Greensboro Real Estate

Economy: Greensboro is the location of the corporate headquarters of the Honda Aircraft Company, Lorillard Tobacco Company, VF Corporation, Volvo Trucks of North America, RF Micro Devices, and the International Textile Group. Jefferson-Pilot Life was based in Greensboro until it merged with Lincoln Financial Group; the corporate headquarters of the combined company are now in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. However, Greensboro remains a "center of operations" for the company's life insurance business. Although traditionally associated with the textile, furniture, and tobacco industries, Greensboro leaders are attempting to attract new businesses in the nanotech, high-tech and transportation/logistics fields. A small chain of fast food restaurants known as Cook Out has its corporate headquarters in Greensboro.
FedEx
In 1998, FedEx chose to build and operate a $300 million Mid-Atlantic air-cargo package-sorting hub at the Piedmont Triad International Airport, opening by 2009. The hub is expected to attract thousands of jobs and build on the city's effort in becoming a transportation, distribution and logistics hub. The planned hub has already had an effect in attracting development to Greensboro and the Piedmont Triad region. The planned FedEx hub has attracted developments such as Triad Tower, a planned 25-story office/condominium project for Greensboro near Piedmont Triad International Airport and near the Interstate 40 and the Highway 68 interchange. The tower is expected to be opened in 2009 in time for the FedEx hub opening and will include amenities such as an aquarium, penthouse restaurant, public rooftop observation deck and possibly an IMAX Theater. Other projects the planned FedEx hub have attracted included a Polo distribution and fulfillment center in the nearby city of High Point and indirectly Honda Aircraft Company jet factory/world headquarters in Greensboro.
Honda Aircraft Company
In February 2007, Honda Aircraft Company announced that they will build a multi-million dollar jet factory and world headquarters at Piedmont Triad International Airport. The company is developing the new HondaJet which is slated for production in 2010. In 2001, the test flight for the jet took place at Piedmont Triad International Airport and that close relationship with Greensboro combined with the transportation infrastructure and planned runway associated with the FedEx hub was the reason the company chose Greensboro. Honda Aircraft Company has projected that it will bring 300 jobs to Greensboro with an average salary of $76,000 a year.
Gateway University Research Park
Gateway University Research Park is a planned research park jointly operated by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The park will consist of two 75 acre campuses and groundbreaking is expected in 2007. The research park will work with the community and local companies to help the local economy. The vision for the park is to be a center for basic and applied research with the potential for the incubation and development of new industries. The focus will be on nanotechnology, biotechnology, biochemistry, electronics, artificial intelligence, environmental sciences, food and nutrition, health genetics, materials science and engineering, alternate and renewable energy and social sciences. The research park is expected to have more than 2,000 employees and encompass approximately one million square feet of research space.

Education:
Institutes of higher education

• Bennett College for Women
• Greensboro College
• Guilford College
• Guilford Technical Community College
• Elon University School of Law
• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

• Brookstone College
• ECPI College of Technology
• DeVry University
• Strayer University

• American Hebrew Academy
• Oak Ridge Military Academy

• Greensboro Day School
• New Garden Friends School
• Guilford Day School
• Canterbury K-8

• Grimsley High School
• Walter Hines Page High School
• Dudley High School
• Eastern Guilford High School
• Western Guilford High School
• The Early College at Guilford
• Smith High School
• Northwest Guilford High School
• Southern Guilford High School
• Northeast Guilford High School
• Southeast Guilford High School
• Southwest Guilford High School
• Lucy Ragsdale High School
• Philip J. Weaver Academy

