Updated May 15, 2019
Northern Wake Senior Center will be completed July 3, Town Manager Kip Padgett said during the town board’s work session on May 7.
The reconstruction is adding 9,000 square feet plus renovations throughout the original center on East Holding Avenue. There will be a new entrance to the building, an expanded parking lot and a new parking lot entrance on the extension of Brooks Street which has finally connected Elm Avenue to East Holding. Among the new features will be an addition to the exercise room, a new roof and a new multipurpose room.
Focus Design Builders has the $3.9 million contract and the target date for completion is May 1, 2019. Focus Design won the contract because it promised to complete the work within 269 days – nine months – when the other bidders’ numbers were 300 to 365 days.
The town board learned on Feb. 5 that the record amount of rain in 2018 – 36 days of rain that prevented construction when the average is 13 – means the end date has had to be pushed back. Architect Matt Hale said construction will be complete on June 19 and the building will be handed over to the town on July 1.
It is one of the projects, with the Joyner Park Community Center, financed through the 2014 bond referendum.
Joyner Park Community Center is only the second community center in the Wake Forest park system. The completion date is June 31.
Barnhill Construction Company has guaranteed the cost will be $11.7 million. The 32,000-square-foot, two-story building will have a full size gym with an elevated walking track along with a multi-purpose room, restrooms, a classroom, a studio, offices and storage space.
Future projects–Technical Review Committee
The Technical Review Committee met on March 28, 2019 and discussed two projects.
*McAdams submitted a master plan for a 4,850-square-foot building with drive-thru – think fast food restaurant – on 0.95 acres on the south side of Rogers Road next to the Sam’s car wash. Case SP-19-09
*Priest Craven submitted a plan a subdivision called Kinsley for 764 dwelling units on 203 acres along North Main Street in both Wake and Franklin counties, and an annexation request was also submitted along with the rezoning request and master plan. Case RZ-19-02.
There are five parcels on the west side of North Main Street formerly owned by Calvin Ray S. and his wife and now owned by Calvin Ray Jr. and Mary Ann Hughes. Together the parcels are about 65 acres.
On the east side of North Main Street the 58.74 acres were owned by Owen Wadford before his death and are now owned by Site Investments LLC from Knightdale. The rest of the affected acreage is in Franklin County and was also owned by Wadford before his death.
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The Technical Review Committee met on Feb. 28, 2019, and discussed the following:
*Glen Oaks Phase 1 and off-site sewer. Glen Oaks is the Franklin County subdivision with 268 single-family lots lying just to the east of Capital Boulevard, south of the large-lot Franklin County Rolling Acres subdivision and north of Richland Hills, a Wake Forest subdivision. Ripley Woods Street provides the connection between Richland Hills and Glen Oaks. Phase 1 includes 162 lots. Construction drawings were submitted by the Nau Company. The case manager is Patrick Reidy.
*Rogers Branch Road Apartments would be 290 apartments on about 12.3 acres in four parcels. Rogers Branch Road lies south of Rogers Road and runs west but never reaches Forestville Road. An annexation request has been submitted along with a conditional district rezoning and a master plan by BNK. The case manager if Patrick Reidy.
*Wake Union Phase III multi-family is a master plan for 300 apartments on about 20 acres at the intersection of Kearney Road and Wake Union Church Road. Also Wake Union Phase III townhouses is a master plan for 90 townhouses near the future roundabout of Agora Drive and Wake Union Church Road on about 15 acres. Kimley-Horn submitted both plans. The case manager is Jennifer Currin.
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When the Technical Review Committee met on Jan. 3 they considered an administrative master plan for CFA submitted by G. Robert George & Associates for a restaurant with drive-thru in the Shoppes at Heritage Village shopping center. The case manager is Patrick Reidy.
The committee also considered an administrative master plan for a Burger King submitted by Timmons for a restaurant with a drive-thru in the Gateway Commons shopping center. The case manager is Courtney Jenkins.
Also on the agenda was an administrative master plan for Heritage Vet submitted by Horvath Associates for a veterinary clinic at 3240 Rogers Road. The case manager is Patrick Reidy.
The last plan was the largest, a legislative master plan and Forbes PUD submitted by ColeJenest & Stone for a Wegmans grocery store on the south site of the Calvin Jones Highway (N.C. 98) and a planned unit development, a mix of retail and residential, on the north side of the highway. The case manager is Jennifer Currin.
