UNC-Chapel Hill announces plans to develop campus extension in Carolina North

Posted Jan 21, 2026
UNC is proud to announce the development of a new campus extension in Carolina North, a generational investment in its academic mission, public impact, and shared future with the Town of Chapel Hill. UNC will develop a roughly 230-acre learn-live-work-play footprint within Carolina North on and around the former site of the Horace Williams Airport. (UNC.edu)

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