Since im the offical (non offical) SSC recruiter of SSC I have to make sure SSC'S growth stay's up so don't be suprised when you see a new thread come up on developing area's. Wilson is booming, and I know the East Carolina Thread is for these area's too but only these area's should be talked about in this thread.

http://www.reflector.com/news/activity-picks-up-for-small-business-104922.html
Greenville, NC is gaining more stores: The Framing Station, Great Clips, EC Star Nails Spa & Tanning, Baskin-Robbins and Asian Bistro, Jersey Mike's, Realo Discount Drugs and Carolina Home Medical, Sports Clips, Hibachi Express, Subway,and Bruegger's Bagels. Good my other Greenville. Im hearing that Target is moving to Memorial Drive in Winterville in a new development which is good and bad but I think it's a lie because those space's are to small for a Target.
here is the site-plan it maybe old now
http://www.theshoppingcentergroup.com/DSN/wwwtheshoppingcentergroupcom/Commerce/ProductImages/sp000593.pdf
Also Tarheelcub's can you confirm that this shopping center is underconstruction in Wilson
http://www.theshoppingcentergroup.com/DSN/wwwtheshoppingcentergroupcom/Commerce/ProductImages/sp001470.pdf

Will Rocky Mount-Wilson be the next Dubai ? :)

^^ LOL

HELL NO, I KNOW YOU JUST PLAYING.

Thanks for the info...Infoman. :lol:

This new allied health and science building is huge for Wilson. It will bring students in from all the surrounding counties to take classes.

The new city hall sounds good for downtown also.

I love how Nashville is getting all excited over a Wendy's :lol:

I love your idea about Wilson mall. But Steve and Berry's does not need to be a food court. There is plenty of room for a food court somewhere else. The Steve and Berry needs to be a hecht's...this would really save the mall. Macey's is out of Wilson's league right now. I also strongly agree with a parking deck... (with ground level retail) this would free up a ton of space for the future. Wilson has to keep this mall where it is. I like the mixed use idea, but for the future only. Wilson needs to get a hecht's, JC Penny inside and out remodel, a food court, and better smaller stores first. I would like to see a gap, and American Eagle. Then some other stores that other people with different tastes are interested in. An old Navy would be sweet too. Then this area could become primed for mix use. If this mall fails...and moves to west wilson, it would be devastating to the city. The core would really rot then. These are examples of why I am majoring in Geography and trying to become a city planner. I would NEVER let that happen in any town. :cheers:

Hecht's that's a little big for Wilson, how about Nordstrom. :lol:

I do wan't Wilson Mall to become a mixed use development though. And where else could a food court go?

Im making plans on Wilson Mall right now. Expand the movie theater to 14 screen's, Make a portion of the mall two level's, take out those small store's and put in national store's, take down the area where dollar tree, city-hall, etc is and put a 3 level office building connected to the mall, tear down the old kroger and put a hotel, put two major restaurant's on some out parcel's, the rest of my plan's arent finished yet. But that mall is in a crazy location it's the hood on one side, then the other side is affluent.

There are plenty of options for a food court. I agree with transforming the mall into a two story one. Hecht's would work, just a smaller one.

The hotel is a great idea also.

This type of revitalization would drive up property values. Wilson could slowly get rid of this hood. This would need to be done first before any hotel would move into the Kroger site though.

Wilson already has a Ruby Tuesday. The outback sounds great. I think a Hams would be cool there in time. Give the city a place where people can get together, drink, and watch sports..:cheers:

The property that Wilson mall is on is PRIME. It is right near the hospital....and wilson is building a new hospital right near the mall. You like my idea for retail in the parking deck?

Lets get together with a master plan...and submit to wilson officials..:lol: :cheers:

It truly is a prime spot, It's border line West Wilson, It has direct access to downtown, and a expanding hospital. In my plan's there is a 8 level hotel with +200 keys the brand has not been chosen yet though, also in my plan's there is a large new upscale wing.

It truly is a prime spot, It's border line West Wilson, It has direct access to downtown, and a expanding hospital. In my plan's there is a 8 level hotel with +200 keys the brand has not been chosen yet though, also in my plan's there is a large new upscale wing.


Just be sure to submit the plans to the city...:lol:

be sure to throw in my hechts idea. It would work on a smaller scale. It's nothing but a belks anyway.

retail at ground level in the parking deck.

I think an old navy would be great over there. Better at the mall than in west wilson...

http://www.reflector.com/news/activity-picks-up-for-small-business-104922.html
Greenville, NC is gaining more stores: The Framing Station, Great Clips, EC Star Nails Spa & Tanning, Baskin-Robbins and Asian Bistro, Jersey Mike's, Realo Discount Drugs and Carolina Home Medical, Sports Clips, Hibachi Express, Subway,and Bruegger's Bagels. Good my other Greenville. Im hearing that Target is moving to Memorial Drive in Winterville in a new development which is good and bad but I think it's a lie because those space's are to small for a Target.
here is the site-plan it maybe old now
http://www.theshoppingcentergroup.com/DSN/wwwtheshoppingcentergroupcom/Commerce/ProductImages/sp000593.pdf
Also Tarheelcub's can you confirm that this shopping center is underconstruction in Wilson
http://www.theshoppingcentergroup.com/DSN/wwwtheshoppingcentergroupcom/Commerce/ProductImages/sp001470.pdf

Good idea for a R-M-Wilson-Greenville thread. Why are you posting all that other stuff in the eastern NC thread?

