News and Updates from North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad
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    Recent Announcements  
 

    Granite Tactical Vehicles, Inc. - Armored vehicle manufacturer expands in Surry County; creates 200 jobs, invests
    $2.5 million.


    SANS Technical Fibers LLC - Synthetic nylon filament and yarn manufacturer expands in Rockingham County;
    creates 25 jobs, invests $2.8 million.

    FlightSafety International Inc. - Professional aviation training company plans to place a flight simulator in
    Greensboro to train pilots for HondaJet; creates 25-30 jobs at the Piedmont Triad International Airport.

   
    Living in the Triad     In Case You Missed It
     

International Civil Rights Center & Museum
Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Monday, February 1, 2010

The International Civil Rights Center & Museumwill hold its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. Speakers will include: Franklin McCain, one of the four students who launched the sit-in movement; NC Governor Bev Perdue and US Senator Kay Hagan.

 

Located in the historic 1929 F.W. Woolworth building, the Museum includes 30,000 square feet of exhibit space. The Museum contains the original, fully-restored “whites-only” lunch counter and stools where the Greensboro Four began a six-month protest in 1960.

Tanger Announces $60 million Investment
in Alamance County

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. will open a 317,000 sq ft outlet center in eastern Alamance County on I-40/85.

The new outlet center represents a $60 million investment and will include 80 upscale outlet stores including Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5th, Banana Republic Factory Store, Coach Factory, Gap Outlet, J. Crew, Michael Kors, BCBG/Girls, Nike Factory Store and Tommy Hilfiger. With an estimated 4.5 million visitors each year, the annual economic impact of the outlet center is projected to be $7 million in sales-tax revenue and $200,000 in property tax revenue.

Headquartered in Greensboro, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. has 33 centers in 22 states where more than 2,200 stores, operated by 400 different brand-name companies.

   
    Sites & Buildings  

   316,130 sf available in Union Cross Business Park
   295 Business Park Drive

   51,633 sf available office and wet lab space
   4090 Premier Drive


   144,217 sf upscale manufacturing/distribution facility
   Regent Lighting Building

   85,164 sf shell building, expandable
   Liberty Shell Building

 

   Piedmont Triad Partnership     
   7025 Albert Pick Rd, Suite 303
   Greensboro, North Carolina 27409
   800.669.4556 
   336.668.4556
   www.piedmonttriadnc.com
   info@piedmonttriadnc.com