PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
These are two of 16 road and
bridge projects awarded by NCDOT
in February. Per state law, they
went to the lowest qualified bidder
for each project. The contracts are
worth $138.6 million, $1.8 million
less than engineer estimates.

lots. The residential community will
only feature single-family homes
ranging in size from 2,700 to 4,300
sq. ft.

Stanley Martin expects to begin
construction at the end of the year.

Stanley Martin plans to
build 100 single-family
homes in Durham
SearStone breaks ground
on Cary healthcare facility
expansion Stanley Martin, which develops
homes in Virginia, Maryland and
North Carolina, plans to develop
more than 100 single-family homes
on the corner of Pickett and Garrett
roads in southwest Durham, The
Herald Sun reported.

About 70 people attended the
groundbreaking for the $1.8 million
building permit value expansion of
Brittany Place, the healthcare facil-
ity located at the SearStone contin-
uing care retirement community in
Cary. The expansion will add 15
beds – nine skilled nursing beds
and six assisted living beds – to
bring the eventual total to 39 beds.

The developer paid around $6.1
million for six parcels of land – ac-
counting for more than 70 acres –
near Cresset Baptist Church, the
Durham County record shows.

CBRE Raleigh, which assisted the
purchase of the property, said the
property will have a total of 101
Steele Group Architects has de-
signed the project, which is being
built by Poythress Poythress Com-
mercial Contractors.

Stan Brading, board chairman for
Samaritan Housing Foundation,
owners of SearStone, welcomed
the attendees and recognized VIPs
in attendance, including Cary Town
Council members Ken George and
Don Frantz, other board members,
Cary Chamber of Commerce am-
bassadors, representatives of Sear-
Stone’s Residents Association, and
David Ammons and Kyle Dilday
from SearStone-RLA, the company
managing SearStone.

“Early in 2016, we recognized
the need for more healthcare beds
to serve our residents,” said Brad-
ing. “We knew we wanted to build
on our existing land, and we closed
on our bond financing in December
of 2016.”
James Souter, Brittany Place ad-
ministrator, and Jarrod Lowery,
southeast regional director for the
North Carolina Department of Insur-
ance, also made brief remarks at
the event before Brady invited se-
lect groups to step forward and
ceremonially “turn the dirt” to offi-
cially commemorate the ground-
breaking. Residents also took turns
with the shovels and took pho-
tographs of the proceedings before
heading into the community’s Win-
ston Clubhouse to enjoy warm bev-
erages. SearStone welcomed its first
residents in 2012, and initial plans
are underway for the second phase
of the community.

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