That shopping center is not under construction yet. BB&T is the only thing there.

Oh okay tarheelcub's that's the only thing underconstruction over there. Wilson is planning a 6-10 level hotel in Downtown. No rendering's though but it will have 7,000 sq ft of ground retail. I hope it goes through.

It's about time for Wilson to get a new Amtrack station, there's is preety busy according to wiki seeing close to 40,000 passenger's a year, which is more than Greenville, SC which see's over 10,000 passenger's a year. They should make a new 3 level station with the first level containing retail, and the train station, then 2nd and 3rd level's should contain a hotel.

Oh okay tarheelcub's that's the only thing underconstruction over there. Wilson is planning a 6-10 level hotel in Downtown. No rendering's though but it will have 7,000 sq ft of ground retail. I hope it goes through.


Will this be a new building? If so, what street?

It will be a new building said to be somewhere on Nash st. Im trying to tell you Downtown Wilson is about to have a major hotel, residental, retail, and office boom. Greenville can let it happen to but we like suburban spawl to much and so much that suburban building's are in our downtown. Wilson is just getting prepared for it's first downtown boom, since West Wilson already boomed. There is a grocery store planned (that will be 15,000 sq ft), 20,000 sq ft of retail is planned, A 3 level office building is planned, and currently a low of 30 residental unit's are planned in Downtown Wilson, that's why im saying watch Downtown Wilson.

It will be a new building said to be somewhere on Nash st. Im trying to tell you Downtown Wilson is about to have a major hotel, residental, retail, and office boom. Greenville can let it happen to but we like suburban spawl to much and so much that suburban building's are in our downtown. Wilson is just getting prepared for it's first downtown boom, since West Wilson already boomed. There is a grocery store planned (that will be 15,000 sq ft), 20,000 sq ft of retail is planned, A 3 level office building is planned, and currently a low of 30 residental unit's are planned in Downtown Wilson, that's why im saying watch Downtown Wilson.

Thanks for the info, I hope these visions come true. I am still waiting to see your mall proposal..lol:lol:

I that's right ill post it at 1:00, im releasing a lot of my plan's at that time.

YES your online Tarheel Cub's. look at the Greenville, SC development new's thread to see some example's of my work. Midtown Mall will be close to those.

http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/00/42/20/slide2_720420_Groundbreak.JPG
Rendering of the new Spirit Aerosystem company building, that will create over 1,000 new job's cost over $500 million dollar's. Go Kinston. :banana:

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/business/investors-work-on-deal-to-buy-carleton-house-104362.html
Investors work on deal to buy Carleton House in Rocky Mount.

I have not heard of any hotel proposed in downtown wilson. I would like to know where you are getting this information from. I am sure I would have heard something. Also, that is not the shopping center target might move to. They were going to build a SuperTarget where Kohls and Fresh Market are, but plans have been delayed. The shopping center you showed will most likely be anchored by Farm Fresh.

WTF, my freind who work's at target told me they are moving to somewhere around PCC, so I was guessing this is it. Your right about the Farm Fresh part, and the hotel information is confidental so I cant talk about it.

http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Local/Story/Protecting-Wilson-s-history--
Wilson is finally trying to preserve buildings

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/board-pans-contract-for-new-high-schools-design-170799.html Design of new High School will be chosen soon

http://www.reflector.com/business/sports-clips-franchise-opens-in-greenville-165022.html Sport's theme Barbershop coming to Greenville

http://www.reflector.com/business/taff-preserves-a-bit-of-history-for-new-home-168987.html Restored church offers new retail space Downtown Greenville.

http://www.reflector.com/news/stadium-plans-move-forward-176935.html
ECU stadium Expansion coming soon. Yes.

http://www.reflector.com/news/diamond-in-the-rough-174951.html
I didnt know Greenville metro area grow's by 7,000 people a year, GO GREENVILLE, NC

Infoman, what is the current tallest building in Greenville now? :?

3 or 4 10 level dorm's, on East Carolina University Campus, ill take pic's of them some day. The tallest outside of ECU is one of the building's a Pitt County Memorial Hospital which is 8 level's, the tallest in Downtown is a low 4 level's, the tallest hotel is 5 level's the hilton, and the tallest planned is the new dorm at East Carolina which will be 6-8 level's (the height is not decided yet).

What ever happened to the 20 story proposal a few years back? :?

