Drees Homes is planning a 384‑home master‑planned community in Mebane; pricing and floorplans are now public as the I‑40/I‑85 corridor keeps expanding. Approval and sewer capacity will shape the timeline.

Two Oppidan developments add nearly 300 income‑restricted apartments in Raleigh, financed with LIHTC, tax‑exempt bonds and local gap loans.

First Horizon will open a banking center in MOSAIC at Chatham Park, joining retailers as the massive Pittsboro development moves toward full buildout. The move highlights banks’ interest in new Triangle suburbs.

City staff are lining up market studies and an RFQ to convert the old DMV site on New Bern Avenue into mixed-income housing and community space.

Renderings show a stepped office campus on Jones Street that will consolidate multiple state education agencies. The $400M project is slated to be finished in late 2027 and open in 2028.

Global Net Lease will acquire Modiv Industrial in an all‑stock $535M merger, adding a 42‑property industrial portfolio and a Raleigh precast plant.

Durham is directing $1.75M to a pilot that offers low-interest loans to homeowners to build ADUs that must be rented affordably for 30 years.

The Honey Baked Ham Company has identified Goldsboro as a top candidate for a franchise; site work and partner searches are underway.

Kane Realty proposed two mixed‑use projects in Cary — a 213‑unit Flatiron downtown and a 275‑unit Weston Parkway conversion, together adding nearly 500 new homes.

Dream Finders Homes will build Travolina Pines in Cameron with 94 lots starting in the upper $200s, adding rare sub-$300K new construction to Harnett County.

Novartis finalized plans for a 56,200‑sq‑ft API plant in Morrisville, expanding its U.S. manufacturing footprint under a $23 billion plan.

A U.S. student-housing developer is reported to have joined Citrus Group and Galliard Homes to redevelop Durham’s Prince Bishops Place, shifting the scheme toward hundreds of student beds and refreshed retail.

Duke Energy, Thermo Fisher and large apartment owners top Orange County’s property‑tax rolls after a countywide revaluation; those concentrated bills could shape the July budget.