Attractions and Entertainment:
* Wet N' Wild Emerald Pointe a very popular attraction and is the largest waterpark in the Carolinas.
* The Bog Garden is accessed by an elevated boardwalk that comprises a half-mile of the 1.06 miles of trails that wind through the Bog Garden. Along the Bog Garden trails are found an array of wetland flora, including trees, shrubs, wildflowers and fern species that thrive in wetland ecosystems. The Bog Garden also provides a place for viewing wetland wildlife, such as migratory and indigenous birds.
* Bicentennial Garden was developed in 1976 to commemorate the United States national bicentennial. It contains 1.25 miles of paved trails that showcase scenic vistas and a variety of seasonal and annual plants, flowers, and shrubs. Outdoor sculptures provides aesthetic and historic interest. There is also a pavilion available for outdoor weddings.
* Greensboro Center City Park, a new park that opened on December 1, 2006, occupies a half city block adjacent to the Greensboro Cultural Center. Sponsored by Action Greensboro and designed by Halvorson Design Partnership of Boston, the park features a fountain as well as works by several North Carolina artists. It is open to the public for day-to-day use and for events and performances.
* Greensboro Arboretum was completed as a partnership between Greensboro Beautiful and the Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department. It provides citizens with a broad selection of plants for study and enjoyment. This 17-acre site features 12 permanent plant collections and special display gardens, structural features including a fountain, overlook, arbor, gazebo, bridges, and benches.
* Blandwood Mansion and Gardens was the home of former North Carolina Governor John Motley Morehead. Today it stands as a museum of national architectural and historical significance. It is the earliest example of Tuscan Italianate architecture in the nation, and was designed by New York architect A. J. Davis.
* World War Memorial Stadium was one of the nation's oldest continuously used baseball venues before it was abandoned for First Horizon Stadium in 2005. The stadium was constructed in 1926 as a perpetual memorial to lives lost during the first World War. It anchors the Aycock Historic District, and remains used by college ball clubs, amateur leagues, and other special events throughout the year.
* 2006 ACC Tournament Town logo Greensboro Coliseum Complex The Greensboro Coliseum Complex was conceived as, and continues to be a multi-building facility to serve the Citizens of Greensboro and the surrounding area through a broad range of activities, including athletic events, cultural arts, concerts, theater, and other entertainment, educational activities, fairs, exhibits, and public and private events of all kinds, such as conventions, convocations, trade and consumer shows. It is both a primary center of activity for the community as well as one of many resources central to community-wide events. The Greensboro Coliseum Complex has hosted such prestigious events as the ACC Tournament, ECHL and AHL hockey, and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. The Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League called Greensboro home while a new coliseum as being constructed in Raleigh. Since 1959, the Coliseum has featured superstars from Elvis to Usher. It will host the 2010 ACC Basketball Tournaments (men's and women's). The Complex has undergone several major renovations, the latest in 1994, bringing the maximum arena capacity to its current 23,500. There is a proposal underway to build the ACC Hall of Champions and Museum next to the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. The ACC was founded in Greensboro in 1953 and is currently headquartered at the Grandover Office Park in south Greensboro.
* First Horizon Park, downtown Greensboro First Horizon Park is home of the Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball club. Completed in 2005, it hosts other outdoor events during the summer.
* GYS Bryan Park Complex with its 17 turf fields is Home to Greensboro Youth Soccer and the Greensboro Dynamo.
* Guilford Courthouse National Military Park This memorial site commemorates the Battle of Guilford Court House, fought on March 15, 1781. This battle opened the campaign that led to American victory in the Revolutionary War. The British lost a substantial number of troops at the battle, a factor in their surrender at Yorktown seven months later. The site remains largely undeveloped with large stone memorials erected early in the twentieth century to honor the event.
* The Natural Science Center of Greensboro is a family oriented, hands-on science museum with planetarium. A zoo is currently undergoing renovations, and is expected to open in summer 2007.

