Wake Forest Innovation Quarer

The Piedmont Triad Research Park has been re-branded:  Wake Forest Innovation Quarter (this is a link to the new website.) Distilled from talking heads, the idea behind the re-branding seems to be 1) distinguish its from Research Triangle Park (PTRP v. RTP), 2) to leverage Wake Forest's brand, and 3) broaden appeal away from biotech to include IT and other high-tech industries.

Other Articles on the New Quarter:
 - The Winston-Salem Journal
 - The Triad Business Journal
 - Press Release from Wake Health

Winston-Salem Open Update

The Winston-Salem Open which will be held August 18-25, released their player field yesterday.  Twenty-two of the thirty-nine players confirmed so far (there will be a total of 48) are ranked in the top fifty in the world; last year only eleven players were ranked in the top fifty.   

Winston-Salem to "Agressively" Pursue Selling Bowman Gray Stadium and The Joel

 

City officials said they would "aggressively" pursue selling the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (now officially named the Winston-Salem Entertainment-Sports Complex) and Bowman Gray Stadium, likely to Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University respectively.  The two university's rent the venues to host sports games and both have expressed an interest in purchasing them.  The city estimates it would save $1.6 million per year if it sold them; LJVM Coliseum recently appraised at $37.1 million while Bowman Gray Stadium appraised at $9.9 million - the appraisals were paid for by the city.  A spokesman for the city said racing at Bowman Gray would be protected by including a clause in any sales contract requiring that long-term leases be honored.

$125 Million Dollar Wake Forest Baptist Cancer Center Expansion

Wake Forest Baptist begins $125M cancer center expansion

The Business Journal - by Owen Covington

Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 11:47am EDT - Last Modified: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 1:23pm EDT

Related: Health Care

Read more: Wake Forest Baptist begins $125M cancer center expansion | The Business Journal

Work is now under way on the $125 million expansion of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
The six-floor addition will add four inpatient floors, one day hospital floor, an administrative floor and consolidate inpatient and outpatient services within a free-standing cancer hospital.
Inpatient beds will increase to 148 acute care and 44 observation beds from the current level of 113 beds. The new hospital will include 530,600 square feet of space and is slated to open in early 2014.
Bovis Lend Lease is the construction manager for the project.
Read the full press release here.

Read more: Wake Forest Baptist begins $125M cancer center expansion | The Business Journal