The owners of the Environmental Way office building in University Research Park received two pieces of very good news recently. First, next-door neighbor TIAA-CREF signed a 10-year-lease of the full first floor. Second, the NC Chapter of the US Green Building Council...
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New restaurants give you tasty reasons to explore University City (and the world)
Looking for a new place for lunch or dinner in University City? You’re in luck! Our ever growing and highly diverse restaurant scene has several new choices open or coming soon, including Japanese buffet, Caribbean cuisine, Philly-flavored Italian and Carolinas home...
Defy Gravity Trampoline Park brings new life to once vacant retail space
The former PetSmart store on University City Boulevard has bounced back to life in a big way – as the new home of DefyGravity Trampoline Park. Last Friday, when we visited, more than 80 children from Corvian Community School were jumping, running and even leaping onto...
Duke Energy purchases large vacant tract in URP
One of the largest pieces of undeveloped property in University Research Park has a new owner: Duke Energy. The utility paid $4.5 million for 94.6 acres between Research Drive and Mallard Creek. Matt Browder of Browder Real Estate, who handled the sale for the...
You can taste the benefits of diversity at our Indian restaurants
We often talk about University City’s openness to many cultures. We even have data. Restaurateur Andy Singh and his peers, meanwhile, are building businesses on that acceptance. Singh's Passage to India near campus attracts Indian and non-Indian diners alike with its...
New economic development report chronicles University City’s great year
University City Partners has released its first Economic Development Report, putting an exclamation mark on a year of positive announcements. The report details 61 public and private construction and renovation projects either under way or announced in the last 12...
Focus on fitness puts Innovation Park in global ULI spotlight
People working at Innovation Park can exercise in a $1 million fitness center, take YMCA exercise classes, go for group walks and bike rides on free loaner bikes and attend monthly wellness seminars. Such health-promoting programs – and the surge in leases that have...