You most got the wrong greenville. We have never seen a 20 level tower proposed, and we are so small that everything that gets proposed goes underconstruction so there is never a worry of a dead project.

Infoman, which Greenville do you live in? NC? or SC? :? I'm con-fus-ed! :nuts:

NC
http://www.greatnc.com/content/ITC%20final%20images%20combined.pdf
New Greenville Intermodal Transportation Center

Chipotle coming to Greenville. :cheer: No and not Greenville, NC infoman. :bash: :D

I know, in Greenville, NC we just opened up a The Farm Fresh Market, and tarheels do you know how many worker's are in Downtown Greenville, NC, and My team South Central officaly suck's dick JV lost 47-6 to rose and Varsity lost 28-0 agianst rose I went to that game, then went Dtown for a while considering I live in Dtown.

The new 4 or 5 level dorm that will be in Downtown Greenville has started it's at it's 2nd going on 3rd level. I believe it will have ground retail too. So Go Greenville, NC.

Maybe I will snap a picture or three of it when I have the time. :cheers:

expect some other Greenville pictures too. :cheers:

Okay. Great, I didnt even know that it was rising yet, until I went to this place called Warren's hot dog's for the first time and on the way back I saw it.

Tarheel I sware Greenville want's to be like Greenville, SC, here is why I said that: In Greenville, SC they are tearing down a mall called Greenville Mall, and a mixed use development is going over it, and now we demolished our mall, and renamed our other one greenville mall (wtf), in Greenville, SC there convention center is not called the "Greenville Convention Center it's called Carolina First Center, and our's is called the "Greenville Convention Center" and we are trying to change our's to a name of a corporate company based in Greenville (now what companies are based here? I only think there is a few bank's, and Carolina First Center is a bank), Greenville, SC nick name was G-vegas but Greenville, NC took it, and there is a lot more.

http://www.reflector.com/news/convergys-to-add-250-jobs-239013.html
Convergys to adding 250 jobs In Greenville (NC). GO Greenville NC, and keep going Greenville, SC

http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=15970513&StepID=101&RecentlyViewed=true&ItemIndex=2&PgCxtDir=Down
New 3 level building called Carlton Place in Greenville's medical district. ITS MIXED USE.

Does Greenville, SC have a 20,000 student university, regional medical center/school with a new dental school and nursing school being completed. I admit, Greenville, NC could do a lot better with mixed use developments. For instance, the demolished Carolina East Mall site could be an amazing residential, commercial, and even some office, and with a big park in there somewhere, with 4,5,6 stories. That would be a good use of that site. Show the resdients that apartment buildings can go above commercial sites.

At 70,000 people right now, I would like to see how many people the city can get inside its current borders, I say at least 15,000-20,000 if real detailed mixed use projects were implemented.

Over the university part no, but there is a new campus called cu-icar (Clemson University-International Center for Automobile Research) that will have student's on it, and will include over 20,000 new jobs. Also Clemson University is planning a urban downtown greenville, sc campus, so I think they can say they will have a major university eventually. Plus there are 2 or 3 other small universites in the county, and a major community college with over 14,000 student's.

We can add a lot more people to Greenville (NC) if we started building mixed-use developments, but 15-20k in it's current borders is a lot.

Clemson University is in the Greenville, SC metro.

I kow you weren't telling that to me were you because I know it is. Oh yeah we do have a regional hospital I forgot. We have 1 hospital out of the entire county while in greenville county has 7 hospitals nearly 8 but one of them is just on the county line.

I would not have ANY problems with Greenville (NC) if it just acts its right size. Like me friend said when he fought somebody and they lost "they had little big man heart". :lol: We try to act like we have around 250k people within the city when there's around 80k, but I have to give Greenvile (NC) its props it is bigger than Greenville (SC) in the population sector (really its not). Greenville (NC) urban population is around 90k while Greenville (SC) urban poulation is over 305k. Im not trying to compare the two but we just try to act to big.

I knew I shouldn't of eaten those potato chips. :uh:

^^ :hilarious :lol: :hahaha:

http://www.reflector.com/news/ground-broken-on-redevelopment-project-260384.html
2x 6 level Multi Family, and Low Income Building's coming to West Greenville.
I may have rendering's soon.
Im not even going to LIE Downtown Greenville is building up pretty fast, by next year we should have a lot of construction going on.

The list of buildings under construction or proposed or approved in Downtown Greenville (NC) I will keep this updated.

A 6-8 level dorm. (proposed)
A New Bookstore on Dickinson AVE (u/c)
A 4 or 5 level dorm (u/c)
Nathaniel Village (broke ground today)
A hotel is in the planning stages, unknown brand (proposed)
Greenville's first Downtown Garage location: Dickinson AVE West, 8TH st South, Evans Street East, and Reade Circle North (Stalled or Taking a really long time)
Renovated Retail Building Evans street (which is our main street to those who don't know) (u/c)
and more is to come...

