator will be provided to supply power for emergency lighting and life safety equipment.
In addition to servicing the base building needs, provisions for a second designated back-up generator to serve specifics
tenants can be accommodated either on the main building roof or on the parking plaza deck.
FIRE PROTECTION:
All necessary life-safety systems required by current codes in the common areas (“core”) will be installed, which will include
but not be limited to, building standard voice communication speakers, fire pull stations, fire alarm strobe lights, smoke
detectors, exit lights, fire standpipes, fire extinguishers and cabinets. Life-safety devices within Tenant’s Premises will be
at Tenant’s cost.
Fire standpipe and Base Building fire alarm system will be installed per applicable building code. The building’s main
sprinkler risers and loop system will be sized to support a sprinkler head density per code. Upturned sprinkler heads will
be provided with the Base Building per code for shell delivery.
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SECURITY:
A perimeter and elevator key card entry system for building provides access control. The security system will have sufficient
capacity to meet Tenant’s reasonable needs for an additional reader connection on each floor.
ELEVATORS:
Eight (8) high-speed passenger (450 fpm) and one (1) freight elevator provide service from the ground level to the above
grade office levels. Of the eight (8), a low-rise bank of four (4) serve floors one through sixteen ( 1- 16) and a second
high-rise bank of four (4) serve floors seventeen through twenty-five (17-25). The independent dedicated freight elevator
services all floors. The freight elevator cab will have a minimum ceiling height of ten (10) feet. A separate bank of four (4) shuttle elevators serve all of the parking levels and connect to the main lobby level for transfer
to the office serving passenger elevators.
LOADING DOCKS:
The covered loading dock includes a multiple bays of various depths for truck loading and deliveries. These are accessed
through a rear service drive.
AMENITIES:
Approximately 16.023 square feet of retail is conveniently located on the ground level. Additional space is available to
accommodate various amenities as needed.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN:
Sustainability is an important aspect of this building. Besides minimizing the impact on the surroundings, maximizing the
use of natural resources, and using locally available materials, sustainable design has been shown to enhance productivity
and reduce operations and maintenance costs. Using sustainable materials and finishes will significantly increase the indoor
air quality for the project. Studies confirm that high indoor environment quality in office improves the productivity and
increases the attendance of employees.
Electrical service will be provided to accommodate four Level II electrical charging stations in the parking garage, each
served by 208/240V AC electrical supply on a dedicated 40A circuit. Each of the charging stations will be ADA compliant
and equipped with a minimum of two SAE J-1772 type UL approved connectors on a maximum 25’ extended length
coiling or storable cords.
This development will also utilize the latest in storm water management techniques. This building will be actively seeking
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) with a goal of a minimum LEED Silver Certification.
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