Kannapolis
Dole planting 19 employees in 6,800 square feet in NCRC
Oct. 21. Dole Food Co wants to move its East Coast Fresh Fruit Sales Division to the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. City Council will consider offering Dole an incentive grant at the Monday council meeting. The sales division has 19 employees in administration, sales, marketing, nutrition and food safety. Annual salaries range from […]
LMG will develop ‘demonstration project’ downtown
Aug. 10. As expected, the Kannapolis City Council has picked Lansing Melbourne Group to develop a mixed-use project downtown. LMG will invest $60 million. City staff will negotiate with the company on a Master Development Agreement, which will establish more details regarding the design, finance, construction, ownership and operations of the project. The city, which […]
Kannapolis ready to ink redevelopment deal with Florida firm
Aug. 3. The City of Kannapolis staff will recommend that the City Council go with Lansing Melbourne Group for the development of a two-block district in the historic downtown redevelopment district known as the Demonstration Project. Fort Lauderdale-based Lansing Melbourne plans to invest $60.6 million in the four-acre project, double the other bidder. The firm takes […]
Castle & Cooke North donates land to RCCC for tech center
June 23. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has received a two-acre donation of land from David H. Murdock, founder of Castle & Cooke and NC Research Campus, for a 60,000 square foot Advanced Technology Center. The building in Kannapolis will be adjacent to the college’s existing building on the research campus. The donation allows the two organizations […]
New downtown plan puts hotel at north end of Cannon Village
June 17. The Kannapolis City Council has unanimously endorsed the “North Option” for the redevelopment of downtown. It places a sports and entertainment complex in the north section of downtown, a hotel on Main Street, and a performing arts center on West Street. Residential development will be located in the historic district of the City […]
New business development director at NCRC
June 14. Chris Ervin is the new director of business development at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. He will work to bring research to market, invite new business to the NCRC and promote economic development. On the job since May 17, Ervin is meeting with campus leaders to identify the technologies best suited […]