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq146/INFOMAN9696/0129.jpg
The New "The Fresh Market" (That sentence is correct, because the store's name has THE in it). :lol: I went Inside, it was nice.

StevenW you asked to see what Greenville's tallest building's were and well here they are.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq146/INFOMAN9696/Tall.jpg
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq146/INFOMAN9696/Tal.jpg

And this is where INFOMAN watches T.V. at :lol:
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq146/INFOMAN9696/TV.jpg

I really liked all the airplane lines across the sky so I took a picture of it yesterday. It was tooken at University Commens (Where Target Is).
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq146/INFOMAN9696/Sky.jpg

East Carolina UPDATE:

http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Local/Story/City-seeks-public-help-for-plan-- Wilson is working on a master-plan
http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Local/Story/BD-on-the-way-- Becton, Dickinson and Co has broken ground on it's new Wilson location, it will have 92 employ's over the next 5yrs (so im guessing possible future expansions)
http://www.reflector.com/news/nacco-cutting-jobs-at-pitt-facility-262533.html NACCO is cutting jobs in Greenville
nothing isnt really going on in Rocky Mount
http://www.nhrmc.org/body.cfm?id=2846 New Hanover County hospital planned expansion

These are dorms, aren't they?
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq146/INFOMAN9696/Tall.jpg
Man! Those were the days! Girls outnumbered guys at ECU 3 to 1! Back in the mid 1980's. :)
That was one wild place to be! Party college capital for the longest time!

BTW, here's a question for anyone here. What is the tallest building in all of east carolina North Carolina? Does anyone know? I would think it would be one of the hotels on the outterbanks. I may be wrong though.

Im sorry for the late response once again. The tallest building is in Wilmington its 19 levels and its a HQ. Yes steven those are dorms, and there are 3 or 4 of them...

Yeah, I keep forgetting about Wilmington. :doh:
Maximum Overdrive!!!!!!!!!

:lol:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2145/1959961174_c2769aef95_m.jpg
This is the tallest building in Wilson.

Downtown developer aims high


By Ginger Livingston
The Daily Reflector

Sunday, July 27, 2008

The high-rise dorms of East Carolina University may be joined by another structure if the plans of a Greenville businessman and his partners work out.

Real estate developer Collice Moore and others want to build a six-to-eight-story mixed-use development in downtown Greenville. They've hired an architectural firm to research the project's feasibility in the current Greenville market. The report should be completed in 60 days, Moore said.

"It is something that looks positive," he said.

The structure would be built on 2.5 acres at the corner of Reade Circle and Dickinson Avenue. In preparation, a former retail auto shop has come down and the demolition of the former Pirates Landing apartment complex, across the street from Sheppard Memorial Library, is under way.

Rising gas prices, growing numbers of home mortgage foreclosures and recent instability in the banking sector are contributing to uneasy economic times, nationally. Locally, Starbucks Coffee announced last week its Fire Tower Road location is one of 600 it is closing nationwide. Several newly built retail outlets on Fire Tower Road and Charles Boulevard are empty, as are shops surrounding the Greenville Grande movie theater.

Still, Moore seems optimistic. He said banks are looking favorably on the proposed project, which would take 1½ to 2 years to complete, he said.

"Timing for completion will be happening during the period we expect the market to be getting better," he said. "I think it is the best time to be prepared for things."

Moore said the vision for the development is to have between 30,000 to 40,000 square feet of retail space on the ground level, between 30,000 to 50,000 square feet of office space on the next two or three floors and 100,000 square feet of housing divided between one-, two- and possibility three-bedroom condominiums.

The project was motivated by the continued growth of the university and medical school, as well as the desire of many to have shopping and living near the university and the medical center without traffic congestion, he said.

"I've been in the real-estate business 40 years, and my firm and I have been involved in the appraisal of similar projects in other towns," he said.

He believes the signs for pursuing this project are positive. So far, an environmental survey has found no problems with the site, and the land is zoned for mixed development use.

If the market review is positive, all that is needed is final city approval of the building plans and plat, he said.

Greenville's tallest buildings are owned by East Carolina University: Green and Clement residence halls which are 10 stories each and Tyler residence hall with its nine stories. The tallest non-university building is the eight-story University Towers next to Green and Clement.

Moore is senior partner of Moore & Piner, a real estate development company. The company is handling the developers contract for Moore and his partners.

"It is a planned learning procedure that I and my partners are willing to go through to learn what will be a good investment for Greenville's future," he said.

