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6 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008 S h ift in g HU I ' syears m| 6- 10 years I Possible Building Uses and Estimated Square Footage Centers and Institutes (Research) 215,000 ■■ RENCI (Research) 170,000 M University Facility Services (Support Centers and Institutes (Academic/Research) 93,000 * UNC School of Law (Academic) 200,000 M Corpora/e Partners (Research? Innovation Center (Research) 85,000 ■ School of Public Health (Research) 155 000 M Housinq Interdisciplinary Research Center (Research) 150,000 wm UNC Health Care System (Patient Care/Offices) mm Services SOURCES: http://RESEARCH.UNC.EDU/CN. WWW.NSCSU.EDU, GOOGLE MAPS DTH/STACEY SIMEONE Carolina North: a broad plan for change CAROLINA NORTH AS IT APPEARED IN THE CORRESPONDING YEAR HHHHHHHHI ‘> < C ■> : C Vc ''-->c. '>'.... UWta*™**,.* Design firm JJft releases a The Uniwisity's first concept the Unnreisity dearies to Tire Unimsity works warn In October the Chanel HHI fw nJSJLa. I*. £££““"“■ report, aeiafim, vaiions planisfomred. do* the Horace VMiams Aym Saint Sossacdfitec- aap^UNoTaSaZ with an almost 1,000-acre beginning a seven-year ways the site could be Aimnrt thn.h ,vmi ' '-“■ ,u " w - wes a discussion, unc s uoara m tvansa&aeiaeai tract of land to the intativ/of severalauctes. developed Trustees decides the airport director eTthe University. actually dose tor several similar to the one m 2000, committee s goals and eventually mist dose to effort to bare one j years. focusing development on vision for Carolina North. mate room for the project's toorgaeaenodfo, _ _ __ about 240 acres. first phase. The airport will be Carotmattartk^ THE PAST AND PROJECTED FUTURE OF CAROLINA NORTH International Airport. BY KELLY GIEDRAITIS SENIOR WRITER Fifty years from now, University officials hope Carolina North will be a productive addition to UNC. State-of-the-art labs, specialized centers and insti tutes and corporate research partners would be just a short bus ride away from the main campus. But right now', Carolina North is a broad plan that probably will change. The proposed campus is nonexistent —a 963-acre blank canvas. What is Carolina North? The overall vision for Carolina North bills the space as ■mixed-use’ which means it will include labs, corporate research space, housing and educational facilities. The land available for use is about 1.3 times larger than UNC-Chapel Hill’s main campus. Officials plan to use only 25 percent of the land in the first 50 years, developing 65 to 70 acres in the first 15 years. Plans for the first phase of construction still are tentative but call for various buildings, including an innovation cen ter, centers and institutes and faculty and graduate student housing. UNC’s schools of law and public health also are consider ing relocating to the new campus. Why is it important for UNC? UNC already is facing a space crunch, as enrollment con tinues to rise and the University asserts itself as a major research institution. Plans for new corporate and research facilities at Carolina North attempt to meet these growing needs. "We’re going to be growing forever,* Carolina North Executive Director Jack Evans said. The new space also permits some of UNC’s scattered cen ters and institutes to have a central location, allowing for (Ehr Saihj {Car Hrri greater collaboration. “We really think thequalitv of wor Evans said. “They’ll generate ideas fo happen as readily if they weren t tog Where will it be? Less than 2 miles fiom main campu ed off Martin Luther King Jt Bouleva The tract of land expands about mostly undeveloped woods. And although officials know hov to use, no decisions have been mad buildings and roads should be const When will it be built? : ,| The development of Carolina Nor the University's plan for growth, all for years to come. The broad 50-year plan is brk
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