PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
That project will meld retail and
hospitality, with plans calling for a
five-story, 125-room hotel and
29,600 sq. ft. of commercial space
for retail and fast-casual restaurants,
says Trent Gustafson, president of
Gustafson Partners Commercial Real
Estate. The project achieved rezoning ap-
proval in November.
“We’ve been pursuing this tract of
land for a number of years,”
Gustafson says. “That intersection is
ground zero for the Northlake Mall
trade area.”
Frank L. Blum starts work
on Salemtowne retirement
community With $39 million in state-approved
revenue bonds, Frank L. Blum Con-
struction has started work on The
Woodlands, a new residential living
retirement community in Salem-
towne. There will be two four-floor build-
ings including 56 one- and two-bed-
room villas ranging from 1,215- to
1,875-sq. ft. Each building will have
seven residences per floor and an
underground parking deck, The Win-
ston-Salem Journal has reported.
The average cost for an apart-
ment is $325,000 and the project
should be completed by late 2019 or
early 2020.
EGGER breaks ground for
new manufacturing plant in
Linwood EGGER, one of the world’s lead-
ing wood-based materials suppliers
for the furniture, wood construction
and flooring industries, has started
construction on its first U.S. manu-
facturing plant at the I-85 Corporate
Center in Linwood.
Construction on the production
facility began after the North Car-
olina Department of Environmental
Quality issued an air quality permit,
The Dispatch says.
In July 2017, Austrian-based com-
pany, announced it was putting its
first North American facility in David-
son County, promising a $700 million
investment and 770 jobs.
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the North Hills mixed-use develop-
ment. The building will have office ac-
commodations above an eight-story
as well as will feature 880-space
parking deck and around 8,200 sq.
ft. of ground-level retail space.
This ultramodern particleboard
manufacturing plant is estimated to
open in 2020 and will enable EGGER
to better serve its customers in
North America, improving access for
architects, designers, wholesalers
and furniture industry customers to
EGGER’s wide range of wood-based
products and designs.
ADW wins contract to
design new Aberdeen
police facility
The Town of Aberdeen has ap-
proved a $368,000 contract with
Charlotte-based architectural firm
ADW to provide design services,
prepare the bid documents and over-
see construction administration for
the new police facility.
The new facility is expected to
cost $4.2 million, while the construc-
tion of the building would take up to
12 months, The Pilot reports.
The new almost 13,000-sq. ft.
building would house all the conven-
tional police operations, including a
detention area, evidence room, inter-
view rooms and holding cells, a con-
ference room, and offices.
Plans call for the existing 5,230-
sq. ft. building to be used for things
such as locker and shower rooms, a
fitness room, a training room that
could be available to outside groups
and general storage.
Kane Realty to build
20-story office building in
Raleigh Kane Realty Corp. is preparing to
begin construction of a 20-story of-
fice building in Raleigh’s Midtown
district. The company has secured about
an $84.7 million construction loan to
build the building, Tower IV. The
326,600-sq. ft. office project will rise
18 stories at 4000 Front St. within
Adjacent will be a 570,000-sq. ft.
residential tower rising 32 stories.
The building will have 10 levels of
boutique hotel rooms and 22 levels
of luxury apartments.
Construction is expected to be
completed in summer 2020.
Lane Construction wins
$346 million road
construction contract
Lane Construction Corp., a sub-
sidiary of Salini Impregilo Group, has
won a $346-million design-build con-
tract in Wake County to make im-
provements to I-440/US 1 from
south of Walnut St. to north of Wade
Ave. Improvements to the interstate,
referred to locally as the Raleigh
Beltline, will widen 6.5 miles of the
roadway from four lanes to six, en-
hancing traffic flow, access, and effi-
ciency to the widely traveled
roadway which is forecast to in-
crease in traffic volume in the future.
The work involves replacing pave-
ment and bridges and upgrading in-
terchanges and is expected to start
in early 2019 and be completed by
mid-2023.
ASSOCIATION NEWS
PHCCNC installs 2019
board Linda Burkett retires after
30 years with ASAC
The Plumbing Heating Cooling
Contractors of North Carolina (PHC-
CNC) recently installed its 2019
board of officers and directors.