I just sent a email to Moore & Piner, which are the developers to this project. So you can expect something on it within a week or so...

http://www.reflector.com/news/heart-center-debuts-today-288648.html
Heart Center debuts today, in Greenville...

http://earmarks.omb.gov/authorization_earmarks/earmark_194669.html

I ran into this on accident but it was VERY useful...

http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Local/Story/Patrick-s-to-be-rebuilt--
Patricks in wilson to be rebuilt (neva heard of it)

http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Local/Story/Play-center-seeks-special-use-permit--
Play center at Wilson Mall

http://www.reflector.com/news/board-starts-preparing-for-growth-298777.html
Board starts preparing for growth

http://www.reflector.com/business/great-clips-is-moving-ahead-290958.html
Great clips is moving ahead with another Greenville location

http://www.reflector.com/news/renovation-funding-the-next-hurdle-for-theater-277033.html
Renovation funding the next hurdle for theater

http://www.reflector.com/news/work-to-begin-on-greenway-trails-292597.html
Work to begin on greenway trails

http://www.reflector.com/news/workers-make-progress-at-burned-imperial-plant-277032.html
Workers make progress at burned Imperial plant

http://www.reflector.com/news/trustees-ok-lease-on-physicians-building-312561.html
Trustees OK lease on physicians' building

http://www.reflector.com/news/greenway-project-eco-friendly-buildings-win-council-approval-284003.html
Greenway project, eco-friendly buildings win council approval

http://www.reflector.com/business/new-logo-for-greenville-mall-unveiled-308871.html
New logo for Greenville Mall unveiled

David Hill , who has four retail developments in Greenville including Pirates Pointe, has tapped into the growing Wilson market with a 14,000-square-foot strip center anchored by Factory Mattress & Bedroom. The center, located in front of Lowe's, also will include Carolina Quick Care, Dippin' Dots and Ruby's Hibachi. Hill has had a Factory Mattress & Bedroom store in Wilson since 1995. “I was renting, and I found a piece of land in front of Lowes,” he said. “It's a great location. ... (Wilson) is really taking off. It's turned out to be a nice bedroom community for Raleigh.”

Rocky Mount

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/new-mcdonalds-opens-301909.html
New McDonald's opens

Wilson

http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Business/Story/Designer-shop-opens--
Designer shop opens

Greenville

http://www.reflector.com/news/stage-set-for-theaters-revival-332292.html
Stage set for theater's revival

Downtown Greenville is booming!!! Where I live I will be able to see three major development's being constructed: This new development called Nathaniel Village, This new development that will include a new special need's facility where the old warehouse use to be that burned down, and The new 6-8 level dorm's!!!

http://www.reflector.com/news/council-allows-commercial-development-on-east-fire-tower-363404.html
New Fire Tower Road commercial development.

Would any of you guys ever think of skyscrapers in Washington (NC)? I say no, I wouldn't but there are two planned strangely!!! The Rembrey on Pamlico Shores!!!

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=275336

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.livesouth.com/pics/20070102134214rendering.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.livesouth.com/north-carolina/rembrey-pamlico-shores/&usg=__6Jwrn3RxeC2txVE0DYznFm8-Bok=&h=259&w=500&sz=44&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=1kXORNkyDdXN5M:&tbnh=67&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgreenville,%2Bnc%2Brenderings%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DtMk%26sa%3DN

WOW, the building's will be among the tallest in East Carolina (if you exclude Wilmington out of EC they will be the tallest)...

http://www.livesouth.com/pics/20070102134214rendering.jpg

I know I know INFOMAN IS THE BEST!!! :lol: :nuts:

Proposed by the same developer who has proposed building a highrise or two on the gateway site in downtown Greenville. :nuts: Marick Home Builders. http://www.marick.net/realestate_rembrey.php Where's Rick Thoennes? :lol:

Your lie(ing) right!!! What if those two towers got built but the Gateway site NEVER EVER got built!!! :lol: :nuts: :ohno: (Bi-polar mode, funny, then it's crazy, then I start crying) lol

http://www.marick.net/images/montelago_rendering-large.jpg

MonteLago is our newest planned resort for Lake Keowee. Imagine a resort sitting on one of the most fabulous lakes in the South East. Its clean, crystal blue waters inviting the resort visitor to fish, swim, ski and boat all through the year in a climate that has four invigorating seasons.

"MonteLago will be located close to shopping, fine dining, recreation and hospitals. It is within driving distance of Greenville, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia - it's the perfect location for those seeking rest and relaxation without giving up the excitement of city life.

With the Blue Ridge Mountains as a backdrop the view is breathtaking. Each and every view of the lake will be phenomenal - with MonteLago's 1 mile of shoreline and three points that sit out in the deep water, we wouldn't have it any other way."

Your lie(ing) right!!! What if those two towers got built but the Gateway site NEVER EVER got built!!! :lol: :nuts: :ohno: (Bi-polar mode, funny, then it's crazy, then I start crying) lol

I'm actually very serious. Oh and check the Greenville, SC development news thread. ;) Something special from youtube awaits you.

