Rodgers Builders, Inc. celebrates UNC Charlotte Center City groundbreaking

Apr 14, 2009

Representatives from Rodgers Builders, Inc., University of North Carolina Charlotte, Gantt Huberman Architects, NC government officials, and various community supporters celebrated the groundbreaking for the University’s new $50.4 million Center City Building, located in the heart of Charlotte at the corner of Ninth and Brevard Streets.

Rodgers Builders will be the construction manager for the 12-story, 143,000-square-foot, cantilevered building, which upon completion, will be submitted for LEED® Silver-certification.

Rodgers Builders, Inc. is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and has a regional office in Greenville, South Carolina. Started in 1963, Rodgers has become one of the largest and most respected contractors and construction managers in the Southeast. Rodgers provides full-service preconstruction, construction, and design/build services for the healthcare, commercial, education, senior living, and cultural markets.

Notable projects in the Carolinas have included: Bioinformatics Research Center on the Millennial Campus at UNC (Charlotte, NC), Wachovia – First Street Development cultural projects (Charlotte, NC), ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center (Charlotte, NC), Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital (Columbia, SC), Levine & Dickson Hospice House (Huntersville, NC), and Lowe’s Companies – Phase III Corporate Headquarters Expansion (Iredell County).