New Development Activity in the area

I wonder if they will finally build on that property they own on Timber and Benson Rd? 23 acres they bought 4 years ago and construction was halted. But I see they say they expect it to be 100 acres.

 

how many acres is that lot?

 

23 acres

 

Plenty of land in Clayton and Garner area east of 40.

 

how many acres is the Cary Town Center Mall? Its available now.

 

73 acres answered my own question. closer to the 100 acres the Children's Hospital needs.

 

I'm surprised Fenton doesn't just buy it and make a Fenton II, especially with how successful it was.

 

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• Novo Nordisk launches $4 billion expansion in Clayton, creating 1,000 jobs.
• Johnston County leaders discuss infrastructure and development collaboration challenges.
• Clayton Mayor Jody McLeod seeks to bring first Chick-fil-A to town.

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Johnston County had a massive 2024, with billions of dollars in economic investments being announced.

But leaders in the county aren't resting on their laurels.

Longtime Clayton Mayor Jody McLeod is still pushing to try to bring the first Chick-fil-A to the largest municipality in Johnston County.

"The key to the retail, the key to restaurants, the key to all that, is rooftops," McLeod said "It takes those numbers to meet those demographics for what Chick-fil-A needs, or any other restaurant, is looking for."

McLeod was joined by members of the local business community during a panel discussion as part of Triangle Business Journal's Corridors of Opportunity series Thursday at the Clayton Center downtown. The panel discussion focused on the future of one of the county's largest employers, collaboration through differences and infrastructure concerns, among other topics.

Novo Nordisk presses ahead with $4.1 billion expansion
Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) in 2024 launched a $4 billion expansion in Clayton that the Danish company says will create 1,000 new jobs.

The company's first Clayton facility has been "our cornerstone for manufacturing in the United States" for decades, said Shaylah Nunn Jones, director of public affairs for Novo Nordisk. Under the expansion, Novo Nordisk will build a new facility to increase its output of popular weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic.

"This is going to be just like the facility that's been in North Carolina for 30 years, but at a much larger grand scale than the current facility that we have there," she said. "This one that we're building is 1.4 million square feet."


Jones said the facility will have an "employee amenity center" that includes cafeterias, training rooms and recreation and exercise spaces.

"This is something that is super important to Novo Nordisk because we know that if you like where you work, you'll stay," Jones said.