Construction at the Highlands Performing Arts Center is coming along as scheduled and crews are currently busy installing the structural-precast concrete slabs that will make up the walls to house the new 300-seat theater. Pictured […]
The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Highlands installed a shiny new copper steeple on Aug. 25 as part of a $6M renovation project. The installation of the steeple by JDavis Construction was done by […]
Excitement was in the air last week at the groundbreaking ceremony kicking off the construction for phase two of renovations at the Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center. Phase two entails building a new theater, phase […]
A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation recently started a safety project along a stretch of Highlands Road in Macon County that should have long-lasting benefits for residents and visitors. The project is funded […]
A new home for the Fire & Rescue Department has been in the works for about three years, and now that construction is underway people have lots of questions. The foremost question is “Why does […]
The Highlands Performing Arts Center has been working over a year with a construction management team composed of project manager JLL, architect Lord Aeck Sargent, and contractor Choate Construction to design the PAC’s new theater. […]
The Highlands real estate market is super hot. With that bull market comes the push to build, build without delay. Everyone has to have their project done now, without delay on a nonstop basis. There […]
There are a lot unknowns involved in the proposed Cashiers Hillside development project planned at the southeast corner of the intersection of Highways 64 and 107, better known as the Crossroads. Plans to build the […]
The property on Cherrywood Lane across from the Highlands Fire & Rescue Substation on the Cashiers Road will soon house a Dollar General Store. Pictured below is the construction of a Dollar General Store in […]
The Jackson County Department of Public Health (JCDPH) reported yesterday it has been notified of 3 additional positive cases of COVID-19 associated with the Apodaca Science Building at Western Carolina University’s campus. None of these […]
There was an open house at The Village Green last week giving the public one more look inside the expansion of the Commons area before construction work is complete. Renovations include a new-events building and […]
Phase 1 of construction is moving full-steam ahead as part of the renovation and expansion of the Highlands Performing Arts Center. Items currently underway include site clearance and utilities work, said PAC Executive Director Mary […]
If all goes as planned, the approximately $10 million Performing Arts Center renovation should be open for business by 2020. The architect at the reins of the project, Paul Schmitt, said he appreciates being chosen […]