From staff writer Jesse James DeConto:
The Town Council Monday approved a
three-story building on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard as the start of the future Carolina North campus.
The Innovation Center will
comprise 80,745 square feet of laboratories, offices and support
facilities and will serve as an incubator for businesses that evolve
from scientific research at UNC-Chapel Hill. It will be located on the
old public works site north of Estes Drive.
The university agreed
to construct a building that will perform 25 percent better than the
latest standard set forth by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating
and Air-Conditioning Engineers at the time the building permit is
issued, probably in 2010 or 2011.
UNC-Chapel Hill Associate Vice Chancellor Bruce Runberg said the
current Horace Williams Airport will not need to close prior to the
Innovation Center's projected opening date in 2013 but only when the
university begins construction of a new law school or other Carolina
North facility at an undetermined date.
Comments
I believe
Tue, 01/27/2009 - 14:46 — fhblackwhat they said is that they wouldn't occupy the building while HWA was still operational.
FAA Airport Safety Regulations?
Tue, 01/27/2009 - 10:37 — ClaudiusUNC has previously stated that the Innovation Center could not begin until the airport is closed because of FAA safety requirements.
How is it possible they can now proceed w/o first moving the airport to RDU?