Construction Begins at Carolina Square

Construction is now underway on Carolina Square mixed-use project at 123 West Franklin Street.

Night construction will begin Wednesday night. The town has permitted night construction on the site on Monday through Thursday nights through July 28.

Listen to the story from the groundbreaking in October below:

 

The new construction will involve one 11-story and two five-story buildings with about 246 apartment units, 159,000 square feet of office space and 42,000 square feet of retail space.

“Franklin Street has always been the place where Carolina, the university, meets the world,” UNC Chancellor Carol Folt said at the groundbreaking ceremony in October. “It’s a place where we welcome it in.”

At that same ceremony, then-Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt said that he was proud of the partnership that brought about the new Carolina Square.

“140 West and Carolina Square weren’t conceived of in some back room in South Building or some basement space in Town Hall,” said Kleinschmidt. “They were conceived of here on the streets with the community involved saying what they wanted in new spaces. So that we could do as we have always done, embrace the time in which we live and move forward boldly together.”

West Franklin Street, near the Church Street intersection, will be reduced from four lanes to two through Friday, January 8 from nine o’clock in the morning until four o’clock in the afternoon for work on a water line.

Beginning next week, the sidewalk on the south side of West Franklin Street near the construction will be closed. Detour signs will direct people across Franklin Street where travel will not be impacted.

The town warns that loud noises should be expected from the construction due to the high volume of trucks and machinery. If you are impacted by this construction and would like to meet with the project managers you can contact Dave Reeves, Senior Project manager at Northwood Ravin Construction, at 919-427-2415 or Jeff Furman, Vice President at Carolina Square LP, at 919-354-3677.

Construction is expected to be completed in the summer of 2017.

For updates and a full construction schedule on the town’s website.