They are: Don Hilderbrand, direc-
tor; Rob McClintock, president; Jeff
Voss, vice-president; Thomas Bar-
bour, director; Isiah Oxford, director;
Rick Whitaker, treasurer; Lauren
Acosta Huckleberry, director and
Brooks Jester, associate director.
Dale Dawson issued the oath to
new board members.
Linda Burkett says she will be re-
tiring Dec. 31 after three decades of
service with the American Subcon-
tractors Association of the Carolinas
(ASAC). NC Labor Commissioner
Cherie Berry to speak at
NCSA's Jan. 17 meeting in
Charlotte Cherie Berry, North Carolina's
Commissioner of Labor, will be the
guest speaker at
the North Car-
olina Subcon-
tractors Alliance
(NCSA) meeting
on Jan. 17 in
Charlotte. “Berry will be discussing safety
and laws governing the construction
industry,” the NCSA says in its event
announcement. There will also be
display tables from safety and insur-
ance company representatives.
The event will be from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Char-
lotte Executive Park, 5700 Westpark
Dr. Tickets include two drink tickets,
dinner and speaker, There is and op-
tion to order a full table of eight and
individual tickets. For more informa-
tion and to register, visit the registra-
tion page here.
If you are interested in being a
safety sponsor, call Michelle
Frankum at (704) 965-7370.
In her retirement letter, she de-
scribed several of her contributions
to the association.
“In June, 2019 ASAC will cele-
brate “Fifty Years” of service to the
construction industry,” she wrote. “I
consider it a privilege to have served
30 of those 50 years and it has most
definitely ben an honor to serve as
your executive director. Thank you
for your valued support and friend-
ship.” Sewage spillage in
Raleigh's streams and
tributaries underscores
need for more public
infrastructure funding:
CAGC More than seven million gallons
of sewage spilled into Raleigh's
streams and tributaries in mid-
November. This chilling occurrence
underscores the need for more pub-
lic funding to adequately address the
importance of keeping pace with
water, sewer and other infrastructure
needs throughout the Carolinas, ac-
cording to Carolinas Associated Gen-
eral Contractors (CAGC).
"More focus needs to be placed
on repairing our water and sewer
lines, as well as all public infrastruc-
ture needs, at a time when they are
not being adequately addressed
throughout the Carolinas and our na-
tion," said Dave Simpson, the associ-
ation's president and CEO. "These in-
cidents unfortunately will not go
away if we do not keep pace with
maintaining and improving all of our
infrastructure needs."
According to news reports, the
City of Raleigh repaired only 17
miles of sewer and water pipe last
fiscal year. The Public Utilities De-
partment requested a 3 percent in-
crease in water and sewer rates to
help repair 24 miles of pipe. The City
Council voted to raise rates by 1.6
percent. With 7 million gallons of
sewage spilling into four Raleigh
streams and tributaries, including
nearly 5 million gallons of sewage
spilling into Marsh Creek, more
needs to be invested in the water
and sewer system.
AGC of America Utility Infrastruc-
ture Division director Allen Gray said
in a statement: “This is an unfortu-
nate but telling example of how im-
portant investing in our deteriorating
water/waste water infrastructure is.
The problem is national, but espe-
cially critical in areas experiencing
the growth seen in Raleigh and
throughout the Carolinas. It is imper-
ative to our health, environment and
business development to fully fund
safe, adequate and dependable
water/waste water infrastructure.”
AIA Charlotte announces
2018 Design and Service
award winners
AIA Charlotte recently hosted the
2018 Design & Service Awards Gala
at the Bechtler Museum of Modern
Art. Fourteen projects received
awards. Design projects were se-
lected by a jury of architects from
Tennessee, chaired by John L.
Sanders, FAIA, of Sanders Pace Ar-
chitecture. Service award recipients
were nominated by their peers and
selected by a jury of local AIA Char-
lotte architects.
For the list of winners, visit
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.aiacha rlotte.org/resource/resmgr/design_a
wards/2018/2018_design_awards_wi nners_a.pdf
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