Art: Greensboro is home to an active and diverse arts community for a city of its size. Venues range for the nationally acclaimed Eastern Music Festival and Weatherspoon Art Museum, to the cutting edge performances of Triad Stage.
* The Carolina Theatre is a performing arts facility located in downtown Greensboro since 1927. The facility has been home to the Greensboro Ballet, Community Theatre of Greensboro, the Livestock Players Musical Theatre, Greensboro Youth Symphony and other local performing arts groups since the historic theater was refurbished in the 1990s. Civic groups, businesses and individuals rent the facility for seminars, meetings, receptions and even for weddings. The Carolina Theatre also presents a variety of live performances by celebrity entertainers. Since it opened, Amos and Andy, Vincent Price, Miles Davis, Judy Collins, Chet Atkins, Tony Bennett, Gordon Lightfoot, Ben Vereen, Emmy Lou Harris, The Chieftains, Doc Watson, Garrison Keillor, Allison Kraus and Union Station and Gregory Hines have appeared on its stage.
* City Arts showcases a variety of musical and theatrical productions by The Livestock Players, Greensboro Children's Theatre, the Music Center, Greensboro Concert Band, Philharmonia of Greensboro, Choral Society of Greensboro, and the Greensboro Youth Chorus. Each group can be heard as part of the OPUS Concert Series and the summer "Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park" series.
* Community Theatre of Greensboro With over 45 years of experience in presenting Broadway plays and musicals, the CTG features its Studio Theatre in the Greensboro Cultural Center. See non-traditional and original works make their Greensboro debut.
* Eastern Music Festival Enjoy over 100 summer concerts from symphonic works to chamber music and recitals by professional and talented students from around the world. Venue also includes the Fringe Festival, highlighting alternative music and performances. * CafeJAM is a Christian concert venue and youth outreach by EagleRock International Ministries of Greensboro, NC. It was established November 1998, in Archdale, NC and relocated to Greensboro August 2000. CafeJAM attracts several local artists such as Source of Prosperity and Zeteo as well as national artists like Cool Hand Luke and Disciple.
* Greensboro Ballet and School of Greensboro Ballet A traditional December production of "The Nutcracker" is just one of the many artistic and educational activities offered. The School of Greensboro Ballet is one of a relative few non-profit ballet schools in the country.
* Cultural Center The Greensboro Cultural Center provides four levels housing 25 visual and performing arts organizations, five art galleries, rehearsal halls, a sculpture garden, privately operated restaurant with outdoor cafe-style seating, and an outdoor amphitheater. Art galleries include African American Atelier, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro Artists' League Gallery and Gift Shop, Guilford Native American Art Gallery and Mattye Reed African Heritage Center Satellite Gallery.
* Greensboro Opera Company - This well-regarded opera company, founded in October 1981, has experienced solid growth and expansion. Beginning with a very respectable production of Verdi's La Traviata featuring June Anderson, then a rising young New York City Opera soprano, they cautiously expanded from a single fall production of a major opera in the years 1981-89 to adding Sunday matinee performances from 1990-99 when, in response to successive sold out productions of Madame Butterfly and Carmen in 1997 and 1998, a second spring opera with two performances was added, beginning in 1999-2000. The pattern has successfully blended outside and local singers with a full orchestra, manned by members of the Greensboro Symphony, in the pit at their home in Greensboro's War Memorial Auditorium.
* Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Led by conductor Dmitri Sitkovetsky, the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra has developed a strong reputation among national musical organizations, including continued exposure on NPR's Performance Today. Sitkovetsky began his career as a violin soloist. He focused on the chamber orchestra repertoire when starting out with the European String Orchestra, a superb group of musicians pulled together by Sitkovetsky. GSO performs classical and pops concerts and holds educational programs for young listeners throughout the year.
* Reed African American Heritage Museum - Located at NC A&T State University, the museum houses one of the best collections of African culture in the country. The museum houses over 3,500 art and craft items from more than 30 African nations, New Guinea and Haiti.
* Triad Stage is a not-for-profit regional theatre company based in Greensboro's downtown historic district. All productions are created in Greensboro using a combination of local and national talent. The theater company has been recognized as ‘One of the 50 Best Regional Theatres in America!’ by New York‘s Drama League, ‘Best Live Theatre’ in Go Triad/News & Record The Rhino Times, and was voted ‘2003 Professional Theater of the Year’ by the North Carolina Theatre Conference.
* The Weatherspoon Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has one of the foremost collections of modern and contemporary art in the Southeast. With six galleries, the museum is nationally recognized for its collection of 20th century American art. The permanent collection also includes lithographs and bronzes by Henri Matisse, and art by celebrated masters such as Willem de Kooning, Henry Ossawa Tanner, John Graham, Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol.

Sports:
* Greensboro Revolution Indoor Football - National Indoor Football League (NiFL) - Greensboro Coliseum
* Greensboro Grasshoppers - Baseball South Atlantic League - Southern Division - First Horizon Park
* Carolina Dynamo Soccer - USL Premier Development League (PDL) - Macpherson Stadium

Shopping: Greensboro is home to a wide variety of retail options from the best known national chains to local boutiques and galleries. Four Seasons Town Centre, located on the city's southwest side off I-40, is a three-level regional mall with anchors, Belk, Dillard's, and JCPenney. Friendly Center, located off Friendly Avenue is an open-air shopping center featuring Belk, Macy's, Sears, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, the nation's largest Harris Teeter supermarket, Old Navy, a multi-plex cinema, and over 100 specialty retailers including Banana Republic, J.Crew and Brooks Brothers. Big-box centers are found primarily on the West Wendover corridor near I-40 and on Battleground Avenue on the city's northwest side. Recently, big-box has been developed at the site of the former Carolina Circle Mall on the city's northeast side and on the city's far south near the new I-85 By-Pass.

Transportation: Greensboro is served by Piedmont Triad International Airport, which also serves High Point, Winston-Salem and beyond.
Amtrak's Crescent and Carolinian and Piedmont trains connect Greensboro with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans.
Amtrak trains, taxis, local and long distance buses arrive and depart from the Amtrak station and Depot located at 236-C East Washington Street, originally constructed during the early 1920s with interior modernization completed 2004. The Greensboro Transit Authority provides bus service throughout the city, including a service called Higher Education Area Transit (HEAT) which links downtown attractions to the area colleges.
Interstate 40 and Interstate 85 join together/split in the Greensboro area. The former fork, which is now the Interstate 40/Business 85 junction is just south of downtown; it forms the western end of a stretch of freeway known as Death Valley, where six federal routes concur.
A construction project is currently underway to build the Greensboro Urban Loop, a freeway that when complete will encircle the majority of the city. Sections of this beltway may form the future alignment of Interstate 73. U.S. Highway 29, which goes through the south, east, and north sides of Greensboro and heads northeast to Reidsville, is a major highway in Greensboro, and has major access to the urban parts of the city.

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