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Economic Development

City Sustainability
Shops at Veridea

Veridea is incorporating ecological

and stormwater design: Implementing
resilient systems that manage water
naturally and sustainably.
Within a City
Thinking City Wake Tech Campus
Veridea is a master-planned community coming

The future Wake Tech campus at
Veridea will bring 340,000 square feet of
into view. When complete, it will hold 1,100
workforce training, advanced technology
acres of experiences that blend living, working,
programs, and lifelong learning to Apex,
serving more than 3,000 students.
playing, healing, and learning.
pex citizens will be watching
Children’s Hospital
progress on Veridea through mobility with nature through an extensive North Carolina
trail and greenway system, integrated
North Carolina Children’s Health

A the next few years as phases stormwater parks, and community selected Veridea as the future site of the
are opened on the modern community gathering spaces. only freestanding, independent 500-bed
bordered by U.S. Highway 1 and N.C. children’s hospital in the Carolinas. NC
Highway 55. Phase I – Veridea East Children’s is a $3 billion construction
The 1,100-acre space is Veridea Veridea East brings the first rollout partnership between UNC Health and
– a master-planned community of housing, a Wake Tech campus, retail, Duke Health on 230 acres at US-1 and
with shops, restaurants, mixed- and space for life sciences, all coming NC-540 – bringing 8,000 careers to
use housing, hotels, office space, together in one community. Summit Apex and Wake County. The project
healthcare, industry, and education House is the first planned multifamily announcement earned Apex the
all onsite. Everyday lifestyle residential community in Veridea. 2026 Deal of the Year award from
destinations are built into the the North Carolina Economic
Veridea experience, introducing Affordability Development Association.
200,000 square feet of dining Phase I will include 1,500 market-
options, retail, fitness, and rate multifamily units along with 1,100
beauty services. single-family homes and townhomes. Scan the QR code
to view the Veridea
Veridea’s design emphasizes a At final buildout, Veridea will have 8,000
Master Plan Timeline
pedestrian-first experience, blending residential units.
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