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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