The new five-story, 216,000-square-foot Dental Sciences Building will include academic, research, pre-clinical and administrative spaces. Two existing buildings have been demolished at the site and renovations to three existing buildings are taking place during construction of the new facility.
Dental Science Building UNC School of Dentistry
Chris Ketchel, June 8th 2010WakeMed Opens New 4 Story Building
Chris Ketchel, May 24th 2010
WakeMed held an open house on Sunday, to present its newest structure to the community. Each floor in the building has a distinct purpose:
2nd floor – cardiovascular intensive care unit 20 rooms opening June 9
3rd floor – cardiovascular intermediate care floor 41 rooms opening June 3
4th floor dedicated children’s hospital opening June 15
As with most complex projects, other accessories required investment also, such as:
garden and courtyard
connections through window corridors to the older sections
traffic flow – old parking garage is gone, replaced by a new garage directly across from the new buiding
Eisai Opens It’s Third Expansion of RTP Site
admin, May 20th 2010Eisai Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President and CEO: Haruo Naito) commemorated the opening of its newly constructed parenteral facility in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. The new site will be utilized for the commercial production and formulation research and development of intravenous treatments.
The 65-K sqft facility will serve as Eisai’s global commercial manufacturing and drug development site for intravenous drug products in support of the company’s global clinical development programs, including those for oncology. Eisai invested approximately $100-M in the new facility, which encompasses aseptic processing suites, laboratories and other support functions. The new operation is designed to handle and process highly potent compounds utilizing state-of-the-art isolator containment technology.
Proposed Obey Creek in Chapel Hill
Chris Ketchel, May 18th 2010The proposed development includes: 120 acre site; 1,200 dwelling units; 120,000 sqft hotel; and 453,000 sqft of commercial floor area; 82 acre town park; multi-level underground parking is proposed under several buildings; 3 vehicular access points on U.S. Hwy 15-501
The Town has received a request for review of a Concept Plan submittal proposing a mixed use development at 1119
U.S. Hwy. 15-501 South. The site is located on the east side of U.S. Hwy. 15-501 South. across from the Market Street entrance to Southern Village.
Obey Creek, Mixed Use Development
File No. 9787-13-6437
Vehicular access to U.S. Hwy 15-501 South is proposed from three access points. The 120-acre site is located in the
Neighborhood Commercial (NC) and Residential-Low Density-1 (R-LD1) zoning districts. The site is in the Resource
Conservation District, the Watershed Protection District, and identified as Orange County Parcel Identifier Numbers
9787-13-6437, 9787-14-0366, and 9787-14-8639.
Wake County Justice Center Groundbreaking
Chris Ketchel, May 10th 2010
$214-M 577-K sqft
300 S. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC
11 story building in downtown Raleigh
The new Justice Center and the Davie Street parking decks will provide space for 1,160 vehicles.
The Clerk of Superior Court, District Attorney, Public Defender, Superior and District Court Judges, and Community Corrections will be housed in the new building. The Justice Center will house all of Wake County’s criminal courtrooms. Civil and Family Court proceedings will continue to be carried out in the existing courthouse.
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Wake County Justice Center Project Page
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