I saw the video and I see that it is the same developer...Dang I thought that Washington NC was going to build high-rises for once!!!

http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Business/Story/Tokyo-Steakhouse-is-now-open--
New Tokyo Steakhouse in Wilson

http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Business/Story/Le-Doux-to-join-downtown-eating-options--
New French Restaurant in Downtown Wilson (dtown wilson is getting a lot of new restaurants)

http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Local/Story/Farm-Fresh-to-close--
Farm Fresh is closing but BW3 and Checker's are coming to Wilson

http://www.reflector.com/business/select-bank-has-new-branch-349329.html
Select Bank opened a new Greenville location

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/northern-connector-on-councils-agenda-364869.html
Rocky Mount is awaiting approval for Northern Connector!

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/business/insulation-company-moves-to-elm-city-364868.html
A new company moved to Elm City that has 80 jobs and will bring 20 more!

So, Infoman. Are those two towers going to happen for Washington or not?
BTW, I use to work at the hospital there back in the late 80's. :) I wonder if the Fountain Power Boats still made there or not? Do you know?

Oh yeah! Do you also know if Washington still has it's mall there? A lot of memories around that town. BTW, if you ever find your way to Belhaven, Pantego and Pungo/Pike Road area, could you take some pictures? It's been a long time since I've been there. I imagine some things have changed. I lived in Pungo, NC. from 1986 to 1989. :) Go times. Wild times. :yes:

Well I hope those towers go through, but I don't go to Washington so I can't really tell you anything about it. :ohno: but if I do go through those area's ill take some pics just for you... :lol: I CAN'T WAIT TILL I GO TO HOUSTON, LA COUNTY, LA, AND BOSTON THIS YEAR!!!

^^ You ought to make a stop in Dallas while you are in Texas. You'd like it, too. :)
And if you can, go to San Francisco!!! :drool: My favorite city!!! Period!!! :drool:

I lived around Dallas as a baby and I've always wanted to go to SanFran!!! I may have to rent a car and leave my mom down in LA... :lol:

^^ You ought to make a stop in Dallas while you are in Texas. You'd like it, too. :)
And if you can, go to San Francisco!!! :drool: My favorite city!!! Period!!! :drool:

;) http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=693518

The only development i wish to happen in Eastern North Carolina is for it to get its undeserving grimy fingers out of the North Carolina Government! Fayettenam reminds me of one of those bratty teenagers on my super sweet 16, getting anything and everything they could ever want and more!! Eastern North Carolina gets roads, and sidewalks and fucking free blowjobs to residents with 50,000 median income. Ok so the last one is not true, but ENE INFURIATES ME!!!!

I somewhat agree with you Ricky. Some of these roads in eastern NC are needed...but most were not at this time. One prime example is the failed interstate 795 (aka 117) between Wilson and Goldsboro. It cost an arm and a leg. The job was botched...pavement already falling apart in just two years. The estimate for repair is 20 million. NC DOT is responsible for the repairs. Where will this money come from? I have been on 795 once.....I was the only one on it....useless road.

The wilson by-pass could have been held off for a while. The hwy 70 by-pass around clayton could have been delayed. The Greenville by-pass could have also been delayed. Charlotte does need it more right now.

However, Charlotte did get lightrail....and has the best skyline in NC. Raleigh does not have the money to finish I-540...tolls will be up soon.

So I do agree with you. This hwy 70 by-pass had better not see the light of day for a long time. but I bet it gets off the ground within the next two years...lol :lol:

Wilson also has more roads planned! Wilson already has been approved for a northern loop. (looking for money now) Wilson has also been approved for an expansion of hwy 58 to four lanes. (looking for money) This would be a direct link to the famous global transfart in kinston. :lol:

What wilson wants...wilson gets. It has always been that way. Wilson has power and money....they always have. meanwhile...the coastal communities continued to get screwed. So its not just you guys. :nuts:

just look at the wilson road system and you will see what I mean.

hwy 301 - 4 lanes
hwy 264 - 4 lanes
int 95 - 4 lanes
int 795 (117) - 4 lanes
ward blvd inner loop - 4 lanes
southern outer loop - 4 lanes
northern outer loop proposed
hwy 58 to four lane - proposed

Pretty impressive for a town with 48,000 people huh?

Yea but the Charlotte Light Rail doesn't count. NC only gave so much, and the rest was sales tax and federal grant. Fayetteville is in the process of building a loop around the city that'll be completed in 7 years time total (maybe less at this pace). The open leg of the loop right now carries 7,900 cars a day. Charlottes loop 485, started in 1988, and in 2009 is probably 95 % completed, yet the final leg has been shelved and won't be completed until 2020? So what is the volume of 485 you ask. Well the least travelled leg of 485 gets 88,000 cars a day. The most travelled, around 150,000.

So do the math, what city is deserving? Obviously Fayetteville because this is Eastern North Carolina Politics.

I really feel that the loops initiative in NC should be disbanded and gotten rid of anyways, it is really one of the worst/archaic ideas that are still around in government today. Loops have proven to do nothing good but create sprawl burden whole natural areas.

I believe that Wilson gets what it wants because of g.k. Butterfield which is from there. Wilson has gotten approved for sidewalks city wide, and I-795 will eventually go all the way to Greenville.

