July 2020 report on commercial real estate in University City – Charlotte Centene to break ground on URP campus in August First buildings will be 770,000 SF main building and parking garage, Charlotte Observer reports Centene completed purchase on July 10 of 80.1...
Innovation Park
In a year of big sales, Innovation Park ranks 2 AND 1
The sale of Innovation Park ranks as Charlotte’s No. 2 biggest commercial-real estate deal of 2019, says the Charlotte Business Journal. The former IBM plant-turned-mega-office center sold for $270 million, making it 2019’s No. 1 suburban office deal, as well. The...
Vacant office/warehouse could become Class A offices
Another major piece of the former IBM campus in University Research Park has sold to a company with big plans for redevelopment. Shorenstein Properties has bought a 490,000 square-f00t building and 51-acre campus at 6800 Solectron Drive, directly across IBM Drive from...
New owners have big plans for Innovation Park
Innovation Park, the largest office complex in University Research Park, has new owners with ambitious plans that include more offices, housing, shopping and more. Partners Group and Accesso Partners recently purchased the sprawling former IBM manufacturing facility...
Allstate to expand CLT operations with 2,250 more jobs – 1,200-plus employees already at Innovation Park
NC Commerce Department news release: Allstate Insurance Company will add 2,250 jobs over three years in North Carolina as it expands its operations in Mecklenburg County, Governor Roy Cooper announced on Wednesday, Aug. 9. Allstate already employs more than 1,400...
Global insurer AXA adding 550 workers at Innovation Park
Four years after opening its University City offices, global insurance company AXA announced on Tuesday, May 9, that it will add 550 jobs over the next five years to make Innovation Park its largest operations center in the U.S. “With this announcement, AXA affirmed...
Innovation Park has build-to-suit opportunity on IBM Drive
Businesses seeking a prominent build-to-suit location with high visibility, quick build time and easy quick access to uptown and Charlotte-Douglas International Airport will find a good candidate at Innovation Park, in University Research Park. Here are details:...