McCrory Awarded Construction for Major Expansion at The Crossings at Columbia
McCrory Construction announced it is constructing a 140,000-square-foot expansion at The Crossings at Columbia, a deluxe senior living community conveniently located in Northeast Columbia. The three-story addition will more than double the square footage of the existing assisted living and memory care facility on site, and will add an independent living component not previously offered….
New Development Breaks Ground in Chapel Hill, NC
Wood Partners, a real estate developer, announced today that it has broken ground on a 298-unit apartment community in Chapel Hill. Centrally located between the University of North Carolina, Duke and Research Triangle Park and with easy access to I-40 — the interstate connecting the major business corridor — Alta Blu will provide residents with…
Renovations Complete at Circle Seven
Construction of Circle Seven at Garden & Gun, an interior retail build-out in the historic Cigar Factory in downtown Charleston, S.C. has been completed, according to Frampton Construction Company, LLC, a regional full-service construction firm providing planning and design support, preconstruction, and construction services, Renovations included improvements to the existing space consistent with a boutique retail…
NC Solar Developer Builds Solar Farm in Tennessee
The site of an unfinished nuclear power plant has been newly energized – with solar power. Birdseye Renewable Energy recently partnered with United Renewable Energy to design and construct a solar farm bringing energy generation to Hawkins County. -A new 1MW solar power farm sits on the site of the never operational Phipps Bend nuclear…
Historic Preservation Award Presented for Clemson’s Holtzenorff Hall
The 2017 South Carolina Historic Preservation Honor Award was recently presented to Clemson University for the Holtzendorff Hall . The project was a restoration of the Italian Renaissance-style building designed by professor Rudolf Lee. The awards were presented at the State House by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and were sponsored by the Office of the Governor,…
DPR Construction Selected to Build New Plant Sciences Building at NC State University
DPR Construction, announced its selection by North Carolina State University to build the school’s new Plant Sciences Building in Raleigh, North Carolina. The project includes construction of a five-story, 187,000-square-foot interdisciplinary research building, comprising research laboratories, office space, corporate laboratory and office suites, hearth/atrium space, support space, and shared, flexible conferencing space. The partial fifth…
New College of Health Sciences Building Tops Out at Appalachian State University
More than 100 craftworkers looked upward, many with visible pride, as the final steel beam was lifted by crane to the top of Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences (BCHS) facility June 8. The building is slated to open in August of 2018. Subcontractors and craftworkers were applauded at Appalachian State University during…
LS3P’s Neal Prince Studio Wins Remodeling Award
LS3P’s Neal Prince Studio was recently recognized with a 2017 Chrysalis Award for Remodeling Excellence. The entries were judged on overall design, the creative use of space and materials, and the degree to which the project enhanced the original structure. “To win an award in this highly competitive category is quite an achievement,” says Ken Kanline,…
Turning Old in to New In Durham, NC
The new Durham County Administration Building will be the central location for Durham County’s management and administrative functions. Once home to the Durham County Judicial Building (constructed in 1978) the newly renovated structure will house nine county departments, community meeting spaces, a fitness center, TV studio, and two-ground floor retail tenants. The design had to…
New Master-Planned Community To Be Developed in Little River, SC
The former Bay Tree Golf Plantation, which closed in 2006, will soon become one of the area’s premier lifestyle communities. Wakefield Development Company, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, purchased the property (located off Hwy. 9) in 2007. Plans for development were halted during the recession due to market conditions. In the last two years, Wakefield…