But if your talking about undeserving states I believe Maryland and VA deserve more because they have to pay for d.c. Growth and nc gets plenty of federal money that's how all of these major projects happen...

http://www.reflector.com/business/carlton-place-coming-to-medical-district-367519.html
Carlton Place-will include a office building, with ground retail...oh yeah there is a UPSCALE hotel coming to the area too.

I don't think Wilson or Greenville get too much money from the Federal Government. Greenville has some of the worst roads for a city its size. I wanted to post some pictures, but I dont know how.

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo324/easternncpirate/100_0998.jpg

All those Federal Dollars sure have made an impact here in Wilson!

North Carolina paid more federal hwy taxes than it receives back, We are a donor state..

http://www.greenvilleconventioncenter.com/images/Hamptong.jpg
The rendering for the new Hampton Inn in Greenville (NC)

There's my infoman. :hug: :D I want to share my new rap video with you:

ew6PmluvNac

I didn't even look at it, I already know what video it is... :lol:

He's being mean to me. :cry:

There's my sweet infoman. :hug: :D I want to share my new rap video with you:

ew6PmluvNac

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Yea but the Charlotte Light Rail doesn't count. NC only gave so much, and the rest was sales tax and federal grant. Fayetteville is in the process of building a loop around the city that'll be completed in 7 years time total (maybe less at this pace). The open leg of the loop right now carries 7,900 cars a day. Charlottes loop 485, started in 1988, and in 2009 is probably 95 % completed, yet the final leg has been shelved and won't be completed until 2020? So what is the volume of 485 you ask. Well the least travelled leg of 485 gets 88,000 cars a day. The most travelled, around 150,000.

So do the math, what city is deserving? Obviously Fayetteville because this is Eastern North Carolina Politics.

I really feel that the loops initiative in NC should be disbanded and gotten rid of anyways, it is really one of the worst/archaic ideas that are still around in government today. Loops have proven to do nothing good but create sprawl burden whole natural areas.

Well, we keep nominating and electing governors FROM eastern NC......Mike Easley (From Rocky Mount) and now Bev Perdue (From Bew Bern).....what do you expect? Fayetteville is debatable as to it's location. I have seen and heard Fayetteville being considered part of the Coastal Plains, Sandhills and even the Piedmont. :yes: Basically it sits on the eastern edge of the 'fall line' where the Coastal Plains and Piedmont blend together. Raleigh sits on the western edge of the Peidmont/ Coastal Plains 'fall line'.
But seriously, eastern North Carolina is overall the most depressed part of our state.....they NEED more state money. The state governmant should just try to spend it more wisely!

Well, we keep nominating and electing governors FROM eastern NC......Mike Easley (From Rocky Mount) and now Bev Perdue (From Bew Bern).....what do you expect? Fayetteville is debatable as to it's location. I have seen and heard Fayetteville being considered part of the Coastal Plains, Sandhills and even the Piedmont. :yes: Basically it sits on the eastern edge of the 'fall line' where the Coastal Plains and Piedmont blend together. Raleigh sits on the western edge of the Peidmont/ Coastal Plains 'fall line'.
But seriously, eastern North Carolina is overall the most depressed part of our state.....they NEED more state money. The state governmant should just try to spend it more wisely!

North Carolina needs more rail period in the larger cities. Cities in Eastern North Carolina need to adopt better smart growth policies and stop treating their land "cheap" as in autocentric only. I'm from Eastern North Carolina originally, I know how we do lol :ohno:.

I don't know what's going on in Greenville but Housing construction is starting to happen again!!! I was driving around and saw three new neigborhood's under construction, this is strange because we haven't seen a house under construction for months because the recession slowed down the housing market!!!!!! :nuts:

http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Local/Story/Best-Buy-open-for-business--
Best Buy is now open in Wilson!

I recently discovered that some of my earliest known ancestors in America helped to settle areas around Beaufort, Johnston and Pitt Counties.

You're welcome for that! :)

http://www.wilsondaily.com/News/Business/Story/Atmosphere-Salon-to-move-downtown--
New spa in downtown Wilson
http://www.wilsontimes.com/News/Local/Story/Goldsboro-trip-offers-historic-ideas--
Goldsboro trip offers historic ideas

Downtown Greenville doesn't have a spa yet...so I hope it can get one soon!!! (it's not like I will go to it though :lol: or will I, SIKE) :nuts:

My first post.

http://www.locateincarolina.com/pressrelease.aspx?id=43

Sorry it's old news but it does seem like a nice industrial park.

My first post.

http://www.locateincarolina.com/pressrelease.aspx?id=43

Sorry it's old news but it does seem like a nice industrial park.

good stuff. welcome to ssc.

My first post.

http://www.locateincarolina.com/pressrelease.aspx?id=43

Sorry it's old news but it does seem like a nice industrial park.

