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• Top 10 Wake County Hospitality and Residential Investments for 2000s

  By Ken Atkins | Filed in: Real Estate, Wake County | Comments (0)

  The past decade was an outstanding period of growth for Wake County. Here is a list of some of our County’s major retail and hospitality investments. • Triangle Town Center Opened in August 2002, the shopping mall offers more than 1.3 million feet in retail spaces. • IMAX Theater at Marbles Kids Museum The combination of... Read More >

• Wake Housing Market Better Than Most Counties

  By Conni Tucker | Filed in: Real Estate, Wake County | Comments (0)

  While several areas of the United States continue to face a housing slump, Wake County is not one of them. On the contrary, we are doing better than the national average in several respects: Our Home Prices Are Strong -- While it would be a stretch to call Wake a "sellers market" right now, the Federal... Read More >

• Wake Forest Monitoring How Big Projects Turn Out

  By Ken Atkins | Filed in: Education, Leisure, Municipalities, Real Estate, Wake County, Work | Comments (0)

  In her State of the Town address Feb. 16, Wake Forest Mayor Vivian Jones said that in regard to future growth, “We’re just going to try and sit back and look at where we are and make sure our finances are coming in properly and try to make sure we are just keeping... Read More >

• Holly Springs Keeps On Growing Distinctively

  By Conni Tucker | Filed in: Leisure, Municipalities, Personal, Real Estate, Technology, Wake County, Work | Comments (0)

  If there was any doubt that Holly Springs has moved up its status in Wake County these last few years from being just a small town – and it definitely has – it was erased on Jan. 15, 2009.   That was when Read More >

• Knightdale - Gateway to Many Places

  By Ken Atkins | Filed in: Leisure, Municipalities, Personal, Real Estate, Wake County, Work | Comments (0)

  Knightdale used to be known as the first town you encountered outside of Raleigh when heading east towards Wilson, Greenville, Rocky Mount or the Outer Banks.   But within the last five years, with the U.S. 64 Bypass in place, and Interstate 540 having completed its... Read More >

• Wake County a Leader in Business Recycling

  By Conni Tucker | Filed in: Biotech, Education, Leisure, Municipalities, Real Estate, Serious Games, Wake County, Work | Comments (0)

  If you lead or work for an environmentally conscious company and wonder how your recycling practices will be impacted by a move to Wake County, relax.   Wake is one of the state’s leaders in proactive business recycling programs. Read More >

• Wendell Offers Window of Opportunity

  By Ken Atkins | Filed in: Municipalities, Personal, Real Estate, Wake County, Work | Comments (0)

  Situated between Knightdale to the west and Zebulon to the east, Wendell used to be best known as a town people went through... Read More >

• Berkshire Hathaway Doubles Its Stake in the Triangle

  By Nancy B. Harner, Senior Vice President, Relocation/Corporate Services, Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty | Filed in: Work, Real Estate | Comments (0)

  It was Dec. 15, and I was waiting at the RDU airport for Ron Peltier, CEO of HomeServices of America  (the real estate arm of Berkshire Hathaway), to arrive.   Ron was coming to town this close to the... Read More >