Soleil Center

It was cancelled as a result of the drop in hotel demand during the Great Recession and the land was sold at foreclosure.

The Soleil Center was to contain a 290-room four-star Westin Hotels & Resorts, 54 condominiums, 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) of office space, a spa and a 600-car parking garage.

[1][2] The construction project was approved by the Raleigh City Council in November 2005, but after uneven bedrock conditions were discovered, test drilling of every column location was required causing a year-long delay.

After additional funding and investors were secured, the Soleil Group decided on building the larger project.

[2] The Great Recession destroyed demand for luxury condos, and the project was scaled back in late 2008 to just a 16-story hotel under the Westin Hotels & Resorts franchise, with the possibility of constructing the condo tower atop it at a later date.