It’s been a year since Research Triangle Park announced the expansion plans that will convert it from a daytime destination for high tech workers to a 24/7 live-work-play community for all sorts of Triangle workers and residents.
[In August, WRAL TechWire reported on the latest expansion plans.]
But while planning for the mixed-use development called Park Center continues on, momentum has built around The Frontier.
Envisioned as a testing ground for Park Center, the former IBM building has become a hub of creativity and entrepreneurial activity with four floors of co-working, event and office space nearly built out and fresh plans to add a second building to the campus.
Demolition has begun just across the street on the 600 building, and more office workers will move there in 2017.
In the meantime, we’re looking at the various programs that have already found a home at The Frontier, organizations or events that have helped exceed RTP’s expectations for what could be made out of an aging building in a once obsolete portion of the 7,000-acre park.
Note: ExitEvent’s full report features overviews of:
- The Farmery
- Bunker Labs
- MEDIC Labs
- US2020
- Free coworking
- RTP:180
- Private offices, flexible lease terms
- EntreDot
- EcoPRT
- Persever8
- The North Carolina Newsroom Co-operative
Read the full report:
http://exitevent.com/article/rtp-the-frontier-testing-ground-160920
