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1,885 Announced Jobs in Wilson County, and 411 Housing Permits
Johnson & Johnson will build a second manufacturing facility in Wilson County, adding up to 500 jobs to the 420 it committed in October 2024. That makes five large manufacturing announcements in the county since March 2024, 1,885 jobs between them. Wilson authorized 411 new private housing units by building permit last year, down from…
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Capital Group’s 600 Uptown Charlotte Jobs and the Workforce Housing Demand That Follows
Capital Group leased 196,940 square feet at One Independence Center in Uptown Charlotte, the largest office lease signed in the metro in the second quarter of 2026, for an East Coast hub of 600 jobs averaging $194,141. Twelve days later SMBC Group announced 2,000 more Charlotte jobs. The workforce housing and daily-needs retail demand that…
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John Deere Adds a $70M Excavator Plant in Kernersville
John Deere is building a $70 million excavator factory in Kernersville and hiring more than 150 people to run it. The 380,000-square-foot plant expands a Forsyth County campus that has built excavators since 1988 and already employs roughly 600. The facility opens in 2027, and the jobs land inside a Triad commuter shed that reaches…
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What $421M and 500 Siemens Energy Jobs Mean for NC Housing Demand
Siemens Energy committed $421 million and 500 jobs to North Carolina in February 2026, split across Charlotte, Rural Hall, and Raleigh. The company has since reaffirmed the buildout, and is expanding manufacturing capacity through the end of the decade. The jobs land in three unlike places, which means three separate sets of towns absorb the…
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How a Steel Plant Reshapes Hertford County’s Housing Demand
A corner of the state that rarely draws big private capital just landed a second major steel employer. US Forged Rings will build a specialty steel plant in Cofield, in rural Hertford County, pledging up to $875 million and 625 jobs, according to the North Carolina Governor’s office. Those jobs are the input. Workforce housing…
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Jobs Bring People, People Need Housing: Reading SMBC’s Charlotte Move
SMBC Group is establishing its second U.S. headquarters in Charlotte, adding 2,000 jobs over six years at an average salary near $165,000. For real estate investors, the more useful read is what 2,000 new high-wage households mean for housing and neighborhood retail across the metro. We trace the announcement, why Charlotte won it, and where…
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Syndication, REIT, or Crowdfunding Platform? A Plain Comparison for Busy Professionals
Three vehicles get lumped together as “passive real estate.” Here’s how they actually compare on control, fees, liquidity, taxes, and who’s on the other end. Summary in one minute A public REIT, a crowdfunding platform, and a private syndication all get pitched as “passive real estate,” and they sound nearly identical for thirty seconds. They…
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Passive Real Estate Investing Explained: LP Ownership, Cash Flow, and Exit
You Researched Real Estate Investing and Realized It’s a Second Job. Here’s the Other Door. You did the homework on becoming a landlord. The numbers worked; the lifestyle didn’t. There’s another way to own real estate that doesn’t ask for your evenings. Summary in one minute Most people who research becoming a landlord conclude it’s…
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Investing in Real Estate Through a Self-Directed IRA
Can You Invest Your IRA in Real Estate? A Step-by-Step Look at the Self-Directed IRA Yes, you can. Here’s the practical walk-through: what an SDIRA is, what it can and can’t own, the lines you cannot cross, and what setting one up looks like. Summary in one minute A self-directed IRA (SDIRA) is a traditional…
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AbbVie Picks Durham: Why RTP Keeps Winning Pharma’s Biggest Bets
AbbVie chose Durham for the largest capital investment in its history: a $1.4 billion, 185-acre manufacturing campus creating 734 jobs at an average salary of $118,041. The company cited the region’s workforce and room to expand, the same conditions that keep drawing pharma to the Triangle. Here’s what the announcement covers, why Durham keeps winning…