The partners and their investment group plan to erect a $2million office building on the site. First Colony Corp. ofCharlotte will develop and handle leasing for the building. Rankinexpects construction to take about 18 months and says the propertyis already two-thirds pre-leased.

The investment group had considered combining the churchfacility with the new office building but found that it wasn'tfinancially feasible. The church will be torn down to make room forthe new office project.

East Morehead began its revitalization about seven or eightyears ago when professional services firms found that rents were alittle lower here just five minutes from midtown.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.