DURHAM, NC-Local developer Scientific Properties is finishingthe land-purchasing process for its $155-million Heritage Squaremixed-use project and is looking for an additional developer tohelp it with its retail portion. Management has hired real estateservices firm Jones Lang LaSalle in its search for assistance onthe project's 325,000-sf retail-entertainment component.

Management expects to close on the 9.6-acre Heritage Squaresite, at Fayetteville Road and Lakewood Avenue, Oct. 15 to make wayfor the development, which totals 780,000 sf. The project, to breakground in the spring, will also feature 235,000 sf of offices and220,000 sf of rental and for-sale residential units.

The development is in the Hayti section of the city, near theDurham Bulls' minor league baseball park and the Durham PerformingArts Center. Heritage Square, which is scheduled for completion inlate 2009, will feature destination and neighborhood retailoutlets.