Archinect - News 2024-12-23T14:39:38-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150427939/ayers-saint-gross-designs-new-charlotte-innovation-district Ayers Saint Gross designs new Charlotte innovation district Josh Niland 2024-05-17T08:00:00-04:00 >2024-06-21T09:29:50-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0a/0a1aeb39c728eb557607ad269db8bdf2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Ayers Saint Gross has shared renderings of its new design in Charlotte, NC. Phase 1, which is set to open in 2025, includes two new buildings totaling 685,000 square feet, two parking garages with 1,100 parking spaces, and a central plaza. The project is part of The Pearl; a planned innovation district that will total three million square feet at its full buildout, and is intended to aid the Wake Forest School of Medicine&rsquo;s expansion and become a new civic hub for Charlotte.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b6/b66134a60a7dc68ad87b834d5bf0eb30.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b6/b66134a60a7dc68ad87b834d5bf0eb30.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering courtesy Ayers Saint Gross and CO Architects</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/af/aff1682be7287a6b8aa49f055e805466.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/af/aff1682be7287a6b8aa49f055e805466.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering courtesy Ayers Saint Gross and CO Architects</figcaption></figure><p>Located at the edge of Uptown, the program includes the anchoring 14-story, 393,000-square-foot Howard Levine Center for Education building and a neighboring&nbsp;smaller&nbsp;ten-story, 330,000-square-foot research facility, 905 Pearl Park Way, that is attracting major health science innovators, developed through the partnership between Atrium Health and Wexford Science &amp; Technology.&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/13488865/co-architects" target="_blank">CO Architects&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.neighboringconcepts.com/" target="_blank">Neighboring C...</a></p>