Infoman? He's back, he's back. :banana: :hug: :D

NOTE:

I've unstickied the few development threads that have been quiet for over a year. If you would like to update this thread regularly and see it re-stickied, please pm me! Thank you. :)

desertpunk

I was up in Pitt County this past summer. Walked the property my ggggggg grandfather walked in the 1730's. I had rough coordinates for the location, and a very nice gentleman in Greenville made a GPS map for me. The property is in what is now Farmville on Little Contentnea Creek. There's a mobile home park on the site now. Never knew my ancestors were trailer park trash. ;)

Hi Dale! :hi:

Hi Dale! :hi:

Hey, punk. You're the hardest working man in show business these days! :cheers:

Hey, punk. You're the hardest working man in show business these days! :cheers:

These days, I take what I can get! ;)

http://www.nceast.org/

^^This regional group had a annual meeting in Greenville this past week.
http://www.nceast.org/media/PDF/NCER_invite2011D.pdf

-I'm curious to see what the 2010 census going to say about populations in Eastern NC. Fayetteville will technically (sorta Piedmontish) be largest for a long time, but I think Wilmington might be close to getting eclipsed by Jacksonville and Greenville....won't be long till there are 4 cities with 100K population in ENC

-Greenville is trying to expand its downtown (Uptown) along Dickinson Avenue, putting up signs on light poles. That area (warehouses, vacant lots, parking lots) is so ripe for redevelopment on the Greenville scale once the 10th Street/Farmville Boulevard connector bridge is put up over the RR tracks. Not many homes/businesses will be displaced, though it would go through neighborhood.
-ECU going to open dental school in Fall 2011. I believe the Health Science is open or is about to open soon too.
-There is now a Five Guys restaurant in Greenville...I know...........a major event
-There are actually sidewalks along Greenville Boulevard (main commercial corridor)..............unreal....
-There was a documentary recently made about the skateboard community in Greenville, b/se of all the notable figures that have/still live in Gvegas

-I was reading articles about Fayetteville area about to add thousands of people b/se of BRAC

Keep ENC thread alive yall..

Anything going on in this depressing side of the state?

Anything going on in this depressing side of the state?

http://m.fayobserver.com/articles?path=/articles/2012/03/23/1165937

A real downtown greening
08:05 PM - 03/22/2012

Announcements of new businesses downtown are pretty routine these days. But a grocery store is new and different.

Brian Smith saw a growing downtown residential population and decided the time is right. His Marquis Market is opening in the former Cumberland Furniture building on Person Street.

The store is part market, part cafe, Smith's version of a Fresh Market or Trader Joe's. It will open in phases over the coming months. It's a nice development for an increasingly livable downtown.

http://m.fayobserver.com/articles?path=/articles/2012/03/23/1165937

A real downtown greening
08:05 PM - 03/22/2012
Announcements of new businesses downtown are pretty routine these days. But a grocery store is new and different.

Brian Smith saw a growing downtown residential population and decided the time is right. His Marquis Market is opening in the former Cumberland Furniture building on Person Street.

The store is part market, part cafe, Smith's version of a Fresh Market or Trader Joe's. It will open in phases over the coming months. It's a nice development for an increasingly livable downtown.

http://m.fayobserver.com/articles?path=/articles/2012/04/12/1170754

Systel has purchased a vacanrt commercial building in the county's industrial park to use as a distribution center

Andrew Barksdale
Staff writer
11:35 PM - 04/12/20121

Systel Business Equipment Co. Inc. plans to open a new distribution center in Cumberland County to serve its Southeastern operations.

Systel, a Fayetteville-based dealer of office automation equipment, has bought an empty commercial building in the Cumberland Industrial Center. County officials have sought to sell the empty building for a decade.

Keith Allison, Systel's president and CEO, said he plans to consolidate his local distribution centers into one operation in the 125,000-square-foot "shell" building on Tom Starling Road. On Thursday, directors with the Fayetteville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce approved the sale for $1,514,000.

The structure was built in 2002 with a $1.8 million loan. It was designed to attract developers but sat empty, costing Cumberland County taxpayers more than $800,000 in interest on the loan. The county had agreed to back the loan if the building sat unsold after two years of construction.

The county commissioners agreed this month to sell the building for $1.5 million and pay the difference - about $377,000 - between the sale price and the outstanding principal. Chamber officials in charge of marketing the building said they had several prospective buyers throughout the years, and the building attracted some out-of-town employers who opted to move into other Fayetteville-area locations.

"We are thrilled with the sale," said chamber President Doug Peters.

Details of Systel's plans weren't available Thursday. It's unclear how many employees will work at the distribution center.

Allison is a well-known contributor to several private, civic and business causes. His company owns the leased-out Systel building on Green Street downtown, and his corporate offices are on Fort Bragg Road.

The buyer of the shell building is officially Allison Holdings LLC, which is Systel's property division. Keith Allison is the member manager of the holding company.

Systel started with only a few employees housed in one office and has grown to more than 200 in nine locations across North Carolina and Georgia.