North Carolina Children’s Health (NC Children’s) has chosen a location in Apex, North Carolina for its campus, which will include the only freestanding, independent children’s hospital in the Carolinas. NC Children’s, a partnership between UNC Health and Duke Health, will be built on approximately 230 acres of land at the intersection of US-1 and NC-540.
The campus will bring approximately 8,000 jobs to Apex and Wake County. Plans call for a 500-bed children’s hospital, a children’s outpatient care center, 103 children and adolescent behavioral health beds and a research and education enterprise backed by the UNC and Duke schools of medicine.
The 230-acre campus will seamlessly integrate into Veridea, an over 1,000-acre mixed-use community created by RXR featuring 8,000 new homes, 3.5 million square feet of retail and dining, 12 million square feet of office and research space and a new Wake Tech Community College campus.
NC Children’s team is issuing a request for qualifications to design and construction contractors. The next several months will be focused on site planning, with a groundbreaking anticipated in 2027 and construction expected to take approximately six years. Learn more here.
