The 88-acre site in the town of Bermuda Run on NC Highway 801 at Interstate 40 has been cleared with the exception of the natural wetlands, which are being protected. Grading of the site for the outpatient services building also has been completed and workers began pouring the foundation of the 101,000 square foot building, erecting concrete walls below grade. The outpatient services building will house the emergency department, diagnostic imaging and outpatient surgery. “The property looks totally different now,” said Karen Huey, vice president of Facilities at Wake Forest Baptist.  More than 185,000 cubic yards of dirt was moved […]

90% of all companies seeking a new location are looking for an existing building to move into.  Davie County has high quality class A building inventory in the right location.  This is an advantage that every small community and every economic developer would love to have. While some communities have taken public funds to compete with other developers, Davie County has taken the opposite approach of supporting private sector efforts and partnering with private developers rather than competing with them. SouthPoint Business Park, located just north of Interstate 40 on US highway 601 is an example of this approach.  Owned […]

Bulldozers, backhoes and pan graders are clearing the 88-acre Wake Forest Baptist Health—West Campus in Davie County site on Hwy 801 at Interstate 40 near the Yadkin River. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157630005270757″] Full resolution copies of the images above may be found at your Davie County Flickr Photostream Hundreds of Construction Jobs & Local Subcontractor Opportunities Rodgers Builders, Inc. of Charlotte is the general contractor for phase one of the medical center. Rodgers has constructed buildings for more than 40 hospitals in the southeast.  Rodgers will provide opportunities for subcontractors in Davie and adjoining counties to participate in the project. The […]