Future Projects – Design Review Board
The Design Review Board met on Jan. 10 and considered a request by McGahey Design Inc. for a major architectural design review for a proposed building for Moffat Pipe Inc. at 0 Burlington Mills Road.
Streets, Roads, Greenways and Transportation
*Preliminary work by the contractor, Fred Smith Company, began March 5 on the Stadium Drive Complete Street project. The town board approved the $6,789,876 contract with the Fred Smith Company in December. Utilities have been moved. The project should be complete in the fall of 2019.
The project includes resurfacing North Avenue. There will be a roundabout at the intersection of Stadium, North Avenue and Wingate Street. A center turn lane will be added to Stadium along with turn lanes at intersections and driveways and bump-outs for buses. From Glencoe Drive to the Richland Creek bridge there will be a 10-foot multi-use path on the south and a 5-foot sidewalk on the north. From the bridge to Wingate Street there will be sidewalks on both sides.
*Ligon Mill Road Operational Improvements is again at a standstill because there were no bidders when the project recently went to bid. There was no information by press time when the project will go to bid again.
The project for the section of Ligon Mill Road west from South Main Street to a new section built just past the Walmart driveway will provide a center turn lane and turn lanes for driveways and entrances. Acquiring the right-of-way from several owners has been one reason the project has stalled at times.
Commercial plans under review as of March 2018
*Heritage Branch Daycare at 3200 Rogers Road, 1.5 acres in the southeast corner where Heritage Branch Road meets Rogers Road, is owned by R E D P LLC, a Wake Forest company. It will sit in front of another daycare.
*425 and 435 Wait Avenue is planned for mixed use.
*Heritage Veterinary Clinic will be built at 3240 Rogers Road, a 2.11-acre lot north of Capital Creek Apartments and near the new daycare listed above.
*Datatek is a general commercial project at 12231 Wake Union Church Road which includes a large commercial building and a church.
*Capital Powersports at 10920 Star Road will be vehicle sales.
*Tru Hotel will be built on Hampton Way Drive with frontage on Wake Union Church Road.
*Envision Science Academy Athletic Fields on Oak Grove Church Road.
*Autobell Car Wash at 939 Gateway Commons Circle.
*Wegmans grocery store on Forbes Road and the N.C. 98 Bypass.
*Planet Fitness will be on Capital Boulevard near Purnell Road.
*1633 South Main Street will be a hair salon.
*Burger King is planned at 923 Gateway Commons Circle.
*Chick-Fil-A will be at 1010 Forestville Road.
*308 East Roosevelt Avenue will be retail.
*1705 South Main Street will be office and retail.
*Fifth Third Bank is finally planning a building at 100 Capcom Avenue that will face on South Main Street. The bank also has an unused lot in the Wake Forest Crossing shopping center.
*Rogers Road Retail at 2900 Rogers Road will have retail and a restaurant.
*The Backlot Bar will be a bar and tavern at 10936 Star Road.
March 2019 residential projects under review by the Planning Department
*Kitchin Farms Phase 2 on Burlington Mills and Ligon Mill roads for 123 single-family lots. The master plan has been approved.
*Glen Oaks is on U.S. 1 south of Holden Road and would be 226 single-family lots and 68 townhouses.
*Wake Union Place Phase 3 was a plan for 85 townhouses and 300 apartments on Wake Union Church Road, Kearney Road and Capital Boulevard. When the Wake Forest Planning Board heard the plan on May 7 it voted not to recommend either to the town commissioners.
*Forestville Towns for 95 units on the deadend section of Forestville Road behind the Real McCoys sports bar was approved by the town board in March.
*Townhouses on Main is 40 townhouses on North Main Street.
*Wake Forest Goldston is for 76 single-family lots along Traditions Grande Boulevard.
*Austin Creek Phase 5B is for 13 single-family lots. The master plan has been approved.
*Regency at Heritage is for 67 single-family lots on Forestville Road. It was approved in January 2014. It will be linked to Heritage South by a bridge over Sanford Creek that will extend Marshall Farm Road.
*Austin Creek Phases 6 and 7 on Wait Avenue are for 67 single-family lots. The master plan has been approved.
*Soule Property Subdivision calls for 36 single-family lots on Wall Road.
*Ledge Rock Green would be a 22-lot single-family home subdivision on NC 98.
*Averette Subdivision on Averette Road would have 687 single-family lots and 294 townhouses.
*Willows at Traditions amendment is for 94 townhouse units on Traditions Grande Boulevard.
*Rogers Branch Apartments on Rogers Branch Road is planned for 290 units.
