PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
allel taxiway and related permitting,
$37,000 to the Siler City Municipal
Airport for preliminary design of navi-
gation easements and obstruction
clearing, $1.74 million to the Stanly
County Airport for 120-inch pipe re-
habilitation, $1.85 million to the
Statesville Regional Airport for the
construction of an eastside parallel
taxiway, and $256,360 to the Tri-
County Airport (Aulander) for vault re-
location. borough St. in Raleigh.

The group – which includes Mark
Andrews, Michael Sandman, Andrew
Sandman, Joe Whitehouse, Randy
Robertson and Steve Simpson of
South Atlantic Construction, wants
to build a five-story condo to develop
at the roundabout connecting Hills-
borough St. and Pullen Drive.

isse office building developed by
KDC in 2007. The new 205,000-sq.-ft.

building will include "all the modern
amenities today’s workforce ex-
pects," KDC said in a statement.

The 62-acre campus will get a
new food service cafeteria with Grab
& Go Stations, IT cafés, a technologi-
cally advanced conference center,
pedestrian trails and a variety of out-
door amenities.

Johnston County looking to
raise more than $130M to
build new school
Johnston County voters could be
asked this fall to borrow $133 million
to build a new high school and ele-
mentary school in the fast-growing
western part of the county, accord-
ing to The News & Observer.

The school board has made the
request to county commissioners,
who will decide the details of a bond
referendum on the November ballot.

“We’re growing a school a year,”
Mike Wooten, chairman of the John-
ston County school board, was
quoted as saying. “We are blessed to
be in a county that’s growing, but we
are growing faster than we can build
schools." Johnston County was the third
fastest-growing county in North Car-
olina last year. Its growth outpaced
that of Wake County, which was
ninth. Developers plan to build
five-story condo project in
Raleigh A group of developers has pro-
posed a new condo project on Hills-
20 — May-June 2018 — The North Carolina Construction News
Called The View on Pullen Circle,
the project will include 35 one- and
two-bedroom condominiums. It will
feature a rooftop terrace, deck, park-
ing, and bike storage.

“Our project name was very inten-
tional. Every unit offers unique and
special views of our city – from the
Belltower to the Gregg Museum of
Art and Design and Theatre in the
Park. The walkability ratings for this
property are among the best in
Raleigh,” partner Mark Andrews said
in a statement. “The desire to live in
downtown Raleigh has never been
higher and The View on Pullen Circle
offers residents a remarkable loca-
tion and upscale features at an af-
fordable entry point.”
Construction is slated to begin
late this year. The project is expected
to be complete in late 2019 or early
2020. KDC begins construction of
four-story office building in
Raleigh KDC, a commercial real estate
and investment firms based in Dal-
las, Texas, has started construction
of a new regional office building for
Credit Suisse in Raleigh’s Research
Triangle Park.

The new four-story office building,
located at 6933 Louis Stephens Dr.,
is adjacent to the existing Credit Su-
Construction is expected to be
completed in June 2019. KDC plans
to seek LEED certification for the
project. Gensler is the project architect,
while Brasfield & Gorrie is the shell
and core general contractor. Mean-
while, Ballentine is serving as the
civil engineer and Crenshaw is the
mechanical, electrical and plumbing
engineer. 80-unit multifamily project near
Charlotte secures construction loan
Mills Construction Company and
SunTrust Community Capital has se-
cured $11.35 million to build an 80-
unit multifamily development in
Dallas near Charlotte, The Mecklen-
burg Times reports.

The development, called Long
Creek Apartments II, will include
state-of-the-art appliances, on-site
management, and amenities includ-
ing a business center, computer lab,
clubhouse, playground, picnic area,
and community rooms. The apart-
ments will be marketed to low and
moderate income families.

“We saw a lack of high quality, af-
fordable housing options in the
metro Charlotte area, and we are
pleased that we can play a part in
meeting this need,” said Mills Con-
struction president Fred Mills, Jr.