PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Here are some projects and oppor-
tunities reported on in ncconstruc-
tionnews.com in the last couple of
months. Crescent Communities to
build “Creative Office” in
University Research Park
Crescent Communities says it is
building a four-story 158,000 sq. ft.
Class-A creative office community
in Charlotte’s University Research
Park. Escent Research Park is located
on a 20-acre site near the intersec-
tion of West Mallard Creek Church
Road and David Taylor Drive in the
University submarket. The devel-
oper says it is pursuing LEED,
Fitwel and WiredScore certifica-
tions. Site work commenced in Octo-
ber, with an anticipated delivery in
early 2021. BB+M Architecture is
the project architect and ColeJenest
& Stone is the civil engineer. Choate
Construction has been selected as
the general contractor.
“We see a void in the market-
place for first generation creative of-
fice space in the growing University
Research Park area of Charlotte,”
said Sagar Rathie, vice-president
with the commercial business for
Crescent Communities. “Escent Re-
search Park will provide a dynamic
working environment that fosters
connection, collaboration, and cre-
ativity in the second largest employ-
ment center within our region.”
The developer says it previously
developed five office communities in
the University Research Park, as well
as three multifamily communities to-
talling nearly 1,150 residences.
Crescent Communities CEO
Todd Mansfield outlined in a state-
ment the company’s active com-
mercial development portfolio,
including two additional office-cen-
tric, mixed-use communities in
Charlotte: Ally Charlotte Center, a
26-floor mixed-use office tower and
a 5-star, 381-room JW Marriott cur-
rently under construction in uptown
Charlotte and slated to deliver in the
first half of 2021. 101 North Tryon is
a 20-story Class-A office tower lo-
cated in the heart of Charlotte’s
central business district and is cur-
rently undergoing capital improve-
ments. Also under construction are
a number of significant industrial
projects consisting of more than
one million sq. ft. across the South-
east. Friends Homes to begin
construction projects in
Greensboro Friends Homes is preparing to
begin major residential construction
projects in Greensboro.
The project on its campus at
Guilford College Rd. and Friendly
Ave. includes the expansion of
Friends Homes West that will add
villas, townhomes and cottages,
and one-story townhomes at
Friends Homes Guilford, News &
Record reports.
The west campus will include 11
3-bedroom cottages, eight 2-bed-
room townhomes and three build-
ings that will contain 54 villa
apartments. All the apartments and
homes, ranging from 1,400 to 1,900
sq. ft., will feature open floor plans,
granite counter tops, stainless steel
appliances and multiple views.
Plans call for 20 townhomes, some
2-bedroom units and another type
of 2-bedroom units with a den to be
added to the Friends Homes Guil-
ford campus.
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PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Plans also include an expanded
wellness center with more fitness
options and a new sports court at
Friends Home West. In addition, a
new bistro, a pizza oven and an out-
door dining area are planned for the
Friends Home West campus.
Friends Homes is managed by
The Presbyterian Homes, a non-
profit corporation serving approxi-
mately 2,000 seniors in North
Carolina. Construction begins on
mixed-use development
in Hickory
Neill Grading and Construction
and Lat Purser & Associates an-
nounced the beginning of construc-
tion on a large mixed-use
development in Hickory’s Startown
Corridor. The first phase of the Preston
Ridge Development represents a
$31.6 million investment in the
community with a multi-tenant com-
mercial building and 172 residential
apartments. The first phase is
scheduled to open in summer 2020.
The development will offer restau-
rant, retail, and service businesses
along with one, two, and three-bed-
room apartment floorplans ranging
from 675 to 1,317 sq. ft.
Amenities include pet-friendly
community with onsite dog wash-
ing station; salt-water pool; full
community kitchen for hosting year-
round socials; co-working and
lounge area with large-screen TV in
common area; fitness and yoga
rooms; walking trails just steps
from the property; package delivery
lockers for residents.
In addition, the developers of Pre-
ston Ridge are collaborating with
Catawba Valley Community College
to establish a location for its School
of Cosmetology and reserving a por-
tion of Preston Ridge apartments ex-
clusively for CVCC students.
Contractor breaks ground
on Elizabeth City project
Miami-based FRONTIER Compa-
nies says it has broken ground on a
new development in Elizabeth City,
North Carolina at 3875 Conlon Way
near the Walmart Supercenter.
FRONTIER’s development divi-
sion is expected to complete the
ground-up development in 2020,
providing a turn-key retail center to
each of its tenants, the contractor
said in a statement. FRONTIER’s
building division is managing all
construction aspects of the project.
The 7,367 sq. ft. retail center is
set to include a Great Clips hair
salon, an Aspen Dental, and a T-Mo-
bile outpost. The plaza is being built
on a 64,000 sq. ft. lot and will in-
clude 67 parking spaces.
Skanska to build new
surgical tower in Chapel Hill
Skanska says that it has signed
an additional $207 million contract
with University of North Carolina
Hospitals to build a new surgical
tower in Chapel Hill.
The 31,100 sq.-ft., seven-story
tower will house surgical spaces, in-
cluding 24 operating rooms, 56 pre-
and post-operating rooms, and 56
intensive care unit rooms for recov-
ering patients, families and guests.
The tower will tie into the exist-
ing facility on multiple levels, while
improving the main patient entry
and current hospital logistics with
two new pedestrian bridges.
Construction is underway on the
project and is expected to be com-
pleted in August 2022.
Lock7 plans mixed-use
building in Raleigh
plans to build a mixed-use building
in Raleigh.
The developer recently closed a
deal to purchase a vacant property
for the mixed-use building in the
Glenwood South neighborhood on
Peace St. between Glenwood and
North Boylan avenues downtown,
The News & Observer reports.
The four-story building will offer
24 condo units and feature 1,500
sq. ft. or more of retail space. It will
have one- to three-bedroom condos
of varying prices, sizes and layouts,
and will have a rooftop terrace and
parking. Construction is set to begin in
early 2020 and be completed some-
time in 2021.
Florida developer plans
32,000 sq. ft. shopping
center in southwest
Charlotte A Florida-based development
company says it has purchased six
acres in the Berewick area of south-
west Charlotte with plans to break
ground on a 32,000-sq. ft. shopping
center. Konover South closed the $4.8-
million deal on Oct. 11, and plans to
start construction on the Freeman
Crossing retail center in early 2020,
according to a statement from the
developer. The property is on Steele Creek
Road near Interstate 485, across
from Starbucks, Walgreens and Har-
ris Teeter. The new retail center also
will be less than a mile from Char-
lotte Premium Outlets, the Charlotte
Observer reports.
The property is Konover South’s
first purchase in North Carolina. The
company also owns shopping cen-
ters in Florida and Ohio.
Konover South CEO David Coppa
said in a statement he expects the
shopping center to include a steak
restaurant, banking, cellular and
healthcare services when it opens
in 2021.
Lock7 Development has unveiled
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