Could Amazon’s “HQ2” Land in the Carolinas?
Amazon recently announced plans to build a second headquarters building. With the announcement, cities and regions are scrambling to pursue the project. Do North Carolina and South Carolina have a chance to land the project? According to key economic development and government officials, cities in both states plan to pursue the one of the largest…
Projects in the Carolinas Represent Nearly 25 Percent of ENR’S 2017 Best Projects Award Winners
The winners of ENR Southeast’s annual Best Projects Awards competition were announced today and seven of the 31 winning projects are located in the Carolinas. These companies and their project teams will be honored at ENR’s Best Projects Awards luncheon in Orlando on November 17. The judges collectively reviewed 90 entries representing projects from a…
Cambria Hotels Breaks Ground in Mount Pleasant, S.C.
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world’s largest hotel companies, along with developers SpringBridge Development, LLC and Landmark Enterprises announced today the groundbreaking of the Cambria Hotel Mount Pleasant. Located at 1472 Highway 17 North, the 112-room property is set to open in 2018. The Cambria Hotel Mount Pleasant is conveniently located…
North Carolina and South Carolina Pursue Toyota-Mazda Plant
Japanese automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. recently announced plans to invest $1.6 billion to build a U.S. assembly plant. The new investment is reflective of a new alliance between the competitors that focus on small car production and the development of connected-car and safety technology and electric vehicles. While a site has not been…
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…
