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Lovett Industrial, a Houston-based real estate investment firm, has closed on a 27.4-acre land site and is set to break ground on the Durham Logistics Center, a 351,030-square-foot Class-A industrial space in Durham, North Carolina. Situated at a prime location near the intersection of I-85 and I-885, the
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An existing 128-room hotel site near the Harris Teeter in the South Square area at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and University Drive is proposed to become multifamily units, about 25 of them qualifying as affordable housing. Tonight, developer Urbanest Group is set to host a second virtual neighborhood meeting
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Habitat for Humanity of Durham and Mount Vernon Baptist Church will begin construction on a new neighborhood of 10 affordable homes in Durham’s Southside. The homes will be built on a 2.5-acre plot recently purchased from the church in the historically significant Hayti district. The kickoff event is
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BrodyCo, the developer that in April had planned to build more self-storage units for Durhamites in the hopes of revitalizing Lakewood Shopping Center, is putting that on hold. But perhaps not indefinitely. Instead, the developers may return with alternative plans in the future. That’s according to a letter sent
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A popular Midwestern in-and-out coffee shop franchise is building its first location in Durham on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, next to Murphy Express gas station and Zip’s Car Wash and across the street from Planet Fitness. Workers have assembled the framework for the new Scooter’s Coffee location
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In November, Durham voters decide whether to approve $200 million in bonds that would improve the city’s streets, sidewalks, and parks. With that in mind, city officials this week have launched a new web page to explain to voters how the money would be used. About the Durham Bond
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More than 13 acres along Sherron Road in southeastern Durham are slated for voluntary annexation and rezoning to allow the construction of as many as 100 townhouses – none of them affordable housing. The zoning request for 433 Sherron Rd. went before the Durham Planning Commission on April 9 and was
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A developer wants to turn more than half an acre of residential land at NC Highway 54 and Dresden Drive into 6,000 square feet of office space. The property at 1414 NC Hwy. 54 is next door to professional offices at New Hope Court and across the highway from
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Wondering where those trees went on the east side of Hope Valley Road near Dover Road? “Covering the last untouched land in historic Hope Valley,” according to the development website, it’s Oldfourth, a neighborhood consisting of 40 lots with 1,200 feet of frontage along the Donald Ross-designed golf
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Science Corporation, which makes semiconductors for cutting-edge technologies, is investing $65 million to expand its facility on T.W. Alexander Drive and add more than 50 new jobs. The expansion plan was announced at Monday’s Durham County Board of Commissioners meeting. In a news release, Chair Nida Allam said:
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GoTriangle has been awarded a $25 million RAISE grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build the Triangle Mobility Hub in Research Triangle Park. This multimodal transportation center is expected to enhance regional transit connectivity, providing better links between local and regional bus services, on-demand microtransit, and future