The historically registered Capital Club Building is a 1930s icon with a modern twist. The building is located in the heart of Downtown Raleigh's thriving Fayetteville Street business district, which doubles as an entertainment hub at night, making this one of the most desirable places to live and work in the area. The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts hosts opera and ballet, and summer sees the Red Hat Amphitheater host big-name outdoor concerts. Hip cocktails bars offer live music, while the dining scene covers Southern and Asian eateries, BBQ spots, and vegan juice bars. In 2019, Livability ranked Downtown Raleigh second in its Top 100 Best Places to Live because of its access to hundreds of restaurants and bars and an astounding number of museums and historical attractions. On the Capital Club Building's ground floor is the Capital Club 16, a locally-sourced restaurant boasting a bar handmade out of reclaimed wood from one of Manhattan’s landmarks, Luchow’s restaurant, open for 100 years in Union Square. On the top floor is the Cannon Room, a ballroom-style space perfect for a wide range of events. The Capital Club Building features a large conference room available to all tenants and over $2 million in renovations since it was originally built with upgrades to the façade, elevators, and lobby. The property has an elegant, historical feel featuring high ceilings, art-deco plasterwork details, large windows wrapping the building, and amazing downtown views. It also boasts a recently added coffee and drink bar that was a part of its core renovations, including new fixtures and finishes. Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill have been an innovation center for decades, with the longstanding Research Triangle established more than 50 years ago anchored by North Carolina State University, Duke University, and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. With such a dense population of smart, young talent, both legacy tech companies like IBM and Cisco, as well as new start-ups, reap the talent attraction benefits. Raleigh alone has seen a huge growth in the technology sector with a nearly 40 percent increase in tech jobs between 2010-2015, second only to San Francisco.
