PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Developer to break ground
for Raleigh Crossing
The Fallon Co. plans to break
ground on Raleigh Crossing, its
1.86-acre mixed-use development in
downtown Raleigh, in September
Raleigh Crossing will offer a mix
of commercial, residential, retail and
hospitality uses. It will feature:
280,000 sq. ft. of trophy office
space; 18,000 sq. ft. of retail; 165-
room hotel; 135-unit apartment
community; an expansive, flexible
outdoor amenity terrace; and ex-
panded sidewalks and an activated
ground level.

The company plans to break
ground on the first phase of the
project in September. The first
phase calls for the development of a
first-class commercial tower located
at 301 Hillsborough St.

Designed by Duda | Paine Archi-
tects, the first phase will offer more
than 280,000 sq. ft. of prime office
space, public amenities with out-
door and indoor seating, a modern
fitness studio, and 12,500 sq. ft. of
retail. The second phase of the project
will be comprised of hotel and resi-
dential offerings, including more than
7,000 sq. ft. of retail space. The
pedestrian-oriented mixed-use com-
munity will span nearly a full city block
and offers an outdoor amenity level
for multi-purpose use, including fit-
ness classes and community events.

CMPD upgrading
headquarters, getting
new station
Charlotte City Council has ap-
proved nearly $1 million for safety
upgrades to the headquarters of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police De-
partment on East Trade St. and ap-
proved construction contract for
new station.

Upgrades include ballistic resist-
ant doors and windows, a larger
public vestibule, a new customer
service counter and waiting room
and minor electrical and mechanical
updates, reports the Charlotte Ob-
server. Catalyst Construction Co. was
awarded a $950,280 contract for the
safety upgrades project.

In addition, the city council also
approved a more than $9.5 million
contract with Miles-McClellan Con-
struction Co. for the new location of
CMPD’s University City Division Sta-
tion. The division will move into the
planned 16,081-sq.-ft. facility at 8452
N. Tryon St. The project is expected
to be completed in late 2020.

Pfizer invests
$500 million to expand
in Sanford facility
Pfizer has announced plans to in-
vest an additional half-billion dollars
for the construction of its state-of-
the-art gene therapy manufacturing
facility in Sanford.

By expanding its manufacturing
footprint in Sanford, the company
expects to strengthen its ability to
produce and supply both clinical-
and commercial-scale quantities of
critical, potentially life-changing
gene therapy medicines to patients
living with rare diseases around the
world. The plant would expand the com-
pany’s presence in North Carolina,
where there are currently more than
3,600 Pfizer colleagues, including
650 in Sanford. The expanded facil-
ity is projected to add approximately
300 new jobs.

The new space would help ad-
vance Pfizer’s work in manufactur-
ing highly specialized, potentially
one-time gene therapies that use
custom-made recombinant adeno-
associated virus (rAAV) vectors.

Pfizer is expanding its end-to-end
capabilities in gene therapy in North
Carolina by investing in facilities fo-
cused on all stages of research, de-
velopment, and manufacturing.

The company did not disclose
any construction details and time-
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